Category Archives: Cold storage

Sausage (About)

By Cat, Nov 2007 (Image, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Lamb, Port & Small Game Menu; 2. Boudin Sausage Other Sites: The Art and Practice of Sausage Making (pdf (2)) from North Dakota State University Includes: 1. General information about sausage; 2. Sausage classifications and … Continue reading

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Duck (About)

By Cat (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Poultry & Fowl Menu Includes: 1. Finding duck for recipes; 2. Storage of duck meat; 3. Rendering duck fat When I go out to eat, if … Continue reading

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Whole Foods: Storage

By Cat, Jan 2015 See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Diet for Health: Local and Organic: Procuring Healthful Foods (links to old site; update links in text when moved) Includes: Links to cold storage, and food-preservation files on The EssentiaList The EssentiaList website of which I … Continue reading

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Steamed Mussels with Pasta & Vegetables

by Cat, August 2010 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Storage of Live Clams & Mussels; 2. Brining, Steaming and Storage of Live Clams & Mussels; 3. Pasta Vognole (with Clams & Cream) Growing up in inland Montana in the 50s, 600 … Continue reading

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Live Clams & Mussels: Storage, Brining and Steaming

by Cat, August 2012 (photo, right, by Cat) See also: 1. Steamed Mussels with Pasta and Vegetables Includes: 1. Storage of live clams & mussels; 2. Brining live clams & mussels; 3. Debeard Mussels; 4. Shucking Clams & mussels; 5. Steaming clams … Continue reading

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Homemade Tomato Paste

by Cat, Feb 2009 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: Fresh Tomato Paste for Parmigiana Sauce) Mmmm.  Tomato paste is ubiquitous in so much of our cooking, and most of us simply buy those little cans of tomato paste.  But what … Continue reading

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Apple Info (About)

by Cat, Sept 2007; updated 2012 (Photo, right, fromWikipedia) Apples are probably my favorite fruit – or at least the one I consume the most consistently. I have a Macintosh apple tree in my small orchard, that my Mom planted … Continue reading

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