The days and the weeks are flying by! Thanksgiving Day is less than two weeks away and I just realized it! Out-of-town family will be here in eleven days and I don’t even have the turkey bought. Or the menu planned. But I do know I need to buy my turkey and start it thawing… Read More
I like to browse my 1927 Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps like it’s a novel sometimes. Vintage cookbooks are such an amazing true-to-life peek into old-time kitchens. I’m pretty sure the women of the day were all better organized than most of us. And tidier. They had folded napkins and everything. Some of… Read More
Aren’t these the prettiest little things? Green garbanzo beans! Usually I have to grow these to get them green, but recently I found them at the store. YAY! Indeed, I found these at my local Walmart, which makes me think I am a little behind the times. If Walmart carries them, they must already be… Read More
Everybody sing! Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat. . . well, you know. Beans are fun and almost everybody likes beans in some form or another. There are so many types of beans! Green beans, black beans, kidney beans, chili beans, pinto beans, Navy beans, white beans, pork-n-beans, beanie wienies, jelly beans…. Read More
Hungarian food is often spicy, because of the hot paprika that is commonly used–though you will find sweet, or mild, paprika is used quite often. Combinations of paprika, lard and yellow onions is typical of Hungarian foods, along with a thick sour cream called tejföl. I use Paprika from the grocery spice section, olive oil… Read More
Two things that I love are rhubarb and trying new things. However, when I stumbled upon a recipe for Rhubarb Ketchup, I was a bit skeptical…but intrigued. Eventually, I couldn’t stand it. I decided I needed to try it! I didn’t want to miss out if it was truly something delicious made with rhubarb! The… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
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... Read More
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... Read More