Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead
By Jereme Zimmerman
Issue #155 • September/October, 2015
I am preparing honey, water, and flavoring ingredients for a batch of mead made with a commercial yeast.
Mead (honey wine) is one of the simplest alcoholic beverages to...
Easy-to-make farmer’s cheese
By Leah Leach
Issue #152 • March/April, 2015
Ingredients
Making cheese is one of the easiest and most satisfying tasks that you can accomplish in the homestead kitchen. While there are many wonderful cheeses out there to...
Jambalaya stew
Recipe of the Week
Jambalaya stew
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Special Equipment:
1 seasoned 5-qt. Dutch oven with lid
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. peanut oil
3 oz. smoked sausage, chopped medium...
Pheasant and dumplings
Recipe of the Week
Pheasant and dumplings
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 pheasant (or equivalent other bird)
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
2 cups broth from cooking
1/2 pint...
Crabapple jelly
Recipe of the Week
Crabapple jelly
Courtesy of
Charles A. Sanders
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
3 lbs. crabapples (about 10 cups, cut up)
4 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1...
Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter
By Emily Buehler
Issue #97 • January/February, 2006
Most people know about sourdough starter—it can be used instead of yeast to make bread rise, resulting in bread with a sour flavor and a chewier texture. Bakers...
Pears in Caramel Syrup
Recipe of the Week
Pears in Caramel Syrup
Courtesy of
Louise Boudreau
Ingredients
8 firm, unblemished, ripe Pears, preferably Anjou or Comice
3 cups Water
2 cups Sugar
1/3 cup Coffee Liqueur
juice of 1 Lemon
Water
Whipped cream (optional)
Method
Three-quarters fill a pot or bowl...
Algerian honeyed lamb kebabs
Recipe of the Week
Algerian honeyed lamb kebabs
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
meat:
2 lbs. boned lamb leg cut into 1 inch cubes
marinade:
3 cloves peeled fresh garlic
2...
Growing and Using Cilantro
By Habeeb Salloum
Cilantro (also called fresh coriander, Chinese parsley, Mexican parsley, Spanish parsley, and Thai parsley) is one of the oldest herbal condiments known to humankind. It is thought to be the first herb...
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...
Whole grain breads baked at home
By Richard Blunt
Issue #112 • July/August, 2008
Bread baking is an ancient craft that some food historians believe reaches back over 15,000 years to the time when the last Ice Age was losing its grip...
Hamentaschen
Recipe of the Week
Hamentaschen
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
Cookie dough:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 lb. margarine
2 Tbsp. honey
2 eggs
grated...
American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot
By Richard Blunt
Issue #30 • November/December, 1994
Oftentimes, I stop and wonder what people ate in the early days of this country. We cooks do that sometimes. And it's at times like this that I...
Making Yogurt
By Patrice Lewis
Issue #132 • November/December, 2011
When you get to the point where you're milking your own cow, you'll need to figure out what to do with the excess milk. One of the easiest...
Beef and Cabbage Soup
Recipe of the Week
Beef and Cabbage Soup
Courtesy of
Troi Young
Ingredients
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 stalks celery, chopped
16 ounces kidney beans, drained
1/2...
Cornmeal sour cream biscuits
Recipe of the Week
Cornmeal sour cream biscuits
Courtesy of
Arthur Vernon II
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1...
