making Polish przetwory (preserves) for winter 🇵🇱

(recipes below) But first let me plug my podcast TEXTORY lol: https://open.spotify.com/show/1oZBoK0Dxt6YLi6LIHwlq4 RECIPES: 🥒OGÓRKI KISZONE🥒 – I've used this recipe: https://aniagotuje.pl/przepis/ogorki-kiszone YOU NEED: 🥒2kg (4,5 lbs) of pickling cucumbers 🥒2 l (9 cups) of water 🥒4 tbsp of salt 🥒A small garlic 🥒Horseradish 🥒Dill INSTRUCTIONS: 🥒Remember to preper the jars beforehand! They should be around 1 l (32 oz). 🥒Wash the cucumbers and other ingredients. 🥒Put a chunk of horseradish, two garlic cloves, some dill on the bottom of each jar. Fill the jars tightly with cucumbers. You can add some additional dill in between the cucumbers and on top. Boil the water with the salt and pour over the cucumbers, covering them completely. Close the jars tightly. 🍐DŻEM GRUSZKOWY🍐 (pear jam) – here's the recipe I’ve used: https://aniagotuje.pl/przepis/dzem-gruszkowy YOU NEED: 🍐1,5kg (3,3 lbs) of soft pears 🍐1/3 -1/2 cup of sugar (depending on how sweet the pears are) 🍐A package of kisiel (or 2 tbsp of starch) 🍐Juice of 1 lemon 🍐100 ml (1/3-½ cup of water) INSTRUCTIONS: 🍐Wash and peel the pears, cut the seeds out, slice them into quarters and chop them into cubes appx. 2,5 cm (1 in) wide. 🍐Place them in a pot, cover them with sugar and mix until they loose some juice. 🍐Place on low heat first and keep stirring. Gradually turn the heat up to medium until it turns into mousse with chunks of fruit in it (should take about 30-40 mins). 🍐When you think the pears are done, mix the starch with lemon juice and water and pour into the pot. Keep stirring until the mixture boils (2-3 mins). 🍐Pour into jars! 🟣POWIDŁA ŚLIWKOWE🟣 - here’s the recipe I used: https://beszamel.se.pl/przepisy/przetwory/powidla-sliwkowe-z-piekarnika-sprawdzony-przepis-re-183H-N5Sr-7HBQ.html YOU NEED: 🟣2 kg (4,5 lbs) of dark soft plums 🟣2/3 cup of sugar (or less depending on how sweet the plums are) INSTRUCTIONS: 🟣Wash the plums, slice them and take the seeds out. Put the halves into a heat resistant container, pour the sugar over and stir to distribute it evenly. 🟣Set the oven to 200C (392F) and bake the plums for 30 mins. After that time stir the plums and turn the heat down to 170C (338F). 🟣Stir every 30 mins. When the mixture loses water, thickens and the plums disintegrate into jam-like consistency, it should be ready (in my case it took 2h total). Pour into jars!