Jun
30
Last month, I purchased several carbonated beverages on my vacation through Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The last remaining drink in my fridge was a ginger beer crafted by the Jackson Hole Soda Company. I think I was saving this for last because I think ginger drinks don’t always go well with every …
Jun
30
“Created for kids of all ages in Monroe, Wisconsin”. This is the saying on a bottle of Blumers Root Beer (made by Minhas Craft Brewery). Also appearing on the bottle are barrels, one on the main label and several on the label that goes around the neck. That barrel makes me think that this root …
Jun
30
Another day, another root beer to try. This time is from Millstream Brewing Company out of Amana, Iowa. This root beer has been sweetened with cane sugar and has vanilla appearing on the ingredient list. The bottle has a picture of a mill on it, because nothing says old time or old fashion like a …
Jun
29
This is my third tasting of a Jackson Hole Soda company product. So far there drinks have been packed full flavor, not always flavor that appeals to my taste buds. So I expected that this drink would also be packed full of flavor. Just as their other products, it is sweetened with cane sugar. The …
Jun
28
Click here for the most recent update. Last week, I talked about the condition of the cherry crop and status of u-pick farms in Michigan. Today I have some additional news to report. Wasem’s Fruit Farm in Milan will NOT be offering u-pick cherries this season. Their crop was too small. But you can still …
Jun
25
To read all my posts on super sugar snap peas, click here. What a difference 2 weeks can make! At 7 weeks, the peas are higher than the stakes I put up for them. That is ok though because the plants are strong enough at this point and they are grabbing on to each other …
Jun
25
At the 5 week mark, the sugar snaps started to make some nice progress. The plants begun to climb the mesh netting that I placed up for them. This is the point where the growth really should start to take off. In a little over a month from this point is when the first harvest …
Jun
25
After 4 weeks in the ground, the progress on the sugar snaps has been a little slower than expected, but the plants were still in good shape. The plants starting shooting out tendrils at this point. It seems when the process starts if when the plants really take off. To read all my posts on …
Jun
25
After 2 weeks in the ground, my super sugar snap peas were coming up nicely. I had a problem at first because the seeds weren’t deep enough and when it rained, a lot of them came to the surface, so I had to push them back down. But that didn’t seem to stop them from …
Jun
24
What is a tip sizzler steak? After much research online, I am still asking myself this question. I could not find anything with the exact name tip sizzler steak, except for the Meijer store web site, which is where I purchased this cut. So maybe they are the only ones using this name. With my …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
