Category Archives: cooking

Making superior stock for your pantry

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Stella

I’m sure most of you know how to make chicken stock, but I’m sharing this just in case. If you are still using boxed stock from the store (I still do now and then), this will change your life (slight … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday dinner

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Stella

When I was a kid, the traditional dinner was baked ham with scalloped potatoes, and a green vegetable; let’s not forget the deviled eggs! Mom would probably bake a cake, even though we had lots of candy to eat. Things … Continue reading →

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Making hard-cooked eggs

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Stella

What is the best method? What delivers a delicious well-cooked egg that is easy to peel? Here is an article in which the author discusses seven methods she tried and which one worked the best, as well as a couple … Continue reading →

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Use it up, wear it out . . .

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Stella

. . . make it do, or do without! A phrase that became famous first during World War 1, made popular again during the Great Depression and then again during World War 2. Around the time the United States entered … Continue reading →

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Cooking prep for St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Stella

I wasn’t going to make corned beef and cabbage this year, mainly because meat is getting so darned expensive! Then the store put the corned beef on sale, so I thought I might try this recipe: Corned Beef and Cabbage … Continue reading →

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Don’t Twist The Biscuit Cutter!!! – Things Grandma Said

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Stella

Isn’t it funny that there are so many videos/articles about such a simple food as biscuits? Well, here’s another one from a favorite YouTube channel, Glen and Friends Cooking. See below for links to previous posts about biscuits.

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Beans, beans, the delicious fruit . . .

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Stella

We have frequently discussed the many kinds of beans and bean dishes that we (most of us) love. I ran across this video by a new-to-me YouTube channel called Pasta Grammar and, in this video, they demonstrate several delicious Italian … Continue reading →

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DIY syrup from trees (not just maples)

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Stella

Adam is in the southeast part of Tennessee, so it may start to look like spring there someday soon. It will be a couple of months yet before anybody will be tapping trees in my area! He is tapping a … Continue reading →

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Language & food fun: Why Americans don’t pronounce the H in herbs

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Stella

Language and food are two of my favorite subjects. This is a fun video, and I thought you might like it too! PS: Adam does lots of really good cooking videos too.

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Sweet potato biscuits?

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Stella

I’m sure you know that I have posted several recipes and videos for and about biscuits over the past couple of  years. Here is one of my favorite YouTube cooks making a biscuit recipe for his Sunday “Old Cookbook Show”. … Continue reading →

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