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Make Your Own Pickles

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 26, 2010
The advent of summer vegetables brings an abundance of cheap cucumbers at the farmers market – 3 for $1 – and $2 will buy you enough to make about two quarts of pickles. Experienced canners may find the the humble pickled cucumber old hat, but I always have an appetite for the cold, crisp refrigerated [...]
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In Our Kitchen

By Ang Jordan | Published: April 22, 2010
When we picked up our CSA share yesterday I also got some strawberries from a roadside stand (Nolte Farm south of Fairhope on 98). It’s a little place, adjacent to the strawberry field where workers bent among the rows, picking more fruit to refill the emptying tables. Just ahead of me, an older couple had [...]
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The Home Canning Renaissance

By Ang Jordan | Published: September 8, 2009
With the full-on media blitz about the recession, the renaissance of home canning has gotten some press, and while it’s a bit late for us on the Gulf Coast to take advantage of summer’s bounty, this could prove useful for fall’s harvest or next year. In the New York Times, Preserving Time in a Bottle [...]
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Make Better Use of Your Freezer

By Ang Jordan | Published: May 6, 2009
In this week’s Minimalist column in the New York Times, Freeze That Thought, Mark Bittman gives advice about how to prevent wasted food and save time on meal prep. The tips are not news to anyone who’s made a habit of putting up a bountiful harvest of produce or saving extra portions, but are still [...]
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