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Chai, the Caffeine Free Way

I love chai. I once had a huge cup of really good chai from a Starbucks at a rest stop somewhere in Pennsylvania on the way back from Philly to Indiana. It was delicious. It also had so much caffeine that I could have run beside the car all the way across Ohio. Oh. My….
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rurification

Making Baby Food

For the first time in a long time, I have a baby in my house. It’s fun and exciting and tiring and….it’s a grandbaby! Three decades ago I was expecting my firstborn and determined to feed him in the best ways possible. I knew breast milk was all that the baby needed for the first…
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Dark, Chocolaty, and Vegan

As soon as I saw this cake, I knew I had to make it this weekend for Weston’s vegan girlfriend. She comes over almost every Sunday, presenting a weekly challenge to my cooking skills. (Which are currently challenged enough without an oven.) This rich chocolate cake was posted here by NorthCountryGirl. It’s a super-most, rich…
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suzanne-mcminn

August 2011 Contributor Giveaway

Farm Bell Recipes blog contributors are eligible (and automatically entered!) in a giveaway each month in which one contributor will be drawn (by random.org, using the days of the month that posts run) to receive a prize. Each month’s prize (and previous month’s winner) will be listed here, in a blog post on the Farm…
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When You Know Better

“When you know better, you do better” — Maya Angelou There was a quote posted in the forum a few days ago in the General Canning Questions topic. This really got me thinking of the different processes of canning and how they’ve changed throughout the years through scientific studies so “we’d do better”. I have…
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cindyp

How I Got in Touch with My German Heritage

Or The Story of How To Cook A Pig’s Head ***WARNING*** This post contains graphic pictures of a pig’s head, both raw and cooked, as well as in various states of dis-assembly. If you are squeamish, you can find just the Greutzwurst recipe itself here, minus the pictures and the need of a pig’s head….
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MSG free substitute for bouillon or granules used in cooking

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Marshmallows

Does anyone have a recipe for marshmallows?

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Fuitcake Cookies

My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this...
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Sweet Pickled Crab Apples

When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I...
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