Putting Up Food
10 August 2010 by
Jean Johnson
There's something elemental about a kettle of plums simmering on the stove. The pink foam percolates up around the burnished round fruits. Purple skins burst on ruby red flesh. Leaning in over the pot for a deep breath of harvest: sweet, sticky, dense, royal.
The neighbor around the corner ...
Posted in Food Thoughts, Kitchen Tips, Preserving, Putting Up Food, Seasons, Summer | 6 Comments »
8 April 2010 by
Jean Johnson
It's so easy to get on a roll when you've got some homemade beans waiting in the fridge. Talk about ultrafast. All you do is flash cook some seasonal vegs into a warm salad, dress with oil and vinegar, add the beans for protein, season with salt and red chile ...
Posted in Beans, Getting on a Roll, Putting Up Food, Scratch Cooking, Thrift, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video | 2 Comments »
3 October 2008 by
Jean Johnson
After my comments on pesticides and apples in The Measure Free Weekly last time, I was especially pleased to have a box of apples in the basement from friend and gardener, Laura Berg.
Laura is also, if you'll remember from her comment on last week's blogpost, the care ...
Posted in Bioethics & Sustainability, Celeste and HH, Fall, Family, Friends, & Love, Fruit, Putting Up Food, Seasonal, Thrift, Vegan, Work Area & The Stove | Add a Comment »
26 September 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Celeste has turned into a camera hound since she heard HH, a male frog in our town, spotted her on the back cover of Beyond Measure. She sniffs that she's not too interested, but the truth is, she invited him over once harvest is on the wane.
So you can see, ...
Posted in Celeste and HH, Fall, Fruit, Putting Up Food, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables, Seasonal, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Work Area & The Stove | 1 Comment »
20 September 2008 by
Jean Johnson
We had a fleeting few scorchers last week in Portland, Oregon, but even fluke weather must give way to the changing of the seasons. Now with the equinox just days away on the 22nd, the days have grown brisk and flipping the over on to do a little roasting seems ...
Posted in Fall, Putting Up Food, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | Add a Comment »
25 July 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Linda's my new pal. She knows about computers and business and such. So what could I do when she arrived once again to help the cause, but offer a munch.
It was mainly leftovers that took me 15 minutes to pull together. Mahi mahi (because when I talked to Gary ...
Posted in Family, Friends, & Love, Fish, Flavor, Fresh, Kitchen Garden Thoughts, Putting Up Food, Spices, Summer, Ultrafast, Vegetables | Add a Comment »
2 May 2008 by
Jean Johnson
This may be a dish so easy that you won't think of it as really a recipe, but it's so good that I included it in Cooking Beyond Measure on page 142.
You can even douse frozen grapes with buttermilk and give them a whirl in the blender. However you ...
Posted in Desserts, Fall, Fruit, Innocent Sweets, Putting Up Food, Seasonal, Spring, Ultrafast, Video, Winter | Add a Comment »
9 January 2008 by
Jean Johnson
This takes me back to Bangkok where I watched the gracious Daeng Arporn Punlert make tom yam goong, or hot and sour shrimp soup, many times. Here's what I wrote down one day while she was in action:
Hot and Sour Thai Soup
Recipe Note
Boil the shells from your prawns in a pot ...
Posted in Culti-Multi Food, Family, Friends, & Love, Fish, Flavor, Fresh Herbs, Putting Up Food, Scratch Cooking, Soups, Vegetables | 5 Comments »
3 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
The Spitz Springs contingency down on the Southwest's Colorado Plateau always thwacks the ball right out of the court when it comes to food. Not only do they grow their own, mostly, they're hip to seasons and sustainability, and treat their laying hens right.
They just sent this photo along with ...
Posted in Bioethics & Sustainability, Fall, Family, Friends, & Love, Kitchen Garden Thoughts, Putting Up Food, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | Add a Comment »
10 September 2007 by
Jean Johnson
Gone is the end of the week when I was in the mood to roast tomatoes and make fussy hors d'oeuvres. It's Monday morning, the day is supposed to be in the high 80s at least, and I'm trying to get to work.
But there are still more ripe tomatoes than ...
Posted in Fall, Putting Up Food, Seasonal, Thrift, Ultrafast, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »