7 Mistakes of food storage
By Vicki Tate
Issue #55 • January/February, 1999
If you are going to store food, make sure that the food you store is adequate for the need you and your family anticipate. This may not be...
Home canning safety tips
By Liz Case
Issue #66 • November/December, 2000
Like many who were born shortly after World War II, I grew up in a family with a solidly "city" lifestyle. My mother saw canning as drudgery. For...
Turning to turmeric
By Habeeb Salloum
On our farm in southwest Saskatchewan, of all the spices Mother used, there were a few with long histories that she never had in her kitchen. One of these was turmeric, a...
Green tomato kosher dill pickles
Recipe of the Week
Green tomato kosher dill pickles
Courtesy of
Marjorie Burris
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Ingredients
small, firm green tomatoes
celery stalks
sweet green peppers, cut into fourths
garlic...
Fermented dill pickles
Recipe of the Week
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...
Raspberry ketchup
Richard Blunt
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
1 to 3 pickled chili peppers (let your taste be the judge) or substitute l/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/3 cup fresh or canned tomato puree
1/3 cup wine vinegar
1/4...
Corn and nopalito salsa
Recipe of the Week
Corn and nopalito salsa
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
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Ingredients
1 1/2 cups cooked sweet corn
1/2 cup chopped nopalitos
2 Tbsp. chopped sweet red pepper
1/4...
Apple butter
Recipe of the Week
Apple butter
Courtesy of
Anne Westbrook Dominick
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Ingredients
5 lbs. apples, stems removed and quartered
2 cups cider or cider vinegar
brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2...
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...
Dill-onion bread
Charles Bryant O’Dooley
Ingredients
1 Tbsp. dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1 Tbsp. butter
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup whole bran cereal
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 Tbsp. honey
1 Tbsp....
Aunt Ona’s Mandarin orange cake
Recipe of the Week
Aunt Ona’s Mandarin orange cake
Courtesy of
Edwina Gower
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Cake Ingredients
1 butter cake mix (or yellow)
1 can mandarin oranges
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
Filling...
Blunt family chili
Recipe of the Week
Blunt family chili
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
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Ingredients
6 Tbsp. peanut oil
3 lb. lean ground beef chuck, chili grind
1-1/2 lbs. lean pork,...
Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch
Recipe of the Week
Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch
Courtesy of
Pat Ward
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Ingredients
3/4 cup ketchup
1 Tbsp. horseradish
2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Tabasco to...
Old-fashioned baked beans
Recipe of the Week
Old-fashioned baked beans
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
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Ingredients
2 cups dry navy beans
1/4 cup ham or bacon
1/2 cup dehydrated chopped onions
8 Tbsp....
Plantation Coffee Punch
Recipe of the Week
Plantation Coffee Punch
Courtesy of
Louise Johnson
Ingredients
1/3 cup instant coffee dissolved in 1/2 cup boiling water
5 cups milk
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Method
Mix the dissolved instant...
