Brew your own root beer
By Tim Murphy
Issue #130 • July/August, 2011
Ah, root beer! That sweet, dark elixir of kidhood, majestically topped with a beige pillow of foam. It's the perfect companion to Bazooka bubble gum, baseball cards, wiffle...
Chicken and dumpling stew
Recipe of the Week
Chicken and dumpling stew
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Stew Ingredients:
1 cooked, skinned, and boned 5-6 lb. chicken (cut meat into 1/2-inch pieces)
8...
Vegetable Scramble
Recipe of the Week
Vegetable Scramble
Courtesy of
Mattie Silverman
Ingredients
8 ounces tiny new red potatoes
4 to 8 ounces asparagus spears, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 small onion, chopped
6 egg whites
3 whole eggs
1...
Pecan twerps
Recipe of the Week
Pecan twerps
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1/2 lb. butter or shortening
4 heaping Tbsp. powdered sugar
2 cups flour
pinch of salt
2...
Tortellini Soup
Recipe of the Week
Tortellini Soup
Courtesy of
Martha Desimone
Ingredients
6 cups chicken broth
3/4 cup onion, chopped
1 cup carrot, diced fine
4 to 6 green chiles, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 tablespoon olive oil
10 to 12 ouces...
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...
Tomato and coriander salad
Recipe of the Week
Tomato and coriander salad
Courtesy of
Habeeb Salloum
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
5 medium-sized tomatoes, quartered, then thinly sliced
3/4 cup chopped fresh coriander leaves
1 tsp. salt...
Blueberry tofu frappe
Recipe of the Week
Blueberry tofu frappe
Courtesy of
Rodney Merrill
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cake Kingugoshi (soft style) tofu
1 ripe banana
1/2 cup apple...
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...
The incredible cattail — The super Wal-Mart of the swamp
By Kevin F. Duffy
Issue #43 • January/February, 1997
I can think of no other North American plant that is more useful than the cattail. This wonderful plant is a virtual gold mine of survival utility....
Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking
By Roger L. Beattie
Issue #47 • September/October, 1997
Squatting heavily in dank basements, drafty attics, and dusty, cluttered garages, these three-legged hulks from a bygone era wait impatiently to release their treasures. Until then, they...
Pistachio-Mocha Chicken
Recipe of the Week
Pistachio-Mocha Chicken
Courtesy of
Minnie Gottfried
Ingredients
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup coffee liquor
Sauce
3 cups chicken stock
1 Tablespoon coffee liquor
3/4 cup pistachio meats
1 chile pepper, chopped
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 Tablespoons chopped...
Root vegetable casserole
Recipe of the Week
Root vegetable casserole
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
2 cups medium parsnips (peeled and diced medium)
1-1/2 cups medium carrots (peeled and diced medium)...
The convenience of a bread bucket
By Karen Marshall
Issue #145 • January/February, 2014
Does making four or more loaves of bread at a time, with no hand kneading, no electricity, and only one container to clean sound appealing?
If making one loaf...
Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.
By Jackie Clay
Issue #53 • September/October, 1998
For some reason, (definitely unknown to me) canning, as a method of very long term food storage, fell into disuse. Maybe it's the hurry/rush syndrome many folks have...
