Will and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
Of course it's been a zoo around here, getting ready for Christmas, but on Sunday, Will and I took awhile off to drive "around the block" so to speak. We wanted to take a...
Q and A: rendering bear fat and canning pepper sauce
Rendering bear fat
I have been looking for bear fat for three years and have finally acquired 20# this last week. Early 1900's recipes indicate that it makes the lightest and fluffiest pastries. I intend...
Q and A: Cream cheese and canning pork loin
Cream cheese
I looked up the 'Cream Cheese Frosting' recipe in your Pantry Cookbook. It called for either packages of cream cheese or fresh cream cheese softened. How do you make your own cream cheese?...
Happy Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, tomorrow, I've been busy cleaning and cooking like mad as two of my sons and their families are coming for dinner tomorrow. I baked a big Hopi Pale...
The bottom fell out of the temperature last night.
When we woke up it was negative 16° F! In Minnesota that's cold for early November. Those beavers were sure right so far! So we run out, do chores then come back and work...