I was gifted squash of all varieties from a friend’s garden and attempted spaghetti squash latkes this week. They turned out to be more of a pancake texture. Pursuing a vague memory of a Japanese savoury pancake I had once, I did a quick google search, and some topping change ups. My “sort of” LatkesContinue reading “Winter Storage Vegetables”
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Toasted Squash Seeds
I was thinking of re-inventing myself and the name associated with this blog. Over the past weeks I have attempted to cook pigs feet (and failed, but I will try again), rendered normally thrown out animal fat, used bruised fruit for baking, made broth from chicken feet and now have saved squash seeds from theContinue reading “Toasted Squash Seeds”
How to Render Lard
The first time I decided I was going to render lard was a few years ago. As per my usual chaotic fashion, I overcommitted and purchased 20lbs of back fat. I simmered it for two days in multiple crockpots and then I got the “shivs.” My friend Shayna taught me the word “shivs.” I’ve yetContinue reading “How to Render Lard”
Local Fruit in Ontario
Where does your fruit come from? “Local” fruit is a tricky question in Ontario (ON). Many of our soft tree fruits can only thrive in very specific regions of ON making sourcing fruit challenging. The season is short, and all the creatures of the natural world love fruit as much as us humans, making pestContinue reading “Local Fruit in Ontario”
