I usually make this over two days. The first day is the chicken down to the dicing stage and the second day is cooking everything else. I put in everything! I remember my Mother making this for her church suppers. It is soooo good! AND you can freeze it or eat on it for [...]
This is a recipe I have from an old “Live Longer Reader’s Digest” Cookbook. I have modified it (of course). It is really tasty and uses the excess apples and pears of the season. I will can some this year and see how that goes.
Here in Texas, at least in Dallas, there is a dead zone in the year, a time of year when it is too hot and too dry for just about any but the hardiest native plants to grow or produce. But, with the first hint of fall, the morning glories that grow like weeds [...]
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My neighbor, Preacher, kept my purple hulls and okra picked whilst I was in Arkansas. I returned the favor by taking him some of the peas cooked, and cherry tomatoes that he likes. He also brought me a five gallon pail full of knotty apples. I am not one to waste [...]
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I‘m going to be painting one of the bedrooms (a lovely pale sage green) in preparation for the arrival of my free rattan bed. I’ll be popping in and out, of course, because I’m so nosy, but the painting (and a turkey stew) are my main focii today. And preparing for my first day of [...]
It’s been raining since yesterday evening, and more is on the way. The temperatures are in the 70s, a far cry from the 100s of just last Saturday.
Even better, the leaves are starting to turn and fall from the trees. Not the oaks (although I sure do detect a touch of turning), but the hickories [...]
I live in a small city, large fenced lot. I have a covered compost bin in the back yard and a husband who is deathly afraid of smells, unsightly mess, attracting rodents or other creatures, and offending the neighbors.
Tell me about worm bins, or point me to a site for research. I’m planning [...]
… on a 100+ degree afternoon, with watermelon: On rare and endangered foods, and vanishing food traditions:
Anyway, back to the cynicism of which I have in abundance. I am not one to believe capitalism is a cure to all that ails us: that we can, say, buy our way out of global warming by purchasing [...]
Crossposted from Monkeyfister’s place with his permission so biscuit can see it – Kate
All is good in the Bean Bed. As you can see, I’ve got all the twine trellises tied up (32 of them), and the Pole Beans are having a great time growing up them. All I need to do now, is keep [...]
Behold: the world’s tiniest bear is still living under my old place.