It`s the last day of February. Almost 6:00AM and still pitch black. There`s a cold sheen of near-freezing rain that is glazing our city that will possibly turn to a sheer coating of ice before rush hour. It`s a funny contrast to the 4+ inches of snow that covered everything less than 36 hours ago. [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Spring Loaded – How Technology is Changing My Perspective of Winter
Posted in General on February 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Some Starting Points for a New Dehydrator
Posted in Preserving Specific Tools and Supplies on February 26, 2011 | 6 Comments »
We were trading messages with friends on twitter last night when we got a simple request from Dallas (check her site out) who asked us for some ideas on where to start with a new dehydrator. I love questions like this – makes coming up with topics easier. You can get very complex with a [...]
Friday Morning Picture Show
Posted in !!!Uncategorized on February 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I posted a quick link on our Facebook group yesterday to a google image search. If you`re unfamiliar with what this means, it`s simply a part of google that you can search and it returns a bunch of photos instead of websites. You can access it by going to images.google.com. I like to go and [...]
Preserve Swap – Our `Haul`
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on February 24, 2011 | 5 Comments »
What can one come with from a simple preserve swap? Ask and ye shall receive… We came with: 1 Liter (a quart) of strawberry jam. A giant thanks to Chef Kyle Deming from Starfish and the Ceili Cottage (and his newish project, Sausage Partners) for a very one-sided trade – this ha fall at the [...]
Preserve Swap
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on February 23, 2011 | 16 Comments »
What a night! Our first preserve swap – in the middle of winter when many are at their lowest inventory all year of preserved goodness. It was awesome. Dana and I showed up early – Emily was there to greet us with a smile. We spread our buttons out, dressed up “The Dude” (he’s a [...]
WellPreserved Gets a New Table Workspace
Posted in Updates on February 22, 2011 | 7 Comments »
We`ll update on the preserve swap tomorrow – today`s an early workday so I wrote the following post yesterday. Dana and I bought our first really grown-up piece of furniture a week ago. It`s a 350 pound table built from a 6 foot long piece of butcherblock mounted on a steel frame. I`m so excited [...]
Family Day and French Toast
Posted in Traditions and Memories on February 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It`s a Holiday Monday today. For those from other parts (otherwise known as `not round here`), today is known as `Family Day`in Ontario. A relatively new holiday bestowed upon us a few years back by the Government who decided it was time to have a Holiday in the middle of winter. I have to admit [...]
No Knead to Worry – Dana Takes Her Turn…
Posted in Baking, Doughs and Pasta on February 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
There are different kinds of ‘food people’…there’s definitely two different kinds in our house…. one that takes glory in hours spent in the kitchen…hands and pots and pans dirty, creating and crafting, experimenting and providing (i’ll let you guess which one that is)…and one who if left to her own devices (ie. the other being [...]
Book Review: “The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing and Sausage Making…”
Posted in Books on February 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This is the longest title of any book I’ve ever owner. It’s complete title is “The complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing and Sausage Making. How to Harvest your livestock and wild game.” It’s much more a description than a title in all truth. I found this book with a sweet little note on it [...]
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