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Fermenting at Home: What’s the Point?

May 29, 2023June 6, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Tom Andersen So, what is the point of fermentation, especially home fermentation? We can buy beer; we can buy pickles; we can buy yogurt, sourdough bread and cheese, salami, sauerkraut, sake, and even plum wine. Why make it myself? First, let’s just briefly describe what it is and how it works. Fermentation has been used by humans to preserve… Read More

Nettle Souffle

May 18, 2023June 13, 2023 slvpost.comFood, recipes0 comment

By Alison Steele I’m at the beck and call of spring sunshine as the earth warms and the sweet scent of berry blossoms wafts through the garden. It’s time to free up the blueberries as they intertwine with the nettles in a delicate dance of time and space. At the peak of their nutrition, I pull the nettles as the… Read More

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Buckwheat Griddle Cakes

April 8, 2023June 13, 2023 slvpost.compancakes0 comment

By Alison Steele Last summer, I met Harry and Millie Hornbeck while taking a banjo workshop in Elkins, West Virginia. They tap trees for sap, grow and mill fresh buckwheat and corn flours, and sell them at the local farmers’ market beside the train depot. After talking to them, I couldn’t resist stocking up on all three. Stored in the… Read More

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Ginger Beer | Felton Fermenter

April 8, 2023April 30, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Tom Andersen When I was a young boy my family would load up the station wagon and head to my grandparents’ farm in Viborg, a small town in rural South Dakota. My grandmother made just about everything from scratch, including soda pop. Root beer was the favorite but a pretty involved process, while ginger ale was a close second… Read More

pastured eggs wilted greens and sourdough

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Pastured Egg & Wilted Sorrel atop Toasted Sourdough

March 13, 2023June 13, 2023 slvpost.comeggs, sourdough0 comment

By Alison Steele Eggs on toast with wilted greens is a combination older than the hills enjoyed by folks and farmers everywhere. I heard KBCZ’s Tina Davey raving about toast on the radio stacked with eggs and avocado as a quick nutritious meal while stocking the camper with goodies for our spring campout. Erin Valdivia, bread baker extraordinaire and cohost… Read More

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Taqueria Style Fermented Carrots

February 1, 2023February 9, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Thomas Andersen My family frequents a local Mexican restaurant where the food is delicious and plentiful. But the capper is in the condiments, especially the pickled spicy carrot/jalapeno/onion medley. They won’t sell me jars of the stuff, and loading up on the little to-go cups is just not right. So, I made my own. A brief search through grandma’s… Read More

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Winter Pot Pie with Drop Biscuit Blanket

January 21, 2023June 13, 2023 slvpost.com1 Comment

By Alison Steele We find ourselves in our dark cozy homes even as the sun slowly returns. Garden greens thrive in the morning frost and root vegetables are protected below ground. The pantry is stocked with pickled vegetables and fruits from the summer. Good meat is readily available at our local markets, and friends share their fishing and hunting abundance.… Read More

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Chanterelles with Roasted Garlic & Fig

December 23, 2022June 13, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Alison Steele Barter is big amongst the gardeners, foragers, beekeepers, artisans, and musicians here. We’ve already embraced the fact that we need each other, especially in the wintertime when pockets of sunlight are few and far between. In order to vibrate on a higher level and keep our hives warm we must rely on winter bearing fruit trees like… Read More

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Three Sisters Cornbread

November 12, 2022June 13, 2023 slvpost.comcornbread, three sisters0 comment

By Alison Steele Winter squash, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes abound in November along with deep garnet Bloody Butcher heirloom and stout yellow popping corn. Drying beans corkscrew around the sunflower stalks that now serve as drying racks for herbs and flowers. Kept in the proper places throughout the house these native foods will keep for quite some time into the… Read More

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Canned Pears and Sparkling Pear Soda

November 7, 2022December 2, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

By Tom Andersen Recently after a friend delivered a boxload of freshly picked pears, I went about preserving them by canning in a medium sugar syrup. During the process of boiling the pears, I tasted the syrup and found the flavor to be quite good. Since I had two liters of this syrup left over after the canning process, I… Read More