by No Ordinary Homestead | Apr 7, 2011 | Food
Remember those days when families used to cook on Sundays and all get together in the afternoon and early evening to gather around the table, talk about life, laugh together and just enjoy each other’s company? Well, this fried sesame seed chicken, served up with...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 1, 2010 | Food
On Friday I was talking about finally using our rotisserie spit in our oven (which is awesome) and one of the best things about having a whole chicken like that is making a pot of soup with it afterwards. It’s not hard to do and most chicken noodle soups barely have...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jan 7, 2010 | Food
When I was young, my mom used to make cornbread all the time. I grew up in Texas — it’s a staple there. But cornmeal here in Germany is not quite as course as the cornmeal you buy in America. And it can be rather hard to find. I guess it’s really more cornflour than...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Aug 13, 2009 | Featured, Food, Garden, Homesteading Life, Mains
When my dad came over from Texas to visit us a few months ago, one of the things we requested that they bring was Louisiana Hot Sauce. We can buy Tabasco here, which we use a lot in cooking, but the flavor of Louisiana Hot Sauce is so much nicer on tacos, eggs and...