After canning hundreds of jars of jam, jelly, and fruit over the last few years I have been very, very lucky. Until today.
I broke my first jar of jelly in the canner!
Am I a real country woman now?
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
17 Aug
Country Right of Passage
22 Feb
Sunday Dinner
We had a real live Sunday Dinner today. Maybe for the first time ever in our own home.
Before church this morning I put country ribs, an onion, and a jar of sauerkraut in the slow cooker with a little salt to taste. After cooking on high for four hours the meat was perfectly [...]
21 Jan
Best New Recipe of 2008
This recipe gets the award for being beautiful to look at, simple to prepare, and incredibly tasty. It is the entire family’s new favorite on our menu.
Noodles with Broccoli and Meat (Cambodia)Kuy Tew Cha (goi dieu chah)Serves 4
Cook according to package directions:
8 oz. Chinese noodles or thin spaghetti (250 g) (I use spaghetti.)
Drain. Add 1 [...]
2 Dec
Eat at HomeEvery Day 2009
Like other forms of human affection, cooking delivers its truest and most enduring gifts when it is savored in intimacy — prepared not by a chef but by a cook and with love.
No Chefs in My KitchenBy MARCELLA HAZANPublished: November 29, 2008
The food Americans eat that is made fresh at home by someone who is [...]
24 Aug
Hidden Art Dropout
We had a great family dinner tonight.
Parmesan Crusted TilapiaFettuccineRed sauce, made with homemade tomato sauceSliced TomatoesFresh Mozzarella
The fish came from Sam’s (but it was really yum-oh!). I served the fish off the baking sheet and the pasta and sauce out of their respective pans. The mozzarella would have been in its original container [...]
11 Oct
Food ~ My First Recognized Hidden Art
Confession. Growing up I thought I was a 100% left-brained, math whiz, without a stitch of anything artistic in my bones. I had help thinking that. My family told me so. Frequently. Yet, all these artistic ideas were whirling around in my brain. I didn’t know how to get them out and, even worse, I [...]
9 Oct
Fresh Bread
I come from a long line of breadbakers. Even after my immigrant ancestors had settled down to modern life in the suburbs, my grandmother and then my mother continued to bake their own bread. My mother, now on a potassium-free diet, still bakes every other week.
My mother, however, was determined to mold her girls into [...]
7 Oct
Bread Baking
Click on this link first and then use the “back page” button to read the rest. (I didn’t want to copy the picture into my post because I’m trying to avoid copyright infringement.)
Have you ever walked into a home and smelled the aroma of fresh-baked bread wafting from the oven? Boy, I have, [...]
