We Have a New Love
We’ve never dried tomatoes until this summer and oh my we’re in love with them! I’ve been eating the tomatoes…
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Easy Recipe for Squash and/or Zucchini Pickles
A few weeks back The Deer Hunter put in a request for squash pickles. I had plenty of squash and…
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Putting up Food
The time for putting up food has arrived. We spent Saturday afternoon in the kitchen doing just that. From here…
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How I Freeze Okra
Our okra crop has been terrific again this summer. I can barely keep it harvested before more pods are ready…
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How to Make Apple Butter
Several weeks back a reader asked if I could share my apple butter recipe. The recipe I use came from…
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Memories of Syrup Making Days
Chitter skimming syurp “When I was young, I always looked forward to the late summer because it meant syrup-making time….
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Mountain Flavors Day Two – Pickles
Pickling with vinegar and fermenting are methods used to preserve the bounty of the garden. We’re all familiar with cucumber…
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Fox Grapes
Fox Grape Bonanza on the Blue Ridge Divide In 1947, we moved into the Steer Creek area near the Blue…
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NC Chow Chow
Chow chow is a vegetable mixture that is either pickled or fermented. I don’t recall Granny ever making chow chow…
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Grandma Ida’s Fermented Chow Chow
Fermented foods are all the rage right now. Most of us are familiar with fermenting cabbage to make kraut or…
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How Granny Ripens Green Tomatoes In The Fall Of The Year
Can you believe this lush green tomato bed? Our tomatoes always look like this in July, but in October-NEVER!…
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Green Tomato Relish
Our recent spell of freezing temperatures forced me to pick all the tomatoes and peppers before they froze. While the…
