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DIY Vegetable Oils or Substitutes
I have been thinking on this for quite some time. If you can no longer get the cooking oils that you are used to using, what would you use? I bet most of us can't grow olive trees, and I don't know if pressing oil seeds to make oil is actually practical, even if you can grow them. I think I would try my best to use animal…
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Looking for recipes featuring sesame seeds
So my significant other went grocery shopping. Sunflower seeds was on the list but he came back with 2 pounds of sesame seeds instead 🙃 Besides tahini, I was wondering if anyone had any really good recipes featuring sesame seeds.
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Grow your own Cornstarch!
Here are some recipes that tell you what types if corn can be used and how you can make diy cornstarch. Next, I have to figure out if I can actually grow the correct corn here. It looks as though white corners preferred, but any dried corn should work. I've got some very old popcorn here that we grew years ago. That was…
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18th Century Inspired Jello: Lemon & Cinnamon
From: https://rarecooking.com/tag/biscuits/ LEMON & CINNAMON JELLO 1 packet Knox Gelatin 1/4 C water 1/4 C sugar the peel of one lemon cut into strips 1 cinnamon stick 3/4 C water Sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 C water in a medium-sized bowl. Set aside. Place the other ingredients and 3/4 C water in a small saucepan. Bring…
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Edible Tea: Burmese Laphet
This dish can be done with various tree leaves. https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2017/03/making-tea-edible-laphet-from-local-plants-in-three-ways/
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Good, money saving tips from Jacques Pepin
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Rice Krispie Cake
1/4 c. Butter 5 c. (40 regular/250g mini marshmallows) 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract 6 c. Rice Krispie/crisped rice cereal (this is not puffed rice) In a large saucepan, melt butter & add marshmallows. Melt & stir. Remove from heat & stir in vanilla extract. Add Rice Krispies, stir. Pour into a greased 9×13 pan. When cooled,…
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Making soy milk
Wren Everett has a pretty easy process to make it. and she also goes into what to do with the bean pulp leftover. The Okara (leftover bean pulp) can go into to lots of things or can be dehydrated for soy flour.
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Using Onion Skins
I knew about dying with them, (although it's a weak dye and not colorfast, compared to many other plant dyes) and of course there's always composting, but these other uses I never thought of--in rice? and bread? Anyone else have some good ones?
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American Recipes 1940s -1960s
Y'all know I love to eat! I think the era of the 40s-60s was really a classic era in American cooking, which is also very accessible to modern home cooks. Meats and veggies were still real, cut by a butcher or sold by a farmer. Convenience foods had come on the market and were used as shortcuts or optional ingredients -…
