In early October some friends and I went to Jones and picked about 170 pounds of apples and pears. We had a great time divvying our harvest and I brought home a good haul: roughly 15 pounds of apples and 8 pounds of pears. My friend Julie and I made apple butter (yum!) and preserved [...]
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Preserving pears, or making things more complicated than needed.
Posted in Fruit, Preservation, Sweets on December 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Basil Panna Cotta
Posted in Dairy, Reading and Research, Recipe, Sweets, Vegetarian Friendly on June 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Remember those creamsicles? While ideal for preserving individual portions, they didn’t work too well for my intended purpose: coffee creamer. For some reason, the fats from the cream floated to the top of the coffee, creating an unappetizing glassy layer on the surface and leaving a greasy residue on the lid of my to-go mug. [...]
Snack Attack
Posted in Food Love!, Sweets on May 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I don’t have anything too groundbreaking to offer today, but recently I had an idea that was spurred on by my nearly habitual 3 p.m. visit to the office snack machine: Why not make my own little snacky goodness? In my kitchen cabinet I found a half-full (I’m an optimist) tub of Snider Farms roasted [...]
Applesauce with a Crunch
Posted in Blogs, Recipe, Sweets on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I tried out Molly Wizenberg’s recipe for Vanilla Applesauce with a Crunchy Meringue Cap. Molly gave me permission to publish her recipe in the September issue of Oklahoma Living. I had never worked with meringue before and I’m not a fan of fluffy meringue pies; however, this concept of crunchy meringue intrigued me. The cap [...]
Cornmeal
Posted in Farming/Ranching, Recipe, Sweets, Vegetarian Friendly on June 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Larry Ressler’s cornmeal. I met Larry over a year ago. He was a new co-op producer—selling eggs and smoking wood—and was visiting co-op pick-up sites to meet his customers. We chatted and he asked what unmet demand there was in the co-op. Besides the typical needs at that time—produce, chicken, and bacon—I mentioned cornmeal. Later [...]
Peach Ice Cream
Posted in Sweets on August 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Is there really a need for words? Good, because it’s time for bed. Porter Peach Ice Cream turns a humid August day into a blissful, humid August day.
Cornmeal Cobbler
Posted in Bread, Local, Recipe, Sweets on July 5, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Sweet cornbread baked on fruit. Brilliant! If everything goes right, Ressler Farms will sell cornmeal through the Oklahoma Food Co-op. When I met Larry Ressler in February, he asked about unmet demand in the co-op. I immediately thought of cornmeal. Someone used to make it—I can’t remember who—but it’s not available anymore. Well, there’s hull-less [...]
Jammin’
Posted in Back to Basics, Preservation, Sweets on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ooh, yeah! all right! We’re jammin’: I wanna jam it wid you. Were jammin’, jammin’, And I hope you like jammin’, too. -Bob Marley Homemade Jam 64 ounces of strawberry jam for $29 5 pounds of organic strawberries from Peach Crest Farm = $25 Sure-Jell pectin = $1.44 7 c sugar = [...]
I Scream, You Scream
Posted in Experimenting, Local, Sweets on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It all started a couple weeks ago. I had two 16-ounce containers of local cream that was in danger of going bad. I needed to make something to use it up. I considered pudding, but that much warm yummy goodness would be dangerous in our house. Some evil little voice whispered, “Ice cream. Pssssst: Ice [...]
Marshmallows
Posted in Blogs, Experimenting, Sweets on March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Just in time for the rain, sleet, and snow that we may be getting tomorrow: a recipe for homemade marshmallows! When I told my mom that Chelsey and I were going to make homemade marshmallows, she asked, “Tricia, do you know how cheap marshmallows are?” No I don’t, but that’s not the point. What is [...]
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