I’m making my case for growing the long Italian green beans! For some reason regular types of green beans don’t like our soil, and just don’t produce well. We easily get at least 8-10 times more beans with the Italian. So here’s why I think they’re a better choice for this area: Tolerate drought conditions…
Kerrville Cultural Center, Dining, and More
What a great weekend to go to Kerrville. We drove Route 16 most of the way there, and just south of San Saba continuing almost to Fredericksburg was an unbelievable show of wildflowers. Yellow and orange as far as you could see through the fields and up the hills as if someone laid a blanket…
Fresh Kosher Pickles
We got one too many cucumbers from the garden this week, so I started making fresh pickles. It’s so easy to make good pickles this way. You just have to have the patience to wait. I’ve done a quicker version (a couple of hours) by increasing the vinegar and spices. They taste really fresh and…
TSTC Gourmet Lunch and Austin
TSTC Culinary Arts will serve its first gourmet lunch for the summer 2012 semester on Wednesday, June 13. Lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Greta W. Watson Culinary Arts Center, located on Campus Drive. (view map), 254.867.4868, www.waco.tstc.edu/cln. Austin It didn’t occur to me that things…
(Breakfast) Baked Eggs
Baked eggs are a great way to cook eggs for 2 or 20. You can make them as rich or as lean as you like. We love this dish. Right now, I have so many vegetables, I dreaming up all kinds of ways to use them. There are lots of things you can make into…