by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Food Preservation, Our Kitchen, Recipes
I’m currently on a charcuterie meat kick. Why? Because sausages and smoked meats are really good to eat, and sausages especially are pretty easy and fun to make. Now I’m not going to lie, you need some specialty equipment to make sausage. You need a...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Fermenting & Cheesemaking, Food Preservation, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Kombucha is everywhere you turn, from high-end restaurants and grocery stores to quick in and out gas stations. If you are not familiar with kombucha, it is a probiotic-rich, fermented tea drink with a fizzy vinegary tang. It is largely classified as a...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Food Preservation, Our Kitchen, Recipes, Smoking & Curing
Every year, mid-June, my husband and I go to the town of Chitina, Alaska to dip net salmon in the Copper River. This trip supplies our family with salmon for well over a year. Legal residents of Alaska with a fishing permit are allowed to catch up to 25 salmon per...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading, Food Preservation, Smoking & Curing
I am a big fan of smoked foods and I have never found a food that didn’t taste better with a little smoke added! At first, I found it very intimidating to start smoking my own food, and then it turned out to be very easy because you don’t need fancy...
