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...
Stuffed sweet peppers
Recipe of the Week
Stuffed sweet peppers
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 large sweet peppers
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup cooked ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1...
Mac’s lamb curry bake
Recipe of the Week
Mac's lamb curry bake
Courtesy of
O.E. MacDougal
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 lb. lamb, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
4+ Tbsp. butter
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks of...
Czarist Chicken Salad
Recipe of the Week
Czarist Chicken Salad
Courtesy of
Frannie Burdette
Ingredients
4 chicken breast halves (about 1-1/2 pounds)
4 small red potatoes, boiled, peeled, sliced
1/2 cup coarsely chopped deli-style dill pickle
1 onion quartered, divided
1 rib celery,...
Chocolate Babka
Recipe of the Week
Chocolate Babka
Courtesy of
Amanda Geller
Ingredients
1 cup milk
5 tablespoons butter, plus extra for greasing
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 package dry yeast
6 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5-6 cups unbleached...
Artichoke-Spinach Casserole
Recipe of the Week
Artichoke-Spinach Casserole
Courtesy of
Fran Chiodo
Ingredients:
2 eggs (beaten)
3/4 cup mayo, divided
Two 10 ounce packages frozen chopped spinach (thawed and drained)
14 oz canned artichoke hearts (drained and quartered)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup grated cheese
6...
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...
Hummingbird Cake
Recipe of the Week
Hummingbird Cake
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
Cake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter
3 eggs
2 cups mashed ripe banannas (3-4...
Growing and Using Cilantro
By Habeeb Salloum
Cilantro (also called fresh coriander, Chinese parsley, Mexican parsley, Spanish parsley, and Thai parsley) is one of the oldest herbal condiments known to humankind. It is thought to be the first herb...
Southern mint julep
Recipe of the Week
Southern mint julep
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 sprigs fresh peppermint
1 tsp. sugar
cracked ice
1 1/2 jigger bourbon whiskey
Method
Crush mint leaves and...
Buckboard bacon
By Tanya Kelley
Issue #131 • September/October, 2011
Last year, our family processed a hog for the first time. We made roasts, pork chops, bacon, Italian sausage, breakfast link sausages, and hams. All of the results...
Hamburger soup
Recipe of the Week
Hamburger soup
Courtesy of
Darlene Campbell
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Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef
4 carrots, cut in 2-inch chunks
3 potatoes, quartered
1 onion, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, sliced
1...
Triple chocolate cheesecake
Recipe of the Week
Triple chocolate cheesecake
Courtesy of
Tanya Kelley
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
Crust:
1-1/2 cups crushed Oreo cookies (about 10 cookies)
1/4 cup butter
1/2 of a 1-1/2-oz. chocolate bar
Filling:
2...
Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn
By Linda Gabris
Issue #83 • September/October, 2003
Nothing instills such excitement or makes my heart flutter louder than the sudden whir of a flushed out grouse. No matter how many times I've heard it, the...
Hearty breakfast fillets
Richard Blunt
Ingredients
1/2 cup flour
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 cup cornflake crumbs
1 lb. fish fillets (small thin fillets preferred)
1/2 cup peanut oil
Method
Equipment: 7-inch well-seasoned cast iron skillet or...
