homesteading

The Frugality of Fats

“Fat gives things flavor!” – Julia Child The Story of Shortening Fats have come a long way from their primitive beginnings, approx. 25,000 B.C., of rendered animal fats aka lard to the abundance of cooking oils we have today. So let us start somewhere in the…

Marvelous Macaroni & Cheese

“All middle-income families use carbs to stretch meals, across any ethnic group – whether it’s kugel or rice and beans or macaroni and cheese. I remember having pancakes for dinner. But as kids, we thought, ‘Breakfast for dinner? This is great.’” – Al Roker…

The Power of Powdered Milk

“That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.” – Jeremiah 11:5 Dairy Disclaimer As someone who is…

Feast of Fermentations

“Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.” – Matthew 13:33 Yeast of Yesteryear The history of yeast can be traced all the way back…

Putting Pasta Away

“Everything you see I owe to Spaghetti. I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.” – Sophia Loren Pasta’s Past Pasta gets a bad rap as does wheat or carbs in general. I think if people learned more about…

The Wonderful World of Wheat

And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. – Genesis 41:35 Why Store Wheat? Now they say corn in the above scripture. But when thinking in terms…