Author: Butternutplace

Who I am: I gravitate toward rhubarb, bacon, ferments, dictionaries, cheese, canoes, Airstreams, fava beans, family, farm animals, and preps. And a whole lot more.

Ella’s Outlaw Kumquat Marmalade

  I’ve never met Ella.  She is an in-law of my in-laws.  Does that make her an outlaw? Regardless, she is the sweetest person, and she made it known on Facebook that she was in possession of a bodacious amount of kumquats at her home in Florida, just hanging on the tree waiting to drop…

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Broth Diary 2015

The penultimate post about broth where I finally figure out what I’m doing.

I8% Italian Biscotti

(1985 from Mom) My mom just received her DNA results.  We had all assumed that she was 100% German.  Imagine our surprise to find that she is 18% Italian.  No wonder these biscotti are so good. My mother makes the best biscotti.  She started making this in the 80’s, so this is not an historic…

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Kit’s Jambalaya

  2 T olive oil   3 T butter 1 T  Cajun spice (or Emeril’s) 1 C long grain rice (uncooked)  ½ C chopped onion 1 T minced garlic 2 cans Rotel tomatoes 2 C chicken broth 1 C V8 (2 small cans)  or Snappy Tom ½ to 1 C fresh or frozen, sliced okra (No okra?…

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Chili with Beans (easy dump recipe)

the basic chili with beans mixture–not  real pretty, but tasty! (serves 4 at least) ½ C diced onion (1 small onion) 1 lb ground beef  1 can S&W black chili beans–do NOT drain (If you cannot find this, use regular black beans and add 1 T pico de gallo spice) 2 cans Rotel chopped tomatoes…

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Pho to Go: Shrimp

Mom creates a shrimp and veggie pho for college son working on salmon boat. Inconceivable!

Basic Lamb Stew

Lamb, cinnamon, cumin, tomatoes, garbanzos, pumpkin seeds, and yogurt? What could possibly be better than this luscious stew?