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Homemade Pickled Beets
Add to Favorites By Jerry Hourigan I watch the Food Network channel a lot and I have yet to see my old buddies Alton, Ina, Paula or Rachael ever add …
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Beyond Kraut & Kimchi
Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow Preserving vegetables by adding salt and setting them aside a few days to ferment is part of our family tradition. Before fermentation became all the rage, it was …
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Portable Electric Burners and Other Heat Sources for Canning
Add to Favorites Whether your kitchen has all the modern conveniences or you live off the grid, for canning purposes, some heat sources work better than others. When I …
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Bone Broth Recipe: A Hot Trend in Modern Health
Add to Favorites I grew up in a family where “waste not, want not” was a way of life. My mom, Mary, would save leftover bones and scraps of meat …
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6 Ways of Preserving Food Through the Ages
Add to Favorites Some ways of preserving food have been around since ancient times while others are modern. Older methods can leave meals dry, salty, fermented and imperfect. But they …
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How to Make Peach Jam
Add to Favorites It’s good to know how to make peach jam before the peaches come into season. Peaches are delicious right off the tree and buying from the orchard is …
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The Science Behind How to Make Whole Wheat Bread
Add to Favorites Home cooks learning how to make whole wheat bread often ask, “Why didn’t my bread rise? What went wrong?” It could be the temperature, the leavening, gluten …
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How to Store Vegetables Through the Winter
Add to Favorites The garden has frozen over and your table sits heavy with food. Some food begins to wilt while others shine bright orange in the autumn light. Congratulations: your …
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Tips for Successful Wild Game Meat Processing
Add to Favorites By Thomas Tabor – Wild game meat processing lets you enjoy one of the great benefits of hunting: harvesting meat yourself. If properly processed, in the field as …
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Food Preservation Methods for an Abundant Tomato Harvest
Add to Favorites As an herbalist, I’m always thinking of ways to use the abundance of herbs this time of year. Couple that with a huge tomato harvest and it’s …
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Make Room in Your Garden With Climbers And Crawlers
Add to Favorites By Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. Farmers with 1,500 acres available and urban backyard gardeners alike often have the same complaint: “If I only had just a little more …
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Potatoes Offer Healthy Sustainability
Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone, North Carolina It’s been said that each one of us consumes 126 pounds of potatoes each year, including the popular Russet and Idaho …
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Heirloom Tomatoes Withstand the Test of Time
Add to Favorites By Anita Stone, North Carolina There has been a resurgence of interest in tomatoes in recent years, not the everyday luscious fruit, but heirloom tomatoes, a new …
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Seeds, Anyone?
Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone When I had the pleasure to attend “The Value of Seed Banks” seminar held at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina, …
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Reach Beyond Red Radishes
Add to Favorites When was the last time you were struck speechless by a radish? Two hundred years ago, radishes had the power to lock long-haired girls within tall towers. …
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