Kerry’s Garden

Popcorn is notoriously hard to grind. Many grinders specifically forbid the use of popcorn in their units. Not having a grain mill yet I had never really tried grinding popcorn for fresh cornbread but was looking forward to it when I do finally break down and pick up the grinder I’ve had my eye on. [...]

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For some time I have been making vinegar from my homemade wines. I have been using a 1/2 gallon canning jar and while it seemed like it would be plenty when I started the fact is that it takes quite a while for the vinegar to finish and I never seemed to have enough. I [...]

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Last week I had picked up 5 large peaches from Jungle Jim’s. They were huge and not quite ripe. My plan was to make a peach cobbler (or two) but since the kid had a b’day on Friday and we have more goodies than we can eat around here from that I decided to go [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I picked up some filmjölk online. I had heard about it before and wanted to give it a try. I have made lots of yogurt in the past but the cultures I had always used required the milk to be heated to a certain point then cooled to a given [...]

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A while back our chimney leaked mercilessly. The landlord came by and did his thing and after he was finished there was a pile of bricks…I didn’t ask. Anyway, I told him that I would like to have the bricks if he didn’t want them. They have been stacked by the side of the house [...]

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I’ve gathered together some sourdough starter info that I had here and there and put it together on the page Sourdough Starter 101. On that page you will find instructions, sources and the following two recipes. Cinnamon-Orange Sourdough Rolls Sourdough Bread enjoy…

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