Life on the Farm
Ginger, along with its cousin turmeric, must be harvested before first frost. Accordingly, every fall I end up with an abundance of both. In seeking new ways to use either one, I ran across a delicious recipe that incorporates both...
Potimarron is a prolific and easy-to-grow pear-shape squash in the Hubbard family. The flavor of this delicous squash supposedly is reminiscent of roasted chestnuts. Its name is a French combination of potiron meaning pumpkin and marron meaning chestnut. It’s also...
Finding a good recipe for homemade kosher dill pickles can be a gamble. I’ve gone through many recipes that didn’t quite hit the mark and some that were downright awful. Finally I discovered a recipe that’s perfect. For starters, these...
When deer congregate under the apple tree and crows drop apples in the driveway for a peck fest, it’s time to make apple jelly. The deer and crows tell us the apples are just starting to ripen. Apples that aren’t...
What to do when you wake up in the morning to below freezing temperatures and the power out? For me, first thing I want is a cup of hot coffee to jump-start my brain. But with the power out, my...
The best cornmeal I ever tasted came from a fellow I met in Georgia while attending a Mule Day event some years ago. He had grown and milled the corn himself, using mules, of course. That cornmeal I brought home...
That chicken soup is magic medicine was known as far back as the 12th century, when it was extolled for its ability to relieve respiratory symptoms caused by the common cold. More recently Stephen Rennard, MD, proved that chicken soup...
At the end of the gardening season, when frost threatens, I wander around looking for stragglers that might freeze. I invariably find a few young dill plants that missed their scheduled spring sprouting. That’s when I think of making Thousand...
The herb mache is as easy to grow as a weed — because it is a weed, or once was. Mache (Valerianella locusta) started out as a weed growing in European grain fields. It has become so popular as a...
You can make homemade tomato paste by cooking down the liquid from fresh tomatoes until you get the consistency of paste, then process the results in canning jars. But here’s a much easier way to make your own tomato paste....
