The Cooks In Nana's Nook: In the kitchen today

10/13/08

In the kitchen today

I have completely lost my mind and am considering canning some green chile meat. I know, I know, I am certifiable. I called Shar's and talked to their canning guru and I am fairly confident I can do this. I made some for dinner and it is so good. I love that recipe. Tracy and I went to Orange Patch and got some already roasted chiles from New Mexico and they are so delish. If you haven't tried the Green Chile recipe, get some chiles and go for it. I am going to make some (later) to take for dune food. So easy to warm up and everyone will love it.

Papa went to Bob and Syd's house for dinner tonight. I love that they host him every Monday for home evening. I know he really looks forward to going and loves the time he spends there with them. I hear he had some really good chicken noodle soup tonight. I hope you will put that recipe on this blog Sydney - soup season is really here! So exciting. I love soup. I'm sure you guys had some wonderful cuisine on your cruise. Any thing we could try?

Apples are coming soon, so will be getting a truck load of jars again. Whew! I will be researching a better way to do the applesauce than we did last year. If any one has a great applesauce recipe, please share.

Oh yes, I have ordered some 55 gallon water barrels from a guy that gets them after one use, sanitizes them and sells them. If anyone is interested in getting some, leave me a comment, maybe your email if I don't have it and I will put you on our next order list. They are very nice barrels and he says 2 are enough for emergency water for a family of 3-4.

3 comments:

Jacque said...: How much are the barrels???
Jacque; Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:08:00 AM
Taya said...: So I would need 3 barrels for emergency water??? How much are they and when is order going in?; Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:45:00 AM
Anonymous said...: I think that I want 2 of them at least, maybe 3. How did the green chile turn out?; Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:24:00 PM

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The Recipe File

It was impossible to visit with Nana and not get into the recipe file. This is no small file. Tracy, Sydney and I have all at one time or another attempted to typeset the recipes in this file only to be overwhelmed. Since no one person is up to the task of immortalizing this life's work of recipes, it would be great if everyone participates. As you need recipes for different things you can take them and typeset them, or scan them however you would like to do them. Then post them on this site to contribute your part in all this. Please add a label to your posts so we can eventually go in and organize by category. It was Nana's dream to have a book that would help us all with the various things we will make in our kitchens. She spent a lifetime perfecting her craft and was truly amazing. When we feel we have done her justice, we will organize a book and have copies printed for all of us. I hope as we contribute not only her recipes, but some of our own as well we will remember how much she loved to bring people together over good food. It will be such a tribute to her if we can enjoy this endeavor, enjoy each other and enjoy the memories we all have in our hearts.

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We are a family of cooks that love to share our talents. This blogsite is dedicated to Maudene (Schnepf) Kanaga, our Mom/Grandmother. Better known as Nana to all of us, she inspired us to be creative, experimental and to learn from our not-so-perfect endeavors. She was always on hand to help us with our culinary efforts weather we were calling from afar, or right in town. We could depend on her for an answer to our question or dilemma. For all who have benefitted from her talents in the kitchen and out, the wedding cakes, dinners, BBQ's, party food, holidays and every days we hope this blog will remind us of her.