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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Hot Stuff
After having a relatively mild summer so far by our standards, the heat has finally arrived. Last week saw our highest temperatures of the year, with the thermometer hitting 97°F one day. It hasn’t been much cooler at night either, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged beekeeping, bees, cayenne, hot peppers, hot sauce, lacto-fermentation, serrano, sweet peppers
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Shelled and Scalloped in August
Some of you may remember last week when I was talking about summer squashes, especially about how people often have specific preferences for a certain kind. I mentioned how I used to grow pattypan squashes for my mother (and me), … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged blackberries, blueberries, dry beans, Gold Nugget, hot peppers, hot sauce, summer squash, tomatoes, White Scallop squash, winter squash
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More Hot Sauce Adventures
In the last month or so I shared three of my recipes for hot pepper sauces. Since then, I have done more experimenting with these basic recipes, tweaking them by using different peppers, and different levels of salt, sugar and … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Recipes
Tagged AAS, cayennetta, homemade, Hot Happy Yummy, hot sauce, lacto-fermentation, peppers
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Homemade: Sriracha-Style Hot Sauce
Huy Fong Foods uses only red ripe jalapenos for their hot sauces. I used a mix of ripe serrano, jalapeno and cayenne for my version, because that’s what I had ready in the garden, but any red ripe hot peppers … Continue reading
Homemade: Basic Fermented Hot Sauce
This is an easy to make basic fermented hot sauce that lets the taste of the peppers shine. It makes a great sauce for table use, where a little bit will go a long way to add flavor and fire to your meals. Bottled and kept tightly closed, it will keep for several months in the refrigerator. And it would make a nice homemade gift for your hot sauce loving friends and relatives! Continue reading
