by Daisy | Oct 14, 2008 | Dairy Foods, Recipes
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...
by Daisy | Oct 13, 2008 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes
I have too many of these hungarian wax peppers to eat fresh:—but too few to go into extreme canning mode, so I made one petite pint of pickled peppers.Pickled Hot Pepper Stripsfrom Summer in a Jar: Making Pickles, Jams and MoreA. Chesman1 cup white vinegar 1/2...
by Daisy | Oct 11, 2008 | Crafts, Crochet
I may have started aggressively pursuing making my own products to reduce the amount of chemicals in my family’s life and spend less time and money in the checkout lane, but I realized recently that I have another reason:I actually PREFER my own stuff.Even if I...
by Daisy | Oct 9, 2008 | Breads, Recipes
This recipe is a copycat version of Houston’s Restaurant’s Veggie Burger, a favorite of mine. (Pictured here with Burpee’s Early and Often hybrid tomato, Purple Beauty Sweet Pepper, dill pickles from Picklebush cucumbers, and some variety of chicory,...
by Daisy | Oct 6, 2008 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes
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...
