12/17/2020 – This soup was inspired by the recipe here. It was made with our fresh butternut squash, cabbage, green onions, and cilantro along with Mary’s homemade chicken broth. Half of the cooked veggies were emulsified so it had a … Continue reading
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12/16/2020 – This is our first time to preserve our first Meyer Lemon harvest in a lemon-juice/salt brine. What we did was inspired by the recipe here. … Continue reading
12/2/2020 – With the hard freezes coming we harvested on Nov. 30 all the pepperoncini peppers from Mary’s garden. We were surprised there were about 3 gallons in a 5-gallon bucket from the four bushes. Made the bent ones as … Continue reading
11/22/2020 – Our first attempt at making mirliton’s turned out great. Made them stuffed with shrimp as inspired by the Houmas House recipe here. Note we added a lot of spice to their recipe as theirs would have been too … Continue reading
10/11/2020 – This is made with a large can of BlueRunner white beans and comes together in about 30 minutes. This cook was ok and has suggestions for making it really good. It is a lot different than but inspired … Continue reading
10/3/2020 – We made a most wonderful meal that is clearly rated To-Die-For. Several parts were made independently and then blended to make the meal. Shrimp – 18-20 large shrimp were thawed, headed, shelled, deveined, and butterflied but not cut … Continue reading
9/20 & 23/2020 – Washed some of the ripest of the sand pears; i.e. those that are a bit springy when squeezed with a strong yellow undertone. Sliced them with the mandoline at its max setting; 1/4″. Used our new … Continue reading
2/24/2020 – This began with Ina Garten’s ratio of 3:1 of mayo to ketchup. Then increased the sweet relish and added 6POGS. There were other changes such as leaving out the capers–at the level she used–that did not seem to … Continue reading
8/14/2020 – Picked our first mess of peppers–from Mary’s Garden–that is enough to fill a quart jar. Looked around for an interesting recipe and found this one. This preparation was inspired by her recipe. Ingredients pepperoncini peppers – enough to … Continue reading
7/12/2020 – Made this for the first time inspired by the recipe at ChiliPepperMadness.com. Enjoyed it in wraps and sandwiches. Spread it all over one side of a 10″ spinach wrap/tortilla, filled it with chicken, red onions, cilantro, and other … Continue reading