Hello and Happy New Year 2025!
I was searching for a topic for our first video of 2025, when I remembered there was still butternut squash from the garden to chop up. I finally found time to do a video about a taste test for which is better — squash baked in the oven for ease of separating from its skins — or squash diced and boiled in turkey broth? THEN, I was going to do a fake taste-test with some store-bought varieties, and what I stumbled on was a new Mission. Because the store-bought versions were not even in the same orbit as our homemade soup.
They were horrible. I mean laughably-horrid.
What I ended up with is a three-part series about making Homemade Butternut Squash Soup and taste-testing it with three store-bought varieties. This video is Part One: Making Entry #1: Butternut squash soup made w/homegrown squash baked in the oven w/veggies and spices, puréed w/turkey broth. Entry #2 is the same recipe only with sliced and diced squash instead of baked and puréed, but it’s still homegrown. That video has been filmed but is not yet edited. The Taste Test Competition has also been filmed, but not edited.
Spoiler! Entry #1 is not the soup that wins!
Tune in (next week) for the next episode in our Homemade (sliced and diced) Butternut Squash Soup vs. Store-bought Saga Part Two. Part Three is the Taste Test Competion. I am the judge 😊
Coming soon: Buy this soup (both versions) on https://www.tigergardens.biz.
Also coming soon: Read about this three-part series in our new blog on our new website: https://anyonecancan.com.
Here is what we have on hand. New this week is Sue’s new obsession: Sauerkraut! Took 3 months to make. We have a half-dozen jars! And new batches of Blackberry Jam and Chow-Chow Relish!
Apple Butter
Cranberry Apple Butter
Apple Jelly (3rd place, State Fair)
Banana Butter (Bananas, Pineapple, Vanilla)
Blackberry Jam (1st place, State Fair – new batch!)
Blackberry-Lemon Jam (1st place, State Fair)
Blackberry-Peach Jam – new batch!
Blackberry Jelly – new batch!
Blackberry/Strawberry/Peach Jelly
Blueberry Jam
Blueberry-Jalapeño Jam
Blueberry-Lemon Jam
Cardinal Heat (Strawberry-Habanero) Jam
Cherry Jam (2)
Concord Grape Jelly
Cranberry Relish (1)
Cranberry-Strawberry-Jalapeño Jam
Dill Pickle Relish (new batch!)
Georgia Heat (Peach-Habanero) Jam – new batch!
Grilled Peach Jam & Jelly
Illini Heat (Blueberry-Habanero) Jam
Jalapeño Jam
Jardinière (2)
Maple Strawberry Dessert Sauce (1st place, State Fair)
Pumpkin Butter & Preserves
Raspberry Jam & Jelly (2nd and 3rd places, State Fair)
Strawberry Jam & Jelly
Strawberry Jam with a hint of Balsamic
Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam
Strawberry-Jalapeño Jam
Tomato Jelly (2)
Turkey broth ($5)
Watermelon Jam & Jelly
Yellow-Tomato-Lemon-Basil Jam – new batch!
Sweet Cucumber Pickle Relish
OSU Cowboy Candy (candied jalapeños)
Timmy’s Chow-Chow Relish – new batch!
Timmy’s Corn Relish
Timmy’s Pickled Okra (1st place, State Fair)
Piccalilli Relish
Sauerkraut – new batch!
Zesty Zucchini Relish (1)
Ketchup
BarBraQ Sauce (Sweet & Saucy Streisand Sauce)
Grilled Peach Salsa (3rd place, State Fair)
Mild, Medium, and Hot Salsas (Hot – 1st place, State Fair)
Salsa Verde (2)
Strawberry-Jalapeño Medium Salsa (1)
Velvetty-Smooth Tomato Soup – with roasted red peppers!
Slightly-Spicy Pizza Sauce
Zesty Zpaghetti Zauce (2nd place, State Fair)
Zesty Peach Barbeque Sauce
See you soon at the Market!
Sue & Tim Tiger
Tiger Gardens
www.tigergardens.biz
www.anyonecancan.com