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Indian Chilli Pickle
Actually, for me to be in a pickle is a good thing! If you have been following along you know I like pickles, pickled cucumber, chillies, tomatoes, giardiniera. All these rely on salt and vinegar. I...
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Preservation Madness
A week ago I asked myself, “What on earth are we going to do with all this stuff?” I’d just pulled 55 lbs of produce in a mad dash to beat the freeze, and I stood in the sunroom looking at baskets,...
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Garlic Conserva
In the midst of canning the abundance of produce in the pressure canner, and running out to find some Asafoetida I came across a big beautiful pile of garlic at one of the markets. Then I remembered...
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Green Tomato & Apple Mincemeat Pie
When I pulled in the harvest, it included 7+ lbs of green tomatoes. Last Sunday I was motivated to use them and not have them go to waste. So I was digging through a canning book and I found a recipe...
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Canned Potatoes – a staple of the deep pantry
Potatoes are not very sexy. Remember Matt Dillon in “The Flamingo Kid?” – he is asked by the antagonist “How many potatoes do you think you’ll eat before you die?” The implication is they are...
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Stuffed Pickled Cherry Peppers
As one of ten children who are scattered north to south and east to west, I’m always happy to see out-of-town siblings. My brother is coming into town for business and we have the opportunity to get...
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Celebration! Of Family, Seafood & Antipasti
As I said last time, this past weekend I was lucky enough to get together with two brothers and a sister for an afternoon and evening of visiting and as is normally the case in most families I know,...
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Homemade Sauerkraut
My sister stopped by about a month ago and we were talking about pantries and food storage and such and I asked, “Hey, you wanna check out my fermenting sauerkraut? It’s been bubbling away in the...
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Eat Garden to Table Because You Can!
I like to practice garden to table as much as I am able. While your local climate may keep you from popping out to the garden to pick something for dinner in middle of winter, it doesn’t mean you can’t...
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Can you can? Sure you can!
It’s that time of year again when the produce is mounting up and you can either be overrun by it or be putting it up for later. As you know I am a big fan of canning. It’s old-school, and doesn’t...
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Eggplant Tomato Relish
I have a lot of eggplant, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and basil from the garden. I decide to make this relish again, the original post was from five years ago. This recipe from the Wednesday July 28,...
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Salt Preserved Meyer lemons
It’s citrus season and more than the usual suspects are showing up in the market. I try to eat local as much as I can but without a large garden and an enormous cold cellar and jar storage area, by...
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