Whatever Chad does . . he does it with gusto! Yesterday we had planned to make boudin. Chad had 20 - 25 pounds of pork butt/pork loin, 7 pounds of pork liver, 12 cups of raw rice that we cooked, four packs of green onions, 4 bundles of parsley, 6 bell peppers, 2 packs of celery, garlic from Granny's garden, 6 or 8 onions, lots of seasonings and that's all I remember but there might have been other ...
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Menu – Week 32, 2019
I'm making a menu for the week, mostly for future reference but there's a lot happening this week so I doubt I'll be cooking every day but . . having a plan will help, if I do have time to cook. Monday: Buffalo Chicken Wedge Salad, Pickled Carrots, Tuesday: One Pot Chicken & Broccoli, Kim Chi Wednesday: Smoked Salmon, Baked Sweet Potato Thursday: Black & Blue Hamburger Pie, ...
Quart Jars
We never know what we'll find at Aldi and when you find something, you never know when, or if, they'll have it again. Yesterday we were there and they had canning jars - wide mouth quarts and regular mouth pints. The last time I bought jars, we found regular mouth quart jars on sale so I bought those but my preference is wide mouth. It's Crofton brand, which is fine with me. They were ...
Freeze Dried Okra
The okra was going to finish during the Monday night so I gave it more time before we went to bed. Yesterday morning when I woke up for the second time, the okra was finished so I put it in jars and vacuum sealed it. From the four trays, I got 7 half pints and 5 pints. The salt ended up being the texture of of powdered sugar which was funny. The okra is great for snacking. I love potato ...
Other Herbs
Yesterday I think I forgot to show the bay leaves and basil that I freeze dried. There's 1 pint, and two half pints of bay leaves and one little jelly jar of basil. I was mostly testing these to see how they work since I have a lot of both of them growing. The bay leaves are very brittle. I've used fresh from the tree for so long, I can't remember if that's how the ones are that are ...
Okra in the Freeze Dryer
When I freeze dried the okra last week, I put in a couple of small pods to see how it would work freeze drying whole pods. It worked fine so that's what I put in there today. Lightly salted . . not sure if that's going to stay on there or if it will flake off. The okra was damp when I put it in so I'm hoping during the freezing process, the salt will stick like glue. Actually, by the time I ...