Ketchup Catsup

Judging by the attention span of my nephews, ketchup or catsup, may not be the most thrilling item to make, but it sure is tasty when homemade. I am also going to preface this by saying, I still buy ketchup, but I had a baked beans recipe I wanted to try, and I had tomatoes,…

Summer Blues

Just as we were getting the hot weather that would keep us from doing much in regards to landscaping, but lots in the way of canning & food production, the fire season hit. We are used to a fire season around our area, but not in the way that we have experienced it for the…

Pickles or Cucumber Salad?

I have another fun recipe to share. We have an abundance of cucumbers every year, mainly because we never want to run out. We’ve done all sorts of pickling, but our new favourite pickle, we cannot get enough of. We sometimes eat them like a salad, and you can add all sorts of other veggies,…