Welcome to our kitchen that truly is the heart of our home! One of life's greatest pleasures is enjoying good food with family and friends. Here you will find recipes, tips for frugal cooking, how-tos for food preservation especially canning and anything else food related. Tea is brewing and warm cookies are fresh from the oven. Please sit a spell and enjoy your stay.
I am a wife, mother and grandma who enjoys the many aspects of homemaking. A variety of interests and hobbies combined with travel keep me active. They reflect the importance of family, friends, home and good food.
Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using. --Bobby Flay
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[March 19, 2020] - Effective Mar 17, this blog will no longer accept advertising. The reason is very simple. If I like a product, I will promote it without compensation. If I don't like a product, I will have no problem saying so.
[March 17, 2020] - A return to blogging! Stay tuned for new tips, resources and all things food related.
[February 1, 2016] - An interesting report on why you should always choose organic tea verses non-organic: Toxic Tea (pdf format)
Sticky Post - Warning: 4ever Recap reusable canning lids. The reports are growing daily of these lids losing their seal during storage. Some have lost their entire season's worth of canning to these seal failures! [Update: 4ever Recap appears to be out of business.]
Chickens have been on sale here since mid-January. Like many I have taken advantage of the sales even though I buy a good portion of chicken from a local organic farmer. Many folk don't realize how large scale commercial chicken farms operate. There has been a lot of controversy over how chickens are treated in these facilities. As this video notes the chickens are bred for certain genetic traits such a large breasts because boneless, skinless chicken breasts have become very popular. I did find it interesting that the feed these chickens eat has been reduced by almost a quarter! One could argue that the chickens are malnourished and the meat nutrient deficient. It is quite apparent when comparing the living conditions of these chickens that overcrowding is an issue as well especially when compared to free range chickens. They do however, strive to combat the spread of pathogens that could spell disaster for the entire chicken farm. This video explains how a commercial chicken farm operates. Most large scale chicken growers raise using this method although there may be very slight variations.
1 food lovers commented:
Garden Gnome
said...
Sorry about that. It was meant more to inform as many simply don't realize where their food is coming from.
1 food lovers commented:
Sorry about that. It was meant more to inform as many simply don't realize where their food is coming from.
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