Bill Retherford

Neither a trained chef or culinary expert but a true lover of food including the history, background and even the science behind what makes a great dish. With twelve years as a manufacturing consultant specializing in food processing, I have a unique perspective on how much of the food we purchase is created. Being fortunate to have travel extensively for work and pleasure provides me with ample opportunities to experience new foods and regional variations on a regular basis. I have an obsession for Reubens and will select a reuben sandwich without consideration of anything else on the menu if available.

Most commented posts

  1. Oven Baking Sausage: Quick, Easy and Minimal Mess — 32 comments
  2. Homemade Peach Liqueur, Capturing the Essence of Summer — 28 comments
  3. Easy To Make Homemade Wild Grape Jam — 27 comments
  4. MacGyver’s Fat Separator, Simple Way to Make Homemade Gravy — 22 comments
  5. Homemade Garden Grape Jam, Welch’s Take Note! — 13 comments

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Homemade Peach Ice Cream, No Excuse Needed to make this Cool Treat

Homemade Peach Ice Cream in a Bowl

To make Homemade Peach Ice Cream, fresh handpicked peaches are not absolute requirement. Yes, the peaches used in this ice cream recipe were handpicked but because so many peaches had been picked, the peaches used for this batch of homemade ice cream been frozen whole and peeled and stoned at a later date. One of …

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Simmered Grape Pulp + Cheese Cloth = Homemade Grape Jelly

Homemade Wild Grape Jelly with Butter & Toast

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 …

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Easy Homemade Peach Sorbet…All Year Round (With Only a Food Processor)

Homemade Peach Sorbet in a Bowl

There are few things more refreshing then a Peach Sorbet whether enjoyed on a hot summer day or as a nice simple dessert after a heavy winter dinner. Many of us do not own ice cream maker, but most of us have a food processor in the kitchen. With a food processor, frozen peaches, simple …

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Frozen Peaches…Easy Store, Easy Peel, Easy Stone Removal

Skinless Frozen Peaches in a Bowl

Peeling fresh peaches is in pain. There are some recommended suggestions when peeling fresh peaches and these options are good when requiring fresh peaches. However, if you have too many peaches and you are not going to use or process immediately, then I would suggest freeze the peaches whole and then peel the frozen peaches …

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Arby’s 5 Strip Ultimate BLT, More like BLB (Bacon Lettuce Bread)

Cross Section of an Arby's BLT Sandwich

I should have known that I was setting myself up for disappointment. The inexplicable very long wait through the drive-through that evening should have been my first indicator that the Arby’s 5 Strip Ultimate BLT was not going to live up to my tempered expectation of a fast food sandwich. I was correct; the BLT …

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