8/13/2019 – Today we pulled up the serrano and jalapeno pepper plants in the garden to get ready for the fall garden. We picked the peppers off the bushes and ended up with about 3 gallons. 5/31/2020 – The jars … Continue reading
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8/13/2019 – Use it as a sandwich spread, salad dressing, on hamburgers, as a dipping sauce for french fries and other fried foods. This makes a good sauce we enjoy using on sandwiches, as a dip and dressing on fresh … Continue reading
8/12/2019 – This recipe was inspired by the one here. This was our first pickling of banana peppers as the garden has now begun to produce a lot. … Continue reading
8/10/2019 – Mary made this etouffee easily and quickly like she did the gumbo a few days ago. It was GREAT. The Cajun Jewel Okra* fresh from our garden surely helped. Ingredients 1 12 oz. (large) can of Blue Runner Etouffee … Continue reading
8/05/2019 – 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 … Continue reading
7/29/2019 – 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 … Continue reading
7/27/2019 – 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 reading
7/26/2019 – 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 … Continue reading
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
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