Forgotten Skills of Cooking

A pot of Irish stew has been bubbling on the stove all weekend. My husband bought me this book for Christmas last year and it has become a favorite. I've learned how to make home-made butter with no equipment other than a mixer, as well as the basics in sausage making--which has lead to a lot of experimentation with herbs and spices. If I ever need to know how to pluck a chicken or butcher a pig this book will come in handy.

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Twelfth Night Dinner

Cheshire Pork Pie

 Ale

Rumbledethump potato pie

Twelfth Night Cake

Queen of the Bean!

New Year's Day

A traditional Southern New Year dinner!

Look what my Luvvie, made me for New Year Brunch!

Easy Truffles

The Recipe

The Easiest Bark Recipe--Ever

Simply melt semisweet chocolate chips and pour into a greased jelly roll pan.  Spoon on creamy peanut butter and use a toothpick to swirl it in.  Refrigerate for 1 hour then break into bits!

Holiday Baking

Martha Stewart

Several years ago Martha Stewart's December issues had variation on one dough that made a million (my exaggeration) different cookies: variations of spritz, sugar, refrigerator, thumbprints, etc.  I think this is about the third year that I used it as the basis of my Christmas cookies.