Posted in soup on Apr 26th, 2010
tortilla soup photo by vsimon This is one of our most requested menu items, year round. The ingredients and the process have evolved over the years. It took me a long time to try it in the pressure cooker. Now I wouldn’t go back to a stockpot. But look below for directions if you haven’t [...]
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Posted in stew on Jan 25th, 2010
Hungarian beef stew with caraway seeds photo by vsimon No, the caraway seeds are not negotiable. This started as a recipe called Hungarian Goulash from Cooking Light. To me it is really more stew than goulash. “Goulash” to Wisconsinites is a mishmash of ground beef, tomatoes (maybe canned tomato soup), and macaroni. Seasoning is limited [...]
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Posted in tomatoes on Aug 27th, 2009
a variety of tomatoes dried photo by vsimon We planted eight different kinds of tomatoes this year. Most, simply because they had great names. The greatest differences were not in flavor, but in the color and size of the tomatoes. Would we plant them again next year? Read on. First off, we have different tastes [...]
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