This was inspired by the Sweet and Hot Corn Relish (Award-Winning Recipe) by the Saucy Southerner. … Continue reading
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7/23/2019 – We’ve been wanting to make a green salsa with the green tomatoes and today we were inspired by the recipe here. What we did turned out very hot but had a good flavor. … Continue reading
This was inspired by a Bobby Flay Recipe here from his Mesa Restaurant. This is an unusual potato salad as it includes tomato and garlic. … Continue reading
7/19/2019 – Mary trimmed the stems from fresh small okra pods from our garden. She stuffed them tightly into a wide-mouth pint jar with garlic chunks. On 7/23/2019 we tried them. They were crunchy and had a good flavor that … Continue reading
7/18/2019 – This was part of a recipe for a portabello mushroom sandwich. We made it too try with various dishes and it was very good. One was on a slice of tomato as a side dish. A slice of … Continue reading
7/16/2019 – Jalapeno peppers fresh from our garden. Stemmed and cut in half leaving seeds. Add three cloves of garlic to each of the two pints. Tried them after a week and they are painfully hot. Tried them a week … Continue reading
7/16/2019 – The ferment is essentially the same as our second that had been made in Houston on 10/15/2017 with a 6% brine and store-bought peppers and carrots. This time we used jalapenos grown in our garden and picked the … Continue reading
This was the third preparation of B&B pickles based on the prior two here and here. This has the reduced sugar used in the second prep and increased spices. It also has a lot more crisping agent based on the … Continue reading
8/11/2019 – This journal entry will be left up even though both ferments were a total failure. In both cases, the cucumbers were soft and almost mushy. The dill flavor was lost in the ferment taste. The second ferment was … Continue reading
7/15/2019 – This style is Mary’s favorite. I added more dill this time as the 3rd batch had more and she liked it a lot. But, this level of dill was too much. Next ferment will be like the 3rd. … Continue reading