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Pepper Jelly

Monday, October 12th, 2009

I cannot tell you how amazing this jelly is, you’ll really have to try it for yourself. It’s the perfect balance of flavors – sweet, heat, and just the complex pepper taste in general… without being too hot!

This will make about 6 jam jar’s worth of jelly, but beware – we went through our batch WAY too fast. (Especially when you

consider the fact that there are only 2 of us here!). We like it on crackers, or spread on toast – especially when either has a layer of cream cheese spread on as a base! Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks – Highly addictive.

This is also a really easy recipe, and it’s the first thing I ever tried canning! (more…)

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Beer Battered Corn on the Cob

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

My husband LOVES corn… I mean in a fanatical, almost absurd way. On one of his birthdays, we went so far as to craft a “day of corn”, where every main dish, side, snack, and even DESSERT (ice cream) was made with corn. He could survive on the stuff.

So of course, when the state fair rolls around.. he looks forward to going for the roasted corn, etc. I just think of all the crazy amounts of people, the heat, and the nasty smell of grease (which he loves)… and the urge to hermit wells up.

This year I was particularly not in the mood to brave the crowds, so I made him a deal. I will come up with a recipe to batter corn on the cob IN a corn based batter and deep fry it.. if we don’t go to the Fair.

I lived up to my end of it, and we were both *very* pleasantly surprised by the results. Here’s how you can make the same at home!

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