Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpea. (In Spanish, it’s garbanzo.) But it’s not just a bean! It’s a dish, and practically an entire culture. As a dish, it’s a chickpea and tahini concoction mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic (and often cumin and paprika and other seasonings). As a culture, it’s claimed… Read More
Have you noticed all the new members around Farm Bell lately? There’s quite a few new members registering daily! So if you’re new here to FBR, let me highlight some capabilities that will make browsing and using the site easier…and if you’ve been here awhile, let’s do a refresher course 🙂 Are you a lurker,… Read More
Ours is a VERY busy household. Two teenagers who play different sports, a mom who works full time (that would be me…), a dad currently pounding the pavement, a bunch of critters. Lots going on all the time. We are also involved in school and community theater and recently that has really put us over… Read More
Food is something I love to share. I love to talk about food. I love to make food and watch people eat what I have made. And I wholeheartedly believe that if we as a society paid more attention to our food, where it comes from and how it is made, then we would have… Read More
All right, folks, I am finally getting around to explaining how I made The Stink-Eye Cake. It took us a while, and I took a TON of pictures, so I feel obligated to use them all. I apologize in advance. It was a silly project, and Pastrymama and myself got a little silly ourselves. Lucky… Read More
You’re proudly bringing your magnificent turkey to the table. It’s a precarious balancing act, but it looks like you’ll make it. Guests are craning their necks to watch. Suddenly, behind you, you hear crash, splat, tinkle from the kitchen. A chorus of kitchen helpers call out, “Dearie, we need some paper toweling. Where’s the broom?… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More
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