Entries by ChrisS

Bourbon tasting to mark distillery anniversary

By MEGHAN PIERCE Union Leader Correspondent Robert and Patti Spruill are celebrating the first anniversary of their company by cracking open a barrel of pickles that they put up six months ago. (MEGHAN PIERCE/Union Leader Correspondent) WINCHESTER — The New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery is celebrating the first anniversary of its distillery and tasting room […]

Spicy, comforting jalapeño cornbread

Jalapeño Cornbread Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Yield: 12 Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted 1/2 cup sugar 2 large eggs 1 tbsp honey 3 jalapeños, 2 seeded and diced, 1 […]

Nueske’s Jalapeño Corn Dog Bites

BY NUESKE’S MEATS. Ingredients: 15 oz. box corn bread/corn muffin mix 1 egg 2/3 cup milk 1/3 cup melted butter 1/3 cup canned diced jalapeños 2 Tbsp juice from canned jalapeños 1 ½ Tbsp agave nectar 2-3 Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Jalapeño Bacon Cheddar Brats, ?” – ¼” sliced Directions: Heat your oven to 375°F and […]

Birthdays at Texas Tito’s

There’s no end to our love of peppers and pickles here at Tito’s.  While we do enjoy cake and ice cream instead of jalapenos and pickles for birthdays and special occasions  there’s still some subtle references.

Recipe: Mi Tierra’s Puerco en Salsa Verde

  Makes 6 servings 2 pounds tomatillos, husks removed 1 medium chile poblano, stem removed 1 jalapeño, stem removed 2 pounds pork shoulder, cubed 8 green onions, trimmed ¼ bunch cilantro 3 cups water 3 tablespoons chicken base, preferably Knorr 1 teaspoon garlic powder ¼ teaspoon salt Crumbled queso fresco, for garnish Diced avocado, for […]

Summer’s heat gives pepper lovers sweet abundance

And the ways cooks can preserve both hot and sweet ones are equally bounteous. By CHRISTINE BURNS RUDALEVIGE   –   Portland Press Herald Peppers are very hot right now, even the sweet ones. At my favorite Friday morning farmers market in Brunswick, I counted 18 different varieties. I bought a bagful, let them sit beautifully […]

Poem: My Car is Constructed of Pickles

By Kenn Nesbitt My car is constructed of pickles. It’s wonderfully crunchy and sweet. If ever I’m hungry while driving I pull off a pickle to eat. The engine is made out of gherkins. The dashboard’s an extra-large dill. The windows and wipers are kosher as well as the bumpers and grille. The hood’s made of […]

I can pickle that, but can I ferment it?

Written by Barb Randall   –   Lake Oswego Review My favorite farmers market vendor had pickling cucumbers this week. I didn’t buy any, but after my sister bragged that she had made a batch of our Grandma Fanny’s dill pickles, I knew pickling was in my future. And when my friend, Austin Durant, founder of […]

Spice up barbecue with hot peppers

By Julie Falsetti, For The York Dispatch In 1912, Wilbur Scoville developed a scale to measure the pungency of chili peppers. Using the Scoville scale, you can now prove to your brother-in-law that the peppers you eat are hotter than the ones he eats. In the pepper continuum, jalapeños are pretty low on the scale, with […]

Why Lions WR Marvin Jones keeps a jar of pickles in his locker

By Kyle Meinke | kmeinke@mlive.com   –   M Live ALLEN PARK — Guys keep all sorts of knickknacks in their lockers. Pictures of their kids. Fan mail. Notes of inspiration. SpongeBob backpacks. But Detroit Lions receiver Marvin Jones might have the weirdest oddity of them all. Sitting on the top shelf of his locker, right next to […]