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389-Making Sauerkraut At Home

March 9, 2018 by Chef Keith Snow Leave a Comment

389-Making Sauerkraut At Home
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Making sauerkraut at home is a simple, fun and rewarding activity. Instead of paying for probiotics that may or may not be working you can eat your own SUPER POWERFUL probiotics contained in sauerkraut….

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Filed Under: Blog, Budget Friendly, Canning and Preserving, Ethnic Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Low Carb, Podcast, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: sauerkraut

354-Sous Vide Cooking For The Rest Of Us

August 23, 2016 by keith snow Leave a Comment

354-Sous Vide Cooking For The Rest Of Us
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On today’s show I discuss Sous Vide Cooking; a method of cooking in a temperature controlled water bath using a vacuum sealing machine. This precise method of cooking produces super tender, moist, properly cooked foods. Everything from a basic steak to yogurt, to eggs, to fish, to vegetbles can be cooked sous vide. This will be a multi part series. Today’s introduction will cover the basics of this exciting cooking method.

Filed Under: Canning and Preserving, Cookonomics, Podcast Tagged With: annova, cookign in water bath, sous vide, vacuum bag cooking

350-Private Collective Food Production

July 7, 2016 by keith snow Leave a Comment

350-Private Collective Food Production
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On today’s show I discuss something that has been on my mind awhile now, that is Private Collective Food Production. Essentially a privately organized barter/trade/supply network for all things food. …

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Filed Under: Canning and Preserving, Cookonomics, Farmers Market News, Gardening, Gardening, Podcast Tagged With: barter network, farmers market, small scal food production

Who Needs A Root Cellar Anyway

November 18, 2015 by keith snow Leave a Comment

Who Needs A Root Cellar Anyway

Root cellars used to be on most homesteads both here in the USA and also across the pond. If you are growing or making food that can benefit from dark, cold conditions having a cellar can be the most useful square footage you have. …

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Filed Under: Articles, Blog, Canning and Preserving, Gardening, TSP Tagged With: return to root cellaring, root cellar, root cellaring, storing potatoes, tsp

Fried Green Tomatoes with Spicy Tomato Peach Jam

August 18, 2015 by keith snow 2 Comments

Fried Green Tomatoes with Spicy Tomato Peach Jam

This is a simple recipe that uses abundant fresh tomatoes and peaches. Perfect on a warm August or early September evening. This jam makes cornmeal crusted fried green tomatoes absolutely glow with happiness!…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Budget Friendly, By Season, Canning and Preserving, Gluten Free Recipes, Radio Recipes, Spreads & Dips, Summer, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: fried green tomatoes, peach jam, peaches, toamtoes, tomato jam

Lacto Fermented Mustard Chive Vinaigrette With Feta Cheese

July 15, 2015 by keith snow Leave a Comment

Lacto Fermented Mustard Chive Vinaigrette With Feta Cheese

This is one of those recipes that may be a bit strange and a touch difficult to find the raw materials, that said I still think it’s worth the effort to construct. This has such an amazing flavor it will make your salads taste simple amazing. You will want more salad and that is a good thing….

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly, Canning and Preserving, Gluten Free Recipes, Low Carb, Radio Recipes, Salad, Spring, Summer, Vegetarian, Vinaigrettes Tagged With: chive vinaigrette, lacto-fermented, salad dressing, vinaigrette

Pickled Red Beets

June 26, 2012 by keith snow Leave a Comment

Pickled Red Beets

Created By: Omi-Chef Snow’s Mother-In-Law
Active Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 3 hours

Description:

My mother-in-laws pickled red beets are legendary. I used to HATE pickled beets until I tried hers in 1996. I loved them so much I married her daughter just to be sure I got the recipe!! They beets are sweet with a hint of all spice, clove and mustard seed. They last forever in the pantry and are loved by all.

**NOTE** Before starting have all canning equipment and the kitchen sterilized. You’ll need: Larger canning pot, wide mouth pint jars, lids n bands, tongs, rack in the bottom of the canner. Also, it does not hurt to double the recipe for the brine so you don’t run out and because the ingredients are so inexpensive. But if doubling the bring, be sure to double the spices too otherwise bring will be much less flavorful.

Ingredients:

1/2 bushel (25 lbs) of red beets, trimmed with skin on (until they are boiled first..read below)
2 cups cider vinegar (min. 5% acidity-I use White House brand)
2 cup water
3 cups plain white sugar
1 tsp salt

Make Sachet: (A piece of cheesecloth with the following things tied up in it tightly)

1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp whole Allspice
1 tbs yellow mustard seed
1 tsp whole cloves
2 tbs celery seed

Method:

1-Bring a large pot of water to a boil, drop in while beets that have skin on and some of the stalk attached, about 2-3 inches of it. Boil until tender, pierce with a knife to determine doneness….some will be cooked before others so be patient.

2-Bring vinegar mixture to boil, add sugar and sachet, reduce to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes covered.

3-Remove beets, let cool then remove the skins and slice into 1/4 slices.

4-Pack jars with beets leaving 1 inch headspace. Pour simmering liquid in the jars leaving the 1 inch of headspace.

5-Put on your Tattler Lids

6-Process for 25 minutes in a water bath canner, remove and let cool on counter for 24 hours before placing in the pantry.

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Harvest Eating
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Filed Under: Blog, Budget Friendly, Canning and Preserving, Cookonomics, Gluten Free Recipes, Side dishes, Spring Tagged With: beets, canning, canning jars, pickled beets, tattler lids, water bath canning

Curried Apple & Onion Compote

June 21, 2012 by keith snow Leave a Comment

Curried Apple & Onion Compote

This simple concoction of local apples, onions and a touch of curry produces a terrific compliment to roast pork, turkey or even chicken. Great on thanksgiving sandwiches too!!…

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Filed Under: Budget Friendly, Canning and Preserving, Cookonomics, Fall, Gluten Free Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Low Carb, Spreads & Dips, Summer Tagged With: apples, fruit spreads, make compote, onions, video

Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe

June 2, 2012 by keith snow Leave a Comment

Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe

Created By: Chef Keith Snow
Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: A Ton…enough for a year unless you put hot sauce on your cereal!

Description:

This simple sauce is easy to make and absolutely delicious and addictive. PErfect on beans, burritos, eggs or anything that needs a tangy life. This recipe will last a year in the fridge because it has so much vinegar in it….

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Growing Your Datil Pepper Plants

July 4, 2010 by keith snow 1 Comment

Growing Your Datil Pepper Plants

This article if for people who have purchased Datil Pepper seeds from our store. To those with a green thumb, these peppers are very fun to raise from seed, you can buy some here.

Thanks for your recent purchase of Datil Pepper seeds.

To ensure your success with these plants I have assembled the following information about how to germinate the seeds and step the plants up from seedlings to producing plants.Information on harvesting Datil Peppers is also below.

Datil peppers if handled correctly from seedlings can become very, very vigorous producers of peppers. A single plant can yield hundreds of full-grown peppers and thousands of seeds for future plantings.

First things first…germination:

In order to germinate the seeds they must be placed in a clean, disease free potting soil. Do not start out with soil from your garden or yard. Buy an organic or conventional potting mix such as Miracle Grow or similar. While garden soil or dirt from your yard it too compact and heavy, other mixes such as straight peat moss, is too light and airy and will not provide the structure the seedlings need to start growing upright.

Take clean new soil and place in planting pots such as peat pots or even empty cardboard egg crates. Once filled, use a pencil and make a hole about 1/4 deep and place a single seed. Sometimes the seeds are stuck together and two or more must be placed in one hole, this is ok. Once the seeds are in the holes carefully cover up the seeds and press down slightly.

Next water the seeds with a fine mist, do not use a watering can as the force of the water will make the seeds move or rise to the surface. I like spray bottles the are bought empty at home improvement stores and filled with clean water. Spray the seeds until they are very moist. Next place the seedlings in a warm place, try to shoot for 70-75 degrees of steady temperature. Keeps seeds in ambient light, no direct sun. A sunny room is ok, but not a beam of light as this will dry the seeds too quickly. If this steady temperature cannot be achieved in your house I suggest using a heating pad on its lowest setting or even a yogurt maker.

Each day lightly spray the seeds to keep them moist. In 10-20 days (yes, this is a long time) the seeds will emerge. Once they emerge keep them in a window sill or sunny location. Once they are standing upright switch from the water spray to a liquid feed spray. See this link to learn about Miracle Grow organic plant food, it works really well.

As the seedlings grow you need to step up the container size being very carful not to break or damage them. I use peat moss plugs that allow me to take the whole seedling and the dirt its growing in and re-pot the whole thing. Do not try to pull seedling’s roots out of their soil, they will die.

As the plants grow be careful to keep them moist and in a sunny location. Use the liquid feed per package instructions as far as the correct mixture of concentrate to water ratio. As the peppers become strong enough to survive the force of a watering can you can mix the plant food in the watering can and stop using the spray bottle.

Datil peppers like hot morning sun but prefer to be in the shade or filtered sun by about 2 pm…do not let them roast in hot afternoon sun. Particularly west facing sun or they will wilt and die. I keep my peppers on the south side of the house, they get full morning sun but then are shaded by about 2 or so. They need about 6 hours of sun per day.

One thing to watch for is container size. They can quickly become root bound which will stunt their growth. You will ned to replant them 3-4 times to get them into the final container size which should be a 15 gallon container. They grow very well in containers. I do not have experience with planting them directly in a garden. I like the containers because they can be easily moved to adjust them to the amount of sun they need.

Harvesting:

When the peppers emerge they will be an olive green color, they will become a lime green as time goes by. Look for a dark purple strip to appear as a signal that the pepper is getting ready to be picked. You can pick Datils green with the purple strip or wait until they become yellow and finally a glowing orange. Flavor only improves as they get more color. However, picking peppers frequently encourages the plant to continue producing. If you leave all the peppers on the plant too much energy is expended supporting the existing peppers on the plant and it will slow or stop flowering which creates new peppers. I like to pick peppers each week to encourage the plant to make more. During harvesting I either freeze them, cook with them or make the pepper “mash” once a week or so as a way to preserve the harvest.

As fall approaches, they will need more sun as the sunlight becomes weaker. If in containers you can move them to a west facing location. They will keep producing peppers well into the fall if kept in a sunny location. Once it starts to get in the 40’s at night bring the container inside, if you have a very sunny window they will keep growing or a grow light can be used to extend the harvest. Truthfully, if you do the above steps you will have so many peppers that letting the plant die off might be the best plan.

Refer to the website for a video on making a pepper “mash” this method will allow you to have Datil peppers all year long ready for your salsa or other recipes. The peppers freeze well too.

Best of luck growing what I think is the best tasting and most satisfying pepper you can grow or eat, The Datil Pepper.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Happy harvesting.!

Keith Snow
Harvest Eating
Chef Keith Snow
Thoughtful Harvest

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