Frankie Chastain’s Hot Green Tomato and Pepper Pickles
Every year Frankie Chastain’s family gathers at the Martins Creek Community Center for a day of green tomato pickle making….
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How to Make Applesauce and How to can it!
The Blind Pig Family loves applesauce! There’s is just something so satisfying about eating applesauce along with supper on a…
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Fruit = Apples in Appalachia
fruit noun Apples preserved, stewed, or made into sauce. 1926 Wilson Cullowhee Wordlist = apples. “We have lots of fruit…
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Eating Appalachia and a Book Giveaway
In late spring the folks at Chicago Review Press sent me a copy of the book Eating Appalachia written…
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Granny’s No Bake Cheese Cake
One of the first things Granny taught me to cook was a no bake cheese cake. It’s a super quick…
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How to Peel a Peach
I shared the recipe for Peach Crumb Bars earlier this week-if you missed it you can go here. SSBlueRidge left…
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The Pickle Along is Complete!
Today is the final day of the Blind Pig and The Acorn Pickle Along. Finally, we get to put those…
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Peach Bars
Is there anything sweeter than a Georgia Peach? Since Chatter and Chitter were born in Gainesville, Georgia I’ve always told them…
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Day 10 of the Pickle Along
Today-we finally get to make the yummy syrup that goes in the pickles. First drain the sliced cucumbers. Discard the…
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Day 7 of 14 Day Pickles – the 2nd Step
Time for the next step in making 14 Day Pickles. After letting your cucumbers sit in the brine for a…
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How I Cook Fresh Greenbeans
We’ve truly been in greenbean heaven this summer. Our Sow True Seed beans have really outdone themselves-and are continuing to…
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Salted Beans Take 2
A few weeks ago I posted about preserving greenbeans with salt-its a technique I learned from Jeanne Page. If you missed…
