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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Around the Kitchen: April Food Blog

59°f/15°C, clear after a stormy evening.

I took a few photos that I meant to use for the April food blog, but then forgot to write it, but here they are anyway. I mostly forgot to take photos or keep a record in April. It was a busy month.

This is our Berkey water filter. It will filter a gallon and a half or more at a time. We love it..our well water, while plentiful, has a taste we don't like. The Berkey takes care of that.


A friend gave me this delightful wire half-basket, perfect for storing fruit.


Larry dates our eggs so we don't accidentally leave some in the fridge too long. Our hens are laying 6-8 eggs a day so it's important to know which ones need to be used first. 


Asparagus! Our season is almost over sadly, but we have had many meals from our scattered plants this year.


A pretty gift from another friend.


And just because I like soft lighting, I added this little jug lamp to my kitchen. It makes me smile.

 
I have written before about canning "marinated salad", but I don't think I have shown a photo of how it looks in the jar. So pretty. And tasty! Layers of cucumbers, onions, and red and yellow tomatoes in a pickling solution. The recipe called for cherry tomatoes but I had slicing tomatoes that needed to be used. I just chop this up and mix with pasta and dressing, maybe some shredded carrots and chopped celery and have a quick pasta salad. Delicious.




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12 comments:

  1. gzThu May 15, 02:38:00 AM

    A good idea to date the eggs... especially as one needs older eggs for boiling and fresh for poaching or omelette making

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  2. TomThu May 15, 06:19:00 AM

    ...today we will enjoy the first asparagus from the garden.

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  3. AnvilcloudThu May 15, 08:59:00 AM

    Dating eggs is pretty unusual (to me) and clever.

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  4. Angie's RecipesThu May 15, 09:55:00 AM

    I would love those eggs! The eggs I can get from the supermarkets are simply WHITE. Hardly see any brown one.

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  5. Live and LearnThu May 15, 10:03:00 AM

    The marinated salad looks delicious and is a good idea.

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  6. Jim and Barb's AdventuresThu May 15, 10:07:00 AM

    Our son had canned some venison last fall. None of us have the courage to try it. I know you have done it and say it is very good, I just cannot get over the look.

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  7. JeanieThu May 15, 11:53:00 AM

    What a good idea for the marinated salad. That sounds so interesting!

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  8. BillThu May 15, 04:19:00 PM

    The marinated salad looks good. I never heard of it before.

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  9. Granny MarigoldThu May 15, 09:21:00 PM

    I have a set of pot holders hanging in my kitchen that match your Spring Makes me Smile tea towel 💗

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  10. David M. Gascoigne,Fri May 16, 07:31:00 AM

    Your marinated salad looks very tasty indeed. I am a big fan of that kind of food.

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  11. MARY GSat May 17, 12:07:00 PM

    Fascinated by the filter. My grandparents' well had sulpur and so my grandfather designed and built a 'drip' in the well house to control the taste and smell. It fascinated me as a child. He sure could have used one of those machines; I have to report that the 'drip' did not work too well and the grandkids whined about smelly baths, etc. We were, um, brats.

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