Chess Pie History

  Chess pies are a Southern specialty that has a simple filling of eggs, sugar, butter, and a small amount of flour. ome recipes include cornmeal and others are made … Continued

Pies

History of Pies

The purpose of a pastry shell was mainly to serve as a baking dish, storage container, and serving vessel, and these are often too hard to actually eat.  For hundreds … Continued

Tabasco Pepper Sauce

Tabasco Pepper Sauce History

Tabasco Pepper Sauce is a condiment that is a spicy hot sauce made from Tabasco peppers, vinegar, and salt.  The hot peppers are picked by hand as soon as they … Continued

Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut History and Information

  Sauerkraut (also known as sourcrout) is a finely-chopped cabbage that is salted and then fermented in its own juice.  Homemade sauerkraut is a world apart from the stuff that … Continued

Potatoes

Potatoes – History of Potatoes

  “Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.” … Continued

Corn On The Cob

About Corn – Corn On The Cob

How To Boil Corn On The Cob Boiling is the quickest, easiest, and tastiest way to prepare fresh corn.  Too many people do not know how to correctly boil fresh … Continued

Tomatoes

Tomatoes – Learn About Tomatoes

      Tomatoes – Learn About Tomatoes:  Technically a tomato is a fruit, since it is the ripened ovary of a plant.  In 1893, the supreme court ruled in … Continued

Diet Dark Chocolate Brownies

Dieters Beware Brownies Recipe

Dieters Beware Brownies scream with calories!  Very rich, very good, and very fattening!   A three-layer brownie with each layer filled with decadent sweetness.  They are really chewy and it … Continued

Diet Dark Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Diet Dark Chocolate Brownie is rich and delicious.  You will not miss any of the calories, fat, or carbs in these brownies!   Diet Dark Chocolate Brownie is a great … Continued

Date Squares

Date Squares Recipe – Matrimonial Bars

Attention date lovers!  You’ll absolutely love these Date Square Cookies – I do!  These delicious Date Bars were originally known as Matrimonial Bars.  Sometime in history, they became known as … Continued

Chocolate Corn Flake Cookies

Chocolate Corn Flake Cookie Recipe

 Chocolate Corn Flake Cookies are both a cookie and a candy made from a popular breakfast cereal.  Everyone seems to love these crispy no-bake corn flake cookies, whatever their age. … Continued

Chia Seed Cookies

Chia Seed Cookies Recipe

Chia Seed Cookies make a great healthy treat for your family.  They are nutritious as well as delicious! Chia Seeds have a mild, nut-like flavor.  The seeds are easily digested and … Continued

Bizcochito Cookies

Bizcochito Cookies – Anise Seed Cookie Recipe

New Mexico’s Official State Cookie Bizcochito Cookies are a favorite southwestern Christmas treat.  Depending on where you look, it may be referred to as the bizcochito, biscochito or biscocho.  These … Continued

Collard Greens

Collard Greens History and Recipe

But I have never tasted meat, nor cabbage, nor corn, for beans, nor fluid food on half as sweet as that first mess of greens. By James T. Cotton Noe … Continued

Date Nut Bars in paper baking cups

Date Nut Bars Recipe

Bite into family history and let the aroma of these freshly baked Date Nut Bars, conjure up your childhood memories. At least that is the affect these Date Nut Bars have … Continued