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Cast Iron – What’s Not to Like?

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If you are what I call a “real” cook – the sort who peels potatoes, bakes bread from scratch, and knows how to make perfect fried chicken or soup that never sees the inside of a can – odds are … Continue reading

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Food Preparation

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Now that I’ve hopefully made my case about the way you should eat, let’s get to the food preparation/cooking part. The absolute bottom-of-the-barrel kitchen requires knives, a chopping board, spoons, mixing bowls, at least one saucepan, one frying pan, a … Continue reading

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Rendering Tallow

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One of my winter tasks is rendering tallow from beef or lard from pigs. When we butcher, I get all the scraps, bones and fat in several big boxes. I sort out bones for the dogs and chickens (who will … Continue reading

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