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Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice

By Richard Blunt Rice is one of the first grains man domesticated. Today it is one of our most important food sources, accounting for one-fifth of the calories consumed...

Build a graceful footbridge

By Harrison Stone Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 Tap your heels together three times and repeat after me, "There is no place like homeThere is no place like homeThere is no place like home, especially when...

Black & Blue Mango Pie

Recipe of the Week Black & Blue Mango Pie Courtesy of Carole Walter Ingredients 1 small recipe flaky pie pastry 2 large or 3 medium mangoes 2 cups (1 pint) fresh blueberries 1-1/2 cups (6-ounce basket) fresh blackberries 2/3 cup sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch 2...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and with good reason. Beans are high in vitamins A, C...

How to select the right backup generator

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 Now that the threat of terrorist sabotage to our utility infrastructure has been added to our basic concerns about storm related power outages, this may be...

A vast cultural divide exists between environmentalists and gun owners

By Dave Duffy Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Backwoods Home Magazine has had an exhibitor's booth at the MREA Fair in Wisconsin almost every year since its founding by Mick Sagrillo in 1989, which is the...

Crabapple jelly

Recipe of the Week Crabapple jelly Courtesy of Charles A. Sanders You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 3 lbs. crabapples (about 10 cups, cut up) 4 cups water 2 cups sugar 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 1...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts...

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...

Fixing a broken jury system

By John Silveira Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 "I blame every juror who let him go, every juror who sat on that trial and believed this man over those little girls. I will never understand. And...

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Recipe of the Week Old-fashioned applesauce cake Courtesy of Muriel Sutherland You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. cloves 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2...