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Pecan Picking in Mississippi (and recipes to go with them)
Crunchy Roasted Tamari Almonds
Growing Cranberries in Cape Cod
The Sheep of Nashville: The Chew Crew
The Tobacco Barns of Trigg County, Kentucky
How to Make Cork Bulletin Boards
Catfishing on Lake Barkley, Kentucky
Oven-Roasted Strawberry and Rosemary Jam
How Canola Oil is Made (from plants grown locally)
Farming Equipment 101: Harvesting Winter Wheat
Growing Sweet Potatoes and Other Crops at Delvin Farms
How Local Canola Crops are Grown
Raising Sorghum Cane to Make Sorghum Syrup

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My Favorite Rollout Butter Cookies
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Chicken Stock from Rotisserie Chicken Bones
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A Tale of Two Parties, Each Involving Cookies with Royal Icing
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Pecan Picking in Mississippi (and recipes to go with them)

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Once a month, I show up as a volunteer cook @stlukescommunityhouse to help cook lunch for 500. When I arrive, It’s like Mission Impossible; the team leader tells me what I need to prepare, I take a deep breath, and do it. Sometimes, it’s old-hat stuff and sometimes it’s new. I love an adventure, so I never lose sleep over it. Today, I was tasked with making 8-10 gallons of cheese sauce starting with a roux. Yes, of course I was apprehensive! That’s part of the fun. David, the kitchen manager helped me with some of the ingredient amounts. I melted 5 pounds of butter, and then added 10 cups of flour. A roux always starts with equal amounts of fat and flour. 1 pound of butter equals 2 cups times 5 pounds equals 10 cups of flour. I cooked the flour in the butter until I could smell the flour toasting. That was my signal to add the milk. I started with 1 gallon milk per pound of butter. Using a whisk, I stirred the mixture constantly until it started to boil. At that point, I cut off the heat in the tilt skillet and added 16 pounds of cheddar cheese. I stirred until all the cheese was melted and incorporated into the sauce. I added 6 T of kosher salt and 1 T of pepper. It was divine. The part I was most proud of was that I didn’t scald the milk. That was my goal. It is a bear to clean the bottom of a scalded pan. A bigger bear if it is a huge pan. This sauce would have been perfect for Mac and Cheese. We needed it for a chicken casserole so I thinned the sauce with 2 more gallons of milk. Mission accomplished. Come down to @thenashvillefoodproject and volunteer! We always need helpers. #thenashvillefoodproject #whereeveryoneknowsyourname #growcookshare

My Favorite Rollout Butter Cookies. New Post on blog. I’ve been making the same recipe since my dear friend @vtmama802 first gave it to me when we were new moms living in Boston in 1988. @things_raccoons_do this photo makes me weep 💙 Recipe link 👉in Bio. #cutoutcookies #rolloutcookies #buttercookies #royalicingcookies

Wild Rice Salad with Butternut Squash, Cherries, and Mint by @amandahaascooks as featured last week on the @splendidtable. OR, what to do with a variety of leftover roasted orange squashes from the fridge? Cook black rice and make this salad. #jkdubs’s key limes in vinaigrette. This photo was taken before I tossed the ingredients together. So darn good and flavorful! #freshherbs #roastedbutternutsquash #autmunsalad

It’s a pie day. Ya know, if you cook a pie on a preheated pizza stone, the bottom crust cooks better. Blueberry Pie recipe on blog. #myfavoriteblueberrypie #stockinettestitch #crust

@jkdubs2 brought his lemon and lime trees in last week before our first frost. These are the same lemons that were just babies in January (see 2nd photo). It took THAT long to produce a ripe lemon. 3rd pic: zesting lemons into everything. Blog post link in bio. #loaded #lemontreeverypretty #homegrown #organicfood #backporchliving #lemontree #meyerlemon #keylime

A Tale of Two Parties, Each Involving Cookies with Royal Icing. New post on blog. Link In 👉 Bio! Learn how to make and pipe royal icing and other party tips at Judy’s Chickens today. #babyshower #babyshowerdecorations #babyshowerideas #firstbirthday #smashcake #royalicingcookies #decoratedpumpkins #pumpkinswithribbons #falldecorating #falldecoratingideas #whitepumpkins #royalicingcookies #royal #birthdaycakeideas #birthdaycakes

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