Believe it or not, pickled onions are actually quite delicious. During fermentation, they lose their sharp, acidic character and mellow quite nicely. Make these for use as a salad topping or to stick in sandwiches, or just to nibble on. Check out the video, above.
I love sauerkraut. I love it on hot dogs. I love to cook pork chops in it. I can get other people to eat it if I make reuben sandwiches and pile on lots of kraut. But I don’t like the crap from the store. Sometimes I wonder if that…
I’ve been drinking Kombucha with my lunch lately. I buy it at the local cafe for $3.95 a 12oz bottle. Just today I realized I was breaking my own rules! This crap is expensive and mine would most likely taste better, be better for me, and fun to make! SO,…
I wanted to make Pico de Gallo, but all my tomatoes rotted on the vines. So, I decided to pickle the pepper crop instead. Sort through your peppers. Use only the best, most beautiful peppers. Peppers that have mold spots, rots, cracks, and brown areas are just going to get…
To dry your freshly harvested herbs from your garden, don’t turn on the oven or invest in an expensive food dehydrator – use your microwave! Drying takes just a couple of minutes, if you’re careful. I found this method when I was at my parent’s farm house where there’s no…
I hate to say that I found this recipe for Citrus Cured Salmon on the Martha Stewart website. Usually, I shun the place, but when Michael Ruhlman shows up, I pay attention. In my defense, I was googling “rulhman cured salmon” and this popped up. This is a very cool,…
Well, sort of “Refrigerator Smoked Fish”. This is actually a recipe for making homemade lox. I’m not advocating using the fridge for a smoker. What I AM suggesting is to find yourself some Salish to use to do a basic salt cure of some fish. ˈsāliSH is named for the American…
Because of the rumors of how scary the chicken treats that come from Asia are, I decided to make my own chicken dog treats. We go through a lot of chicken in our house… (Warning: this post contains graphic images of chicken.) We buy whole chickens and save off the…
Here’s an alternative to pickles made from cucumbers. Try pickling some beans! This dilly bean recipe works well on old, late-season beans that you don’t want to throw away. Be sure to put lots of peeled garlic cloves in each jar. They give the beans a great flavor and we…