Yes, we were so organized this year we already have our first pickling cucumbers of the season. As we know only too well, we will soon be inundated. These cucumber plants are stealthy fellows. No sooner have you picked a bucket of them, they are making new ones overnight. How fast can you mix salt [...]
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Wouldn’t you know it. Just when I was thinking we might never see ripe cucumbers I ran across a bunch of them hiding in the garden. Cucumbers can be sneaky devils. They don’t make a sound. They hide amongst the foliage and if you don’t look for them carefully, you won’t see them until they’re [...]
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Here’s the dirty little secret about yogurt: If people knew how easy it was to make it, there wouldn’t be nearly such a need for it in the dairy case. Making yogurt is as simple as heating milk on the stove for a few minutes then inoculating it with a live yogurt culture. It’s an [...]
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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