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Hot Peppers Part 2: The Saga Continues . . .
Our poor chickens need a house. They had a house that we borrowed from a neighbor, but it was really too small and had no nest boxes and no good access to the interior except through the chicken door which is a bit small and nasty for adults, and although not too small, it’s just […]
Pickled Hot Peppers and my Attempt at Plumbing
Pickled Hot Peppers. Sorry, it doesn’t even sound appetizing to me, but sweet husband likes them on his sandwiches and we had an abundance of hot peppers in the garden this year, so as I’m contemplating what I’m going to do with them, he suggests slicing them and canning them for sandwiches. Sure. Sounds easy […]
Preparedness Enrichment Night
A few months ago I was asked if I would do an Enrichment night for the ladies at church about preparedness. Of course I said yes. Now, for those who don’t know, the LDS church has a program for the ladies called Relief Society, and part of that is having activities or meetings called Home, […]
Dehydrating Peppers
I put up a post on the Utah Preppers site on Dehydrating Peppers. Check it out–pretty easy and totally useful, especially if you like peppers or planted way too many of them ;-) I promise I’ll be back for some regular posting after the harvest season slows down a bit! Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe […]
Dehydrating Shredded Zucchini
In the past I have dehydrated zucchini by slicing it and then drying the slices to add to soups, etc. I have also sliced it thin and sprinkled seasoning on it and dried it to make “zucchini chips”. They weren’t bad, but they weren’t something I wanted more of–maybe I didn’t use the right seasonings–it’s […]
Bottled Meat Stroganoff
Here’s one of my favorite bottled meat recipes. It is so fast and easy and we love it around here! Remember the bottled meat? This could be any meat–I especially like deer/venison. Elk is good also–it gets a little softer in the bottle, where the venison holds a little firmer texture. I’ve seen people bottle […]
The Best Part of Preserving Cherries
Okay, I have no words here except that this wasn’t even half the mess my kitchen saw that day! I guess you just don’t notice it so much when you’re working with something light colored like peaches . . . oh yeah, and that was the best my hands looked all day. Keep preparing! Angela […]
Freezing Cherries
This is the third post in the Cherry series. Freezing cherries. This one won’t take too long, it’s pretty easy, but I’m trying to drag out a little information over the week, so freezing cherries got its own post. When you have lots of cherries and not a lot of time, some things just have […]
Dehydrating Cherries
Dehydrating Cherries is pretty easy, but does require that you have a cherry stoner unless you really want to cut the pits out of every cherry (NOT recommended unless you really have nothing better to do with your time, which I can’t imagine). Step one is to wash the cherries. Yep, that’s the same wash […]