Today’s recipe for s homemade taco salad bowl is a favorite go-to recipe at our house. It is cheap, easy, tasty, and since the tortilla’s are baked instead of fried it is healthier than the store bought versions. Basically all you are doing is lightly rubbing oil on flour tortillas, forming them slightly, and […]
Category: Cooking & Food Storage
Various articles on food storage, food preparedness, cooking, and general kitchen stuff
Bung Sizes for Brewing
Today’s article on Bung sizes is more for me, than it is for you. I need a handy reference of what the numbers on the sides of the rubber stoppers mean in relation to size. The other day I needed a stopper for a non-standard (meaning scrounged) glass carboy. The jug was bigger than my […]
How to Make Your Own Meat Curing Chamber
This post is about how to make your own curing chamber. Our ancestors cured meat to survive, so it can’t be that complicated, right? Well, as humanity has advanced so has the science of food preservation. Curing meats is part of the cooking field called charcuterie. Curing Process Basics A combination of spices and drying […]
How to Can Meatloaf for a Easy Meal
I saw this idea for canning meatloaf on YouTube (user BexarPrepper), and wanted to try it out. Her recipe looked really good, but I realize most everyone has a meatloaf recipe so I would not bore you with mine (especially since it has not measurements and changes based upon my feelings and the ingredients […]
How to Use Mason Jars with a Blender
This Mason Jar Blender Tip is a simple trick that can make your kitchen life easier. It seems like many/most blender manufacturers designed the threads of their blender jars to match the threads of canning jars. This means that in many cases (especially with older blenders) you can make a Mason Jar Blender. Simply can […]