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I made and water-bath canned apple cider and it was delicious. It’s just the byproduct of cooking down the fresh apples from my aunt’s tree. Nothing else was added – no water, juice, sugar or seasonings. Pure, sweet, delicious!
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This time of year many gardeners that are absolutely sick of zucchini. They’ve already eaten as much steamed zucchini side dishes and made it into every casserole they can think of. They’ve passed much of their zucchini overload on to friends, family and even complete strangers (why can I never run into these gardeners??! LOL)
I’ve heard about using zucchini for low-carb noodles and I was intrigued. Although RancherMan & I don’t specifically strive to eat low-carb, I do try alternatives when I can find a tasty one and we both love zucchini anyway so… Check it out!
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When cooking or serving our food I always try to go easy on the salt, but we both like lots of pepper.
So I often lightly salt our food and then heavily pepper it. The ratio I use is pretty consistent.
One day as I was peeling & seasoning a hard-boiled egg. I pulled out the salt and watched carefully for just a few grains to be sprinkled on the egg so it wouldn’t be over salted, then got the pepper and finished the seasoning with a hefty covering of pepper.
Then I got to wondering, since my seasoning ratio is always the same, I wonder…
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My sweet aunt shared with me many delicious sweet apples from her tree. Not a few mind you, but a LOT! (as in 5 bushels of a lot!)
Thankfully this apple pie filling is pretty straightforward and canning it requires just a 20-minute stint in a water-bath canner. Wanna see how I did it?
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These cute little apple hand pies are little individual apple pies you can eat with one hand!
They’re quick to make and a fun way to serve apple pie to your guests. Come see how easy they are to make.
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Need an easy pie crust recipe? You’re in luck! This recipe makes a double 9″ pie crust. And it’s quick & easy, using only 4 standard pantry ingredients. A little flour, shortening salt & water & you’re on your way to a delicious homemade pie crust too!
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Don’t buy that cream-of chicken soup. It’s so easy to make cream of chicken soup (or any of the other flavor of cream-of soups) yourself in minutes.
I mean… you’re just thickening broth with a little flour and adding milk and whatever add-ins you want. So easy!
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Recently we had a cow give birth to a calf. Although she gave us a fine, healthy heifer calf, she was having a difficult time with her calf emptying one of her teats.
Each day that one teat grew bigger and we’d hoped that the calf would eventually latch onto it like she was the others. (we’ve had that circumstance in the past and it’s always worked out fine)
But the teat began to get so full it was large & tight and too difficult for the calf to attempt to nurse it. So she just didn’t.
I was worried about the cow developing mastitis so I knew I needed to take action. I’ve never milked a cow before. Ever. Until now. Ain’t nothin’ to it, y’all! I feel like an official country woman now!
