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...
Nana V’s holiday corn bread
Recipe of the Week
Nana V’s holiday corn bread
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
8 oz. (raw weight) good quality smoked bacon
1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
2...
Orange honey pudding
Recipe of the Week
Orange honey pudding
Courtesy of
Sharon Freeman
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp. butter
1/8-1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup yogurt
3 Tbsp....
Spiced red beans
Recipe of the Week
Spiced red beans
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup dried red kidney beans
5 cups cold water to soak beans
3 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon...
Lenie in the kitchen: Hamburger and potato casserole
By Ilene Duffy
Issue #140 • March/April, 2013
One last outing before heading back to college is to take
Damon for his first trip to the beach. L-R: Rob, Jacob, Sam
Our oldest sons, Jacob and Robby, are...
Persimmon cookies
Recipe of the Week
Persimmon cookies
Courtesy of
Charles A. Sanders
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup persimmon pulp
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
1 tsp....
Irish coffee
Recipe of the Week
Irish coffee
Courtesy of
Ivan Brown
Thanks to Ivan for this recipe, which we present here as it was submitted, with just a few formatting changes for the web site.
St Patrick's Day is just...
Dark moons
Recipe of the Week
Dark moons
Courtesy of
Tanya Kelley
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup butter (not margarine)
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup...
Kalbi Chim
Recipe of the Week
Kalbi Chim
(Korean steamed beef ribs)
Courtesy of
Lois Kwan
Ingredients
2 - 3 pounds beef ribs
1-1/2 cups water
6 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon rice-wine (sake)
6 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame
1 tablespoon sesame oil...
Nana V’s fire sauce
Recipe of the Week
Nana V’s fire sauce
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
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Ingredients
1 pint homemade pickled chili peppers (See previous recipe.)
1 12 oz. bottle chili sauce...
Canned bacon — Roll your own
By Enola Gay
Issue #127 • January/February, 2011
I have to admit, I am somewhat of an extreme canner. I love to can unusual thingscanned foods you just don't find on everyone's shelves. My latest canning...
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...
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,...
Pumpkin preserves
Recipe of the Week
Pumpkin preserves
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 lbs. pumpkin
2 lemons
sugar
1/2 tsp. each, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg
pinch salt
Method
Mash the pumpkin and lemon meat in...
Egg thingies
Recipe of the Week
Egg thingies
Courtesy of
John Silveira
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
For each egg:
1 Tbsp. or so of olive oil
1 green onion, diced
1 Tbsp. diced red...
Sweet Ginger Eggs
Recipe of the Week
Sweet Ginger Eggs
Courtesy of
Kristina D'Orsi
Ingredients
2 dozen hard-boiled eggs, peeled
3 small onions, sliced into rings
1 teaspoon dillweed
1 quart white vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 tablespoons pickling spices
20 whole black peppercorns
6 cloves...
