Jelly Doughnuts It all started because of blueberries. We seem to be up to our ears in blueberries. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a good problem to have. Last summer our blueberry bushes performed great! Thanks to their generous production, we still have several gallon bags of blueberries sitting in deep freeze. I got a wild…
A Gift of Fermented Cabbage Every Christmas we are fortunate to receive a boxful of home preserved goodies from our family in West Virginia. In fact, it just wouldn’t be Christmas if I did not get my annual supply of apple butter, pickled green beans and sauerkraut. My father-in-law makes a stock pile of this…
Where’s the beef? If you have ever been interested in trying Korean cuisine, Bulgogi is the by far the most popular dish to get started.Unlike many Korean dishes, Bulgogi is not spicy. It’s sweet and savory with intense flavors of garlic and onions. The preferred method of cooking is to grill the marinated beef over…
A Not-So True Berry Although it looks like a petite blueberry, the juniper berry is actually a cone. Both of the junipers native to eastern North America, Juniperus communis and Juniperus virginiana, and most juniper species around the world, produce these cones in abundance. Juniperus communis is a low spreading shrub or small coniferous tree found in the…
The Curious History of Curry Is curry a dish or a spice blend? Actually, it’s both. The “dish” originated in India but has since spread world-wide. The word curry is derived from Tamil, a South Indian language, meaning sauce. It was British traders that lumped together any dishes made from a mix of onion, ginger, turmeric, garlic, pepper,…