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How to Make Kosher Style Dill Pickles

How to Make Kosher Style Dill Pickles

Do you have too many cucumbers in your garden? Here’s a way to use some after you’ve given away so many your friends won’t take any more. Soak medium sized cucumbers 24 hours in a brine made of 1 cup salt to 8 cups water. Remove from the brine and dry. Make a vinegar solution of 2 cups white vinegar to 3 cups water. Add 2 tablespoons of mixed pickling spices, and several small bunches of fresh dill. Bring to…

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Yummy Cake

Yummy Cake

We visited the Stone Hill Winery in Branson, MO last week and picked up an interesting recipe. You might like to try it. Cream Sherry Bundt Cake Pre heat oven to 350 degrees, grease and flour pan. Mix yellow cake mix with: 4 eggs 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup cream sherry 1/2 cup water Chop 1/2 cup nuts. Sprinkle some in the bottom of the pan. Pour in batter. Top off with remaining nuts Bake 50 to 60 minutes Boil:…

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Food Allergies and their Remedies

Food Allergies and their Remedies

Last week I posted a sugar cookie recipe which contained lime juice and lime zest. I received a message from a reader who said, “No! Please do not promote the use of citrus in new and unusual places. Many of us are allergic to citrus. Last week I was in a restaurant in Estes Park where we had eaten many times in previous years. New owner. Lime in everything!!! The waitress said the kitchen said all I could have from…

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Freezer Fairy’s Heist

Freezer Fairy’s Heist

Please note! I realized I sent this blog without any tags a few weeks ago so I am going to resend in case someone missed it. This 4th of July I gathered the needed items for our annual picnic. All went well until I discovered the ice cream freezer fairy had made off with the cranking mechanism and inside barrel of the freezer. Not to worry. I’d hunt in the basement and find it. Besides, our eldest son, Trey, planned…

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Sugar Cookies with a Twist

Sugar Cookies with a Twist

Sugar Cookies with a Twist Recently I tasted some sugar cookies with a taste I couldn’t identify at first. Then on closer inspection, I realized the cookies contained lime zest. Looking through recipes, I found one that is similar. Try it and tell me what you think. I think this recipe could use some more lime zest. Spring Lime Tea Cookies 2 teaspoons lime juice 1/3 cup milk ½ cup butter, softened ¾ cup white sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons…

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Simple Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies

Simple Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies

A friend shared some gluten-free cookies with me the other day. Even if you’re not gluten-intolerant, these are delicious! These would be great cookies to let your kids stir up to combat the summer boredom. Try them and let me know what you think. Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies Stir together: 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg Drop by spoonsful onto a greased baking sheet or on parchment paper. Smash them flat with a fork. Bake at 350…

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A Timely Suggestion

A Timely Suggestion

Have you even gone to the store to buy certain items for a recipe only to get home to find you forgot one key ingredient? For me, it takes all the fun out of cooking. I don’t like to make a list before I go, or print off a copy of the recipe. I’m certainly not going to carry a cookbook with me to the store. But now there is a solution. Download a cookbook in an e-reader version on…

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Great Marinade

Great Marinade

With the price of meat soaring, I’m always looking for cheaper stuff. Go to the store early in the morning to find reduced meat that is about to expire in a day or two. There’s nothing wrong with it. That green in the left picture isn’t bad meat. Read on. I found some flank steak the other day. It’s usually tough and needs to be boiled. Who wants to boil meat for several hours in Kansas heat? I tried this…

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