First off Happy New Year and welcome back to The Backyard Pioneer. I’m feeling nicely refreshed from my little hiatus and ready to start 2012 off right. I’ve got an exciting review and giveaway lined up for the New Year. Backyard Food Production was kind enough to send me a copy of their DVD Food […]
Pierogies, Our Christmas Tradition. Part 2 The Filling and Pinching
When I left off last night in Part 1, the dough was resting in the refrigerator. Tonight I’ll finish up by showing how the filling is made and how the pierogie comes together. Peeling the potatoes… After they are peeled the potatoes are brought to a boil and cooked until soft. This is the good […]
Pierogies, Our Christmas Tradition. Part 1 The Dough
It is Christmas time again and as I’ve mentioned in the past my wife’s family is Polish and that means pierogies! Now a pierogie is the perfect blend of an eggy dough filled, with potato and cheese, and then drowned in butter and onions. It tradition for us all to gather on a Sunday in […]
She is worth it…
With my house all ripped apart and still having some camera issues I was at a little bit of a loss for a blog this evening. I’ve been kicking this one around in my head since a conversation at work a few weeks ago so I figured I’d give it a shot. We were sitting […]
Lansky Puck Sharpener Review
Lansky Puck Sharpener The Lansky Puck Sharpener is a neat little sharpener. With the end of the nice weather here, it was time to move some of my Backyard activities down into the basement (Don’t worry I won’t be renaming the blog, The Basement Pioneer that just brings up images of “Bring out The Gimp” […]
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