[NorthernWinos]

I am not able to drink alcohol [wine] right now and the wine racks are full....so will juice out the berries and preserve the juice till a later time.

24# of frozen strawberries. Berries are small this year due to a severe drought, but still tasty.



Just put the frozen berries in the top basket, be sure to keep the bottom pot full of boiling water at all times.
As the berries melt and release their juices you can add more frozen berries on top of the pulp.



The steam rises through a cone in the middle pot, the steam releases the juice from the fruit in the top basket, the juice gathers around the cone.



The juice comes through the spigot into a catch pot.




Pure strawberry juice.



Within a short time you will have lots of juice and very little pulp.



Then it is time to preserve the juice into canning jars.



If you have never preserved anything in mason jars, don't be intimidated, it's not rocket science.



The 24# of strawberries gave 12 quarts [3 gallons] of pure juice....should make a nice 5-6 gallon batch of wine....I usually add some Winexpert Red Wine Grape Concentrate, it makes a delicious red wine.



Now there is room in the freezer for the raspberries.



Hope this has been helpful....

[Waldo]

Pretty impressive wino

[jobe05]

Very impressive


I had no idea that steaming could get so much juice!


And those raspberries!...... They look fantastic compaired to mine....

[paubin]

I think I will have to invest in an extracter. Great job!



Pete

[PolishWineP]

Nice job! Thank you for your work! This could be the answer to our problem with freezer space for our fruits and venison! Yes, I'll can the fruit juice and freeze the venison, not the other way around.


(And for all you Poor Bambi people out there, he looks better in my freezer than on the grill of my car.)

[NorthernWinos]

Originally Posted by PolishWineP

Nice job!* * Thank you for your work!* This could be the answer to our problem with freezer space for our fruits and venison!* Yes, I'll can the fruit juice and freeze the venison, not the other way around.*


(And for all you Poor Bambi people out there,* he looks better in my freezer than on the grill of my car.*)

Yes, the freezers do get full with various stuff...so have to keep the fruit juice in jars...last year we only got one deer, so kind of rationing it now.
One of my freezers still has 19 apple pies from last year, guess we got burned out on them....sure is no shortage of food around here, guess that is nothing to complain about....we are very fourtunate....guess that's the perks of growing gardens..

[NorthernWinos]

This is what was left of 24# of frozen strawberries...about 3 quarts or less of pulp.

The wine made from the juice clears very nicely...tho I don't have much to compare as I have only made one batch of wine with pulp in a straining bag....found that to be messy and seems that I lost a lot of volume.
I would think that some of the juice you get is steam vapor, but the flavor is very fruitful....it sure beats a straining bag for making jelly.
For years I used the steam juicer to make breakfast juice, [apple, grape, and blends of apple/raspberry, etc.] Once we started making wine it was a natural to use it for that too.
Hope others try it and it will be interesting to see how you feel about it.


Edited by: Northern Winos

[rgecaprock]

NorthernWinos,


I have been wondering where you have been. I really love the pictorals of all that you do. The juice steamer is very interesting, have never seen one before. How is your garden doing and all of your flowers? Post pictures! Good to see you again!


Ramona


Where did you get the juicer?Edited by: rgecaprock

[NorthernWinos]

[QUOTE=rgecaprock]

NorthernWinos,


I have been wondering where you have been.* I really love the pictorals of all that you do.* The juice steamer is very interesting, have never seen one before. How is your garden doing and all of your flowers?* Post pictures!* Good to see you again!


Ramona




Where have I been???? The mind boggles with that question.....the hardest part of having Cancer is telling your friends and family.
March I spend two 4 day stays in the hospital, trying to find out why I was having such stomach problems...April they did exploratory surgery and found a tumor...I spent 10 days in the hospital on heavy drugs...a Diladid pump, came home the day after Easter and was hooked on Oxycodene for a few weeks...started Chemo May 1st...I was scared, weak and in disbelief...I have always been very healthy and active...this couldn't be true.

I take Chemo every 2 weeks, come home with an IV pump [ball & chain] for 2 days...every week gets better...my Chemo is a piece of cake compared to the brave people I have met in the Oncology ward.

There have been other problems arise, blood clot from the IV port by my collar bone, so I take Coumadin [Warfarin.. rat poison] to keep the blood thin, working good I guess....They load you up with Cortisone and Steroids on the Chemo day, so I don't sleep for a few days...can live with that because I am so wired and full of energy....Now I am a bit short of white blood cells and am taking an injection everyday for the next few days...suppose to make the bones ache, but haven't noticed yet.

Thank God we have a good insurance that we personally buy....No matter how young and healthy you are...have health insurance at any cost...you just never know what lies ahead.

My husband has been wonderful, they first weeks he looked after and tended my every need, cleaned the flower beds and mostly held my hand. I am now doing everything I did before, except I can't drink wine...but that is a small price.

We did get a small veggie garden planted, about a month late, have been watering parts of it because we have not had rain up here.



You can see how dry the lawn is, toasty brown. The veggies are coming good, will have broccoli soon and new spuds...had been eating asparagus and spinach, but they are done now.

June I felt like I was back with the living...I mostly smelled the roses...Here are a few...











I had fun taking photos of them, still have some to take photos of. They loved the dry weather, but I have since watered them due to some buds not opening. Had a 2 minute downpour one day and did get some shots with some raindrops on the blossoms.

About mid June I opened the Fine Vine Wines Site and was greeted with a Personal Message from the Polish Wine Princess, the message had been in my mailbox since mid May...was so wonderful to hear from her and see that all the family is still here, as well as new members....so good to be back.So, I am doing fine, treat the cancer thing as a rumor as I feel so good now.

As for the juicer, I bought it many years ago...I think Waldo saw one on eBay and it was a good price....they are not cheap. Try to Google Steam Juice Extractor, think it will bring some hits.

Thanks for your concern...good to be here.

[rgecaprock]

I had no idea. Glad you are feeling better. I work for a doctor and I see how fast a life can change due to health problems.Your gardens and flowers are beautiful. I would have to spend the day outside so I wouldn't miss a single bloom.


Good to have you back......................Ramona





Are the roses floribunda? antique roses? I love them so much more than the Hybrid(i think) roses. And the fragrance, I can smell them in my memory!!!


Is the last picture a peony?Edited by: rgecaprock