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This will teach you how to make homemade flour tortillas. You will never buy them from the store again once you have tasted these.
Nature provides the gift and all you have to do is decorate it, add some string and wrap. The perfect last minute Christmas gift or birthday gift for cool weather birthdays. Give the beauty of...
Don't you wish people would just quit saying, "Gee, she must be the size of a baby elephant!" or "Look at all that food, I wonder if he is going to eat it?" Worry no more. Go ahead and eat. The...
I thought I'd share with you how to make the biscuits since I'd given you the chicken recipe. This might be a little more difficult if you're not use to baking biscuits. Here it is. Enjoy it with...
I always make biscuits by eye. I never measure. They always turn out yummy.
Is you're food sticking to your Cast Iron Skillet? Even if it is Old and Rusty; Don't Throw it away.I will give you step by step on how to Season a Cast Iron Skillet.
When I came first to California I saw a place named "Wiener Schnitzel" and I thought, that's great, here I might get some tasty German food. I was quite surprised and somehow...
There are many fine German potato pancake recipes and they taste just terrific. Some of them are right here on ehow.com. Try all the ones you can find and pick your best. My mother and my...
Cleaning up all the myths about cast iron cook ware
Feeding birds in the wintertime in Maine is important especially if you feed them all year long. This easy to make recipe is a great winter feed for all year long feathered residents.
Everyone wants to buy biscuits from the store pre-made because they think they are so difficult to make. You can make the perfect homemade country biscuits easily in relatively little...
Making wild bird seed suet cakes is one of the best things you can do to help the wild birds through the winter. It is easy to make and easy is to keep suet available for them.
We are all looking for different Christmas Cookies and I am no exception. If you read my other recipes, you will have a good idea why I like to cook. These are very light even when cooked in...
There is a nostalgia for the past and there is a resurgence of interest in re-learning the skills of our ancestors. One of these is the art of making lye soap. In the early 1800's before lye...
During the cold months of winter when the thermometer drops below freezing most days, wild birds enjoy having a tasty treat of homemade suet. Since it mostly fat, it helps give them extra calories...
Carnitas is a traditional Mexican shredded meat dish, typically made with pork shoulder but occasionally made with beef chuck. Slow-cooked in either simmering lard (traditional) or spiced broth...
A great craft idea, that you can do with the kids too!
Making lye soap is one of the oldest home-making arts. In Colonial days, soap-making could take days. These days, thanks to the availability of both lye and lard, we can cut the process to a few...
Ask any cook how to make cornbread and the variety of answers will only be limited to the number of people you ask. Everyone has their favorite and this is my basic cornbread recipe.
A delicious part of any meal is rice. Here is how my mother cooks the rice for us at home. I hope you like how good it tastes.
Piadina is a traditional food of the Romagna area in Italy, a typically poor - but very tasty - recipee, requiring only flour, water or milk and animal fats. It is a type of local bread that is...
Using cast iron pans for cooking is a wonderful way to obtain a nice caramelized crust to your foods. Add to that the fact that cast iron pans add to your daily dietary intake of iron and the fact...
Vegetable suet is the vegetarian version of the beef suet. The vegetarian suet came into popularization in the United Kingdom due to the mad cow disease outbreak. Vegetable suet is served to...
This is a Philippine spicy chicken/pork dish. I was fortunate to taste it on a vacation and just fell in love.
Make eatable outdoor Christmas decorations to treat the winter visitors to your garden. The birds will enjoy feasting on this holiday decoration and it will add a touch of whimsy to your outdoor...
Making old fashioned Chocolate Whoopie Pies are easy and make a great snack for any holiday or special occasion. They also are great for giving at Christmas time or making a giant one for a...
Hi ya'll! I am going to walk you through one of the best holiday dishes I can think of, Candied Sweet Potatoes. This another one of my Mama's recipes.
During the past fifty years, lard's reputation has suffered. For the first half of the twentieth century, lard was America's premier frying and baking shortening, but the advent of vegetable oils...
Soapmaking is an ancient art that has gone through many changes over the years though, at it's heart, remains the same careful science of balancing fats and lie to create something unique for your...
Cast iron cookware is nearly indestructable and can be passed on for generations. But, at the same time, it requires some special but simple attention to make it through the long haul. If you have...
You love to cook, so you want your cooking utensils to work for you. If you have stainless steel frying pans, you may want to season the pans. Treating a frying pan with lard or bacon fat so it...
I purchased a new cast iron skillet, and couldn't wait to get started in the kitchen. I remember my grandmothers cast iron skillet which she prepared most everything in from eggs to perfect fried...
Fried chicken has origins that date back to ancient Egyptian times. It eventually made its way over to America, where it became very popular in the south. A chicken was wrung, then boiled and...
This recipe is authentically Mexican and presented to make the food's preparation in a modern American kitchen easy and successful.
This might be common sense to some, but not being raised in the "cornbread belt", I had to find out myself how to make cornbread NOT stick to the aluminum baking pan, without the use of...
If anything could be more Southern than fried chicken, it's cornbread dressing. Once passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter, this lovely, old-fashioned tradition is becoming a lost...
Most people really enjoy watching birds. And a way to view a large variety of birds is to place bird feeders in your yard. Sunflower seeds are a favorite of many birds; cardinals, blue jays,...
Make soap at home. Everyone remembers Fight Club, and how they made their own soap (though they procured their fat through nefarious means). Well, making soap at home can be fun an economically...
Although these little anise and cinnamon cookies were brought to the Southwest by the Spanish hundreds of years ago, they are now the official state cookie of New Mexico. Don't be turned off by...
Corn pone is very quick and easy to make. Since there’s no wheat in this dish it’s suitable for those with gluten or wheat allergies.
This fried dessert is not as heavy as it sounds. When the dough hits the hot oil, the thick dough miraculously puffs up into a light, pillow shape. This dessert is the perfect conveyor of any...
You can use this easy tamale dough recipe with nearly any filling you wish. The masa dough goes well with meats and vegetables as well as sweet fillings. Try this dough out with your favorite filling.
Norwegian Fattigmann are also known as "poor mans cookies" and are a traditional Christmas treat. Made from an egg-rich soft dough, they are deep-fried quickly. These delicious cookies can be...
Mexican red chile is a simple dish that's a staple in many Hispanic families. It's a traditional meal served with beans and flour tortillas. This red chile also makes enchiladas and you can serve...
In today's health conscious society, we actively trim away all visible fat to reduce the bad cholesterol and calories. Frequently, it also removes much of the flavor. Larding meat is a way to put...
Nothing warms you up in the winter better than a cup of your favorite soup. If you want to make soup like your grandmother did, here is a recipe that my grandmother used to make Julienne Soup....
Whoopie pies are to New England what the black and white cookie is to New York City and this down eastern creation is a tasty little treat for chocolate and cookie lovers alike. Traditional to...
They say there's always room for dessert and unfortunately this is very true. Even if you've eaten more turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing than you can handle, once you see that chocolate cake...
Mole de Poblano, the national dish of Mexico, is a chicken dish that uses mole, a sauce made from various chiles and pure dark chocolate. While you can use short cuts such as a pre-made mole...
We all buy things, get them home, and then try to remove the price sticker. Some come off easy but most seem they are stuck on forever! The solution? Use some cooking oil you have in the kitchen,...
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