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...

Fried Foods

By Richard Blunt Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Over the past 30 years I've devoted many hours to researching, developing, and testing recipes that provide my family and me with healthy and good tasting meals. My...

Nameless salad and dressing

Recipe of the Week  Nameless salad and dressing  Courtesy of Rodney Merrill   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Salad Ingredients 2 cups lettuce, coarsely diced 3 stalks green onion, 1/4-inch slices 1 medium tart green...

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...

Sorrento Salad

Recipe of the Week  Sorrento Salad  Courtesy of Larry Herman  Ingredients 1/2 pound mushrooms 3 to 4 stalks celery 1/2 cup pimento 1/2 cup black olives 1 small onion lettuce 1/2 cup virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 clove garlic 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1/2...

Coconut Rice Pudding

Recipe of the Week  Coconut Rice Pudding  Courtesy of Letty Morris  Ingredients 2 cups Coconut Milk 1 cup short grain Rice 1 cup Milk 1/4 cup Sugar 4 Tbsp. Butter 1 piece rind from 1/4 Lime Method In a bowl, mix the rice with the coconut...

Stuffed Eggplant

Recipe of the Week  Stuffed Eggplant  Courtesy of Skylar Gillam  Ingredients 4 large eggplants 1/4 cup oil 12 ounces ground pork 12 ounces ground beef 3 egg yolks 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoons breadcrumbs,...

Earth’s greatest cookies

Recipe of the Week  Earth’s greatest cookies  Courtesy of Darlene Campbell   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 2 sticks margarine (1 cup) 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup...

Succulent venison stew

Recipe of the Week  Succulent venison stew  Courtesy of Edith Helmich   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 3-4 lbs. fat-trimmed venison, cut into 2-inch cubes Marinade: 2 thinly sliced onions 1 thinly sliced carrot 2 stalks...

Tips and tricks for the kitchen

By Richard Blunt Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 The warmest and most interactive place in my mom's home was her kitchen. Cooking was her favorite pastime and her kitchen was a place she could relax and...

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

By Charles Sanders Issue #70 • July/August, 2001 In my mind, one of the simple pleasures in life is hot biscuits, a dab of butter, and a dollop of homemade jelly. Around here any biscuits left...

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....

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,...

Pickled chili peppers

Recipe of the Week  Pickled chili peppers  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients       Brine: 2 lbs. (1 gallon) fresh, ripe, chili peppers 1 gallon water 2 cups of sea or...

Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Although we have a big freezer, I can up most of our meat. We raise beef cattle, turkeys, chickens, and we hunt, so we have a lot of meat. (Besides that, I...

Feeding large families without breaking the bank

By Jackie Clay Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 Many of us have been there; for unforeseen reasons, suddenly we have a lot more people to cook for. With the economy melting down, jobs ending, and the...