RICHARD RHODES of Crystal City has been looking for years for a good recipe for pickled pigs' feet. He can end his search, thanks to the readers who sent their favorite recipes.Evans, Judith
with all the leftover pickle jars and fresh vegetables in the fridge. Along with the pears I canned yesterday but were not enough for a new jar and too many for the jars already filled. whipped up some whipped cream added a spoon of the pear crabapple sauce and my husband said it was...
The vice president spoke extensively about her late mother, who died in 2009, and the lessons she learned from her. She described her mom as a “brilliant five-foot tall brown woman with an accent” and a “tough, courageous” person who dreamed of curing breast cancer. “I ...
Eggplants can grow 2 to 6 feet tall (.6-1.8m), depending on the variety. Here is your complete guide to growing eggplant! Eggplant growing tips Eggplants grow 18 to 36 inches tall and 24 to 36 inches wide. Each plant produces 3 to 4 well-developed fruits weighing up to 2 pounds ea...
A stately plant, a few stands of ginger will look good on your patio or in your garden as well. Reaching 3 to 4 feet tall, the rhizome clump will typically spread 1 to 2 feet wide. The aboveground portion of the plant looks like thick-stemmed grass, and it is the rhizomes underground...
“Got himself in a pickle and couldn’t see a way out – the guy was a loser.” “Shut up,” I said, not able or wanting to believe it. “That sounds like a bunch of neighborhood rumor garbage. Who’s passing that around?” ...
Plants mature to 15 to 24 inches tall with six- to eight-foot vines that are resistant to both cool weather and drought. Fruits resist cracking and have good sunburn resistance. This is an early maturing variety – you’ll be harvesting watermelons in just 75 days. ...
Build a trellisfor your bitter melon plants to climb. Make sure your trellis is a minimum of six feet tall so that the vines have room to wrap around it and grow. Shape your trellis into an “A” shape over the growing space. Growing them on a trellis will help prevent diseases, prod...
The tall, spare, angular figure of Mrs. Simeon Brown alone was wanting; but she patronized Mrs. Scudder no more, and tossed her head with a becoming pride when her name was mentioned. “The quilt pattern was gloriously drawn in oak leaves, done in indigo; and soon all the company, ...
Some things are intrinsically funny for no good reason. In Neil Simon'sThe Sunshine Boys, Simon expounds on this strange phenomenon: "Words with a 'k' in it are funny. Alkaseltzer is funny. Chicken is funny. Pickle is funny. All with a 'k'. 'L's are not funny. 'M's are not ...