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Ken Miller - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Ken Miller is a freelance writer and lover of gardening and cooking. He developed his gardening expertise through 40 years of back yard gardening experience.
His cooking expertise was acquired at the elbow of the best cook ever, his 93 year old mother.
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- The Secret to Never-Fail Flaky Pie Crust
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Some say the secret to flaky pie crust is using ice water. Wrong! This recipe does not even use ice water. And, it never fails. You can make a flaky pie crust every time by following this simple procedure
- Southern Thanksgiving (and Christmas) Menu - Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Thanksgiving in the South is a big event due to Southerners love of home cooked food. It's the time of year when the spare table must be set up to hold all the food. Here is a discussion of Thanksgiving in the South with a traditional menu and source for recipes. This menu is also served, with few changes, at Christmas.
- How Busy People Can Serve Great Homemade Meals
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] In today's busy world, it can be difficult to resist putting fast food or pre-cooked meals on your family's table. However, with a few tips, you can put wholesome home cooked meals on your table, even if you are a busy cook.
- Easy Home Made Hot Garlic Dill Pickles
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Easy recipe for home made Hot Garlic Dill Pickles. Best tasting pickle you will ever find and you can make then yourself in 30 minutes. I sold these pickles years ago and couldn't make them fast enough. Now, here is the recipe...
- The Perfect Deviled Egg (Stuffed Eggs)
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] What's a picnic or holiday event without deviled eggs? They just seem to go with festive occasions. But making the perfect deviled egg is more than just boiling an egg and stuffing it. Here are the tips and little secrets to making perfect deviled eggs.
- How to Tell If Your Southern Recipe is Really Southern
[Food-and-Drink] You can find many sources for Southern recipes on the web. However, unfortunately, many are written by people that have never been South of the Mason-Dixon line. Here are a few tips to help you know if your Southern recipes are truly authentic Southern.
- Making Home Made Pickles - Are Your Pickles Safe?
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Home preserving is fun and can save money, but are your home made pickles safe for your family to eat? Improper canning techniques can result in food that may make you sick or in some instances, even be fatal. Make sure you know these canning tips before you make those pickles...
- Recipe For Homemade Ketchup and Mustard
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] I love ketchup and mustard. Ketchup is a necessity for french fries and hamburgers but I also use it frequently in cooking.
- What's Wrong With My Gravy? - How to Make Good Gravy
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Does the dog turn up his nose at your gravy? Is it bland, watery, lumpy? Well, here's help.
- Dynamite in a Bottle - The Mighty Tabasco Sauce
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Probably the most popular hot sauce in the world, Tabasco Pepper Sauce is sold in 160 countries and territories. The most amazing thing about it, though, is that it is made from only 3 ingredients. That's right, only three and we will get back to that in a moment.
- Understanding Your Dog Part 2 - The Golden Rule(s)
[Pets:Dogs] Are you worthy of owning a dog? This is a discussion of the Golden Rules of dog ownership. If you can not abide with these simple rules, perhaps you should not have a dog. If you already have a dog these rules will help you and your pet to establish a proper, loving relationship.
- Understanding Your Dog - Part 1 - The Pack Mentality
[Pets:Dogs] Your dog may puzzle you at times with her behavior, but she is really only doing what is natural for her. A dog's reaction to most situations is predictable if you understand your dog's mentality. Why does she like to wallow in the dirt right after a bath? Why does she protect her food when you have never taken anything away from her? This series of articles will help you and your dog have a better, happier relationship if you learn to understand your dog.
- What's Wrong With My Tacos?
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Are your home made tacos good, but not great? Here's a simple tip that many people ignore but, if you use, will make your tacos so yummy.
- The Secret to a Successful Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Anyone can plant a garden. But a successful garden that makes your neighbors want to know your secret takes a little special knowledge. This is not rocket science but it is amazing how many gardens fail because on one simple reason.
- What's Wrong With My Southern Cornbread? How to Make Great Cornbread
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] There are many cornbread recipes available. But most that claim to be Southern, really are not. If your cornbread is not all you want it to be, here are some tips for you and common mistakes to avoid to make great, authentic Southern Cornbread.
- What's Wrong With My Waffles? Here's How to Make Great Waffles
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Do you love waffles, but the ones you cook at home are...well...blah and tasteless? Do your waffles turn out limp and chewy? Help is on the way. You can make great waffles. All you need is a good recipe (pretty simple, actually) and a few tips on waffle making procedures.
- What's Up With These Upside Down Tomatoes?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] One of the latest crazes in home gardening is growing upside down Tomatoes. Does this really work? Why upside down? Here's how you can grow your own and it cost you nothing.
- What's Wrong With My Biscuits? How to Make Great Biscuits
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Are your biscuits flat and heavy as lead? Do you envy your friends that make light, fluffy biscuits? You, too, can make those delightful biscuits. You may be making a few common mistakes that are easy to correct. Avoid these mistakes and start making great biscuits today.
- Gardening Guide - Tips For Getting Rid of Snails and Slugs In The Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Snail and slugs can destroy a garden overnight and they are found in nearly every State. There are many homemade remedies; some work, some do not. Here is how I got the little demons out of my garden for good!
- 7 Biggest Mistakes in Southern Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Southern cooking is seeped in tradition and rigid guidelines. If you did not have the benefit of growing up in a Southern kitchen, you are probably making several mistakes toward cooking real, authentic Southern dishes. Here are 7 of the most common mistakes.
- Real Southern Fried Chicken Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Real Southern Fried Chicken is a dish often imitated, but seldom duplicated except in the kitchen of a good Southern cook. If you've ever had the real deal, you will be disappointed in the imitations. Here's the secret.
- Mississippi Mud Pie Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Desserts] If you love desserts you will love this recipe for Mississippi Mud Pie. It is easy to make and sinfully delicious. Guess what? It did not originate in Mississippi.
- Southern Cooking - Spice Up Your Dishes With This New Concept
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] So, you are into Southern Cooking? Love you're cornbread and turnip greens? Here's a concept that will blow you away. Blend hot and spicy with traditional Southern dishes! Sound weird? Wait till you see this recipe for Butt-Kicking spicy lime sauce. So simple to make. Here's how...
- More Southern Cooking Techniques
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Want to cook Southern? Here's some techniques used by most real Southern cooks. Learn why you should put sugar in a salty recipe. Also, you might want to try the Fat Biscuit technique. And, discover what happens to biscuits that are too fat. These Southern cooking techniques will improve your down home cooking style.
- Southern Cooking Techniques
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Southern Cooking - It's not the recipe, it's technique. You may have the best recipe for a great Southern dish, but without the Ol' South, traditional, authenic technique, it's not Southern. Learn the real Southern Butt-Kicking cooking techniques in this article.
- Gardening Guide - Tips to Growing Backyard Green Beans
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There's nothing like the smell of green beans cooking in your kitchen. Especially when they came from your backyard. These tips will help you grow all you want this summer.
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