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 brown sugar Dark + tsp vanilla 2 cups onions– chopped + 2 Tbsp Dried minced Wash … Continue reading Baked Beans
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 margarine (optional) 1 ½ cup granulated sugar Wash all jars and lids in hot soapy … Continue reading Strawberry Vanilla Jam
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 my preference but you may also use brandy. 6 Vanilla Beans You can easily cut … Continue reading Vanilla Extract
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 to Europe in the 1520s.[2] Attempts to cultivate the vanilla plant outside Mexico and Central … Continue reading Vanilla History & Lore
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