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Daily Archives: September 5, 2010
Baked Beans
4 cups navy beans 1/2 lb salt pork or bacon cut in small pieces 4 teaspoons salt sea salt 4 tbsp molasses Black Strap + 1 Tbsp Maple syrup 6 teaspoons prepared mustard 1 1/2 cups catsup 8 tbsp … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacon, Baked, Brown sugar, canning, cheap, Common bean, Cook, cooking, easy, frugal, homemade, homesteading, Maple syrup, Onion, Recipe, Salt pork, tips, Water
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Strawberry Vanilla Jam
Water bath canner 4-6 (8 oz) half pint canning jars w/two piece lids About 4 lbs of fresh strawberries 1 cup unsweetened apple juice 1 (1.75 oz ) package of Ball No-Sugar Pectin 1 whole vanilla bean ½ tsp. butter or … Continue reading
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Tagged Breakfast healthy, butter, canning, cheap, cooking, easy, frugal, Fruit preserves, healthy, Home, Home canning, home made, home made oil lard shortening flour, Ice cream, preserving, Recipe, sugar, Temperature, tips
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Vanilla Extract
First you need premium grade vanilla beans to get a good product. (Not the dried up ones you find in the stores sometimes). Not all vanilla beans are created the same! Ingredients: 2 Cups (16 oz.) vodka Vodka is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bean, easy, food, frugal, healthy, home made, homemade, homesteading, how to, Recipe, Seasonings, Shopping, sugar, Syrup, Vanilla extract, Vodka
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Vanilla History & Lore
Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla native to Mexico. Etymologically, vanilla derives from the Spanish word “vainilla”, little pod.[1] Originally cultivated by Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate … Continue reading
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Tagged Baked, Central America, cheap, cooking, Edmond Albius, frugal, garden, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mesoamerica, Nahuatl, Shopping, tips, Vanilla
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