Dilled oyster crackers

Recipe of the Week  Dilled oyster crackers  Courtesy of Alice Brantley Yeager   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 2 12-oz. pkgs. oyster crackers 1 cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil 2 tsp....

The Government gorilla in our home

By Dave Duffy Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The other week, Vince, a contractor who does occasional work for me, was arrested for slapping his 14-year-old daughter on the behind when she talked back to her...

Chow-chow

Recipe of the Week  Chow-chow  Courtesy of Marjorie Burris   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 peck (12-1/2 lbs.) green tomatoes 8 large onions 10 green bell peppers 3 Tbsp. pickling salt 6 hot peppers, seeded...

Bean-beef casserole

Recipe of the Week  Bean-beef casserole  Courtesy of Tricia Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 lb. ground beef 1 large can baked beans 1 medium onion 1/2 cup brown sugar 2/3 cup ketchup 2-3 slices...

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

<!-- Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III --> By Annie Tuttle Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Previous in Series Me with Brownie, Cupcake, Red Velvet, and Flan (mostly hidden). These were our first four goats, and are all Kiko x Boer...

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and his tightly written stories paint a vivid picture of life...

Can America be Saved from Stupid People?

By Dave Duffy Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 There are a lot of taboos, that is, things we're not supposed to talk about, in modern society. If we do talk about them we are labeled a...

Never underestimate a woman

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #32 Mar/Apr 1998 (In the May/June issue , we published an article by Dorothy Ainsworth titled "Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio," in which Dorothy detailed how she built a beautiful...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her valiant comeback

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #50 Mar/Apr 1998 BHM readers are familiar with Dorothy Ainsworth, the log home-building Ashland, Oregon, waitress who spent more than six years building a beautiful log home, only to have it burn...

Italian Pot Roast

Recipe of the Week  Italian Pot Roast  Courtesy of Mama Jo D'Ascanio and Beverly Rossman  Ingredients 4 pounds lean chuck roast 4 garlic cloves, crushed 4 medium onions, chopped 3 Tablespoons olive oil 4 (6 oz) cans tomato paste...

Pecan Crusted Trout

Recipe of the Week  Pecan Crusted Trout  Courtesy of Louis Maher  Ingredients 6 6-oz. trout fillets 2 beaten eggs 1/2 cup milk 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp. dried thyme 1-1/2 cups finely chopped pecans 1/2...

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman <!-- >!>!>!> Make content-2-col-left = 70% if activating this column --> Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of groves of tall, leafy plants swaying gently through the air...

Cauliflower-Ham Chowder

Recipe of the Week  Cauliflower-Ham Chowder  Courtesy of Edna LaFleur  Ingredients 2½ cups cubed, fully cooked Ham 2 cups sliced Cauliflowerets 2 cups peeled, cubed Potatoes 1/2 cup chopped Onion 3 cups milk 1 cup water 1 chicken Bouillon cube or 1 tsp. granules 1/8 tsp....

In search of the perfect cup of coffee

By Richard Blunt Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 As an active member of the worldwide fraternity of "Java Junkies," I feel it is time that I stand up and be recognized for my contribution to the...

Raspberry chocolate torte

Recipe of the Week  Raspberry chocolate torte  Courtesy of Tanya Kelley   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients Cake: 1 devil’s food cake mix butter for cake Filling: 2 cups raspberries or pitted cherries (fresh or...

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 For two days we had been exploring the fantastic ruins of Petra, Jordan's number-one tourist attraction. The last day, after walking around intrigued by this ancient Arab Nabataean...