If you have the good fortune to have a fig tree or know someone who has a fig tree or know someone who has canned figs and is willing to share; consider yourself blessed. Stephanie’s mother puts up figs every year from the fig tree she lovingly tends to throughout the year. Figs are delicious on toast, English muffins slathered… Read More
Our fascination with treacle continues. Perhaps its our shared love of all things royal and United Kingdom that has lead us down this sticky path but we both agree that golden syrup is superior to corn syrup and black treacle is superior to molasses. Both golden syrup and black treacle have deeper and more complex flavor profiles than their American… Read More
This recipe is a variation on Oaty Ginger Crunch found on the Cloudy Kitchen food blog. Christine made this recipe as a challenge to use black treacle in a new way. Don’t let the word “fudge” in the name fool you. It doesn’t have any cocoa or chocolate in the recipe but the texture and color is very fudge like…. Read More
This recipe is called Green Fluff Salad or Watergate Salad. Either way, it needs to be on your Thanksgiving table. Green fluff salad for Thanksgiving Watergate Salad came from a ‘Army wife’ cookbook from Ft. Richardson, Alaska in 1979. The front of the book has a poem entitled Typical Army Wife, author unknown. I’m here to tell the story of… Read More
From Campbell's cookbook: Easy Ways to Delicious Meals published in 1970