Posted on 03/23/2008 11:36:40 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Americans finding soaring food prices hard to stomach can battle back by growing their own food. [Click image for a larger version] Dean Fosdick Dean Fosdick
Home vegetable gardens appear to be booming as a result of the twin movements to eat local and pinch pennies.
At the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta this winter, D. Landreth Seed Co. of New Freedom, Pa., sold three to four times more seed packets than last year, says Barb Melera, president. "This is the first time I've ever heard people say, 'I can grow this more cheaply than I can buy it in the supermarket.' That's a 180-degree turn from the norm."
Roger Doiron, a gardener and fresh-food advocate from Scarborough, Maine, said he turned $85 worth of seeds into more than six months of vegetables for his family of five.
A year later, he says, the family still had "several quarts of tomato sauce, bags of mixed vegetables and ice-cube trays of pesto in the freezer; 20 heads of garlic, a five-gallon crock of sauerkraut, more homegrown hot-pepper sauce than one family could comfortably eat in a year and three sorts of squash, which we make into soups, stews and bread."
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She compares the current period of market uncertainty with that of the early- to mid-20th century when the concept of victory gardens became popular.
"A lot of companies during the world wars and the Great Depression era encouraged vegetable gardening as a way of addressing layoffs, reduced wages and such," she says. "Some companies, like U.S. Steel, made gardens available at the workplace. Railroads provided easements they'd rent to employees and others for gardening."
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Catskill Mountain French Bread
7 oz Water
3 c Bread flour; almost
2 ts Sugar
2 ts Salt
1 tb Butter; margarine
2 tb Sesame seeds
2 ts Yeast; (Red Star active dry yeast)
Use “French”/”crusty” mode if available; otherwise; white.
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Sweet Orange Bread
2 Water
1 Egg white
2 Orange juice
3/4 Salt
1 Applesauce or margarine
2 Bread flour
1 1/2 Instant dry milk powder
3 Sugar
1/4 Orange peel
1 1/2 Rapid rise yeast
Combine all ingredients according to manufacturer’s directions. Process in regular, delayed, or rapid bake cycle.
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Polenta Bread with Rosemary and Garlic
1 1/2 ts Active dry yeast
3 c Bread flour
1/3 c Yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 ts Dried rosemary
1 1/2 Cloves garlic, chopped
3/4 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Water
Place the ingredients in the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Process on white bread cycle. Serving Ideas This bread goes great with chili.
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Herbed Pumpkin Bread
1/2 c Pumpkin, canned
1/3 c Half and half, light cream, or milk
1 Egg
1 tb Margarine or butter
2 c Bread flour
2 tb Brown sugar
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Dried basil; crushed
1/8 ts Dries rosemary; crushed
1 ts Yeast
Add ingredients to machine according to manufacturer’s directions.
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Herbed Dijon Bread
1/8 c Egg substitute
7/8 c Water
2 tb Dijon mustard
1 ts Salt
1 1/2 ts Canola oil
1/4 c Oat flour
2 3/4 c Bread flour
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Dried thyme
1 ts Dried onion flakes
1 ts Yeast
Place ingredients into bread machine in order given. Bake on white bread cycle with light crust.
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Herbed Yogurt Bread
1/2 c Plain nonfat yogurt
1/2 c Water
1 ts Salt
1 1/2 ts Canola oil
3 c Bread flour
1/2 ts Thyme
1/2 ts Oregano
1 ts Basil
1/2 ts Dried mint flakes
1 tb Wheat bran
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Yeast
Place all ingredients into bread machine in order given. Bake on rapid cycle with light crust.
NOTES : This is a light, tangy loaf. Great toasted!
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Four Herb Bread
2 ts Yeast
1 1/2 tb Sugar
2 tb Powdered buttermilk
3 c Bread Flour
1 ts Salt
1 1/2 ts Majoram
1 ts Basil
1/2 ts Thyme
2 ts Dill weed
2 tb Butter
1 c Water
Place all ingredients in machine and push START!
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Garlic and Butter Bread
2 ts Yeast; or 1/2 a package
2 c Bread flour
2/3 ts Sugar
3/4 ts Salt
5 cl Garlic; minced
1/4 c Butter or margarine
2/3 c Water
Add all the ingredients to the machine in the order listed. Choose either regular or light crust (depending on your preference) and push “Start”.
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Herb Bread (Medium Loaf)
1 1/8 c Water
1 Egg
2 tb Butter
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/2 tb Sugar
1/2 ts Oregano
1/2 ts Thyme
1/2 ts Black pepper
1/2 ts Dried parsley
1/2 ts Celery seed
1/8 ts Sage
1/4 c Wheat germ
1/4 c Oats
3 c Bread flour
2 ts Yeast
Remember to add ingredients according to your machine !!
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French Honey Bread
1 1/8 c water
1 tb Honey
1 tb Oil, olive
1 ts salt
1 ts Sugar
3 c Flour, bread
2 1/2 ts Yeast
Add ingredients in order listed to ABM. Select cycle and cook.
Slightly sweet French bread with a light crispy crust.
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Pineapple Cranberry Bread
2 ts Yeast
3 c Flour
1 c Oats
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Butter
2/3 c Pineapple — crushed
1 c Cranberry juice
Add at beep
Chopped nuts
Cranberries — dried
Put all ingredients in bread machine and turn on.
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Orange Cinnamon Bread
1 c Juice, orange
2 tb Margarine
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Oragne peel; grated
3/4 ts salt
2 ts Sugar
3 c Flour, bread
2 1/2 ts Yeast
Add ingredients in order listed to ABM. Select cycle and bake.
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Corn Meal Herb Bread
1 pk (5/16-oz) yeast
1 c Unbleached flour
3/4 c Bread flour
1/2 c White or yellow cornmeal
4 tb Fresh, chopped herbs*
1 tb Vegetable oil
1 ts Salt
1 tb Sugar
7/8 c Water
Chives, cilentro, Italian parsley, or basil, OR 4 teaspoons dry herbs. SERVE WARM WITH SWEET BUTTER Put all ingredients, in the order given, into the bread machine, select WHITE bread, and push Start. NOTE: You’ll like the crunchy texture of the corn meal in the top crust. The herbs create a wonderful fragrance while it’s baking and a spectacular taste once it’s done. Serve warm with sweet butter. Makes 1 loaf, 8 slices.
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Cornmeal Bread
MEDIUM LOAF
1 c Water
1/4 c Vegetable Oil
1 Egg
2 tb Sugar
1 ts Salt
1 c Yellow Cornmeal
2 c Bread flour
1 1/2 ts Yeast
This loaf rises very high and is suprisingly good.
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Cornmeal Bread
1 1/3 c water
5 tb Oil, vegetable
1 1/2 Eggs
2 2/3 tb Sugar
1 1/3 ts salt
1 1/3 c Cornmeal, yellow
2 2/3 c Flour, bread
2 1/2 ts Yeast
Add ingredients in order listed to ABM. Select cycle and bake.
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Crusty Corn Bread
1 1/4 c Water
2 1/3 c Wheat flour
1/3 c Gluten flour
1/3 c Cornmeal
1 tb Dry milk
2 tb Sugar
2 tb Orange zest
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Crushed red pepper
3 tb Oil
2 tb Honey
4 ts Yeasty
1/3 c Corn, drained well
Add water to pan, then add the rest of the ingedients expect the corn. Set machine on wheat mode, at the beep add the corn.
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Cottage Cheese Cornmeal Bread
1 c Milk
3/4 c Cottage cheese
1 tb Drief onion
2 ts Chillies
2/3 c Cornmeal
1 tb Olive oil
1 tb Sugar
2 2/3 c Flour
2 ts Yeast
Machine recipe - 1.5 pound loaf
using RAPID bake and dark crust
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Southern Corn Bread
1 c Buttermilk
2 c Bread flour
1/2 c Cornbread mix; Jiffy
1 ts Pimento; chopped
4 dr Tabasco
3/4 c Cheddar cheese; grated sharp
1 ts Salt
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Dry yeast
1/2 c Corn; canned
Add ingredients according to the directions on your Bread maker FROM:
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Third Bread
1 pk Yeast
3/4 c Flour, rye
3 c Flour, bread
3/4 c Cornmeal, yellow
1 1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Honey
1 1/2 c Water, very warm
Put ingredients into the pan in the order listed, select white bread and push start.
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Spicy Cornmeal Bread
1 1/2 lb loaf:
3/4 c Water
6 tb Hot sauce; (see note)
1 Egg; large
3 c Bread flour
1 1/2 tb Sugar
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 c Corn meal
2 ts Yeast
Place in ABM in order advised by your manual.
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