Modern Missouri Pioneers

After hog butchering this year, we cured and smoked our own bacon.  We chose not to do hams for several reasons.  We love roasts, and pulled...

I just realized that I never finished this post about our March 2015 Gathering.  Sorry about that!  On March 8th several joined us for a...

At our house we go through A LOT of peanut butter.  We eat peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter and crackers, on toast, on pancakes....

I've been putting together several homemade mixes. I love the convenience of pre-packaged foods when the days are busy, I'm not so i...

Last year we bought two young piglets for the sole purpose of having them fill our freezer. In the past, butchering was done in the fall, an...