Limp Lettuce: Home grown lettuce is often too limp to go right from harvest to salad bowl. How to crisp it up? Wash in cold water, shake gently and refrigerate in a plastic bag for an hour before dinner.
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Soleil del Lun
I think I know the inspiration for this French sweet bread which actually originated in England so the legend goes...the inspiration for this wonderfully sweet, light and really pretty bread. They could have also named it Dawn til Dusk bread; not for the vampires but due to the 5+ hours it took to make it. Haven't cut into it yet but it is stunning as … Continue reading the story "Soleil del Lun"
Fruit Leather (AKA Fruit Roll Ups)
We returned today from a wonderful family reunion celebration in Macon, Georgia at my father's farm. He has a dozen wonderful laying hens - about ten eggs per day - of which he is giving us half the hens next week. Greg is making plans to convert an exhisting building into a coop complete with nesting boxes and a large run next to and behind … Continue reading the story "Fruit Leather (AKA Fruit Roll Ups)"