I had another long weekend, but productive. My husband worked again (2 long 12 hour shifts), so I decided to tackle another big job while I could. In reality, it was because we got more rain, and it's been raining every single day lately, so garden work was not happening anyway.
I emptied the entire standing cupboard that holds my canning pot, freezer containers (as they empty), extra canning jars, and all things homesteading that don't have place anywhere else.
A shelf had collapsed (it's the cheap wood type put-together-yourself type cabinet, but it works for now).
I purged the entire thing, cleaned it, then moved it from the wall and cleaned behind it and under it, moved it back, re-organized it and prayed it will hold together a few more years.
I filled a box with items to take to the thrift store.
We have had some cooler weather lately. Woke up to 42°F this morning. Brrr! Some evenings are below 50 degrees. There is rain in the forecast for the next 4 days. It can all change, but we could use a slight break with the rain.
Many of my herb plants are starting to flower. Sage is about to bloom.
I have not made time to open more than one library book. The recipe above made me laugh. Do you see it? It was from a recipe book for foraging.
Speaking of library books, I do need to get those looked at and returned. They are all resource type books for foraging, fermenting, and wild cooking. Not sure what I was thinking ordering so many books at once.
Speaking of books, I have carved out a few minutes to do some fiction reading. I had to switch up books this time, as I needed a "palate cleanser" (reading refresher) to change things up a bit. It's a short book, and so far I'm enjoying it.
Update on the Jalapeno Salt I made:
There are several versions of the recipe online, but I had some leftover beef broth, so I used that up instead of chicken, and I added a rinsed and drained can of black beans. Oh, I used frozen bell peppers and jalapenos from last years garden, and homemade taco seasoning.
Long Weekend © May 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
8 comments:
The recipe from the foraging book is interesting but I will give it a hard pass!
Anne in the kitchen, one year when the kids were really young, the library had a summer program where you could eat ants, crickets and grasshoppers (all flavored). We tried the crickets or grasshoppers. I can't remember which one, but I do remember it was sour cream and onion flavored ha ha ha! Blech.
You always seem to get so much done. I, too, will give that recipe a pass! :-)
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
I have foraged a little. Apples from heritage apple trees on an old property, oranges, and nuts. There’s a place that has huge fig trees that we have foraged and blackberries grow wild here. But nothing like wild hickory nuts!
No thanks on the grasshoppers!
Betsy, I am shocked the cookbook does not have any recipes for either of the wild nettles. I borrowed the book to find more nettle recipes, and I find these weird ones ha ha!
Debby @ My Shasta Home, we have wild growing black raspberries. We used to pick a bunch of them, but it's just the two of us, so I cut back on the picking. It would be grand to find wild hickory nuts. All we have here are black walnuts, and they are very hard to harvest (due to the acid on removing the skins).
Far Side of Fifty, I had no idea these strange recipes would be in this cookbook. I borrowed it from the library and never did find a recipe for either of the wild nettles.
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