Scones are a beautiful thing. Not quite a biscuit and not quite a muffin. It’s a bit like the best of both worlds. And with a spot of jam they are delightful (Yeah, that sounds entirely too cheery to me too.) Enough of that nonsense, let’s make some scones… Cranberry …
Preserved Tomatoes We go through a decent amount of tomatoes over the course of the year. Makes me wonder what our sauces would be like if the Europeans held to the belief that tomatoes were poisonous. But I digress… Aside from our stand up freezer I have three fridges (2 …
Orange Marinated Chicken A while back I was part of an experiment where we trying to create some new and interesting recipes. At the time we had established it as something we called Twitter Chopped. Basically it was a few of us who came together on twitter and we each …
Chicken Enchilada Chicken enchilada are one of the great simple foods that seem like they could be a lot of work but the reality is they really don’t take that much effort at all. Another great aspect, they don’t really require too much to make them great. Needless to say, …
Chicken Wing Confit You heard that right. I am making confit but instead of duck legs I am using chicken wings. Crazy right? Truth be known. You can confit almost anything if you really want to. You see, confit means to gently boil in fat. Aside from duck confit, you …
Turkey Pot Pie I can hear you asking, “So, what do you do with left over smoked turkey?” And now I give you an answer. Turkey pot pie is a great way to go. Heck you can do this with left over turkey after Thanksgiving too. There isn’t really a …
Smoked Turkey One of the things we like around here during the summer is turkey smoked on the grill. When you have enough freezer space, Thanksgiving is the best time to load up on turkeys. We tend to have 3 or 4 sitting in the freezer waiting for summer time. …
Italian cuisine is based on frugality. If it can be avoided foods nothing goes to waste. The simple peasant loaves of bread that we know mostly as Italian bread traditionaly made have little to know preservatives in them. On average they would last a day and the second day they …
Soft Pretzels Recipe: 11/4 cups warm water 1 package yeast (about 2 1/4 teaspoons) 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 teaspoons molasses 5 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 teaspoons salt 4 tablespoons baking soda 2 quarts water 4 tablespoons butter Method: Allow the yeast …
When you study food, drink, and culture you see patterns, where foods have a common theme. The pattern I found was with pastys and empanadas. Pastys are a Welsh meat pie similar to a pot pie. Empanadas are of Spanish, Carribean, and Mexican origin (most likely Spanish). I grew up …