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Pickles

choman — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:18:24 -0700

Do you like the taste of old-fashioned, crunchy sour and half-sour pickles? At the Chubby Muffin Community Kitchen this week, we made a batch of these wonderful pickles using fresh, local cucumbers from Pomykala Farm. Here are a few steps from the process (from a batch I made ahead at home to bring in to sample):

Washing cucumbers and soaking them in cold water for an hour to get ready for pickling.

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Thursdays at the Intervale

choman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:02:53 -0700

Our family looks forward to Thursdays at the Intervale all year.

We bring a picnic blanket, some fresh cut-up veggies and dessert, and then enjoy a picnic with American Flatbread slices and whatever else looks good (the pulled pork sandwiches from Bluebird have been delicious).

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Got Berries?

choman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:47:13 -0700

Almond sponge cake with fresh, local berries

Here’s an almond sponge cake that’s delicious with heaps of berries, honey, and freshly whipped cream on top. Use any berries you have…raspberries, blueberries, currants, you name it. (This is also delicious in the winter, with pears steamed in cider and ice cream).

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Canning Raspberry Jam

choman — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:24:46 -0700

On Tuesday, I taught my 2^nd class at the Chubby Muffin Community Kitchen. Eleven participants made honey-sweetened raspberry jam with Adam's Berry Farm raspberries and we canned it together so everyone could bring jars home.

Honey-sweetened raspberry jam

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A Visit to Berry Heaven

choman — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:09:35 -0700

Meg visited Adam's Berry Farm recently, and has this to report:

I didn’t grow up in a farming family. My parents grew a few gnarled tomatoes each year and that was the extent of my agricultural experience as a kid. And yet, each July, we’d go out to the U-Pick blueberry farm for a few flats of berries.

Blueberries ripening in the sun

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Community Cooking Classes...Coming Soon!

choman — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:15:13 -0700

I’m excited to announce that community cooking classes are coming to the Old North End. On Tuesday night, I taught a pilot class on yogurt-making. It was a lot of fun to connect with neighborhood folks around cooking in the Old North End.

Homemade yogurt class at the Community Kitchen at Chubby Muffin

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Going with the Local Grain

choman — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:53:50 -0700

Here's a localvore update on wheat bran from Meg...

...Local wheat bran has arrived!

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Biscuits, 2 Ways

choman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:51:29 -0700

Rolled biscuits on the left; drop biscuits on the right.

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Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Strawberries

choman — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:40:05 -0700

Local strawberries are here! And what better way to enjoy strawberries than with easy, delicious cottage cheese pancakes?

Easy cottage cheese pancakes with fresh, local strawberries and yogurt

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City Market's Mexican Cooking Class

choman — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:39:40 -0700

As promised, here are the recipes from Dalia’s Mexican cooking class. We had a great time, and hope to do another Mexican cooking class in the fall (perhaps mole, as numerous people have suggested).

Dalia's Mexican cooking class

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