I love the simplicity and versatility of the no knead bread recipe, this no knead bread variation being a great example of taking the basic recipe, adding a few tweaks, and baking an artisan bread that rivals those in the bakery. I don't often use steel cut oats for anything, but I saw this recipe...
Feeding Honeybees Sugar Syrup, Zip Bag Method GF Video
When feeding bees sugar syrup, I have tried many methods, and I like the zipper bag method best. Here is another of our beginning beekeeping 101 videos, this one on how to feed bees sugar syrup. I have tried various sugar feeders with some success, but it seems that most feeders drown bees also. My...
Pizza Ovens, Storms, and the Missing Egg - GF Radio 368
Today Eric talks about the Best Pressure Cookers that you can use to can foods, where to find flax oil, and polenta & grits. First we talk storm preparedness, and the wisdom of shutting down the roads. The roads in the tri-state area were closed for Winter Storm Juno, and accidents were minimized. Here is...
Microwave Polenta Recipe - GF Video
Our fav way to cook polenta is with a pressure cooker, but here we show a microwave polenta recipe and a stove top polenta recipe. I call these kitchen hacks, since we are showing you how to get a step ahead in the kitchen and cook polenta faster than you can using traditional methods. ...
Pressure Cooker Polenta Recipe - GF Video
Here's our pressure cooker polenta recipe, and it couldn't be easier, but that's why we love the pressure cooker. Polenta doesn't have to be hard to cook. So many people think to make polenta you have to stand over the stove and constantly stir the polenta in a sauce pan for hours and...
DIY Portable Generator Cart
A DIY Portable Generator Cart adds wheels to your portable generator for free. This is from a GardenFork viewer, Edward, who embraces the GF ethic of 'use what you got' perfectly. He writes: "At first glance, this might not look like much, but seeing how I looked for a wheel kit for a generator and...
Is Polenta the Same as Grits? & A DIY Canoe GF Radio 367
Rick and Eric ponder whether polenta is the same as cheese grits. Rick likes cheese grits, but not regular grits. More information on that if you want. Just ask Rick. This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but I earn a commission from. Thx! Amazon or at Home Depot. Eric talks...
Preparing A New Battery
The quad needed new battery, and I'm preparing for the maple syrup season, so I picked up a new battery at the farm supply store. Its a fairly common battery, and most stores stock this one. The battery comes dry, that is, there is no battery acid in the battery. It comes in a separate...
Coconut Banana Bread Recipe - GF Cooks Video
Not your bland banana bread recipe, this one has a few twists to make banana bread stand on its own. Too often, banana bread is this dense wet slice of cake that is overpriced in the artisanal cafe. Not this one. Watch the video, the recipe is below. Banana bread brings up those memories of...
Baking Bread and Landing Rockets - GF Radio 366
Batter Bread is Eric's new project, and we talk about baking this bread into a good partial whole wheat sandwich loaf. Rick is skeptical and yes, a lot of whole wheat bread bakes up into a brick. But, we learned about a new small batch flour miller in L.A., Nan Kohler and her urban flour...
Seed Starting Archive Show GF Radio 365
We will be recording new GardenFork Radio podcasts later this week, here is an archive show from 2 years ago, its a good one about seed starting. Sign up for our email newsletter here : http://gardenfork.tv/news Here are the notes from this archive show Rick joins Eric to catch up and talk seed starting! If...
Lentils Recipe with Carrots and Coriander Video
Here's a lentils recipe we make often when its cold. I call it wow winter comfort food. I don't remember the first time I had lentils but I'm pretty sure it was probably a can of Progresso lentil soup, which is not the worst thing, but again it wasn't the greatest thing. But now you...
Archive Show: Mike's Disc Brakes and Haybox Cookers GFR 366
A re-broadcast of a show from 2 years ago, Mike talks of brakes and Sarah joins in to talk Haybox Cookers. We will post new shows next week, we are taking some time off this week. I cleaned the garage!
Outdoor Maple Syrup Evaporator In Our Yard
There are the vestiges of an outdoor maple syrup evaporator in our yard and every time I look at it, I think about a bunch of people hanging out outside in the winter in the cold boiling sap over an outdoor fire and how much fun that must've been. This evaporator was made out of...
Pressure Cooker Short Ribs Recipe - GF Video
This pressure cooker short ribs recipe really shows just how great a pressure cooker is. Pressure cookers are great for easy cooking and last-minute cooking - if you decide you want some short ribs at the last minute you can cook them up fairly quickly with a pressure cooker. If you were to cook short...
What To Donate To The Food Pantry - GF Radio 364
Rick and Eric talk about what to give then donating food to a food pantry. We read from a great post on Foodlets on what kinds of foods they need. Also we suggest your local animal shelter - find yours here -, and Rick likes Heifer International. Shop at The Home Depot and GardenFork gets...
Best Cast Iron Seasoning Instructions - GF Video
The best cast iron seasoning instructions, hands down. First watch the video, then read more about our easy step by step process to restore cast iron. At the end of this article are links to how to remove rust from cast iron and how to remove the seasoning from cast iron, where to buy cast...
Rugelach Recipe From My Grandmother - GF Video
Our rugelach recipe is based on the on my Grandmother and Mom for the Christmas holiday. We also called Rugelach 'roll-ups' not sure why, maybe it was easier to say. But, Rugelachs are easy to make, and with Eric's recipe for rugelach, you can too. Our family's version of rugelach used the classic nut -...