midwest recipes
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Tasters’ Choice: Bread-and-Butter Pickles
My expert taste-testers voted these refrigerator bread-and-butter pickles their favorite. Let me know what you think!
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Foraging for Fungi
After a long dry spell, it finally rained at Moss Hollow Lake. The moisture brought a flush of mushrooms and I’ve enjoyed foraging the hills for edible deliciousness. This week I found my first chanterelles, in addition to a bunch of golden oyster mushrooms. While morels in the spring are my favorite, these are pretty…
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Chive Blossom Vinegar
Two weeks ago, I filled a Mason jar with chive blossoms from my garden and added plain white vinegar. I have to admit, the jar looked pretty and I was pleased with myself. It has now turned the most vibrant pink and it tastes fantastic. I’ll be using this amazing concoction in salad dressings and…
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Magic Time: Morels
It’s the magical time of year in the Driftless Region and that means morel mushrooms. I look forward to mushroom hunting every spring because it reminds me of my mom. She LOVED walking the woods, foraging for morels. She also loved dredging them in flour and frying them in butter until just crisp. I didn’t…
The Driftless Foodie: Jamie Greenheck 