Every year, I used to make new decorations for our Christmas tree, and to share with family. We had a multi-year hiatus for a number of reasons, including moving here, but I've started the tradition up again. Each year, I try to do something different, hopefully learn a new skill, and use materials at hand. … Continue reading This year’s Christmas decorations
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Not a Recipe: loaded pierogi
Ah, what a day! As I sit here, I am watching the garage cam's live feed, as blowing snow covers my daughter's footprints, from when she closed the gate just a little while go. At least it's still getting warmer! FedEx never did show up with our Starlink system. *sigh* Hopefully, we'll get a call … Continue reading Not a Recipe: loaded pierogi
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Recreating Mom’s soda cheese: the taste test
Part OnePart TwoPart Three Well, here it is! The final product in trying to make my mother's baking soda cheese. Did it work? Well... sort of. First of all, this is not at all like what I remember my mother's cheese looked like. That was a semi-hard cheese that could be sliced. This... is not. … Continue reading Recreating Mom’s soda cheese: the taste test
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Recreating Mom’s soda cheese; final steps
Part OnePart Two After sitting overnight, tucked away in the oven, it was time to take out the cheese and do the final steps. This is what it looks like this morning, after stirring. It... looks like dry cottage cheese. The next instructions were: Add salt to taste, if desired. Add colour if desired. Add … Continue reading Recreating Mom’s soda cheese; final steps
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Recreating Mom’s soda cheese; the next steps
Okay, so the curds have been hanging for about 5 1/2 hours, and I've moved on to the next steps in trying to recreate my mom's cheese. Now, my Mom had said to just set it aside for a few hours, or overnight, so hanging it may have changed things a bit. I don't know. … Continue reading Recreating Mom’s soda cheese; the next steps
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Recreating Mom’s soda cheese
I am currently in the middle of an experiment. Growing up here, as a subsistence farm, we had cows for milking and for beef. Even with 7 of us, we were milking enough cows to have excess milk. I remember my mother making cottage cheese (which I did NOT like), but that was the only … Continue reading Recreating Mom’s soda cheese
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Ginger Bug, on the Rocks
Okay, I finally got a photo that didn't totally suck! Here is our very first Ginger Bug pop. Our very first attempt at making fermented pop, using a Ginger Bug. We used a house brand, cranberry raspberry cocktail for the base, which also contained other types of juice in it. The predominant flavour was actually … Continue reading Ginger Bug, on the Rocks
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The sign is up!
Have I mentioned I have an awesome brother? Absolutely the best! He came over this morning, his truck loaded for bear, to install the sign I made to replace the one that was stolen. And, wow, did he ever go all out! Once we decided where to put the sign, he used the little legs … Continue reading The sign is up!
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First Ginger Bug Pop: Cran-Raspberry Cocktail
When it was time to feed the ginger bug, I decided it was time to start our first batch of fermented pop (aka: soda). In looking for recipes and instructions on how to actually use the ginger bug, I found myself with some issues. One was the ratios of ginger bug to liquid, which tended … Continue reading First Ginger Bug Pop: Cran-Raspberry Cocktail
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Ginger Bug Progress
Well, we are into our third day of starting our ginger bug. It got its third feeding last night, and third morning stir today. Look at those bubbles! While researching how to make this, I saw sites that said it could be used after three days. Others said to wait four to ten days. All … Continue reading Ginger Bug Progress
The Re-Farmer 