by Judy | Jan 1, 2010 | Gardening, Recipes
No black eyed peas for us New Year’s Day. This larder has capucijners. Capucijner (pronounced cap-you-sigh-ner according to the Fedco catalogue) peas are one of the richest and most complex soup peas we have cooked with. We’ve been saving seeds that we think we purchased from Johnny’s Seeds about 20 years ago. We’re not sure because they don’t have them in their catalogue any more but this Dutch heirloom purple podded pea (pisum...
by Judy | Dec 5, 2009 | Recipes
Since we’re still in the resurgence year of Julia Child I thought I’d wind up the year with one of my many versions of her recipe for Gratin Dauphinois or Scalloped Potatoes with Milk, Cheese, and a Pinch of Garlic. I say many because I hadn’t opened the book in years for these exact ingredients since I started making scalloped potatoes this way. And usually the recipe is doubled for my 10 x 15 inch pan since it makes a great potluck dish. 2 lbs....
by Judy | Nov 30, 2009 | Gardening, Recipes
Brighten your holiday table with the ‘other’ green vegetable – greens of all colors. The greens I’ve enjoyed the most recently are the seared collard greens at the Eldorado Grill in Madison, Wisconsin. Admittedly I haven’t eaten collards too many times, they just weren’t on the menu when growing up in Minnesota. If you want to try the exact recipe check it out in the ‘Eldorado Grill Southwestern Cuisine Cookbook’ by Kevin...
by Noel | Nov 23, 2009 | Recipes
Two years ago I threw the remains of a horseradish thinning into the compost pile. It rooted, as horseradish likes to do, and I let most of it grow. I’ve always grown horseradish in my regular garden beds, keeping it at one end of the herbs. After this weekend’s harvest, I’m pretty sure the horseradish will stay in the compost area. Digging horseradish out of my clayey beds is always a back breaker and I leave so much behind that I have...
by Judy | Nov 14, 2009 | Recipes
I love it when the larder is full of sweet potatoes! We harvested 76 pounds this year. Not bad for 20 home started plants in a Wisconsin garden. There is nothing like a plain baked or roasted sweet potato slathered in butter. The other night I roasted small chunks of sweet potato mixed with Rose Finn Apple fingerling potatoes and cabbage wedges all tossed with olive oil mixed with crushed garlic, salt and pepper. After 45 minutes in a 400 degree oven the sweet...
by Judy | Nov 8, 2009 | Recipes
In the last year or so, ever since Anneliese came across an article in “grist.org” by Kurt Michael Friese called ‘Simple cooking can produce delicious results – like old-fashioned Austrian pancakes’ – see recipe here: Auflauf (like a crepe) has become a breakfast staple in our household. With one egg in each serving it makes a very satisfying meal and the sweetening can be individually controlled. The filling changes with the...
