Canning Sausage
I love my Ball Blue Book of Preserving-its full of canning and preserving advice-on everything from blackberries to clams. This is…
Rendering Lard
For years, Pap has bemoaned the fact that food doesn’t taste as good as it did when he was a…
Hominy
Making hominy is yet another way Appalachians used dried corn for food. While it was a time consuming process-it added a little variety to their daily diets….
Freezing Pumpkin & Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
I’m taking a short intermission from corn recipes to put some pumpkin in the freezer. There are 2 recipes I make that call…
Cornmeal
After folks had gathered in their corn, came the process of making it into cornmeal for human consumption. Most of the cornmeal we buy today…
Gathering Corn
When Pap was a boy, corn was the most important crop folks grew-I guess it still is for many farmers….
Bleaching Apples The Old Time Way
I’ve written about drying apples before-but have always been interested in learning more about the way folks in Appalachia bleached…
School Lunches
School has started for the Blind Pig family. Backpacks are full and we are easing ourselves back into the rhythm of…
How To Make Leather Britches – Dried Green Beans
Ever heard of Leather Britches? They’re simply dried green beans. Back in the day before-canning jars and pressure cookers were…
Grapes and Fox Grapes-Juice and Jelly
by Ethelene Dyer Jones Both grape juice and grape jelly were two of the items we “put up” on our…
8th Step Of The Blind Pig & The Acorn’s Pickle Along-BABY WE ARE DONE!
Today is the final day of the Pickle Along. Drain the syrup/liquid into a large stock pot-bring to a boil. Discard…
7th Step Of The Blind Pig & The Acorn’s Pickle Along
Today’s step-is exactly like yesterday’s-you know when you did this: -Drain the syrup off the cucumbers into a large pot. Don’t…