baking

Homemade Butter

Dairy Foods

Homemade butter is one of those things that you make for TASTE. You haven’t really lived until you’ve had butter that’s less than hour old. Mmmmmm…. Fortunately, making butter is really easy! All you need is whipping cream and a way to agitate it. I used a mixer. HOMEMADE BUTTER[Yields one pint of butter (just [...]

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Roasted Poblano Peppers

Home Preserving

Until recently, I had no idea what to call certain hot, green, dreidel-shaped peppers in my garden. They weren’t even supposed to be there, according to the packet of hot mixed peppers I planted. But there they were. After a bit of research, I introduced myself to a new amigo: the poblano pepper. Then what? [...]

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