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Another Fine (Bread and Butter) Pickle…

This has been a very good summer for me and pickling… a $10/week subscription to a local family farm has provided me with more than enough really wonderful produce to get me to look into making things I hadn’t really … Continue reading

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Zukes! Zucchini Relish With a Kick

‘Tis the season for bounty from the garden; and, while many gardens seem to have a LOT of zucchini, there really is just so much zucchini bread or cake or oven fried sticks or summer-y salad with olive oil, onion, … Continue reading

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Perfectly Pickled Green Beans

So, I do this thing with a local family farm where I ‘join’ an event on facebook on a Friday, and on Tuesday I show up, hand over $10, and get a pretty big honkin’ bag o’ STUFF. Good stuff, … Continue reading

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White Barbecue Sauce

There are tons of versions of Alabama style white barbecue sauce out there – some have horseradish and Creole mustard, some call for fresh garlic, others for powder; heck, I even have a couple of white barbecue sauce recipes here, … Continue reading

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Sour Cream Substitute

Consider the dip. Basic, almost a must have, at many gatherings this time of year; and made up – normally – of sour cream and some sort of spice and flavor blend, whether from a packet or your own, time-tested … Continue reading

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Sweet Onion Poppy Seed Salad Dressing

While on vacation last week, we slouched about quite a few shops, galleries, restaurants, wineries, and farm stands. At one place (winery, farm stand, can’t recall at this point – hmmm – mebbe it was a winery), our friends picked … Continue reading

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Alabama White Sauce

Last year, Rich came across this white barbecue sauce that looked pretty interesting, so I made a batch and we enjoyed it on chicken and I posted the recipe. This year, he came across another white barbecue sauce, but, wait… … Continue reading

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The Doris Project (TDP) Week 26: Tomato Salsa

Yeh, I know, at first blush calling it tomato salsa seems like it might could be a non sequitur; but consider the salsa options available at your local market. Heck, consider yesterday’s post. So, tomato salsa it is, and a … Continue reading

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The Doris Project (TDP) Week 19: Sweet Heat Coleslaw

Today’s Doris Project recipe post comes from… me! By way of a note card I sent to Rich’s parents 12 or 13 years ago thanking them for a lovely weekend, which, kinda handily I think, included this recipe, based on … Continue reading

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Zippy! French Dressing

I came across a vintage magazine ad for a “spicy” home made French salad dressing that called for an entire 1/2 teaspoon (!) of Tabasco along with the more usual French dressing ingredients – no doubt taking its lead from … Continue reading

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