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...
Ginger beer
Recipe of the Week
Ginger beer
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
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Ingredients
4 oz. dried ginger root
1 gallon water
juice from...
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...
Elk Roast With Cranberries
Recipe of the Week
Elk Roast With Cranberries
Courtesy of
Daisy Wallace
Ingredients
2 - 3 pound Elk roast*
2 tablespoons Oil
2 cups raw Cranberries
1 small stalk Celery, chopped
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1-1/2 tablespoons Maple Sugar
1/4 cup all purpose Flour
1 small Onion,...
Bread pudding
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Bread pudding
Courtesy of
Marjorie Burris
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Ingredients
2 cups cubed dry bread
4 cups milk, scalded
1 Tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4...
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...
Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops
Recipe of the Week
Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops
Courtesy of
Philip Small
Ingredients
4 boneless Lamb chops
1/2 pound dried Apricots
2 cloves of Garlic, chopped
2 red Chillies, seeded and finely chopped
2 Tbsp. Apricot Jam
1 tsp....
Puerto Rican Rice With Pork
Recipe of the Week
Puerto Rican Rice With Pork
Courtesy of
Susan DiBracco
Ingredients
1 pound boneless pork loin
1 large onion, minced
1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced
2 large cloves garlic, minced
30 pimiento-stuffed green olives
2 cups long-grain white...
Spiced red beans
Recipe of the Week
Spiced red beans
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
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Ingredients
1 cup dried red kidney beans
5 cups cold water to soak beans
3 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon...
Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs
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Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs
Courtesy of
Alicia Abbott
Ingredients
1/2 pound string beans
2-1/2 cups cooked or canned navy beans
1 medium pickling cucumber, thinly sliced
1 small red bell pepper, finely diced
2 tablespoons...
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...
Blunt family chili
Recipe of the Week
Blunt family chili
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
6 Tbsp. peanut oil
3 lb. lean ground beef chuck, chili grind
1-1/2 lbs. lean pork,...
Dishpan cookies
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Dishpan cookies
Courtesy of
Darlene Campbell
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups oil
4...
Española eggs
Recipe of the Week
Española eggs
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
Shortening to fry
1 medium onion, sliced
8 Anaheim, Big Jim, or Relleno peppers, green roasted
If you want...
Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole
Recipe of the Week
Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole
Courtesy of
Mary Osterlind
Ingredients
1 pound escarole greens, chopped
4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
salt to taste
pepper to taste
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
4 slices of prosciutto, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons...
Making dandelions palatable
By John Kallas, Ph.D
Issue #82 • July/August, 2003
We've heard stories about how good dandelions are. What one usually hears from enthusiastic wild food promoters is, "All you need to do is find very young...
