February 20th, 2010 I’ve decided I much prefer to make bread the old fashioned way so, in cleaning off my kitchen shelves, I pulled out a hardly-ever-used (but somewhat dusty) copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes. It really needs a new home.
This is the first book – not the new “healthy bread” one. And in the interest [...]
February 15th, 2010 I shoulda known goats would pick something like…
Carrots for the February Can Jam ingredient.
I promised BarBBQ Bill that I would not stray (too far) from our personal canning resolution of “If we won’t eat it, we’re not going to waste the ingredients or the time to put it up.”
The majority of carrot recipes I found [...]
January 30th, 2010 We received a lovely surprise the other day.
A huge box of fresh pecans in the shell from our wonderful friends in Texas.
Trying to figure out how we could use them up before they went bad, we discovered that pecans freeze very well in the shell – up to four years!
These are ready for the freezer [...]
January 24th, 2010 After making more marmalade for the January Can Jam and finding some jars from last year in the pantry, I’ve devised some ways to use it up in other recipes. I don’t eat much jam on toast and BarBBQ Bill doesn’t care for it at all “straight”.
Make a dipping sauce for egg rolls or a [...]
January 4th, 2010 It’s cold. I want comfort food.
In this house, comfort food doesn’t have to be pretty. This isn’t. But it does have to be warm, stick-to-your-ribs style delicious. Sauerbraten fits that description.
Sauerbraten is definitely not a last-minute meal. The meat has to marinate at least 2 or 3 days (mine went almost a week with no [...]
