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KIOS: Eating, Part 6: My Most Important Tip for Food Preservation

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 5: Can We Make It Ourselves?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 4: What We Don’t Do

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 3: Theological implications of what we eat

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 2: Guiding Principles: Local, Sustainable, Organic

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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KIOS: Eating, Part 1: How It All Began

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Laura

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading →

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More Info About Strawberries and Pectin

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Laura

I’ve gotten a few requests for more info about where we go for strawberry picking and about the pectin we use.  Here it is for everyone! 1.  Where to go for strawberry picking:  Last week, we went to Lohr’s Orchard … Continue reading →

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Ready or Not, Here it Comes

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Laura

I’m never quite ready for the food preserving season to start again but spring comes relentlessly, ready or not!  Strawberry season is here and last Friday, Nik took a day off from work so that we could go strawberry picking! … Continue reading →

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Spring Break 2012, Mini-Adventure #4 (and the final one)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Laura

The fourth and final Spring Break 2012’s Mini-Adventure was Easter and hosting Easter Brunch for 29 people! Here’s our family Easter picture (and here’s last year’s for comparison): The brunch was a potluck so it was surprisingly easy and fun … Continue reading →

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Spring Break 2012, Mini-Adventure #2

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Laura

Spring Break 2012’s Mini-Adventure #2 was a trip to the Union Mills Homestead last Thursday.  It’s about an hour’s drive from Baltimore.  Our stated purpose for the trip was to pick up over 200 pounds of flour, for ourselves and … Continue reading →

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