Category Archives: Tales of Cooking

From the Wee Hours

Posted on 21/05/2013 by fishinthewater

And without warning, it’s that time of year again. There are inklings of it, when we start our flurry of wine making and garden preparing and the seedlings raise their limbs to the sky. I know it’s coming. And yet … Continue reading →

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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

Posted on 10/05/2013 by fishinthewater

Actually, violets are usually purple. Or sometimes white. But I guess you could say they’re blue. I wasn’t going to do anything with violets. But… I subscribe to Punk Domestics on Facebook, and they kept posting violet recipes, and I … Continue reading →

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Bone Broth 2

Posted on 12/04/2013 by fishinthewater

So the other day I wrote at length about making bone broth from cow bones. Today we’re going to talk about fish. Don’t read this if you are disturbed by pictures of fish eyeballs. Now, I’m trying very hard to … Continue reading →

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Bone Broth (or Stock)

Posted on 09/04/2013 by fishinthewater

Hello there readers. I’m feeling terribly jovial today. Perhaps it is because of all the beautiful bone broth and or stock in my freezer! So even though we haven’t started “officially” bartering, we are all trying to help each other … Continue reading →

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The Jerky

Posted on 01/03/2013 by fishinthewater

An actual food post! For Christmas we got a dehydrator. This is both a curse and a blessing. On the one hand, there are things we had plans to dehydrate. But a friend has a dehydrator, which we have occasionally … Continue reading →

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Speaking Of

Posted on 21/02/2013 by fishinthewater

Speaking of, the food mill, that is. I went on the other day about using the food mill for the pumpkins. I forgot I had used it for apples. And that was quite a success. No peeling! What a wonder. … Continue reading →

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Ah, Thanksgiving

Posted on 20/02/2013 by fishinthewater

It was ages ago now. But I clearly never got round to posting them. I love making Thanksgiving dinner. I love making dinner anytime I get to feed my family. I get all giddy about it, actually. And with something … Continue reading →

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And more

Posted on 19/02/2013 by fishinthewater

I have this big batch of pictures I haven’t posted. They’re completely random. Don’t mind. Let’s see- Christmas cookies! I made five varieties, because I’m an OCD masochist. I took this picture to show what real butter looks like. It’s … Continue reading →

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Making Ravioli

Posted on 18/02/2013 by fishinthewater

Have you ever watched Making Fiends? Because that’s what I have in my mind right now. So I’ve never made ravioli. I’ve seen it done. And I’ve made pasta, so it didn’t seem like it would be too horrible. But … Continue reading →

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As of Right Now

Posted on 17/02/2013 by fishinthewater

I would really like to post more, I swear, I’m just having a hard time balancing. It was one thing when I was sitting at a desk all day- easy to take a few minutes to type up some thoughts … Continue reading →

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