This cherry pitter lives at my house now. I had to freeze all the cherries I had picked, but I’m going to thaw them and make a pie or some jam soon.
Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
22 May
First Red Raspberry of the Season…and a plan
Raspberries are–easily–my favorite berry. I cannot get enough of these. I’m a bit too lazy (and a bit too much AT WORK) to frequent the farmer’s markets at the best times to buy the choicest produce, so whenever I find any raspberries at all, it’s the last sorry-looking quart the farmer has for sale and [...]
23 Nov
Cast iron breakfast
Last weekend I had some ham to use up. I decided to make a frittata-like baked dish for breakfast. Under the ingredients you can see above is a layer made up of 3 medium sized potatoes sliced with the mandolin slicer. After the potatoes I added my ham, some cheddar cheese and some butter. I [...]
12 Sep
Saving Chili Seeds
Drying chili and tabasco peppers really could not be easier. Thread them on a string and hang them up to dry. Break off the dried peppers as needed for seed planting or to crush into a powder to spice up cooking. I’m sure you already knew that you can’t save seeds from green peppers? The [...]
11 Sep
Cast Iron one-egg skillet
One of the first cast iron skillets I ever owned was this tiny skillet that I use to cook single eggs. Amusingly, this skillet was actually being sold to be used as an ashtray. Hence the little pouring spouts on the sides are actually cigarette rests. It works perfectly for my needs though: Round egg [...]
9 Aug
Homemade Soy Sauce – Project underway
I found some instructions online for making sun-brewed soy sauce at home. So far I have: Found 2 pounds of organic soybeans Cooked them Mashed the cooked beans together with flour – made a dough Separated the dough into flat patties Left the patties out in my computer room to purposefully grow mold Set them [...]
31 Jul
Canning with 9 year olds
9 year old canning lid flats. When my wife’s mother gave me her canning supplies, she had some canning lids that were purchased in 2002. I didn’t use any of these old supplies at first because I wanted to have fewer, more explainable failures while I was learning the process. Now that I have been [...]
31 Jul
Canned some Ketchup
The roma tomatoes have been ripening up quickly for me. I have picked two full (half-bushel) baskets for canning so far. I made a nice batch of ketchup for next year a few nights ago. I used the spice packet from Mrs. Wages and always love the results. I have many glass jars that are [...]
17 Jul
Grilling up dinner
We’re making some flour tortilla wraps tonight. These are most of the ingredients. Aren’t they colorful?
17 Jul
Plenty Pleased with my Peck of Peppers
Pepperoncinis Banana Peppers Unknown hot chili peppers I picked a peck this weekend, for sure. The pepper plants are doing better than they ever have for me this year. I ended up canning quite a bit. 30+ jars put up, including my famous pepper jelly! I love that stuff, but my wife loves [...]
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