Comments on: The Pressure Cooker Is Back http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556 Coverin the bases in Miz Judi's Kitchen Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bonnie Hollingsworth http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-718 Bonnie Hollingsworth Sat, 21 May 2011 14:49:46 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-718 Kunoichi, go to this link and you can see what they look like: I absolutely love them any way you fix them. Many of the festivals now are just to show off the many different ways and recipes for them. I love them any way you fix them! Some folks just use the little bulb, but I use blade and all. I can just wash and clean them, cut up the whole thing, throw them in a hot skillet with butter or bacon grease, add nothing more, and eat the whole thing when they are tender. I was pleased, actually, to see one of the chefs on the food network recently use wild ramps in a recipe for venison. Been there, done that, MANY times. I do suspect, though, that his were not really "wild", but were commercially grown. I do hope more and more people will try to cultivate them and let the wild supply out in our beautiful woods recover a little! http://www.flagpond.com/festival/ramp/fest.htm Kunoichi, go to this link and you can see what they look like: I absolutely love them any way you fix them. Many of the festivals now are just to show off the many different ways and recipes for them. I love them any way you fix them! Some folks just use the little bulb, but I use blade and all. I can just wash and clean them, cut up the whole thing, throw them in a hot skillet with butter or bacon grease, add nothing more, and eat the whole thing when they are tender. I was pleased, actually, to see one of the chefs on the food network recently use wild ramps in a recipe for venison. Been there, done that, MANY times. I do suspect, though, that his were not really “wild”, but were commercially grown. I do hope more and more people will try to cultivate them and let the wild supply out in our beautiful woods recover a little!

http://www.flagpond.com/festival/ramp/fest.htm

]]> By: Laura @ hip pressure cooking http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-706 Laura @ hip pressure cooking Thu, 19 May 2011 08:40:00 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-706 Wait... your pressure cooker has it's own adventures and then comes back home just in time to can?!?! Now that's loyalty! Ciao, L Wait… your pressure cooker has it’s own adventures and then comes back home just in time to can?!?! Now that’s loyalty!

Ciao,

L

]]> By: Kunoichi http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-705 Kunoichi Thu, 19 May 2011 06:20:37 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-705 What a lovely supply for the pantry you'll have! Lookin' good. :-) Love the sasquatch video. That guy was a hoot! @Bonnie - I had to go look up ramps! Never heard of them before. It's a shame they're being depleted. Do people still go hunting for them? What a lovely supply for the pantry you’ll have! Lookin’ good. :-)

Love the sasquatch video. That guy was a hoot!

@Bonnie – I had to go look up ramps! Never heard of them before. It’s a shame they’re being depleted. Do people still go hunting for them?

]]> By: Bonnie Hollingsworth http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-702 Bonnie Hollingsworth Wed, 18 May 2011 19:39:31 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=556#comment-702 Hey guys, the veggies and canned goods look great. I know where I'M going when the going gets rough and groceries can't be found! (Don't panic, y'all; just kidding! By then none of us may have access to enough gas to go anywhere, anyway.) I wanna talk about squash now. Somehow I just never liked the texture of squash that I had canned. What I really like is fresh squash thrown in a hot skillet of bacon grease with an onion cut up in it. Anyway, we all know that can't last all year. Now, I sort of "prep" them to fry later these days. Of course ours got frozen a few weeks ago and we have now replanted. I wash them good, slice them, roll them in a half and half mix of fine corn meal and flour. Then I put them on a lightly sprayed baking sheet and plop them in the oven at 375 for 12 to 15 minutes, take 'em out, let 'em cool, put them in freezer bags and into the freezer. For use later, I drag out the good old Fry Daddy and just drop them in to fry until tender and brown. We tend to like them better that way. The rest of my canned ones a couple of years ago I used for squash casserole, though, and they were good that way. Dub, though it pains me to agree with anyone on anything, I do hope your readers are taking note and realizing that hard(er) times are coming our way, and probably sooner than later. Now, we have all the crop loss in LA because of the flooded out farms. More than the loss of produce, I could weep for those who are losing their homes and their possessions. Let us all keep the less fortunate in our hearts and prayers. Anyway, as I have said, emergency preparations are not a new thing to me at all. Though I no longer follow the religion, I grew up in a Mormon home, and what a WONDERFUL home. My parents were totally family oriented and it was great. Mom always thought she should have enough on hand for at least a year, and that meant enough for all of her kids, grandkids, and others. It was unreal! This week I have added some aluminum foil and a few other things that I thought may come in handy; did so just to increase the amount stored. Also have to swap out the vitamins and refresh those. I sure wish I could locate some baking powder that says, "For long term storage"! Who knows, we may be cooking water bread on a hoe before we leave this old earth and go home! Whatever. Faith will see us through and show us the way. I am pleased as punch that I now have 3 ramp beds coming along, and my garlic is doing really great. It just pains me that ramps are a May crop, period. We can't have the big ramp festivals like we used to up here. People got greedy and were depleting the forests of the ramps. That really gets my dander up. There have been times when I could have dug up a whole bed of goodies here and there, but I had sense enough to leave all but a start to continue to grow and prosper for others. When did the human race get so greedy? MY parents would have smacked my butt good for such behavior! Okay, I've vented enough for today. Carry on..................................... Hey guys, the veggies and canned goods look great. I know where I’M going when the going gets rough and groceries can’t be found! (Don’t panic, y’all; just kidding! By then none of us may have access to enough gas to go anywhere, anyway.)

I wanna talk about squash now. Somehow I just never liked the texture of squash that I had canned. What I really like is fresh squash thrown in a hot skillet of bacon grease with an onion cut up in it. Anyway, we all know that can’t last all year. Now, I sort of “prep” them to fry later these days. Of course ours got frozen a few weeks ago and we have now replanted.

I wash them good, slice them, roll them in a half and half mix of fine corn meal and flour. Then I put them on a lightly sprayed baking sheet and plop them in the oven at 375 for 12 to 15 minutes, take ‘em out, let ‘em cool, put them in freezer bags and into the freezer. For use later, I drag out the good old Fry Daddy and just drop them in to fry until tender and brown. We tend to like them better that way. The rest of my canned ones a couple of years ago I used for squash casserole, though, and they were good that way.

Dub, though it pains me to agree with anyone on anything, I do hope your readers are taking note and realizing that hard(er) times are coming our way, and probably sooner than later. Now, we have all the crop loss in LA because of the flooded out farms. More than the loss of produce, I could weep for those who are losing their homes and their possessions. Let us all keep the less fortunate in our hearts and prayers. Anyway, as I have said, emergency preparations are not a new thing to me at all. Though I no longer follow the religion, I grew up in a Mormon home, and what a WONDERFUL home. My parents were totally family oriented and it was great. Mom always thought she should have enough on hand for at least a year, and that meant enough for all of her kids, grandkids, and others. It was unreal!

This week I have added some aluminum foil and a few other things that I thought may come in handy; did so just to increase the amount stored. Also have to swap out the vitamins and refresh those. I sure wish I could locate some baking powder that says, “For long term storage”! Who knows, we may be cooking water bread on a hoe before we leave this old earth and go home! Whatever. Faith will see us through and show us the way.

I am pleased as punch that I now have 3 ramp beds coming along, and my garlic is doing really great. It just pains me that ramps are a May crop, period. We can’t have the big ramp festivals like we used to up here. People got greedy and were depleting the forests of the ramps. That really gets my dander up. There have been times when I could have dug up a whole bed of goodies here and there, but I had sense enough to leave all but a start to continue to grow and prosper for others. When did the human race get so greedy? MY parents would have smacked my butt good for such behavior!

Okay, I’ve vented enough for today. Carry on……………………………….

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