Creative Cooking In Oni's Kitchen

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Well look what's up today in Oni's kitchen! Hello! It's another out-of-this-world delicious "Onitalian" dish. Oh yeah. Feast your mouths on this creation. You won't be sorry👇

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Did you know that the recipe for stuffed pasta shells comes from the Sicilian culinary tradition. In the original recipe, the meat sauce is made with veal mixed with tomato sauce and peas. A béchamel sauce is also used as an alternative to tomato sauce.

It's that time of the year folk. Time for fall harvest and canning. Gather yourselves and your loved ones and make a family tradition out of it. I don't have much of an extended family so I'm enjoying y'all's company. 😘

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Did you know that it was Napoleon and the French government, hoping to find a more effective way to feed his troops, offered a prize of 12,000 francs to anyone who could devise such a means of preservation. Continuing with his experiments, Appert discovered that it was heat (not air) that kept pesky spoilage (caused by microbes, although he didn’t know this) at bay. This was even though the official scientific discovery of those microbes in relation to food spoilage came some 50 years later. (Thank you, Pasteur!) But Appert was correct, even if he didn’t know entirely why.

Appert’s process involved placing food inside glass jars, that were then corked, much like wine, and sealed off with a wax seal. The jars were wrapped in canvas and then boiled. He submitted his invention to the French government and was announced the winner in January of 1810, some 15 years after he first began experimenting. That same year Appert published The Art of Preserving Animal and Vegetable Substances, the first cookbook of its kind on modern food preservation.

It's Pastry time in Oni's kitchen today! Yay 😄. I don't know anyone who doesn't love a good pastry loaf. A slice of which is sooo good with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. Or after dinner with a scoop of ice cream, oh yeah. Try my recipe for this delicious Dutch apple butter loaf👇

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Did you know that apple butter can be traced back to Germany and Belgium during the Middle Ages. The practice of making apple butter was likely brought to Appalachia by the Pennsylvania Dutch, who migrated to Western North Carolina after the American Revolutionary War. Today, particularly in geographically isolated areas like Mitchell County, mountain natives continue to stew apple butter each fall as a means of preserving both their crop and their heritage.

Besides the obvious breads, pancakes, oatmeal and grits, apple butter was also served alongside fatty meats during butchering season. It was just a matter of time before they would incorporate it into their baked goods. Luckily, we don't have to make our own apple butter to enjoy this delicious loaf.