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Grandma’s Tomato Catsup (Ketchup) is one of the Top 10 most requested recipes from my Mom’s/Grandmother’s collection. I found a couple of different recipes in Mom’s recipes and I was not really sure which one she used. I must confess that I really did not like homemade tomato catsup when I was young. . .even […]
I have never eaten pickled beets that I liked more than the ones my mom made. I do not think I am the only person who felt this way. I remember my mom’s friend getting very upset with her because her granddaughters refused to eat any of the pickled beets she made and would only […]
Those small jars of pimentos in the grocery store that are either diced or sliced do not taste the same as my Grandma’s Pickled Pimentos. In fact, I don’t think anyone made pimentos that tasted as good as my grandma’s. I remember people always asking for her recipe at family and church gatherings. She would […]
This article contains links for products I use or mention. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This does not affect your purchase price if you use the embedded links. The first time I ever cooked with commercially canned tomato juice it was quite a shock. I could not believe how salty it tasted. […]
My mom used to make a lot of pickles. When I was young, most of them were made in crocks and canned. As she and I grew older, she added some pickles that did not require the work of making pickles in crocks. My favorite of these pickles was her freezer pickles. They were one […]
Christmas Pickles were one of the items that my mom would make most every year around Christmas that I never really understood. They were called Christmas Pickles, but I did not see anything particularly “Christmas-y” about them. I assumed for a while the name was a reference to the fact that Mom often gave them […]
A great deal on pickling cucumbers at a local farmer’s market was more than I could resist. I decided to make a two easy types of pickles that did not require canning…my mom’s freezer pickles and a refrigerated version of my husband’s mom’s bread and butter pickles. If I’d known that bread and butter pickles […]
Do you hate it when you know you can’t use all of bananas before they will go bad? Ever find bananas at a terrific price, but feel you can’t stock up on them? Well, you can keep bananas for later use…simply freeze them. Bananas are one of the simplest fruits to freeze. You just peel […]
Until recently, I did not roast my own peppers. I only purchased roasted red peppers once or twice as I rarely used them in my cooking. Well, no more….it is so simple and they taste so much better than jarred. A super easy way to roast peppers is under the oven’s broiler. You just place […]
While there are recipes to make apple butter in a crockpot or an oven, the best apple butter is made over an open fire in a large kettle with the help of family and friends. This very old method may require a commitment, but the taste and the experience can not be matched. It was […]
