Apricots

by Melanie Wong 3 months ago

Andy's Orchard opened for the season on May 15. Yesterday was my first visit of the year. The entrance has been roped off like the lines for bank tellers with markers each six feet. Inside the door...

by herby 2 years ago

Welcome to July, 2018 Dish of the Month reporting thread! This month we will be baking stone fruit cakes. A stone fruit, also called a drupe, is a fruit with a large "stone" inside. The stone is so...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

As we kick off stone fruit harvest season in Northern California, this morning I was fascinated to read about C. Todd Kennedy, one of the state’s premier fruit experts, collectors, and growers and ...

by AmyH 13 years ago

So I asked my husband to buy some dried apricots for my passover compote. Instead of bringing me the pretty orange packaged ones, he got some from the bins in the natural foods section of our groce...

by Melanie Wong 5 years ago

Final apricot purchase of the season was two boxes from Bertuccio's Market in Hollister. These were picked a bit less ripe than the others we canned. The Blenheims are certified organic and grown b...

by junglekitte 13 years ago

i was wandering around my local supermarket and noticed a really large package of syrian apricot paste... it looks like a huge chunk of fruit leather from the outside. it really intrigues me. i'v...

If you are interested in Blenheim apricots there is an organic grower in Hollister that still has them for a few days at least. They grow spectacular apricots and this year in particular. There m...

by ninrn 4 years ago

Hi Genius CH Bakers: I want to make this recipe: https://therufffarm.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/a-family-tradition-apricot-jam-cake/ The recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, but since it also incl...

by rworange 10 years ago

I haven't been to the Apricot Tree for at least six years and not a thing has changed from this visit. The four starts are for the shake only. I-5 - The best fresh apricot shake http://chowho...

by IndyGirl 6 years ago

My SO has a noticeable reaction to dried apricots. Not fresh ones, and not other dried fruit (which makes me think it's not the sulfur dioxide). He just had some the other day and right away his fa...

by Sarah 13 years ago

How to retard further ripening until we can eat them. Or make smoothies? Not jam-making-capable and not crazy about cooked fruit pies... but don't want to waste them!

by Melanie Wong 5 years ago

Last Saturday my friend spotted the farmstand for Wind Swept Farms when she was passing through Hollister. She bought a flat of fresh Blenheim apricots. This grower has devoted its crop strictly to...

Information about other good varieties/sources for this season also welcome. I've thus far had poppies from the farmers market, decidedly meh. Several varieties of pluots at the Berkeley Bowl, sw...

by EllenCooks 5 years ago

Please share your favorite apricot recipes. The tree is loaded. I'm sharing with the neighbors but still have lots.

hi CHers, i used to be able to buy organic dried apricots @ bulk barn. i spoke with the manager at my local store today and she told me that the product is no longer available. any ideas whe...