All They’re Cracked Up to Be
Halloween night got me thinking about the kinds of treats I preferred when I was young enough to trick or treat. (For the record, that was during the Reagan administration.) I always liked… Continue reading
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Toe-may-toe, Toe-mah-toe, This is It. I Mean It!
So, today was supposed to be about my potato harvest. Here’s what I got for potatoes. So not an absolute bust, but last year we got almost 20 pounds, so I was certainly… Continue reading
Soup, Our Food
There is a chill in the air that the sun just can’t cut and the leaves are a little more colorful every day. Yes, it is soup season in the Bay State. There is… Continue reading
Mild Mannered Foodstuffs
Have you heard about Super Foods? They are just like other foods, except they are SUPER! Many come from far-away places like tropical South America and the mysterious Middle East and have exotic… Continue reading
We Gather Together
This post is not about my tomato problems. It is not even about growing your own food. It is, in fact about finding your own food. Yes, I said finding food, also known… Continue reading
I’ve Fallen Behind, I’d Better Ketchup
As I mentioned previously a huge quantity of tomatoes currently emanate from the Food It Yourself garden. What’s a DIYeter to do with such a bounty? Fresh, ripe tomatoes are a highly perishable… Continue reading
You Say toe-MAY-toe, I say YES!
Growing your own edibles is a big part of a healthy DIYet. If you have never grown an edible thing, even if you have never grown anything, you should start with tomatoes. Why?… Continue reading
Bread for Speed
If you’ve been reading the FoodItYourself blog for a while, you’ve heard my opinions on the amazingness of making your own bread. Perhaps, though, you prefer instant gratification when it comes to the… Continue reading
PIE!
I hate making pie crust. I will go to extraordinary lengths to avoid making a regular pastry crust including, but not limited to the following: using biscuit dough to make cobbler, making a… Continue reading
Just Dandy!
I work at a hardware store. As in most U.S. hardware stores this time of year the lawn and garden products are flying off the shelves. I have no problem talking about and… Continue reading