In feeding this family of mine, I can’t tell you how many times the sourdough starter has come to my rescue. We used to use fruit and nuts primarily as snacks but that can get really pricey with growing boys and whatnot. I’ve tried to stretch them out to stop snacking all together, putting loads…
I have been making a lot of beef broth the last few months between a bull we brought in and a few extra boxes of bones we’ve since gathered from that same butcher. Beef broth is no joke with its thick layer of fat on top of each pot and its necessitating a hacksaw to get…
One of the things about fermented vegetables that continues to astound me is just how useful they are. Traditionally Fermented Foods launches next month and looking through the Vegetable Chapter, I find a few themes. One is that I really want people to know how delicious fermented vegetables can be. There are a bunch of…
A few weeks ago Stewart walked into the house with a package and declared “Hey, I think this is your book!“. I think I was standing at the stove, deep into the canning of a large longhorn bull. One or two of the children was also under the weather so I was a bit preoccupied….
