Homemade

It’s been while since I’ve made my  Seafood Diablo, and since I had a bit of fresh tomato sauce from Saturday that didn’t make it into a jar I decided …
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I have a good pile of tomatoes that I’m never going to be able to eat while fresh so I decided to can some up for the cold winter nights. …
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Last weekend I was given a bunch – actually about a pound of  Okra.

I’m not very familiar with this …
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I found myself with an abundance of produce, but not time to can or blanch even for freezing. I hate for food to go to waste so I picked through and found …
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Today was a family party, six of ten siblings gathered at my brothers house. I said I’d make brats. The procedure and recipe was the same as  before:

http://ihopeyouarehungry.blogspot.com/2010/06/get-yer-fresh-bratwurst-here.html

I made …
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>I was fortunate to have a friend give me a cast iron pan – a Griswold #9 pan. They had picked it off a curb after it had failed to sell …
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I’m not a huge fan of carrots, not one of my favorites to munch raw, unlike a just picked tomato, where a little salt and pepper on top and I’m …
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On Wednesday July 28 in the Chicago Tribune Good eating section there was an article by Bill Daley. In it he published a recipe for Beet and Ginger relish. It …
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My cooking blog has started out by providing step-by-step illustrations and text of the way I prepare dishes, but I haven’t talked about what I really think about food and cooking, …
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