These gallon jars of dill pickles are rather grandiose.  My cucumber patch reminds me of the story “Jack and the Beanstalk”.  Perhaps they...

Summer is here and so are the garden veggies.    My cucumber patch is growing wild and we have been eating gummeres (cucumbers) most eve...

4 th of July 2011 Freedom and the American Dream Today I want to honor the many courageous immigrants who began new lives in this countr...

In May my sister came for a visit.   When Gladys and I get together, we like to cook German Russian.   One day I invited my neighbor frie...