On Our homestead
Bindaeduk Cho Kanjang - Korean Pancakes featuring Mung Beans
One of the side delights in growing staple crops is exploring how to use them in the kitchen. Mung beans do well in our garden and I love growing them with their stout stature and slightly fuzzy little pods. These nutritional little nuggets from the bean family are typically sprouted or used whole in side dishes. While I do enjoy them this way, I wanted a way to showcase them as a main ingredient which lead me to discover Bindaeduk Cho Kanjang, Korean Mung Pancakes with Dipping Sauce (that and a culinary newsletter I subscribe to offered that it is...
Our Latest Adventure into Staple Crop Culinary Creations – Dosas! Fermented Lentil and Rice Crêpes Hailing from Southern India
Got Squash? Make these!
Earlier this month our friend John Sherck shared a pdf of Priscilla Mullin Sherard's 1975 collection of Indian Recipes. Not only is it inspirational from a staple crop perspective it is quite timely for us as one of the benefits of processing winter squash for seeds is we have an abundance of squash for culinary ventures. So Sunday's kitchen adventure featured Scott cooking up a batch of savory squash cakes based on the following recipe: “OOWISSIMAU'N NO'KIYA "Pumpkin Dough" Potawatomi Recipe Wash and cut open a pumpkin and cook until soft enough to mash. Stir fresh pumpkin adding cornmeal to...
"How'come so many dry beans?"
Aahhh the humble dry bean... I am often asked why I don't have many bean varieties for fresh eating. It's really quite straightforward. The primary focus of our gardening is on staple crops to improve our food security, those dependable, nutrient rich varieties that store well for sustenance later in the year. A while back I came across an informative article on the benefits of the Haudenosaunee Three Sisters cropping system which provides a great answer to the “How'come you have so many dry beans?” question: “Green beans contain very little energy or protein, but when harvested as mature dry...
Progression of grain harvest: wheat & barley (2019)
Oldest entries at the bottom, latest harvest at the top. August 11 Ble' Du Acorr Wheat (W58) August 4 Solina Wheat (75), last cutting August 1 Fulcaster Wheat (W59), last cutting (W12) Rogue de Bordeuz (W48), last cutting Ukrainka Wheat (W40), last cutting (W24) (W88) July 30 Black Emmer (W42) Blue Emmer (W42) Fall White Einkorn (W42) Kastaka Wheat (W81) Red Clawson Wheat (W36) Solina Wheat (W75) Timopheevii Wheat (W56) Unter (W52) Vig Wheat (W78) WA 5841 GRIN Wheat (W79) White Einkorn (W41) July 21 Fulcaster Wheat (W59) Red May (W72) July 20 Bascka Wheat (W77) Bere Barley Fall...