Category: October 2020

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Meats October 2020

Sausage Balls

I am sorry that this photo is not up to par. The sausage was so dark that it needed a little color this is one of the many things that you can make with the best already prepared sausage balls.

Hello everyone, on this very stormy looking, North Florida day. We have just had a big pour-down of rain and it was nice to see for a short little while. But I do hear that Alabama has serious weather there. So stay safe everyone and make this day, a good day.

I spent a long time today, wrestling with my Mama Jammer gamer computer that my 15 -year- old Son, built from all new parts that were ordered off the internet. This computer is a blast! And lightning fast.

I was wrestling with a cooking club that I had a lot of my home-made recipes and photos on. And the one I wanted to share would only go through as a web page photo and my Word-Press Blog would not accept my photo. So I had to change my mind, so I am posting my very late lunch idea today.

On to the recipe now! First of all, you need to buy your very favorite sausage that you have to patty out. Mine comes from Save-A-Lot as I really like their sausage mix that the butcher prepares. And the price is nice also.

Get a deeper cookie sheet and roll out all the sausage into balls. Then just put the pan in the freezer for an hour. If you wish to stop now, you can put these in freezer bags and store in the freezer raw. I do some this way, but I prefer to take them from the freezer on the tray and bake them at 350 degrees for 60 minutes, check to be sure that they are done. Then put these in freezer bags and store in the freezer.

For this recipe, the possibilities are endless, on what you can come up with. I am having an ice-cold coca-cola with my meatball sausage sandwich as I am typing now and it is really good. All I had to do was thaw the meat out and warm it up in the microwave for 1-2 minutes. A great time saver!

As to other meals that you could make, here are a few. Pizza with sausage and cheese-etc. Cabbage and sausage, Sausage burritos with egg, Spaghetti with sausage, Sausage biscuit, Sausage gravy, and on and on and on. The list could go on forever. And is so nice to quickly fix a meal up and not stay long in the kitchen!

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Dessert October 2020

Caramel Apple Pie Preserves

This was just the left-overs that would not fill a jar. But It was very good!

Hello to everyone on this nice sunny day. I hope all is well at your home and that you are happy for this day.

For this water bath canning recipe, you will need these items.

6c. of peeled and diced fine, apples

2 1/2 c. white sugar and 2 1/2 c. brown sugar.

1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp nutmeg 3/4th c raisins

6 TBSP pectin or 1 pkg of pectin. 1/2 c water

Wash apples well in the sink. I used a cutting board and an apple wedge cutter on the apples. Next I put the wedges in a large bowl and poured 1/4 c of lemon juice on them. I also had a second large bowl with water and lemon juice in it for the peeled apple slices.

I watched tv while I cut the peelings off of about 4 apples at a time. Then I put those into the water/lemon juice bowl. And got some more to cut the peels off of. Until I finished the whole bag of apples.

Put a 1/2 c of water and the apples in a large deep pot (because this bubbles and pops as you are stirring it). Use a long spoon.Watch so this does not burn during the whole process, you will be stirring and cooking on med-low heat, until apples are soft but not mushy.

Get your water-bath pot going so that you will be prepared, when you need it.

Back to the apples now. Stir in pectin and keep stirring. Bring to a rolling boil and then add in sugars and spices while stirring. (It is hot and poppy now). Bring back up to a rolling boil and boil for 1 minute.

Now you use your jar funnel and soup ladle to put apples into jars. I used pints.Fill to 1/4 th head-space from top of jar. Use a chop-stick to de-bubble and wipe the jar rims with a napkin and vinegar to clean.

Put the seals on and the the bands on, just finger tight only. Put in water-bath canning pot and when it is at a rolling boil, then start counting time off for 10 minutes for the preserves to process. Have a folded towel on counter top and place jars there to seal and cool. You will hear a ping for each jar that seals! Wash jars the next da and then label and date them and store in a cool dark place.

I am going to put some of this over ice-cream! Think I got 3 -pint jars full. I give the credit to my friend on YouTube that is called Suttons Daze for this recipe as it is her’s

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Dehydrating October 2020

Canning with a brake bleeder YUCKY YUCKY-Taste Like Rubber InnerTube!

I do stand up for the brake bleeder as a terrific jar sealer for dried goods. But I have tried these eggs and they are rubbery tasting. The yolks just do not reconstitute back to a creamy texture. I do not even think it will work in baked goods.

First photo has the canning lid attachment for the regular mouth canning jars. The scrambled eggs were dehydrated and went through my coffee grinder. The brake bleeder is also shown.

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and sassy. Today has been an under the weather day for me so I am posting tonight instead of in the morning.

My second photo is of the quart jar with the canning lid sealer removed from it after using the brake bleeder to take all the air out of the jar. Yes, there is a bubble on top of the lid, but when I pushed it down with my thumb, it stayed down.

I paid about $25 for the brake bleeder online through Amazon and $13 for the regular cap to seal regular mouth jars. Later I will order the wide mouth cap sealer on back order as I did this one for both products.

I do have a moisture remover packet in the top of the jar and the brake bleeder removed all the oxygen from the jar so this should last for years to come as long as I re-seal the jar after opening it.

The brake bleeder comes in a kit with all different hoses and attachments, but all you need is what you see here in the photo. And there is no need to order an extra hose with the cap sealer as the brake bleeder comes with two. All the assembly it took me, was to really use a lot of force to put the hose on the bleeder gold nozzle and force the rubber nozzle into the other end of the hose. I did not need any other parts.

To use this cap sealer and brake bleeder, all you do is put you dehydrated very well and totally dry food in the jar. Wipe the jar rim well. Put the cap over the regular mouth canning seal and push down gently. You do have to hold the hose with the nozzle end firmly and vertical into the hole on the top of the white cap sealer and hand pump the brake until it stops moving. My gauge number was 14 to 20 for my numbers on all the jars I sealed with it.

Once up to the stopping point, there is a tiny little pin lever under the tip of the handle of the brake bleeder that you push. And then you remove it and white cap gently. Now test the seal by picking up the jar by the seal on the jar. If it holds you have done well. If not, do it again!

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Dessert October 2020

Blueberry Muffins

My secret tiny cookbook.

Good morning on this cloudy North Florida day. I hope all is well and that today will be a good day for you and your families. I choose to make everyday a good day as we never know if it may be our last!

So let’s have a good day and make these awesome blueberry muffins today! Here is my recipe from my little book that I have used for many years now. And all the grown up kids will remember these.

4 TBSP soft butter

2/3 c sugar 2eggs

1c buttermilk 2 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 c flour (self rising)

1 1/2 c blueberries fresh or frozen unthawed

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line muffin pan with paper liners or grease pan. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and buttermilk and vanilla. Lightly mix just until blended.

Add the flour to another bowl. I do add a 1/2 tsp of baking powder at this step, just for a better rise. Gently add berries to flour mixture and stir just until mixed.

Fill muffin cups to the top and bake 20 minutes. Drizzle with melted butter and sprinkle with a little sugar when they come out of the oven. Let cool 5 minutes and take out of pan.

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Breakfast October 2020

Let’s Have A Picnic Together

Hello everyone! I hope your day is rolling along nicely. I know that mine is. October is flying by, almost faster than the eye can see. But I am loving this October windy day and I do so hope that you are too!

As I was starting out a prep for this day, I thought about this thought. Why don’t we all have a picnic on this beautiful day! So this is what I am bringing to the picnic. I am sorry that you can’t comment on this blog, my Son set it up for me and we are the only ones that can. But why not take this idea to your friends!

#Breakfast #Picnic #Lunch

After lunch-time, I will take the 24 scrambled eggs that I cooked with just a tiny smidgen of oil for the pan and put them all on my dehydrator trays and let run for maybe 6-9 hours. I will know when they snap like a stick, that they are dry. Then I will let them cool down and then in small batches, I will run them through my coffee bean grinder until they are fully powdered.

Next to make sure that they are completely dried, I will set my oven to 170 degrees and in about 5 minutes the eggs will go in on a cookie sheet and stay 15 minutes. If very dry stop now, if not go for 5 minute time sets and re-check. It’s a bit of work but you want to have the best preserved food tht will keep for many many years if you happen to want it.

You can buy the 10 lb cans for $30 to $50 if you wish also. But I am very frugal and like to do my own foe $2 for almost a quart jar full. I do use a moisture pack that I make and put in the jar. For now he jars are closed, but when I get my jar lid sealer for my brake bleeder. Then I will use it to remove all oxygen from my jars of powdered eggs and re-use it for when I open the jar, to re-seal it again.

I will be posting about how to use the brake-bleeder for dry canning, when it arrives in November so thank you for visiting and please read more while you are already here. Share for me please so my little blog can go far away. Please come back as I post on Tue-Thur and Saturdays.

Today is just a little picnic for you.

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October 2020 Recipe

Crab Salad

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Just want to say Hello to everyone, this fine cool October morning, from Live Oak Florida. It was a very nice start to my day this morning as I was sitting in my rocking chair among my flowers and on my back patio, while sipping some whiskey coffee and reflecting on things that have to get done this day. So alas I had to come inside,but I do put you, on top of my list as I hope you are expecting to hear from me today!

Hope all is well at your house and I send you fall greetings for this day in your lives. I do hope you slow down and listen to the wind, and I hope it helps calm your soul with joy and wonder.

Now I will tell you about my little crab salad recipe. First it is not real crab, bummer there! It is imatation crab. Sorry, but crab is expensive for some people like me, who live off of a small social security check that has to pay all bills and some groceries thrown in there also. All’s well that ends well, though. So back to the recipe.

1/2 package of imt. crab

1 can of english green peas drained

1 1/2 c of raw macaroni cooked

Italian salad dressing to taste

1/2 c mayo.

1/2 tsp accent 1/4 tsp pepper a little salt

Put your cooked macaroni noodles in a large bowl and add 1/2 of the imt. crab chopped up into the bowl. Add mayo and salad dressing, along with spices. Add in the can of drained green english peas. Slightly lift and mix with a large spoon.

This gets better with time as it is being kept cold until ready to serve. This is just a little recipe that I threw together but it hits the spot for me and I hope it will for you also.

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October 2020

Pickled Eggs

These are the red spicy eggs.

Ingredients are. 4 cups apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup canning/ pickling salt

1 cup water

2 cloves garlic peeled

1/2 tsp tumeric

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper or you could use chili powder

1/2 Gallon glass jar or 2 Quart glass jars

Boil 2 dozen eggs and peel them.

In medium pot on the stove, add vinegar water and salt. Heat till just warmed.

Into the half gallon jar add in the tumeric garlic cloves and cayenne pepper. Drop in the peeled eggs. Pour the warmed liquid from the pot into the 1/2 gallon jar. Let this stay in refridgerater or 4 weeks before you open it and try one.

I am sharing this recipe from one of my favorite youtube channels. The name is called StiversHomestead and I adore their little family and how funny that they are.

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Homemade October 2020

Making Apple Cider Vinegar

At the half-time of the 4 week journey.

Hello everyone on this North Florida cloudy day. Even a cloudy day can become a good day, if you would only let it be! I try to make the most out of every passing day as if it were a natural wonder, which it is.

You never quite know where each day will take you, if you only let it. I hope that you will look for joy and awesome wonder in each of your days as I do care about each and everyone of you.

We are all God,s children and let us enjoy what he gives to us daily. I for one am always in wonder, what will it be this day or the next day or even forward ahead in the days we have. We may only have this day so let us make it an enjoyable day, where-ever we may be on our journey!

Ok, now I will let you know what I am in the middle of now, as I am always on a creating journey of many different things that I am curious about knowing how, what, why do you do that! Life is a journey for me, you see and I intend to not let it pass me by!

I am in the middle phase of making home-made apple cider vinegar in a big old crock. And it is looking really good as it is fermenting away, lots of bubbles. It does take a month so you need to keep this in sight somewhere cool and dark (no sun-light).

As I was cutting up apples to can in those awesome mason jars, I kept all the scraps from the apples. The apple cores and peelings and seeds and stems, all of it. I had washed the apples very well back at the start of my canning journey.

I put all the scraps into a big crock that I use to ferment things in. AKA the best sour-kraut that you will ever eat, which one of these days I will post about.

After you have put the apple scraps into the crock(or even a big jar). Add in water to with-in 3 inches from the top. As the liquid may rise and spill if too full. Pour in 3/4 c of molasses and use a wooden spoon (always) and stir in well. I used a saucer to weigh the apple products down and covered the crock with a clean dish towel. Then I had a huge rubber-band that held the towel in place so it could breathe as it bubbled away for the month of waiting.

It is recommended to stir it a little, about every three days with a wooden spoon. When mine is finished, then I will post a photo for you!

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Dessert October 2020

Coconut Pie

Coconut Pie

Hello everyone. I hope that today finds you well and sassy. We have lost our little cool front here in Florida. And I find myself missing that awesome cool air, but I will be happy anyway!

Yesterday I made a coconut pie and thought that for today, I would share the recipe with you. It is a really good pie even though the picture does not do it justice.But you know what they say! An ugly cake or pie is a good one. So here is the recipe for my one and only coconut pie.

1 can coconut milk 1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 c half and half 1/2 c cornstarch

3 eggs beaten 3/4 c sugar

1 c coconut in the pie 1/2 c coconut on top of the pie (all coconut toasted)

1 1/2 tbsp of coconut extract 1 pie shell baked 375 degrees for 10 minutes

(Later for the meringue ) 1 c heavy whipping cream 2 Tbsp sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp cream of tarter 6 egg whites

In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients together—- sugar starch salt.

Add to a medium size heavy duty pot.

Whisk in the cream and coconut milk along with the eggs. Cook on medium to low heat and staying right there to keep whisking as you are cooking. When it gets really thick, add in the coconut and coconut extract.

Scoop this into the pie shell. And then start your meringue in a mixer bow and whip on high for 2 minutes. Add in sugar and cream of tarter and continue whipping until hard peaks can be seen. Add in vanilla just before finished.

Scoop this meringue onto the top of the coconut pie. Have oven on broil. Watch this step very carefully! Brown the meringue slightly or it will burn. Sprinkle toasted coconut on top. Keep this cold until you serve it. I do so hope you enjoy this recipe! It is my favorite.

PS for my pie, I only used 3 egg whites so if you use the 6 egg whites, then it will be mountain high with your meringue!

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Fruit October 2020

Pineapple Cutter Tool

This pineapple cutter does the job!

Hello everyone. I hope this beautiful windy fall day, finds you in high spirits and and happiness. Most of all I hope you are loved and appreciated!

I will not be buying pineapple in the can anymore. I spent $15 on this new kitchen tool and it is the greatest.

You could almost call me the queen of kitchen gadgets. My kitchen is loaded with all kinds of food processers to the air fryer, down to the cheese grinder and everything in-between.

Any way back to the pineapple corer. I got it at Walmart and I purchased a green pineapple and had to wait for it to ripen so I could try this new tool of mine.

I cut it off a little high at the top so it was not as wide to work with. It was so easy to use, just stick into the top of the pineapple and turn the handle. After you get to within two inches from the bottom, then you press the yellow tabs and take it apart and pull off your spiral cut pineapple.

Now, make sure that you cut the top off wide enough so that the tool will go straight down evenly. Because I ended up coming out the side near the bottom and juice went everywhere.

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