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Chilean Guavas/Cranberries

Has anyone tried cooking with these? I just attempted to use 1 1/2 kg to make some cranberry jelly, but only yielded one jar, which seemed like a lot of effort for small return. If you have cooked/preserved with these successfully I'd love to know.

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Yummy Peanut sauce for salads

I make this to put over any of my fresh salad vegies and it is so yummy! 3/4 cup chopped up peanuts, 2 cloves garlic chopped up really fine, 4 green onions chopped up,1/2 teasp; brown sugar, 1 tablesp; soy souce, 1/2 teasp;chilli powder, a big squeez

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Tomatoes

Preserving tomatoes: I'd love some recipes please for preserving tomatoes for winter. I don't as yet have much freezer space, so ideas for puree, paste, pasta sauce etc that can be kept in jars would be great.

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Plum Jam Making

It's plum season on Waiheke, and I have spent the last couple of evenings making lots of jam. If you haven't made jam before I recommend Gillian Painter's book 'A New Zealand Country Harvest', which covers all the basic and doesn't rely on store boug

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