How to Pickle Hot Peppers: National Pickled Peppers Month
National Pickled Peppers Month spices up our menus this October, and you too can Pickle Hot Peppers of your own. Although my recipe works well for red shepherd peppers, it works better for Hungarian banana & jalapeño peppers. It’s best to wear gloves if you’re working with hot peppers & scrub your hands thoroughly with soapy water before touching your face or body. How to Pickle Hot Peppers: Peter Piper picked a...
February Food Holidays & Events
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How to Make Cream Cheese & Anchovy Stuffed Pickled Cherry Peppers
Cream Cheese & Anchovy Stuffed Pickled Red Cherry Peppers are not only festive for Victoria Day, but tasty too! My Father loved these tasty tidbits of creamy, spicy & salty delight. In fact, this was one of the only things I’ve ever seen my Father prepare in the kitchen. The red & white colors makes this the perfect set of hors d’oeuvres for Victoria Day, Memorial Day, Canada Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, even...
How to Can Mom’s Dill Pickles + Video
I am excited to show you How to Can Mom’s Dill Pickles with my amazing Mother! The recipe my mother uses is one where she combined my German grandmother’s recipe, and my Ukrainian grandmother’s recipe, and she came out with her own recipe which, in my opinion is the best of two worlds. Our family is wild about mom’s dill pickles. When I was away at university, mom and dad used to stock up my pantry, always...
Web Chef Review: Harvest Barn Country Markets Ontario Peppers
I’ve had the opportunity to pick up Harvest Barn Country Markets Ontario Peppers, and they are absolutely beautiful. They look like they aren’t even real – so perfect, plump and perfectly ripened. Harvest Barn Country Markets make great effort to provide produce grown within a 100 mile radius and, as a result, we are able to access the very best fruits and vegetables possible. These peppers are the result of those...
A Champion’s Kitchen: Ode to Hot Sauce
Super Bowl XLVIII is around the corner on February 2nd, 2014, and you will find hot sauce on tables around the globe! Any self-respecting foodie that’s tailgating on Super Bowl Sunday has to have hot sauce in abundance for this event… Hot sauce is a condiment of champions. It’s hot, spicy goodness spiked with flavor & high octane, goes perfectly in breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as savory beverages. Whether...
A Celebration of Peppers: National Pepper Month
It is November, and National Pepper Month has finally arrived. We have written about peppers in our quest for various pepper dishes & found they are a most popular vegetable, included in many of the most familiar ethnic dishes. The terms pepper & chili are used interchangeably, both being vegetables. Amazingly full of vitamins, peppers are vibrantly colored, add texture, and sometimes heat to dishes. Store unwashed & in...
Quick Pickling Facts & Guidelines: Pickled Peppers Week
Pickled Peppers Week starts today, marking the 3rd week in October, and we’re talkin’ about perfect pickling. This requires a few pickling guidelines you should follow, but first, some quick pickling facts. Quick Pickling Facts: Most dill pickles, sauerkraut, olives & pickled peppers get their special flavors from undergoing fermentation. Liquor or spirits (alcoholic beverages), as with vinegar, keep food edible by...
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