I’ve been reading Jennifer McMullen’s blog, “Rolling in the Dough,” for a while, and although Jennifer calls herself Baklava Queen (maybe you’ve seen her comments here), she’s also a food preservation and local food queen. Reading her blog has inspired me to try a little food preservation myself. Food preservation doesn’t come naturally to me. […]
Entries from June 30th, 2008
On learning the joys of food preservation
June 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, local food
Roundup: Beyond tainted tomatoes and floods
June 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Beyond tainted tomatoes and floods · Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Finally, here’s a roundup of some food news in the area, aside from the daily reports of tomato-borne salmonella and rising food cost forecasts due to the Iowa floods. Going against the grain. Gordon D. Fiedler Jr. over in Salina snags a bushel of wheat in this funny-serious take on eating locally. (Salina Journal) Pizza […]
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Tip: Household items work fine for pitting cherries
June 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Cooking tips, Tools
There’s more than one way to pit a cherry, and here are five. For sour (pie) cherries These beauties are small, which means you need more of them, so easy pitting is definitely desirable. Try these methods. Your fingers. If the cherries are very ripe, just squeeze the stem end, and the pit will squirt […]
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Cherry pie is a group effort, and worth it
June 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Food selection, local food
When your busy neighbor’s cherry tree is flush with the brilliant sour fruits, the best solution is to pick them (with permission, of course) and share in the bounty. That’s what I did the other evening, and I’m glad I did. I was eager to get at those cherries, because I’ve lost out in the […]
Return of the raspberries a joy to behold
June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments · local food
There. Yes, there at the Rolling Prairie pickup site were raspberries. Beautiful, succulent, just-picked local early-summer raspberries. Oh, how I missed them last year! A few got a bit squished between the pickup site (the Community Mercantile) and home. I was forced to eat half of them right away. The sacrifice! I sigh with pleasure […]
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Joanne takes the prize, but suggestions still wanted
June 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · General, Healthy eating
No doubt everybody thinks this blog is just about perfect, and that’s why they didn’t say anything in my call for suggestions. That means Joanne Seiff, who offered the only suggestion, is the winner of my now out-of-print cookbook, Recipes Worth Sharing. (I have no idea why anyone is offering to sell these for the […]
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