condiments

Tomato Jam

March 8, 2011

I’m going to tell you something today that I’ll bet you don’t know about me. I love ketchup. Adore it. I eat it like a six-year-old. On french fries. On hash browns. On hamburgers. And, yes, on steak. Especially on steak, much to the chagrin of servers in steak houses all around this area. It’s just not a steak [...]

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Favorite Kosher Dills

July 9, 2010

I’ve been “puttin’ up” again, y’all! This time it was our favorite kosher dill pickles. And when I say favorite, I really mean these are a favorite. My daughter and grandson almost beg for these pickles every year. As a matter of fact, my recipe notes say that the summer before A was born, I [...]

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Strawberry Jam

May 24, 2010

An annual ritual has begun here. It’s a ritual so old and deeply ingrained that I can’t remember a time when I didn’t do it. It began in my childhood and has continued right on through to today. The ritual of preserving the harvest or, as it is better known in the South, ”puttin’ up.” This is the [...]

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