Old-fashioned meat pie casserole
Recipe of the Week
Old-fashioned meat pie casserole
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 4-5 lb. roasting chicken or stewing hen
2 cups low fat, low salt canned chicken...
Oregon Grape Jam
By Joyce Lindsey O’Keefe
Website Exclusive • August, 2008
Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) bushes are native to the West Coast from northern California to British Columbia. They are the state flower of Oregon. The bushes come...
Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans
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Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup uncooked rice (not instant)
1 lb. pork sausage broken into...
Banana, blueberry, and peach scones
By Ilene Duffy
Issue #136 • July/August, 2012
My friend Alison and I have known each other a long time. We were roommates in college for several years, and then we both had three boys at...
Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie
By Richard Blunt
Issue #41 • September/October, 1996
The southern region of the United States is almost as big as Western Europe, and despite the stereotype that non-Southerners havethat there is only one Southwhen someone says,...
Apple butter
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Apple butter
Courtesy of
Anne Westbrook Dominick
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
5 lbs. apples, stems removed and quartered
2 cups cider or cider vinegar
brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2...
Ham & Kidney Bean Soup
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Ham & Kidney Bean Soup
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
1 pound spicy or sweet Italian sausage
2 Smoked pork hocks, sawed in half by butcher.
3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 Celery...
Homemade baking extracts
By Linda Zimnick
Issue #157 • January/February, 2016
Every cook or baker has a secret or two they keep tucked in their apron pocket. My secret? Homemade flavoring extracts. They are simple to make and the...
Baked Bean Soup
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Baked Bean Soup
Courtesy of
Oliver Del Signore
When I saw "Baked Bean" listed under "Soups" in the Fannie Farmer cookbook I could not imagine the two going together. I looked at the...
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...
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...
Lamb and black bean tamale pie
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Lamb and black bean tamale pie
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1-1/2 lb. ground lamb
1 tsp. olive oil
2 cups onion, diced medium
1 large...
Demystifying real rye bread
By Richard Blunt
Issue #141 • May/June, 2013
Rye has been a popular bread grain in many parts of Europe for hundreds of years, second only to wheat. Popular regional rye breads can be found in...
Apple-Mango Scallops
Recipe of the Week
Apple-Mango Scallops
Courtesy of
Oliver Del Signore
Ingredients
1 pound sea Scallops
2 firm, tart Apples
1 medium Onion
1 ripe Mango
2 Tablesppons Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Butter
Juice of one fresh Lemon
Salt & Pepper
Method
Rinse scallops and set aside. to...
Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues
By Robert L. Williams
Issue #19a • January/February, 1993
Several years ago we experienced a prolonged winter storm that left power lines down and thousands of people without heat, hot water, and operative cookstoves. And for...
Goat milk recipes
By Jackie Clay
Issue #92 • March/April, 2005
One of my greatest joys is having a bounty of fresh milk from my goats come spring. And as I had two does milking on our new homestead...
