Treasure Chest

Homemade Strawberry Jam I Ingridents: 2lbs Fresh Strawberries 4cup cups sugar 1 1/2cup real honey 1/2 Lemon juice Pinch of coarse salt Methods: Wash strawberries throughly in cold water Cut and trim strawberries into quarter for easy blending later Add 1 1/2 cups of sugar into the pot and let it stand to extract the juice if time allow If not, go to next step Put strawberries pieces into a blender to pause (depends of jam texture likeliness) Pour mixture into a tall heavy stockpot (in case of hot sugary overflow) Add all ingridents into the strawberries and stir well Slowly, bring the mixture to a boil Note:  Wear gloves and use lid to prevent hot liquid spilt/burn. Do not walk away, stay and stir until  jam thickens or until the mixture has the consistency of very loose jelly after 8 to 9 minutes or until the jam reaches 220F Skim foam from surface, if any Remove from heat Tips:  Clean up ...

蘋果蜜棗南北杏瘦肉湯 Spring time is allergy time.  This is a wellness soup to maintain our throat and immune system. Ingredients: 蜜棗 3粒 南杏 1湯羹 北杏  1湯羹 瘦肉 1/2 lb Lean Pork:  Tenderloin or Loin chop  蘋果 4個 水 8 cups 鹽  Methods: Rinse lean pork and put it into a pot of water Turn on high heat to extract white bubbles Turn off heat and rinse with cold water Wash apple and remove the skin Cut apples and remove the apple core into large pieces Rinse  南杏,  北杏,  蜜棗 and set aside When 8 cups of water is boiled, add all ingredients  except salt in Cover with lid and boil on high heat for 15 minutes Turn heat to low for 1 1/2 hours Taste soup and add salt if appropriate Ready to serve