We eat pretty healthy around the homestead, but every once in a while we get a hankering for something a little naughty in the food department. Last night it was onion rings. Mr. Homesteader asked for them; I made ‘em. Like my incredibly easy cheese sauce and way-too-quick chocolate sauce, I hesitate to post this [...]
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Yes, I’m a little evil: crisp, tender onion rings, baked or fried
Posted in beer, bread, chile, Dutch oven, eggs, Food, organic food, tagged cooking, dinner, Food, recipes on September 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Eat’em-up Edamame: selecting soybean seeds for the home garden
Posted in beans, beer, Cooking And Baking, Food, gardening, organic food, organic gardening, Uncategorized, tagged environment, Food, gardening, nature, organic gardening, recipes on February 23, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Among the seeds that I grew for the first time this year was a fresh-eating soybean (edamame: pronounced Ed-uh-mommy) called “beer friend.” ”Beer friend” grows on compact bushes and can be harvested in two relatively painless rounds. My single seed packet yielded two big, full gallon bags of edamame, blanched in salted water and quickly [...]
Shameless: root beer float
Posted in beer, dessert, ice cream, sweet things, Uncategorized, tagged dessert, dinner, Food, ice cream root beer, microbrewery, recipes on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a long day off the homestead, but I came home to a wonderful dinner of organic, free range, local chicken roasted with organic apples, green onions, and carrots, with a side of roasted potatoes with rosemary and goat cheese. As we cleaned up the dishes, my husband blurted out, “Okay, I made supper. [...]
No Haggis, Please: Burns Scottish Supper
Posted in beer, cabbage, kale, leeks, potatoes, whole grains, tagged baking, cooking, culture, Food, history, recipes, Robert Burns, rumpledethump, Scottish food on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Robert Burns’s birthday, and since I’m both of Scottish descent and lacking meal ideas, I decided to dedicate tonight’s dinner to Scottish traditional food. We’re having rumpledethump (onion, mashed potato, and cabbage casserole), smoked salmon, and oat bannocks alongside Bellhaven Scottish ale. I may also add leek and tattie soup–better known as potato-leek [...]
Arkansas Cheddar-Beer Soup
Posted in Arkansas, beer, carrots, cast iron, celery, cheese, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, farmer's market, Food, German food, ham, leeks, locavore, mustard, onions, organic food, Pickle, potatoes, Uncategorized, whole grains, tagged Arkansas, beer, beer-cheese soup, cheddar-beer soup, cooking, dinner, environment, family, Food, locavore, organic, pumpernickel bread, recipes, soup, Super Bowl, Wisconsin on January 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Given that Arkansas has an award-winning brewery and darn good locally produced raw-milk cheddar from cows that get to eat real grass, I thought a variation on Wisconsin’s renowned cheese soup might be in order for our Ozark croft. The recipe is easy, and you should be able to make your own local, organic version [...]
