Get articles, daily on the email! Easy Dill Pickles (from isbn 1-85967-011-3) 6 small cucumbers 2 c water 4 c white wine vinegar 1/2 c salt 3 bay leaves 3 tbsp dill seeds 2 cloves garlic, slivered dill flowerheads to garnish Slice cucumbers into med-thick slices. Put the water, vinegar and salt in a saucepan and boil, then remove immediately from [...]
Barley, a hearty, robust grain, has always been more popular in Europe than in the U.S., in large part because American tastes run to wheat. But with its slightly chewy texture and more than slightly pungent taste, barley is often used with big-flavored dishes such as lamb stew and mushroom soup. Barley Risotto recipe that [...]
1 quart fragrant rose petals, tightly packed (pesticide-free) 3 cups water 1 package Sure-Jell 2 tablespoons lemon juice Red food coloring (optional) 4 cups sugar Heat the petals and prepare water to boil. Steep it for 20 minutes, introducind the petals into the liquid occasionally. Strain, and reserve petals. After you measure the liquid, then [...]
Into 4 cups of hot white vinegar, mix 2 cups of your most red roses; allow to steep for a week. After a week strain the content. This rose vinegar, with its beautiful, rosy color, can be used as an after-shampoo rinse, also it is useful in your bath (1 cup) because it is neutralizing [...]
Rose petals embedded in ice cubes will give a festive note to any punch bowl. Fill an ice-cube tray halfway with water and freeze it. Place a rose petal on each cube, anchor with a teaspoon of water and freeze again. Then fill completely with water, and freeze until needed. So this special cubes will [...]
Yield: 2 cups Rosewater was first prepared somewhere long ago than the tenth century. It is still made today by and it is used to relieve sunburned, chapped, or dried skin. It is also a favored ingredient used for a very long time in the Persian cuisine. It subtly enhances the flavor when it is [...]
I have a special (can you believe it) sprouting jar. It is a plain glass jar with a screw on lid that has screen instead of glass across the top. Honest, I bought it years ago. But as I recall, before this miraculous jar I covered the top with a layer or two of cheesecloth [...]