Butterpeas
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Butterpeas
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
3-4 strips of cured, sliced bacon
1 qt. shelled and washed butterpeas
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped...
Potato soup
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Potato soup
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
4 cups peeled, diced Irish (white) potatoes
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
3 Tbsp. flour
1...
Pear honey
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Pear honey
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
1 qt. of ground Kieffer pears (peel and core before grinding)
3 cups sugar
juice of...
Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans
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Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans
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Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
1 cup uncooked rice (not instant)
1 lb. pork sausage broken into...
Dilled oyster crackers
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Dilled oyster crackers
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Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
2 12-oz. pkgs. oyster crackers
1 cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil
2 tsp....
German green beans
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German green beans
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
1 lb. green beans, washed and snapped
4 slices cured bacon
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1...
Pecan twerps
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Pecan twerps
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
1/2 lb. butter or shortening
4 heaping Tbsp. powdered sugar
2 cups flour
pinch of salt
2...
Sweet pepper salad
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Sweet pepper salad
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
4 medium sweet peppers, blocky, cubanelle, or blunt type
4 medium tomatoes, sliced
2 cups cooked...
Stuffed sweet peppers
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Stuffed sweet peppers
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Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
4 large sweet peppers
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup cooked ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1...
Fig preserves
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Fig preserves
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
1 lb. small figs (Brown Turkey, Celeste, etc.)
3/4 lb. sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon (optional)
1/2 lemon...
Louisiana gumbo
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Louisiana gumbo
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
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Ingredients
1 large dressed frying chicken, including giblets & neck
1-1/2 cups of flour for dredging
1/2 tsp....
Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles
By Alice B. Yeager
Issue #89 • September/October, 2004
The old saying "Waste not, want not" could be applied to almost anyone's producing garden. From fruit to vegetables, there is always the possibility of waste when...
The Great Depression — A reminiscence
By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager
Issue #115 • January/February, 2009
I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929. It was the Great Depression, and unless you were living...
Fruit Trees
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Fruit trees
By Alice B. Yeager
Photos by James O. Yeager
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Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese
persimmon known as the Fuyugaki variety.
Issue #104 • March/April, 2007
There's not one of us who...
Gardening the Year ‘Round
By Alice B. Yeager
Website Exclusive • September, 2006
Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select vegetables such as garden peas, lettuce, mustard, radishes, onions, and...
Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits
By Alice B. Yeager
Photos by James O. Yeager
Issue #98 • March/April, 2006
Garlic is one of our oldest herbs on record. Anyone can grow garlic without having to hover over it, hoping that it produces....
