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Beef Wellington

Beef Wellington is a preparation of fillet steak coated with paté (often paté de foie gras) and duxelles, which is wrapped in puff pastry and

10 Neat Things about peaches

About Peaches

1. Clingstone or freestone.  When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is a freestone. With clingstone types,

10 Neat Things about planting trees

About Planting Trees

1. The roots don’t reach to China.  Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too deep.  The hole should only

10 Neat Things about spiders

About Spiders

Eyes 1. Those eyes have seen a lot of…  Most spiders have eight eyes, and they see a lot. In fact, their vision from the

10 Neat Things about Apples

About Apples

1. They are so pomaceous!  Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply this term only to certain

Gingered Carrots

This gingered carrot recipe never fails to inspire carrot haters to a fervent new loyalty and (hopefully) better eyesight! 5 carrots, peeled and sliced 1

highbush cranberry

Cranberries

Lowbush cranberry The lowbush cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North American plant, related to the blueberry,  that grows naturally in eastern Canada and in B.C.

cranberry chicken recipe

Cranberry Chicken

Dorothy’s Cranberry Chicken This cranberry chicken recipe was invented by Gojko Bodiroga, the former chef at Restaurant Dubrovnik. It is always a hit with guests

10 Neat Things about Water Gardening

About Water Gardening

1. Water, water everywhere.  Water in the garden is such a natural fit that every garden should have some. You can go big with a

10 Neat Things about corn

About Corn

1. Corn is grass.  Zea mays, the Latin name for maize, which is the farming name for corn, is a cereal grain, and like most

beef wellington

Beef Wellington

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