Pickled Corn on the Cob
When you grow your own sweet corn, you can have plenty of fresh, tender ears to eat, can, freeze, and make yummy pickled corn on the cob. But the first order of business is to choose the right variety for...
Tagged: recipe
Berry Butter — Strawberry or Blueberry
Summer brings an abundance of strawberries, then blueberries, to our Tennessee farm. One of the many ways we enjoy berries is in berry butter. It’s delicious on toast or biscuits and is incredibly easy to make. Making Berry Butter We...
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Yukon Gold potatoes are ideal all-around spuds. They are not as mealy as white potatoes and not as waxy as red potatoes, making them perfect for any method you might use to cook a potato. They are smallish in size,...
Can’t Grow Celery? Grow Celeriac
That’s a trick statement, because celeriac is a type of celery. However, all the attempts I’ve ever made to grow regular celery ended poorly. So I was left with buying celery at the store. Since celery is sprayed with 29...
Energy Shots with Ginger and Turmeric
What do you do with a bountiful harvest of ginger and turmeric from your garden? Well, you could make energy shots. They offer a great non-caffeine pick-me-up when you’re feeling the winter blahs, and might just keep you healthy during...
Can You Dehydrate Watermelon?
The book that came with my Excalibur food dryer says watermelon is “poor for dehydrating.” I say otherwise. It dries nicely, keeps well, and tastes great. Here’s how to dehydrate watermelon: Pick the Right Watermelon Start with a large, fully...
Egg Size Conversions for Recipes
Most recipes calling for eggs are geared toward large chicken eggs. But what if you have only small bantams eggs? Or extra large duck eggs, or even jumbo turkey eggs? Some recipes can be ruined by using the wrong size...
Not Bailey’s Irish Cream, But Close
Bailey’s Irish Cream is a whiskey-based cream liqueur. At our house we enjoy a little glass as dessert, or sometimes we have it over vanilla ice cream. The real deal is divine, but rather pricey. So I decided to find...
Cauliflower Pickles with Ginger and Turmeric
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 — Easy to Grow and Delicious, Too
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...