Indian Fry Bread
Recipe of the Week
Indian Fry Bread
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
2 Cups all-purpose flour
1/4 Cup Instand nonfat dry milk powder
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Butter or Lard
3/4 Cup Warm water...
Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the Fall
By Mark and Lynn Klammer
Issue #41 • September/October, 1996
As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between our fingers. And so, while most avid gardeners let Mother...
Fig preserves
Recipe of the Week
Fig preserves
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 lb. small figs (Brown Turkey, Celeste, etc.)
3/4 lb. sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon (optional)
1/2 lemon...
Harvesting the wild: Acorns
By Jackie Clay
Issue #79 • January/February, 2003
When I was just a little girl, I used to collect acorns by the boxfull as they fell in the fall. I didn't know why. They just felt...
Biological and chemical weapons through history
By John Silveira
Issue #81 • May/June, 2003
The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems to be some kind of fishingsalmon or winter steelhead running...
Growing Productive Strawberries
By Edna Manning
Issue #86 • March/April, 2004
Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...
Energy class: Part 1
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #111 • May/June, 2008
Each fall when my dad took us to the State Fair, we could always count on this fast-talking salesman standing next to his car with a...
Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch
Recipe of the Week
Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch
Courtesy of
Pat Ward
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.
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Ingredients
3/4 cup ketchup
1 Tbsp. horseradish
2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Tabasco to...
Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage
Recipe of the Week
Anne's Sausage and Cabbage
Courtesy of
Elizabeth Flora
Ingredients
8 slices Bacon
4 Italian Sausages, casings removed
1 large Onion, chopped
1 large Cabbage, shredded
1-1/2 cups Chicken Broth
Salt & Pepper to taste
Cayenne Pepper...
Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly
By Lucy Shober
Issue #36 • November/December, 1995
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Try this experiment. The next time that you are served rice, potatoes, noodles or corn for supper, take a big...
Dilled oyster crackers
Recipe of the Week
Dilled oyster crackers
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
2 12-oz. pkgs. oyster crackers
1 cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil
2 tsp....
Black Bean and Avocado Dip
Recipe of the Week
Black Bean and Avocado Dip
Courtesy of
Lilly Brunner
Ingredients
2 cups cooked Black Beans (or use canned)
1 medium ripe Avocado
1 small Chile Pepper, minced fine
1 small clove Garlic, minced fine
2 Tbsp. Tomato juice
2 Tbsp....
Oregon Grape Jam
By Joyce Lindsey O’Keefe
Website Exclusive • August, 2008
Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) bushes are native to the West Coast from northern California to British Columbia. They are the state flower of Oregon. The bushes come...
Your honey will love your sweet buns
By Jennifer Stein Barker
Issue #51 • May/June, 1998
Sweet rolls (or sweet buns, Danish pastries, sticky buns, coffee cake, etc.) are an American tradition for breakfast. Sometimes they are served with eggs and cooked meats,...
Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #84 • November/December, 2004
The recent 2003 northeast electric grid failure taught the residents of many large cities what most rural residents learned years ago: Lights, air conditioners, televisions, stereos,...
Build a barrel stove
By Nick Weston
Issue #133 • January/February, 2012
This stove kept me warm and provided an excellent cooking surface for more than six months while I lived in my treehouse.
With a bit of nip and tuck...
