Homemade pizza
Recipe of the Week
Homemade pizza
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
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Ingredients
3 cups flour
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. mixed spices (oregano, basil, onion flakes)
1-1/2 cups warm water
1...
Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth
By Charles Sanders
Issue #70 • July/August, 2001
In my mind, one of the simple pleasures in life is hot biscuits, a dab of butter, and a dollop of homemade jelly. Around here any biscuits left...
Penne with Provencal eggplant and peppers
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Penne with Provencal eggplant and peppers
Courtesy of
Tim and Anna Green
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Ingredients
2 medium-sized eggplants, unpeeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
1...
More tips and tricks for the kitchen
By Richard Blunt
Issue #62 • March/April, 2000
(This is a follow-up to Richard Blunt's article, Tips and tricks for the kitchen, Issue #60, Nov/Dec. 1999.)
After years of watching my mother prepare thousands of wonderful foods...
Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce
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Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
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Ingredients
1 lb. fish fillets
1 1/2 cups white wine
1/3 cup fresh...
Cooking from long-term food storage
By Jackie Clay
Issue #55 • January/February, 1999
All self-reliant families know they should have at least a year's worth of food and essential supplies stored up in a large pantry. Unfortunately, actually eating from long-term...
Lentil and meat stew
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Lentil and meat stew
Courtesy of
Habeeb Salloum
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Ingredients
4 Tbsp. butter
1/2 lb. beef, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 medium onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic,...
Introduction to water bath canning
By Patrice Lewis
Issue #172 • July/August, 2018
Water bath canning is one of only two scientifically-proven methods of preserving food in jars — the other is pressure canning, which will not be covered in this...
Masala jheenga
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Masala jheenga
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
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Ingredients
1-1/2 tsp. white poppy seeds
2 lbs. medium-sized raw shrimp (about 30-35 shrimp per lb.)
1/2...
Italian Christmas bread
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Italian Christmas bread
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
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Ingredients
1/4 cup warm milk (110 to 115°)
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 tsp. brown sugar
1/4 cup...
Turkey the old-fashioned way
By Linda Gabris
Issue #90 • November/December, 2004
When I was a kid, mom did all her cooking on a McClary wood stove that sat in the corner of her big country kitchen. The stove, fondly...
Dandelion recipes
By Tom and Joanne O’Toole
Issue #82 • July/August, 2003
For dandelion gourmets there are many ways to prepare this amazing weed, and to include it in soups, salads, main courses, desserts, and wine.
Here are a...
Blueberry wine jam
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Blueberry wine jam
Courtesy of
Jan Cook
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Ingredients
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen blueberries, unsweetened
4 cups sugar
2 cups berry wine
2 Tbsp. frozen orange...
Persimmon cookies
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Persimmon cookies
Courtesy of
Charles A. Sanders
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Ingredients
1 cup persimmon pulp
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
1 tsp....
Canning chickens for the pantry
By Samantha Biggers
Issue #135 • May/June, 2012
For the past three years my husband and I have raised Cornish Cross broilers in chicken tractors on our farm in western North Carolina. This past year we...
Fermented dill pickles
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Fermented dill pickles
Courtesy of
Olivia Miller
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Ingredients
50-60 smooth small cucumbers
1 oz. whole mixed spices
dill
1 lb. pure salt
1 gallon water
1 pint cider...
