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Making your own vanilla sugar is pretty darn easy. It takes about five minutes of work, but then at least two weeks of waiting. So plan ahead.
You basically immerse a vanilla bean in sugar, let it sit for at least two weeks in an air-tight container so the vanilla goodness can get [...]
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This is based on the procedures as written over on Kitchen Stewardship.
The type of milk you use helps determine not just the fat content, but also the quality of the finished product. I generally try to pick up an organic 2%. Katie over at Kitchen Stewardship gets in to a [...]
Continue Reading →After trying some cinnamon roasted walnuts at the State Fair a few years back, I knew I wanted them more than just during fair time, so I set about looking for a way to make them at home.
I found a couple different recipes that I tried, and finally tweeked a combination of a couple [...]
Continue Reading →This is a basic recipe for a simple “white cheese”, it very similar to a mozzarella. The consistency depends a lot on how much of the whey you end up pressing out of it.
Ingredients
1/2 gallon Goat or Cow Milk
1/2 cup White Vinegar or lemon juice
1-2 tsp. Sea Salt
Instructions
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2 lbs fresh jalapenos, washed, stems removed
2 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
6-8 cloves garlic
Slice or chop garlic cloves and set aside
Slice peppers about 3/8 thick disks and pack in to clean jars, mixing some of the garlic in throughout the [...]
