Here’s a post from the FGA vault: ABC Graham Crackers. It’s a recipe I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, finding myself again with a wee one hungry for exposure to ABCs, edible or otherwise. We’ll be rolling these out in the next day or so – why don’t you join us? (oh, I miss those chubby arms) ABC Graham
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1 – Birthday Crock, 1 – half-gallon mason jar full of water, used as a weight, 1 – boy, used as prop, 1 – Wild Fermentation book (not shown) 1 – half head of cabbage rescued from almost-certain fridge neglect, 2 – shredded carrots, 1/2 c shredded celeriac, liberal salt, caraway seed + time. 1 1/2 weeks have elapsed so
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If + homemade, from-scratch doughnuts + a dinner of my choosing: grilled lambchops, Czech style red cabbage, and sweet potato fries + a homemade, from-scratch angel food cake with chocolate glaze (requiring 12 egg whites) + the resulting answer to what to do with the orphaned 12 egg yolks: egg nog! + the crock, bean pot, turkey eggs, and fiddle
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In a random stroke of genius one night, Captain Daddio mixed some soft goat cheese into the batch of guacamole he was making, a simple act which left us dazed and speechless for a bit. How had we come this far on our culinary journey without having mixed the two until now? Goatamole has now been fast-tracked to the rotating
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Having missed the boat on making cut-out cookies before Christmas, we snagged the opportunity to do it recently, in honor of Valentine’s Day. I assembled Grandma’s time honored recipe, fancy cookie cutters (a heart, flower, pig, and tartlet pan) and my two best bakers. The cookies disappeared from the cooling racks before even the slightest whisper of frosting could be
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In the course of one (long) day, we traversed the Tomato Gap. The immense weight of tomatoes ripening, languishing, a handful of yards from the house had been building up, the harvest delayed again and again by other pressing chores. Sunday, we decided, would be the day to transition them to mason jars. It was not until late afternoon that
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a good helper wearing mismatched snow mittens.
These are a few of my favorite (culinary) things… 1. CELERIAC! This homely, bulbous mass of intense flavor is like celery, only MORE SO! I use it in lieu of celery by simply slicing off a portion, (1-2T) cutting or peeling the skin away, and finely dicing. The rest of the bulb gets thrown back into the fridge where it
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The metaphor of precious jewels is irresistible when describing the season of canning. Reds, golds, vibrant indigo, plum – I now understand that the color “plum” refers to the cooked fruit, not the fresh- those colors of the harvest, as seen through sparkling glass jars, is one hallmark of Fall for us. It’s a frenzy, though, a race to get
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These cabbages were truly the pride of my garden this year. Started from seed, grown so big and lovely…the garden is quite lackluster now without them. Now they patiently wait in the cool of the basement till the Kraut King arrives with his trusty shredder, stone crock, and sack full of salt. I am waiting for the trumpet blast which
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