Walk through the grocery store and you will see an abundance of oils, vinegars and even alcohol infused with herbs and vegetables. Included in this vast selection of flavored liquids for food, are vegetable oils infused with a variety of chilies (hot peppers). The combinations are definitely enticing, but the price can be expensive. Honestly, …
Food Gardening
Aug 07
Re-Purposing Hydroponic Grown Basil
In recent years there has been an increase in the selection of fresh herbs available for purchase in the grocery store year round. Initially, these were herbs that had been cut and sealed in plastic packages. More recently, some herbs are being made available even fresher and being offered for sale with their roots intact …
Jul 24
Summer’s Star: Baked Ratatouille
It isn’t often that I get into a food rut, but it does happen. There are very few things, other than time, that can yank me out of that rut. One of the no-brainers though, is a good farm-share week. This week our farm share kicked into high gear and gave me a great collection …
Jul 21
Simmered Grape Pulp + Cheese Cloth = Homemade Grape Jelly
Recently I picked about 15 – 20 pounds of wild Mustang Grapes near my house and generated 15 Cups of Grape Pulp after boiling down the whole grapes and straining the mixture through a colander to separate the juice and pulp from the skins and seeds. I was prepared to make three batches of Homemade …
Jul 15
Easy To Make Homemade Wild Grape Jam
Recently I found the mother lode of wild grapes growing near my home in Katy, TX. Since the wild Mustang Grapes (Vitis mustangensis) are not suitable for eating fresh (too acidic), I knew that I was going to be canning homemade grape jam. In the post Homemade Garden Grape Jam, Welch’s Take Note!, I detailed …
