by Ivory Soap | Jun 14, 2011 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes, Snacks & Sides
Timeframe: 1 week Special Equipment: One-quart jar, preferably a fermenter Cut up flexible coffee lid that can be folded through the mouth and expands approximately to width of jar Optional weight. I used an Eggsact Egg timer. Ingredients (for 1 gallon): 1-2...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 11, 2011 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes, Snacks & Sides
Timeframe: 1 week Special Equipment: One-gallon jar, preferably a fermenter Plasticware lid that can be folded through the mouth and expands approximately to width of jar Ingredients (for 1 gallon): 5 pounds cabbage 3 tablespoons sea salt Boiled and cooled tap water...
by Ivory Soap | Nov 1, 2010 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
Zucchini makes a good twirl-able noodle. However, it’s all about the gadget you use, not the process or recipe. I’ve used a vegetable peeler in the past, but the product wasn’t a convincing noodle. Now I use the above Titan Julienne peeler that I...
by Daisy | Aug 30, 2010 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
The paths between three of my raised beds were so overgrown with untamed tomato vines that I had to walk all around the perimeter to get into the garden. This puts me near the chicken yard which makes one squawky Australorp, the one who’s always eyeballing me,...
by Daisy | Jun 28, 2010 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
I’m going to have to buy squash to make this from now on because my eight squash plants produced a total of 4 squash before I ripped them out. They were infested with squash borers and squash bugs and I gave them to the chickens. I hope they ate every bug....
by Daisy | Apr 16, 2010 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
I love old-fashioned Southern-cooked-to-death greens as much as the next girl from here ’round, but I really love these more. Don’t tell anybody. This method works best with younger, more tender leaves. If you have more mature greens, trim the stems and...