One of my favorite Appalachian dishes is Creamed Tomatoes. Making it from a batch of garden tomatoes in late summer is a real treat. I always look forward to eating tomatoes from the garden but there is something wonderful about fresh biscuits hot from the oven topped with butter and fresh creamed tomatoes for breakfastContinueContinue reading “Creamed Tomato on Biscuits”
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Chili Sauce from the Garden
Sauce with tomato peppers onions and spices The weather in West Virginia this fall and early winter has been a soggy mess. So to keep the family warm and fed until the cold of winter freezes up the mud and turns the world to a lovely white. I have been cooking comfort food inContinueContinue reading “Chili Sauce from the Garden”
Appalachian Food, Trend or Tradition?
So after appearing on the TV show State Plate where my family was featured making traditional Appalachian foods and now that CNN’s Anthony Bourdain has traveled to West Virginia in his show Explore Parts Unknown, I am a little confused if the food of my home is now trendy or traditional? I wonder what it isContinueContinue reading “Appalachian Food, Trend or Tradition?”
Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam
Making homemade jellies and jams is one of my favorite thing to do when fresh fruit comes into season. Strawberries wild and cultivated are in season here and I just could not resist a large sale that featured strawberries at a local market. Strawberry Jam is one of the easiest jams to make and isContinueContinue reading “Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam”
Poblano Peppers and Home Canned Chili Verde.
Last year after our move, I was finally able to get a small garden in the back yard. The year was rainy and not everything that I planted grew well but the peppers seemed to like the wet, hot weather. I had wanted to add chili peppers to our garden for a couple of yearsContinueContinue reading “Poblano Peppers and Home Canned Chili Verde.”
I am Thankful for Pumpkin Pie!
I know, I am late…. Thanksgiving day is usually a very quite and reflective time for me. The boys hunt and I cook and everyone gets together for dinner around 5:30 and we spend the rest of the evening watching the little ones play and talk shop. So I usually have the day to myself,ContinueContinue reading “I am Thankful for Pumpkin Pie!”
Grandpa’s Home Canned Venison Chili Sauce, made from the garden.
When trying to live closer to the land many families turn to hunting, fishing and home gardens. In our families case we do all three, letting nothing that comes our way go to wast. Canning venison chili Sauce is a great way to use up extra produce in the garden and take a little ofContinueContinue reading “Grandpa’s Home Canned Venison Chili Sauce, made from the garden.”
Blog anniversary… Who knew this would lead to T.V.
I have written my way through 2 years so far. For a person with a frustrating learning disability like Dyslexia this is HUGE! I have taken on my weakness and confronted it, pushed through it and in some way over come it. Well maybe just worked around it, but because all of you are hereContinueContinue reading “Blog anniversary… Who knew this would lead to T.V.”
Pickled Eggs with Garden Beets a Colorful way to Serve farm Eggs.
As with almost all pickles, pickled eggs were a safe and easy way to store food without refrigeration. Using simple ingredients like water, sugar and cider vinegar people could save their extra eggs from the summer and eat them when the long winter depleted families stores of meat and poultry. I have read that it was theContinueContinue reading “Pickled Eggs with Garden Beets a Colorful way to Serve farm Eggs.”
5 Reasons to Plant Silver Moon White Pumpkins in the Garden Next Year.
This year is the first time I have had any success growing pumpkins and just for the fun of it we chose to plant white ones just to add some fun to our Halloween display. It was a bumper crop and here are my five top reasons I will plant these pumpkins again next year. TheyContinueContinue reading “5 Reasons to Plant Silver Moon White Pumpkins in the Garden Next Year.”
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