Texas Barbecue Sauce

  We used to make barbecue sauce at home when I was a kid. My mom had several recipes, including one that called for beer and another that called for coffee. My favorite was Black Knight Sauce, although I don’t really remember what it tasted like now. It’s been too many years. I recently made … Continue reading

Bread Sauce

This recipe seems to be out of context as it refers to milk that was “put in with the rabbit” but there is not a rabbit recipe yet. If this was for a class, perhaps the students learned all the recipes and then created their own cookbook as their final project? It makes some sense … Continue reading

Stewed Rhubarb

I must admit that rhubarb is not high on my list of veggies. It is tart on its own and must be sweetened or combined with something else to temper the flavor. Some time recently I enjoyed strawberry rhubarb jam. It was….perky. I think that’s the best way to describe it. Since the rhubarb and … Continue reading

Cherry Sauce (Mabel Haas)

Well, this brings us to the last recipe from our little Farmer’s Record book. Some of these recipes have been really interesting, some not so much. I hope you read my post about the bread & butter pickles that my daughter and I made a week ago from the recipe in this book. They are … Continue reading

Pepper relish

I have made Cousin Anne’s Pepper Sauce a couple times now and I love the sweet and savory combination of the flavors. It goes well on pork and as a dipping sauce for egg rolls. At the time I made it, I used green and red peppers, e.g. jalapenos. However, this new recipe calls for … Continue reading