Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel...
By Rebekah L. Cowell
Issue #122 • March/April, 2010
In a perfect world, we would get all the nutrients and medication we needed from the food we ate. However, our diets and the foods available to...
Uncooked Peanut-butter Candy
Recipe of the Week
Uncooked Peanut-butter Candy
Courtesy of
Ruth Dasche
Ingredients
1/2 cup smooth or crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup honey (any kind you like)
3/4 to 1 cup powdered milk
Method
Using a 1 quart or larger bowl, add...
Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?
By Jackie Clay
Issue #77 • September/October, 2002
Okay, I know in the song it's "cherry" pie, but what the heck, we all love apple pies, don't we? Unfortunately, few people bake good old fashioned apple...
Fermented dill pickles
Recipe of the Week
Fermented dill pickles
Courtesy of
Olivia Miller
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
50-60 smooth small cucumbers
1 oz. whole mixed spices
dill
1 lb. pure salt
1 gallon water
1 pint cider...
Picking and preserving the wild plum
By Bill Weekes
Issue #69 • May/June, 2001
The wild plum is a fickle fruit, ripening any time between late spring and late summer. It comes in a bunch of colors, shapes, and sizes. Some are...
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...
Cherries and Chocolate Cake
Recipe of the Week
Cherries and Chocolate Cake
Courtesy of
Lauren Smeltzer
Ingredients
Cake
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 cups light brown sugar, packed
1-1/3 cups sour cream
1-1/2 cups boiling water
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup cocoa
4 eggs
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla...
Two beans and wild asparagus salad
Recipe of the Week
Two beans and wild asparagus salad
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1/2 cup cut wax beans
1/2 cup canned red kidney beans or other...
Recipes from my mother’s kitchen
By Richard Blunt
Issue #52 • July/August, 1998
One of my earliest and fondest childhood memories is of my mother and me walking nearly a mile down the road from our house, in the rain, to...
Start your food storage on $10 a week
By Alan T. Hagan
Issue #59 • September/October, 1999
If Old Mother Hubbard had had a food storage program before she went to her cupboard her poor dog would have gotten his bone. Given the fact...
Six Chile Chicken
Recipe of the Week
Six Chile Chicken
Courtesy of
Adam Kingman
A very spicy dish. Substitute milder chiles to lower the heat.
Ingredients
3 pounds chicken pieces
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
2 tomatoes, skinned and...
Tahini — A health food par-excellence
By Habeeb Salloum
Issue #89 • September/October, 2004
Since time immemorial tahini has been a choice food in the countries which edge the eastern Mediterranean. The product of hulled and crushed sesame seeds, this delectable, nourishing,...
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...
Layered casserole
Recipe of the Week
Layered casserole
Courtesy of
Nathele Graham
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup uncooked rice
1 can whole-kernel corn, drained
2 cups tomato sauce
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup finely chopped...
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...
Fail-proof white bread
Recipe of the Week
Fail-proof white bread
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 Tbsp. dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 tsp. honey
4 cups hot water
3 Tbsp. shortening
1 Tbsp....
