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    I am behind this year and sour Kraut is another thing I have not done this year. I may yet do some and some kimchee with daikon radish that is sizing up now in the garden. I guess, I need to make two years worth now at a time because everything takes me twice as long and I am only getting half...
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    I love using tried and true old time recipes, however, I love to experiment and try new recipes or create my own. I have had failures, but often have had a unique treat and try to pass them on , so others may enjoy the successes. I cook for my taste and if it pleases others , Great! I hate to...
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    About tomato paste. The traditional way to make tomato paste is to use the over ripening fruits and only good ones, smeared out with the hand or a wooden spatula over a wooden board or table top out in the summer sun and monitor it and swish it around with a smearing action a time or two then...
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    I personally like the more pronounced flavor of rutabaga often served with potatoes ,carrots and cabbage in my home. Boiling them instead of roasting tones them down a little bit. I prefer them roasted more often than not, but still use them in a boiled beef dinner. Often in boiling the dinner...
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    I thought I might add, Rutabagas are harder to grow here from spring plantings, except very early plantings, if possible. when the weather is still "iffy" here. Plantings later in the spring suffer from the heat and pest attacks and seldom do well and quality of any harvested roots are often...
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    IT does keep them looking better, but they keep acceptably well just placed in my veggie bin in the refrigerator a long time. I have had some keep several months, still eating them occasionally. They have kept ok in the ground here in the mid south, till late winter, before many rotted. I...
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    To those who have not tried pesto, Try It! You may like it. Rutabaga is one of my staple fall/winter crops here. They will remain in edible condition most of the winter in the ground or store for a month or two in the refrigerator veggie drawer. I grew up eating Boiled dinners, with a beef pot...
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    I dehydrate usually, perfectly, in my dehydrator basil and most other common herbs, in abundance, putting away a years supply and giving away quarts of dried basil to family and friends. Basil is so easy and grows tons of leaves, that fresh pesto and dehydrating basil is a regularly repeating...
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    I am a bit envious of the freeze dryer! I'll get over it. The wife has made me promise to stop spending so much on tools, gadgets and appliances! The quality of freeze dried foods can be impressive! Vacuum packed freeze dried is the way to go for longest term quality storage. Two new heat pack...
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    I am so disjointed at times! I meant to mention the husk tomatoes, because they are everywhere around here this time of the year! I have two distinctly different wild varieties growing around my garden areas. I have not made a pie from them yet but have made a salsa that was great. A slightly...
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    My mother made ground cherry pies. The little husk "tomato" that grew wild on the edge of the fields. She would have us help pick and she would make us a pie from them. I did not pay any attention, but to the eating! It was a bit like mincemeat pie the way she made it with the spices. She made...
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    I been making a hot tomato dip for years from a recipe I got from friends in La Bianca/Rin Con Grande. I like it served warm or cold with corn chips and a bit of fresh cilantro. It is both sweet and hot with a savory twist from the smoke of Home made chipotles and adobo sauce. I lightly fry some...
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    MY dehydrator runs constantly all season long. Lots of Peppers, mushrooms, onions, carrots, okra, potatoes, herbs done. I can a batch or two of something most weeks in the summer. Fresh frozen peppers, green beans, squash, peas but have run out of freezer space. I can and dehydrate most, so I am...
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    The Habenero are too hot, with too little flavor in return, for me. I smoke my own chipotles from the traditional open pollinated Jalapenos and can some in adobo sauce and dry many for later or grinding into powder. I make many hot sauces, some fermented and some not. My mainstays are a few...
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    Garlic loves compost! and growing lettuce between a double row of garlic will keep the weeds down between the garlic and thrive there! Softneck does indeed keep better for me and I keep it braided or loose in a wire basket in my kitchen with no problem for it lasting through the winter until...
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    I can relishes, preserves, sauces and a wide variety of foods, but now I am dehydrating more and more. It is easy and the products keeps good food quality for three years in a bag or jar or seven years vacuum packed! Fresh grated horseradish with just white vinegar and salt is hard to beat and...
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    I am going to concentrate on eating or giving away more of my canned goodies , so that I can reuse the jars and eat the food in prime condition. I also am running out of storage space for the jars as the new is added to old stock. I discovered and am enjoying some old marmalade I found from...
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    I dehydrate some figs, and a variety of peppers every day until frost. My little freezer is packed full year round, so I dehydrate and can more, than freeze. Also, we have frequent power failures and the freezer is a less secure storage method long term for us. dehydrated foods stay good up to...
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    I have heirloom apples for the south (and elsewhere for most) Black Twig, Grimes Golden, Aunt Rachel, Joseph, Old Fashion Winesap and one unknown variety. It is very difficult to grow pretty apples here due to the hot , humid climate and the insects and fungus disease pressure, from a long warm...
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    I made pickled beets, back in June, 7 pints and 3 quarts. We have already eaten all but 1 jar! I did give my Grandson and a friend, a quart each. I should of planted/pickled more! Obviously, I love beets! Borsch is also a favorite. I have never dehydrated any. How do you use them when dried? I...
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