The Kitchen Sink

Lime Margaritas – Is It Really This Simple?

Recently we were with friends in San Diego, CA and walking through Old Town when the need to quench our thirst became so overpowering we stopped in at the Old Town Saloon. It was by unanimous consensus that a round or two of lime margaritas was going to be the drink of the afternoon. The …

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Canning Jams, Jellies, Preserves and Marmalade, Not As Difficult As You Might Think

Homemade Peach Jam

Unless one has distaste for foods that are sweet, how can you not like jams, jellies, preserves or marmalade’s? Whether served with butter and toast, peanut butter on a sandwich, mixed with plain yogurt or used as a glaze for pork or chicken, these transformed fruits are wonderful. What is even more wonderful then store …

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The easy way to peel peaches

Peel the peach

Since there has been a glut of peaches at the moment, I thought I’d share the quickest and easiest way to peel peaches, or nectarines (technically a peach), apricots, etc. If the peach is very firm you could use a vegetable peeler or knife, but more often than not, peaches are too soft when you …

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Homemade Sausage: Preparing The Sausage Recipe

Seasoning and Spices with Ground Pork to Make Sausage

For reasons for which I inherently understand, but cannot fully explain is that when preparing the sausage recipe allowing time for the seasonings and spices to infuse into the meat, significantly increases the depth and complexity of the overall flavor of the sausage is achieved. Although these steps refer to Ground Pork, these instructions are …

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“Pick Your Own” Fruit Orchards…A Fun Time

Fresh Peaches

Before being a Locavore was cool and consuming locally sourced food products was considered politically and environmentally correct, there was a time in American culture where harvesting fruit from your own fruit trees, picking fruit from an orchard or growing your own vegetables in a victory  / backyard garden was considered the norm and not …

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