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Cherry Barbecue Sauce

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A deliciously flavorful and fruity cherry barbecue sauce you can enjoy on your grilled meats, chicken, burgers, pulled pork sandwiches, and used in any recipe that calls for barbecue sauce! What would you do with 75 pounds of cherries? That's what I picked up this … Continue reading →

Pickled Asparagus

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Pickled Asparagus is easy to make, keeps for many months, and tastes absolutely FABULOUS! Asparagus is something I look forward to every year.  Steamed and served with a Hollandaise sauce, sauteed with butter, added to stir-fries, made into a creamy soup, roasted or … Continue reading →

How To Smoke Neck Bones & Ham Hocks

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At the heart of Southern home cooking, smoked neck bones and ham hocks are commonly enjoyed with things like beans, potatoes, rice, cabbage as well as in soups and stews where they're slow-cooked until their smoky, fork-tender meat falls right off. Most of you have … Continue reading →

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How To Render Lard (and why you should use it)

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A step by step tutorial on how to render lard and the benefits of using it!  Learn about the myths surrounding lard and animal fats, the history behind the industry, and how to make lard, store it, and use it! Chances are the vast majority of people reading the title … Continue reading →

Maximizer Fruit & Apple Cider Press Review + How To Bottle & Preserve Fresh Apple Juice

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I received this cider press from Pleasant Hill grain without any obligation to write a positive review.  All opinions are my own. We purchased our dream home last December - a 104 year old historic home on nearly 8 acres, complete with a barn, stone greenhouse and … Continue reading →

Bavarian Sweet Mustard (Bayerischer Süßer Senf)

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A thoroughly authentic German mustard recipe, this Bavarian sweet mustard is the kind served at the Munich Oktoberfest! Delicious and easy to make! My mom is from Bavaria from a small town south of Munich on the Austrian border, and though I grew up in … Continue reading →

Caramel Pear Butter

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If you're an apple butter fan you've got to try this with pears.  A fuss-free recipe utilizing the slow cooker, simply dump in the ingredients and let the slow cooker work its magic.  The result is a wonderfully deep, caramelized flavor that comes from slow cooking the pears … Continue reading →

Kitchen Basics: How To Roast Red Peppers

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Instead of paying a premium for store-bought, learn how to roast red peppers yourself!  It's easy and there are SO many delicious ways to use your roasted peppers! Jarred roasted red peppers are one of those things I often don't have on hand when I need them.  Can you … Continue reading →

How To Make Fruit Leather

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Making a wholesome, no added sugar treat for yourself and your family couldn't be easier! Too many food items you find in the store are full of ingredients that belong in a toxic waste depository rather than in a food item that's consumed by kids or grownups.  Fruit … Continue reading →

Plum Butter (Pflaumenmus)

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Plum Butter brings back memories of the time I spent with my Oma and Opa growing up in southern Germany.  There it's called Pflaumenmus and you can readily find it in any grocery store next to the jams and marmalades.  My Oma used to make Kartoffelpuffer (potato pancakes) … Continue reading →

How To Can Peaches (Without Sugar, With Syrup or Honey)

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Learn how to can peaches with syrup, honey or without any sugar at all and then sit back and enjoy your labor of love all year long! Canning is such a great way of preserving food to enjoy over the long haul.  Buy your produce locally when it's in season, can it and … Continue reading →

Pickled Turnips

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Pickling is a method of preservation that dates back to Neolithic times around 7000 BC.  During this anaerobic fermentation process strange and wonderful things happen that transform the original product into something quite different.  And very healthy with all those … Continue reading →

How To Can Cherries, Dehydrate Them & Use The Pits

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It's cherry season!  And that means bounteous harvests of gorgeous, plump, juicy globes of sweetness. We picked up two bulk loads of Washington cherries, a combination of Rainier and Bing, 80 pounds total! I've been preparing them several ways:  Canning, dehydrating, … Continue reading →

How To Make Homemade Canned Boston Baked Beans or Pork and Beans

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Here's the thing, if I'm going to make the effort to can I like to make a huge batch to make my efforts worth it, because it doesn't take any longer to do so.  But it does save me the time of making a second batch later.  But, you need a really large stock pot. The best … Continue reading →

Pressure Canner Chili Con Carne

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I've been canning for several years, but only using the water-bath method.  So that means I've mostly been making jams, relishes, chutneys, pickles, salsas and other high-acidic foods that are safe for water-bath canning.  For most other things you have to have a pressure … Continue reading →

Blueberry Lemon Apricot Jam

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What says comfort like a slice of freshly baked bread slathered with butter and homemade jam? I've been experimenting with a few jams this Summer and this one has become a family favorite.  The combination of blueberries-nectarines-lemons works beautifully and I'm sure … Continue reading →

Peter Piper’s Pickled Peppers

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  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?   (*scratching my head*)  Have you ever stopped to really think … Continue reading →

Homemade Sweet Corn Relish

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This homemade Sweet Corn Relish recipe is superbly delicious, fabulously versatile, and comes together in a snap!  You'll be enjoying the taste of Summer corn all year long! One of the things I love about canning is that it enables you to enjoy the fresh flavors of … Continue reading →

easy homemade dill pickle relish canning recipe

Homemade Dill Pickle Relish

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An easy, wonderfully versatile and utterly deeeeelicious homemade dill pickle relish recipe! Canning instructions are included so you can enjoy this relish all year long! It's relish like this that makes eating a sandwich or hot dog just that much better.   It also … Continue reading →

Restaurant-style Mexican Salsa

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It's National Tortilla Chip Day!  Who knew there was such a thing?  Well there is, and what better way to enjoy the crunchy tortilla chip than with a bowl of homemade salsa? … Continue reading →

Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish

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Nothing fancy, just a humble homemade sweet pickle relish.  But it's downright good.  In fact, it's the best I've ever had.  It adds a wonderful dimension to your sandwiches, hot dogs, pasta and potato salads.  So easy to make with instructions for canning so you can enjoy … Continue reading →

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