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.

What’s Going On? Kimchi

Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what’s going on I was tempted to relax on the front porch swing, reading about Sunset Magazine’s recommendations for awesome National Parks and watching Mr. Artifact refinish another chair.  However, a news story about the tragedy in South Korea was fresh in my mind.  Earthquake?  Mudslide? Famine? …

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Stacey’s Secret Spice Rub

This actually takes some effort to make, but it will last for a long time in your cupboard. The best flavor is derived from harvesting your own tomatoes and onions and dehydrating them.  If you cannot do this,  I have offered some options below. (to grind any of these ingredients to powder form, you will…

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Sparerib #9

“I didn’t know if it was day or night. I started kissing everything in sight.”—Love Potion #9 Unlike the famous Love Potion #9, this recipe does not “smell like turpentine or look like India ink”. It is named Sparerib #9 because that’s how many were in the bag when I packaged them to put into…

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Welcome

Butternut Place is a blog about the lost home arts, delicious food, animal husbandry, gardening, self reliance, and ideas.  If you like cheese, pot likker, good wine, great books, DIY projects, warm wood stoves, canning, dogs, chickens, and America, you will also like this blog.  If you are expecting this blog to save  you a…

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