Salvaging cast-iron cookware

Quality cast iron can last over one-hundred years, or more! Properly cared for it is stick resistant, stove top and oven safe, does not flake, does not contain  polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), chemicals that may concern some people.

Cheater Cheddar 

I finally did it! I made my first small “wheel” of cheese.  I have been itching to make cheese for a long time. I ordered several books on homemade cheese from Amazon. I even attended a small workshop a couple weeks ago.  The workshop helped make sense of what I found in the books. It …

Homecooked Ketchup Memories

Spending time with the kids is fun and exhausting! Add a kettle of steaming tomatoes and it gets tricky! With the remodel and move, I did not plant the sized garden I did last year. The little I did plant isn’t growing well at all. So, I picked up a half bushel of canning tomatoes …