Q and A: making cheese, rum vinegar, and sewing a zipper
Making cheese
When making Chevre Cheese from goats' milk you instruct: Warm milk to 80 degrees by setting pot in a sink full of hot water. Stir in buttermilk; mix well. Add 2 Tbsp of...
After a week of rain and cold, the sun is shining
It sure makes one feel better when the sun comes out after a long period of rain! Yesterday I went out and pulled some nice rutabagas and began washing, peeling, and getting them ready...
I’ve been busy rendering and canning lard
We're so thankful to have received a big box of pork fat to render down. I'll admit I'm doing it the "lazy" way. As it's already ground, all I do is pack it into...
I hope your Christmas was as happy as ours
Ashley and I baked for a week. Cookies, pies, candy, and finally Will's Cheescake (you can find this recipe and more in my pantry cookbook). I had to laugh though. Due to our generator...
Q and A: chestnuts, green beans, lima beans, and deformed peppers
Chestnuts
How do you use chestnuts? And do you can them as you do pecans or other nuts?
Joyce Pierce
Georgiana, Alabama
You can roast them and eat them for a snack but you can also roast,...