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Showing posts with label Preserving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preserving. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Rogation Days: "Justice in the Preservation of the Boundaries"

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"Rogation Days" were a church tradition in Europe that involved the whole community walking the boundaries of their village lands,...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Grocery Diary Week 1 January 2015

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I've decided to track my spending on groceries this year, as I am growing and preserving more and more of our own food.  I will note...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

Canning Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit

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This is the season when Texas citrus are ripe. It is surprisingly easy to can fresh grapefruit  (or oranges) - and it tastes so fresh wh...
Monday, November 17, 2014

When a friend gives you Basil... make Pesto for the freezer!

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My latest video gets you ready for one of the easiest, quickest, after-work home cooked meals there is: Pesto with  pecans! :-)  Enjoy!
Friday, July 26, 2013

Linocuts and Letterpress: Printing Seed Packets and Cottage Food Labels

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I've been having fun this year in the print shop, turning out seed packets for saving seeds in.  The Pecan Corner Press is a hobby, a...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

How to Make Homemade Sauerkraut from Scratch

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Sauerkraut, drained, rinsed and ready to eat!  My family made pickles, but never sauerkraut. We ate it though: a regular weekni...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Goodbye HFCS! How To Make A Small Batch of Homemade Tomato Ketchup in a Crockpot

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 We are not unduly careful about what we eat: we prefer fresh, real foods but do not insist on organic; we trust our bodies to balance ou...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Barbarian Days: A Family Doctor's Home in the 1920s & 1930s (the Home of Author Robert E Howard)

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A couple of weeks ago, we went to Cross Plains, Texas, and toured the Robert E Howard home as part of their "Barbarian Days Festiva...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Mincemeat Cake: Can You Believe You'll Want Seconds?

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Even the last gasp of mincemeat – mince pies – are going out of fashion. What a shame we have lost touch with this old standby that dates b...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Putting Up Peaches: Peach Chutney For A Change

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It's Peach Season! Time to eat all we can and can all we can't. ;-) I love canning - it's one of those tasks where we get to enj...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Garden Fresh Under-the-Bed Tomatoes in Winter

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Remember those green tomatoes wrapped in newspaper we put in flats under the bed before the first frost (Nov 2nd)? This is what they look l...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Green Tomatoes, Winter Ripening and Chow Chow

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Our neighbor - the one who grows amazing amounts of tomatoes in his yard and sells them wholesale - came in to where I work today . He asked...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

Autumn Decorating, Letters from Home, and Vintage Postcards

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Today the Harvest Moon is full. Be sure to step outside your door and enjoy the beautiful sight of it rising over the next couple of days. I...
Monday, September 28, 2009

How To Make Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly Part 3

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Be sure the see the first post (How to find and gather) and the second post (how to prepare the fruit and juice). If you have not made jel...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

How To Make Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly Part 2

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The first post told how to find and gather the ripe prickly pears. You might want to refer back to it if you just arrived. This post is p...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

How To Make Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly Part 1

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One of my favorite things to make for Christmas gifts for many years was Prickly Pear Jelly. Devin asked me last year to make some, and Alvi...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Orange Zest, Candied Carrots and Helping Out

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Our county has a shared Christian social ministry center that all of the local churches, local businesses, and local people help support. It...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

How to Organize a Chest Type Freezer Part 2

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When I looked around the net for tips on organizing a freezer, three great ideas were to use stackable tubs, to separate beef, pork, and chi...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

Organizing a Chest-type Freezer

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I am so thankful to have a freezer again! We had one for many years, and it made it so much easier to feed our family of 3 boys! It was by f...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Putting Up Figs: Homemade Fig Newtons

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One thing I am always looking for is ways to use the pickles, relishes and preserves, jams and jellies that we put up when canning. It's...