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 out the blossom [...]
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This week’s Rolling Prairie Farmer’s Alliance distribution included a big bag of mesclun. Oh, it’s pretty stuff, all those little bright green leaves with touches of purple and red here and there. It’s grown here by the Wakarusa Valley Farm (which finally has a website; yea!). But you may wonder what to do with it.
Knowing [...]
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Last weekend I had some friends over for dinner, and I was in a quandary as to what to make for dessert. These quandaries usually start with inadequate planning and are complicated by my desire not to return to the grocery store, and that was the case this time. It came down to something with [...]
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I made soup again the other night. I know I said I was sick of soup, but it sounded better than anything else I could think of. Anyway, the good news is it’s delicious and it gave me an excuse to try a new squash-peeling method.
On to the tip: Butternut squash is great [...]
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I don’t remember where I read this tip years ago, but it still works. I was reminded of it as I prepared Tuesday’s lunch and decided to include the week-old dinner roll wrapped in plastic on my counter. (That was before the New Year’s Day cleaning.) Here’s how it works:
Douse your stale bread item with [...]
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Okay. The headline is an exaggeration. The revealed secrets are that I did actually bake the things I talked about recently, and I have photos to prove it (as much as a photo can prove anything anymore.) Forthwith, here is the evidence, and a few tips if you plan to make any of these.
First, the [...]
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