Today I preserved spinach from my garden. Last fall I planted Tyee spinach and it survived the winter. It was such a successful experiment that I plan on doing it again this fall. Not only have we've been eating spinach almost every day since April, but planting in...
The most commonly seen zucchini is dark green, long and cylindrical. This was the zucchini of my childhood; the kind that my maman used to make moist chocolate zucchini cakes. Only recently have I discovered the many shapes and sizes of zucchini. This year...
Rendering lard is really easy. Sometimes getting the pig fat can be the tricky part. Leaf lard is the best for rendering. It's the fat that surrounds the pig's kidneys. Apparently, it makes the most divine flaky pie crusts. The pig fat we got was a combination of...
When we went South for our mini holiday I picked up few pumpkins. They've been sitting in my basement over a week now and Hubby has been anxiously commenting about them every time he goes downstairs. I don't blame him. Last year I let our pumpkin rot...