buckeyefarmer
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We still can with hot water bath.
Post your favorite winter time stew or soup (Bonus points if it's easy)
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We still can with hot water bath.
jyoutz
Super Member
We only use water bath for things that the USDA website says to can with water bath: pickles, salsa, jam, and other things. We have a good pressure canner for vegetables.
3Ts
Elite Member
Yes. We lived just outside the Kennedy Space Center for about 30 years on 2.5 acres and 10 minutes to town with all the big box stores across from each other. Restaurants, auto shops, hardware stores, etc. I was a software engineer and retired in 2007. We travelled some and sold our place and bought 49 acres of vacant land here in East Texas. We lived in a travel trailer for a couple years before we got utilities installed and a cabin built. We built the cabin ourselves and it was visible from the main road so people would stop by just to see what we were up to. We always stopped what we were doing and visited with them. They would provide some history of our place and told us what used to be and about where. When we got to a major point in the cabin, we'd invite folks over to help celebrate. Most times we'd put on cheap hamburgers & hotdogs, but the neighbors appreciated the gesture and we appreciated their information and help. (They helped us raise a 36' long beam.) We wanted to get the cabin done ASAP, but when we got invited to various events we always accepted even if it meant it would delay the cabin. Or, if we declined, we always explained why and asked to be included the next time.
We've lived in the south long enough we really don't have a meal actually set for the winter time. But, my wife makes a really great pot roast that we take to folks when the church takes meals to a family. I'll see if I can get it from her.
We've lived in the south long enough we really don't have a meal actually set for the winter time. But, my wife makes a really great pot roast that we take to folks when the church takes meals to a family. I'll see if I can get it from her.
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
I love East Texas; have a lot of friends and relatives there; my wife is from there. Great folks, beautiful country, but August is a bit rough. I never go through Pittsburg without picking up a case of Pittsburg hot links.
I will add this one thing; I have known folks who moved to a isolated, rural area and the culture shock was too much for them. The residents considered anyone who was even from the next town as being foreigners. The area is near a lake, and a lot of city folks have settled there now, but their culture is separate.
Just a thought.
You are a popular guy. People are drawn to you naturally. This is a gift from God. It is a blessing and your way cannot be aped. Texans are friendly people. It's their self-confidence, I think. One time, a couple of rangy guys in blue jeans, cowboy hats and boots came into a restaurant in Paris where I was dining at. I cringed because the French are not particularly receptive to Americans. To my surprise, everyone smiled spontaneously at the sight of the "Texans" in their midst and applauded.
What made you go "rural"? From software engineer to a farmer with 49 acres is a big leap. What are you growing on your land? Where did your wife get her recipe for her pot roast? Is it a Texan version handed down to her or something she created herself? Please share it with us.
Do you like it spicy, then? Texas cuisine is another twist to southern cooking, in my opinion. I met a woman in a departure lounge at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in December 2019 just before the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. She had just been taken off a cruise ship to help get a friend to the hospital. She reached out to me, introduced herself, and told me she was from Texas and had a ranch there. She said she couldn't wait to get back home and eat some American food. "And what is that," I asked. She replied: "Tacos!"
Provincialism is a universal cultural phenomenon, not just in rural America. I was given dirty looks when stepping into a small town bar in southern Illinois, as well as, in a basement eatery off the beaten path in Tokyo.
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
Spicy? Not really. Pittsburg hot links are not hot, but they are good. I Love good BBQ and make the best...but I do not like it sweet, too hot or too salty...so I make my own dry BBQ rubb, the recipe for baby backs and the rubb is somewhere on this forum, posted once or twice earlier.
Otto Syracuse
Gold Member
I will venture a guess that NO ONE has ever had this soup. My Mother would make this for my Dad often, especially on a day when she had made Homemade Bread. My wife will make it for me only when she is cooking for me alone, as I am the only one that will eat it!
Peas with Eggs
Dice a small onion, sautee in olive oil until translucent
Add a can of baby peas including the liquid along a small can of (Hunts) tomato sauce
Heat to a low boil
Crack 2 eggs into the mixture, cover and cook until whites are set, leave the yolks soft.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with a crusty bread, dipped into the yolk as you eat.
Sometimes I will add some red pepper flake or Tabasco sauce or sprinkle Parmesan cheese over it all before eating.
It goes together in less than 15 minutes and is quite tasty, especially if you like peas!
Peas with Eggs
Dice a small onion, sautee in olive oil until translucent
Add a can of baby peas including the liquid along a small can of (Hunts) tomato sauce
Heat to a low boil
Crack 2 eggs into the mixture, cover and cook until whites are set, leave the yolks soft.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with a crusty bread, dipped into the yolk as you eat.
Sometimes I will add some red pepper flake or Tabasco sauce or sprinkle Parmesan cheese over it all before eating.
It goes together in less than 15 minutes and is quite tasty, especially if you like peas!
Sounds delicious. You know what? I am going to try that out tomorrow morning. Sunday brunch.
Home-made bread. You have a good wife. Not many men get to eat home-made bread these days.