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Trout Caviar: Season of the Ramp
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Season of the Ramp. It’s always a lovely thing to make that first foray to southeastern Minnesota trout waters in mid-April, for many reasons. The drive south is exhilarating, as I cross tiny Hay Creek at the corner of our property and then trace the southward route of its flow that begins in springs just up the valley from us. It finds its way to the Red Cedar River, and that pours into the broad, meandering Chippewa, a mighty waterway of this region. Or better to say:. Watercress...
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Trout Caviar: May 2015
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Ode on Rhubarb and A Wild Spin on Rhubarb Chutney. Pron OH-dee) was in our neighborhood last weekend to present a demo and talk about cooking with rhubarb, which has become her tart, seasonal calling card since she published Rhubarb Renaissance. The first title in the Northern Plate. Series from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, in 2012. When I expressed my admiration for her on-stage calm and efficiency, she replied: “Well, there have been incidents…”. I made Gingery Rhubar...
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Trout Caviar: Celery Root Buttermilk Rampoulade
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Saturday, May 2, 2015. Celery Root Buttermilk Rampoulade. Seasonal eating in the North Country in spring often involves a collaboration between the root cellar and the first wild greens. So it was with this version of celery root remoulade spiked with pungent chopped ramps. Celery root requires a lot of cleaning up to be presentable. Using the medium-fine side of a Microplane box grater produces delicate celery root snow- neige de celeri, bien sur! Chop the ramps fine, including a little bit of the green.
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Trout Caviar: November 2014
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Friday, November 7, 2014. The old oak "chef's table" is a kind of bridge between the old and new kitchens; it was all we cared to save. The almost original kitchen; we have the wood floor installed, replacing white vinyl, before we moved in. Indeed, enough about the bad old days. Here's a run-down of what we did, and why, in hopes that it might be useful if you're planning a kitchen re-do someday. And yeah, also just to show off, for sure. We came across them while browsing at Natural Built Home. The 60 ...
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Trout Caviar: We Smoke Our Own, 2015 edition
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. We Smoke Our Own, 2015 edition. In the spirit of re-embracing that cyclical, perennial essence of the natural world of which food—real food—is a part, it’s probably worthwhile to take up again the basics of home smoking. Brown trout are on the roster here, but the same basic principles apply to pretty much any kind of smoking. To take away any stigma of the arcane or difficult about the process:. Trout, having been brined. So as not to overlook the obvious:. The only difficult p...
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Trout Caviar: "Tart Is Good!": Ode on Rhubarb and A Wild Spin on Rhubarb Chutney
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. Ode on Rhubarb and A Wild Spin on Rhubarb Chutney. Pron OH-dee) was in our neighborhood last weekend to present a demo and talk about cooking with rhubarb, which has become her tart, seasonal calling card since she published Rhubarb Renaissance. The first title in the Northern Plate. Series from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, in 2012. When I expressed my admiration for her on-stage calm and efficiency, she replied: “Well, there have been incidents…”. I made Gingery Rhubar...
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Trout Caviar: August 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014. Lettuce is a common volunteer if you leave the bolted plants around long enough, and in the herb world, dill is a reliable reseeder. Tomatoes often pop up in our compost, but they rarely amount to anything. Looking east. These are all coming out of a roughly 4 by 4-foot bin about a third of the way in from the left. Hanging in the adjacent bin. Another view of the sprawl. The volunteer squash are luring a variety of pests away from my cucumbers. Having surmounted the wood pile.
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Trout Caviar: March 2014
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Friday, March 21, 2014. Fun with Fermentation 2014. I'm putting this up for those who attended my fermented vegetables session at the Hay River Transition Initiative's 2014 Green and Traditional Skills Day, or anyone else who's interested. Here are some of my posts dealing with the topic:. Mixed vegetable ferment in a gallon jar. And here are the key books in my fermentation library:. The Art of Fermentation, Sandor Katz. Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz. Is encyclopedic. I reach for Wild Fermentation.
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Consumer Resources · Organic Farming Works
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Atina and Martin Diffley. Children and Pesticides and Human Health. Climate Change and Organic. Find Local-Organic Food and Farms Near You. Nutrition and Organic Food. A look into our library at organic related research and information. Organic Food Production Talking Points. Children and Pesticides and Human Health. President’s Cancer Report. President’s Cancer Panel. Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children. Correlation Between Ag Chemicals and Fetal Impacts. Center For Disease Control. External...
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Trout Caviar: Back to the Stream 2015
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Back to the Stream 2015. I inaugurated the 2015 fishing season on Sunday with a trip to the Whitewater region of southeastern Minnesota. It has become my tradition over the years to make a trip or three to Minnesota waters in the second half of April. Both states have lengthy catch and release seasons during the winter and early spring months, and some years ago I did fish Wisconsin streams in April. So I generally back up my position by not stringing up my rod unless there’...