Vanilla Fig Preserves Running to the KitchenThis fig preserve is infused with real vanilla bean for a sweet spread that has endless uses. Try slathering on bread, serving alongside a cheese tray or even dolloping into your morning bowl of oatmeal. Two summers ago, I took a girls trip to Maine with Brandy, Carrie and Rebecca. Our mission Eat and drink our way through Portland. From duck fat fries to brewery visits and everything in between, Id give us an A on accomplishing that. I had never met Rebecca in real life prior to the trip but when we all arrived at the Mercury Inn and she came bearing little gift bags of Wegmans honey mustard no honey mustard out there comes close, a hand made bowl from a local potter and homemade candied jalapeos for each of us, I knew she was good people. Those candied jalapeos lasted about 2 days when I got home. I hate comparing food to drugs but while some call it cowboy candy, Id say cowboy crack would be more appropriate. Girls canning game is strong. So when I heard the great news about her book, Not Your Mamas Canning Book, I was psyched Heres the thing Ive never canned a damn thing in my life. This weirdly feels like Im back in Catholic school forced into the confessional with the priest bless me, internet for I have sinnedI mean, Ive made jams, jellies and pickled things and put them in cans but Ive never done the whole legit canning thing with pressure and water and the whole shebang. It scares the bejesus out of me and honestly, Ive never really had the need. I just eat all the things quick enough after making them However, Rebeccas book is FILLED with amazing canning recipes. From fruits to jams to pickled things to sauces and syrups, its literally a mecca for modern day canning. And it doesnt stop there, half the book is then equal awesome recipes of what to do with these amazing canned goodies once you make them. I poured through this book multiple times but just couldnt get past one of the first recipes I saw, these vanilla fig preserves. Im sure it being the height of summer and seeing fresh figs just pop into the market recently had something to do with the draw but it totally pulled me in. What I love best about fig preserves is the versatility. From a simple slather on some bread to being paired with cheese I need to buy a chunk of manchego stat on an appetizer spread to dolloping in some yogurt or oatmeal, there are just so many amazing ways to use this. Rebecca gives two recipes for the preserves in the book, an antipasto plate like none other and this fig and pig open faced sandwich that Brandy made. With all those great uses, I didnt even bother going through the actual canning steps for the fig preserves. I just cooked the mixture down in the pot I omitted the pectin and calcium water and reduced sugar by half until jam like and thickened because I knew this would be gobbled up in days. If I work up the actual courage though, it would be a great recipe to break my canning virginity with because being able to open a jar of this come January might actually make me forget how much I hate life in the middle of a New York winter. Win your own copy of Not Your Mamas Canning BookYoull love the Hofmeister Kitchen Island at Wayfair Great Deals on all Furniture products with Free Shipping on most stuff, even the big stuff. Shop for kitchen island you will love online at Target. Free shipping and save 5 every day with your Target REDcard. This fig preserve is infused with real vanilla bean for a sweet spread that has endless uses. Try slathering on bread or serving alongside a cheese tray. Shop for country kitchen furniture you will love online at Target. Free shipping and save 5 every day with your Target REDcard. Details below To enter Leave a comment telling me what you would like to try and can Bonus entries leave an additional comment for each one completedGiveaway ends August 1. EDT. Entrants limited to U. S. only.  Serves. L     adjust servings. Vanilla Fig Preserves. Cook Time. 10 min. T/Pk/0TPkGGMb.jpg' alt='Kitchen Draw 4.5 Crack' title='Kitchen Draw 4.5 Crack' />The Catholic Church viewed the Waldensians as unorthodox, and in 1184 at the Synod of Verona, under the auspices of Pope Lucius III, they were excommunicated. Mostly PEI and Maritime Food Good Food for a Good LifePrep Time. Preparation. Cook Time. Total Time 2. Total Time. This fig preserve is infused with real vanilla bean for a sweet spread that has endless uses. Try slathering on bread or serving alongside a cheese tray. Ingredients 4 cups 6. Pomonas Universal Pectin Instructions 14 cup 6. Pomonas Universal Pectin. Instructions. Add the chopped figs, water, vanilla bean and its seeds to a large, non reactive saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes or slightly longer depending on how ripe your figs are, stirring occasionally to soften the fruit. Add the calcium water and lemon juice, stir thoroughly. Measure the sugar into a mixing bowl and whisk in the pectin powder until it is completely incorporated and even in color. Bring the fig mixture back to a boil. Add the sugar mixture and stir vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the sugar and pectin are fully dissolved. Return to a full boil and remove from heat immediately. Remove and discard the vanilla bean. Fill the jars to within 14 inch 6 mm of headspace. Wipe rims clean. Center a lid in place and screw a ring to fingertip tightness or fix clamps in place. Put filled jars in a canner filled with boiling water to cover the jars by 2 inches 5 cm. Boil for 1. 0 minutes, then, using a jar lifter, transfer the jars from the water to a clean dish towel or wire rack. Let cool completely. Sky Full Of Stars Flac on this page. Remove the rings, wipe clean, label the jars and store in a cool, dark place for up to 1 year. Once a jar is opened, it is good for about 3 weeks in the refrigerator. Waldensians Wikipedia. The Waldensians also known variously as Waldenses, Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois are a pre Protestant Christian movement founded by Peter Waldo c. In the era of the Reformation, the Waldensians influenced early Swiss reformer Heinrich Bullinger. Upon finding the ideas of other reformers similar to their own, they quickly merged into the larger Protestant movement, becoming a part of the Calvinist tradition. The Waldensian movement first appeared in Lyon in the late 1. Cottian Alps. Today, the Waldensian movement is centered on Piedmont in northern Italy, while small communities are also found in southern Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, the United States, and Uruguay. The movement originated in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by Peter Waldo, a wealthy merchant who gave away his property around 1. Waldensian teachings quickly came into conflict with the Catholic Church. By 1. 21. 5, the Waldensians were declared heretical and subject to intense persecution the group was nearly annihilated in the seventeenth century and were confronted with organized and generalized discrimination in the centuries that followed. In the sixteenth century, Waldensian leaders embraced the Protestant Reformation and joined various local Protestant regional entities. As early as 1. 63. Protestant scholarsand Waldensian theologians themselvesbegan to regard the Waldensians as early forerunners of the Reformation who had maintained the apostolic faith in the face of Catholic oppression. Modern Waldensians share core tenets with Calvinists, including the priesthood of all believers, congregational polity, and a low view of certain sacraments such as Communion and Baptism. They are members of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe and its affiliates worldwide. The main denomination within the movement was the Waldensian Evangelical Church, the original church in Italy. In 1. 97. 5, it merged with the Methodist Evangelical Church to form the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churchesa majority Waldensian church, with a minority of Methodists. Congregations continue to be active in Europe, South America, and North America. Organizations such as the American Waldensian Society maintain the history of this movement and declare they take as their mission proclaiming the Christian Gospel, serving the marginalized, promoting social justice, fostering inter religious work, and advocating respect for religious diversity and freedom of conscience. TeachingseditUnfortunately, our current knowledge of the history of the Waldensians in the Middle Ages is almost exclusively tributary of the sources coming from the official Roman Church, the body that was condemning them as heretics. Because of the documentary scarcity and unconnectedness from which we must draw the description of Waldensian beliefs,6 much of what is known about the early Waldensians comes from reports like the Profession of faith of Valdo of Lyon 1. Durando dOsca c.  1. Liber antiheresis and the Rescriptum of Bergamo Conference 1. Earlier documents that provide information about early Waldensian history include the Will of Stefano dAnse 1. Manifestatio haeresis Albigensium et Lugdunensium c. Anonymous chronicle of Laon c. There are also the two reports written for the Inquisition by Reinerius Saccho died 1. Cathar who converted to Catholicism, published together in 1. Summa de Catharis et Pauperibus de Lugduno On the Cathars and the Poor of Lyons. Waldensians held and preached a number of truths as they read from the Bible. These included The atoning death and justifying righteousness of Christ. The Godhead. The fall of man. The incarnation of the Son. A denial of purgatory as the invention of the Antichrist8Valued voluntary poverty. They held that temporal offices and dignities were not meant for preachers of the Gospel that relics were simply rotten bones which had belonged to one knew not whom that to go on pilgrimage served no end, save to empty ones purse that flesh might be eaten any day if ones appetite served one that holy water was not a whit more efficacious than rain water and that prayer in a barn was just as effectual as if offered in a church. They were accused, moreover, of having scoffed at the doctrine of transubstantiation, and of having spoken blasphemously of the Catholic Church as the harlot of the Apocalypse. They rejected what they perceived as the idolatry of the Catholic Church and considered the Papacy as the Antichrist of Rome. The La nobla leyczon, written in the Occitan language, gives a sample of the medieval Waldensian belief. It was believed that this poem dated between 1. The poem exists in four manuscripts two are housed at University of Cambridge, one at Trinity College in Dublin, and another in Geneva. HistoryeditOriginseditAccording to legend, Peter Waldo renounced his wealth as an encumbrance to preaching,1. Catholic clergy to follow his example. Because of this shunning of wealth, the movement was early known as The Poor of Lyon and The Poor of Lombardy. The Waldensian movement was characterized from the beginning by lay preaching, voluntary poverty, and strict adherence to the Bible. Between 1. 17. 5 and 1. Waldo either commissioned a cleric from Lyons to translate the New Testament into the vernacularthe Arpitan Franco Provenal languageor was himself involved in this translation work. In 1. 17. 9, Waldo and one of his disciples went to Rome, where Pope Alexander III and the Roman Curia welcomed them. They had to explain their faith before a panel of three clergymen, including issues that were then debated within the Church, such as the universal priesthood, the gospel in the vulgar tongue, and the issue of voluntary poverty. The results of the meeting were inconclusive, and the Third Lateran Council in the same year condemned Waldos ideas, but not the movement itself the leaders of the movement had not yet been excommunicated. The Waldensians proceeded to disobey the Third Lateran Council and continued to preach according to their own understanding of the Scriptures. By the early 1. 18. Waldo and his followers were excommunicated and forced from Lyon. The Catholic Church declared them heretics, stating that the groups principal error was contempt for ecclesiastical power. Rome also accused the Waldensians of teaching innumerable errors. Waldo and his followers developed a system whereby they would go from town to town and meet secretly with small groups of Waldensians. There they would confess sins and hold service. A traveling Waldensian preacher was known as a barba. The group would shelter the barba and help make arrangements to move on to the next town in secret. Waldo possibly died in the early 1. Germany he was never captured, and his fate remains uncertain. Early Waldensians belonged to one of three groups 1. Sandaliati those with sandals received sacred orders and were to prove the heresiarchs wrong. Doctores instructed and trained missionaries. Novellani preached to the general population. They were also called Insabbatati, Sabati, Inzabbatati. Sabotiersdesignations arising from the unusual type of sabot they used as footwear. Some historians feel their beliefs came from missionaries from the early church and that their history may have its origins in the apostolic age,2. Baptist Successionism, an idea that was very popular among some 1.