January 18th, 2010 This month’s ingredient for the Can Jam is…
Citrus!
Despite my fervent prayers to whoever is in charge of Fruit Ripening, my very locally grown oranges are not quite ready for picking (as you can see above). I was really hoping citrus would be the February Flavor of the Month because, by then, my tree might [...]
December 31st, 2009 The challenge: make a homemade barbecue sauce that’s not too sweet, that’s tangy-mustardy like a Memphis-style sauce, and can be put up using a boiling water bath.
I’m almost there.
I despise finding huge amounts of high fructose corn syrup in food, especially as the number one ingredient. Before our preferred brand of store-bought barbecue sauce became [...]
December 20th, 2009 I need a break from cranberries and apples and cinnamon and chocolate and peppermint and winter/Christmas baking smells.
I need a smell and taste of summer. I need to celebrate that the days are now going to get longer and the growing season will be here again before I know it.
I was down in the Little [...]
December 18th, 2009 ‘Tis the season…for venison.
For those who think venison is icky or gamy, it’s probably because:
A. It’s meat from an old buck in the middle of the rut (you know, the ones with the big trophy-sized rack on their head), or
B. It wasn’t field dressed properly, or
C. It wasn’t cooked properly.
In our opinion, venison is some [...]
December 15th, 2009 It’s much nicer to heat up the kitchen in December than it is in August. Winter has become my jam-making time. I need to make some room in the freezer, so I’m ready to make elderberry jam.
As an added benefit, I’ve found I get a lot more juice from frozen/thawed berries than fresh ones. As [...]
