Q&A: Potato water as leavening, Canning honey, Smelly canned beets
Potato water as leavening
Is it possible to use potatoes or the water they're cooked in as the sole leavening agent in a basic bread...
Q and A: dehydrating ground beef and DIY mixes
Dehydrating ground beef
I would like to do this if you feel it is safe. Don't want to "poison" my family!
1. Brown your hamburger in...
We had a quiet but very nice Christmas
Late Christmas Eve, Will's grandson, Drew, arrived after a long drive from Minneapolis, a five-hour drive on some not-so-nice roads at times. We sat...
Our asparagus is shooting up
So guess what we had for dinner last night? Yep, we pigged out on our favorite spring treat, creamed asparagus on toast. (I ate...
When it’s raining outside, I’m working inside
The greenhouse heater is pretty much running non-stop as our weather has turned colder, so I'm trying like mad to get the squash in...