I have grown up eating radishes. I have eaten them plain mostly but like to slice them and put on buttered bread for a sandwich. (Something I learned from my Dad). I have added them to green leafy and potato salads as well. I really thought that I had them every way possible. Now our twin granddaughters like them sliced by the hand full. We have included them in most of the gardens that we have planted over the years. Usually we plant early and then once harvested we plant tomatoes or some other later crop. We no longer have a large garden. Mostly we are planting in containers. This year we decided to grow a few vegetables so the twins can learn to appreciate where their food comes from. Like every year we seem to plant so all of the radishes are ready at the same time. So I decided to find a different way to use them and found a recipe for Sweet and Spicy Pickled Radishes . The addition of Cilantro and Jalapeno peppers added the spic...
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread . We of course recognize this line from the Lord's Prayer but who knew that it would have so much meaning in our time. The Pandemic News and Self Isolation started panic buying and hoarding on many items at our stores. Sadly this means some folks do not have their "daily bread". The pandemic has caused many to go hungry by the loss of jobs, shortage of foods or any myriad of problems it has caused. This story is not about the pandemic. I'll let the news media and politicians argue about that. This story is just about bread. I believe that "daily bread" in the Lord's Prayer is a metaphor for any food needed to sustain us. Be it rice, wheat, corn or the fatted calf. But I do like to bake bread and I am quite thankful that I have the ability to make it for our family. This last week or so I have made a variety of breads and some are new to my kitchen. I also set up my "new" baking center. The cabinet ...