Screw the lids shut, being careful not to over tighten.Boil the jars. Dip tomatoes into flour to coat. Wash the jars and lids in hot soapy water; rinse well. An unheated basement, insulated garage, or enclosed porch would work very well.Ethylene gas is...
The aroma will draw the entire family to the kitchen. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, stirring to combine. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar and final tablespoon of olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste.
Add a handful of the long grain rice to the bucket. Harvesting rice means cutting and gathering the panicles attached to the stalks. Add water up to 2 inches over the soil level. When the rice plants are 5-6 inches tall, increase the water depth to 4...
Homemade, of course; laden with fruits and nuts and redolent of liquor. If you prefer something lighter, try this recipe for. In years past, holiday guests were offered a dark piece of cake at every turn.
I had to learn to enjoy the, since we lived 32 miles from town. We share this breakfast at least once a month on my family farm. Sprinkle flour into the drippings and stir until it is bubbly and brown.
No matter where it was made, I got to be in on the making.Hominy is dried field corn kernels which have been treated with an alkali. In all my years I have only ever taken one bite of beets, pickled, I think they were.
However, sisters share a special relationship that only sisters can comprehend. They freeze well, and can be heated up at a moment's notice for another round of unique but delightful Southern cuisine.Pour about ½ cup of water and about a tablespoon of...
I know lots of you probably wish you had my problem, but my husband (and I'm cringing now because I know he's going to read this sooner or later) buys me flowers too often. Have you ever bought some for yourself?
Oregano is one of those herbs that tends to grow prolifically. But it can easily grow out of its intended bed. This can be a good thing. Add some bacon or ham for flavor, some jalapenos for heat, and a goodly amount of oregano, and cook it down for a...
Remove from heat and allow to cool.Roll bottom crust and line the pie plate. What a fabulous concoction, almost like candy! If you serve it, be sure to name it something else so your guests don't run screaming from the room!Line a 10-inch pie pan with...
Most of the time there were several different flavors of mint, and each flavor had a particular use.grows in sunny fields or along roadsides with a rich sandy loamy soil. It is native to Europe, and is naturalized in the United States from New England...
When we had a good pile of pieces from about a dozen beans, we got out the bag of sugar and the food processor. Little fingers are good at picking off the stubborn bits! While we rinsed and dried the bottles, we discussed how they could be decorated.I'm...
(Read: Today's menu: Greens) This being a garden-oriented article we will talk about greens: plants, veggies and weeds but with one foot set on the kitchen floor as ?br?des? The basic way is to slightly brown the sliced onions in oil (adding turmeric...
I serve it with whipped cream and chocolate sauce. I'm not sure I've ever even seen parchment paper, but the circles I trace out of brown paper bags or plain white paper seem to work fine.
From ordinary steak fries to roasted fennel, this book is a wealth of information and I wholeheartedly endorse it. Some surprises were in order and the editors found that things like ordinary bagged carrots had just as much flavor and were as tender as...
Turn the mixture into pie shell. In large mixing bowl, stir together the 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/4 cup flour and nutmeg. Stir well and spread evenly into baking dish. They were taken from plants started by my dad when I was a young child.Rhubarb is a cool-season...
Any occasion is good for baking a pumpkin pie, but Thanksgiving is the best. Moreover, I thought it had a horrible taste! Sometimes a friend would give me a piece of pumpkin pie, but none was tasty enough to impress me and make me like it.
The following is a recipe to use lavender in a refreshing drink.In a medium saucepan, combine water sugar and strawberries. Enjoy!If you have the chance to attend a lavender festival, I highly recommend it.
Add the liquid AND threads to the dish and they will continue to increase flavor and aroma as the dish cooks.Start with very simple recipes featuring saffron so that you can begin to know what saffron tastes like.
At this point it is no longer good for use as cilantro, but you can let it go and harvest the coriander seeds later in the season.Cilantro is best used fresh as the dried leaves lose their flavor.
The cold winds of winter are waiting for fall to finish on stage. Mom just mentioned that she picked most of the green tomatoes and she has a mincemeat pie waiting in the freezer for Thanksgiving.
You are limited only by the herbs you have access to, your imagination, and your personal taste preferences.I prefer unbleached or bread flour because of its availability, health benefits (compared to bleached white flour) and ease of use.
The ancient Romans loved it and used it for several purposes. Each variety is different in the it's space requirements, but 12" to 18" is a minimum distance between plants. Cabbage has been in cultivation for thousands of years.
Enjoy your wonderful treat.Simply basic: Stir about 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup into a mug of dark black rich coffee.Steam 1/8 cup of milk over low heat in a pan on the stove. I like chunks of cold ice cream in my coffee while my husband likes to stir...
Thyme is such an intensely flavored herb, and it is an essential ingredient in so many traditional spice mixtures. (It is easy to strip the leaves away from the stems of thyme sprigs by running your thumb and forefinger down the stem against the growth...
First comes the real food, which takes much more time to be cooked ! Bake for 45 minutes. Mix yolks, sugar, cocoa, flour and baking soda. It is usually made for Christmas, with the pork's head and feet boiled until all the meat falls off the bones.
Carrots and turnips are cut into pieces about half that size, and parsnips are cut smaller still. Once when I was sick, the doctor told my mom I should rest up and suggested she make me chicken soup.
