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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