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Irish Gingerbread Loaf

Around the same time I was craving the apple cider from the previous recipe, I also wanted gingerbread. The traditional kind. Not the store bought commercial stuff. I found this recipe in Darina Allen’s “Irish Traditional Cooking”.  Of course I … Continue reading

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OkieRanchWife’s Homemade Mulled Apple “Cider”

So, it was a gorgeous day today on my homestead. I spent the afternoon gathering up dead twigs and Sweetie Annie stalks that was killed by our first freeze last week. I burned them a little at a time in … Continue reading

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Sooner Black Bean Soup

The fresh high notes of the lime and cilantro are excellent in this soup. You can use either dried beans or a can (16 ozs) of black beans in this soup. I prefer using the dried, soaked beans. 16 ozs … Continue reading

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Black Walnut Gingerbread

Our black walnuts are falling. Unfortunately, the harvest is very small but fortunately, I have a lot of the nut meat from the bumper crop we had in the Fall of 2009. I love my deep freeze and the pantry. … Continue reading

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