Behold the mighty power of sugar!

With the economy in the toilet, its interesting to see people returning to self-sufficiency activities such as gardening… and canning.  I have always “put up” food through the years, partly because its cheaper, and partly because it tastes so much better than the stuff you can buy in the store.  Folks in this house refuse to [...]

6 easy steps to homemade chicken stock

A few days ago, I was at the grocery store, and noticed that there were chicken carcass bits seriously on sale.  With the Chinese New Year on us, there has been a lot of chicken on sale lately, and I guess they had to get rid of the bits left from deboning.  I decided to pick [...]