8/7/2019 – Mary made this gumbo easily and quickly. It was GREAT. The Cajun Jewel Okra* fresh from our garden surely helped.
Continue reading8/05/2019 – The second and third ferments turned out very good. The row of okra in the garden daily produces 10-15 more small tender okra pods. We now have enough to make a quart and a pint. This ferment turned out very good. Use it in the 5th prep on 9/10/2019. 11/28/2019–Served them as appetizers to Thanksgiving guests and they were good. Brian and Justin liked them–especially since they were “not slimy”.
Continue reading7/29/2019 – The recipe below was inspired by the one at AllRecipes here. They turned out very flavorful but could use a little more kick. The drumsticks used had been cut from leg quarters yesterday, salted to dry brine and had course ground black pepper added. The marinade here was added to the ziplock bag about 3 pm then roasted about 5:30. Should also use an internal thermometer so they do not “over-roast”.
Continue reading7/28/2019 – This recipe is based on a copy cat recipe. It turned out good and worth trying again. It needed more kick so next time add black and white pepper. There should also be more cayenne added–twice as much would not be too much for us.
Continue reading7/27/2019 – This recipe was inspired by the one here. Mary made it with the last of our fresh corn from the garden and it was great.
Continue readingThis was inspired by the Sweet and Hot Corn Relish (Award-Winning Recipe) by the Saucy Southerner.
Continue reading7/26/2019 – This recipe was inspired by the one at Bell Canning’s site here. We used fresh green tomatoes and jalapenos from our garden. We liked it a lot and should make more. Served it at the Family Thanksgiving lunch and it was VERY good.
Continue reading7/23/2019 – 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 readingThis 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 reading7/19/2019 – 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 was to some extent the taste of the fermenting but also the okra taste was there. We will make more. Also in this post is the 2nd ferment.
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