It's Zucchini Time

It's summertime here on the Fable Porch Farm and you know what that means....

FRESH ORGANIC GOODNESS coming out of our garden daily. 

Our 2nd garden

Including ZUCCHINI

And every summer when these beauties start coming in, I make my famous zucchini bread.

Today, I would like to share that recipe with you. 

What You Need

1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1 cup sugar

1 cup finely shredded zucchini

1/4 cup cooking oil

1 egg

1/4 tsp lemon zest

1/2 cup of chopped almonds, pecans, or walnuts (optional)

What You Gotta Do

1- Preheat your oven to 350°

2- Grease the bottom and sides of a loaf pan and set aside

3- Mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder lemon zest, salt and nutmeg

together in a medium size mixing bowl and set aside

4- Mix sugar, egg, oil and zucchini together in a medium mixing bowl

5- Add zucchini mixture to dry mixture and stir just until moistened (batter

will be lumpy) 

6- Fold in nuts (nuts are totally optional. I personally like it either way)

7- Spoon batter in prepared pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until

a wooden tooth pick inserted  near the center comes out clean

Oh yea! It's lumpy!

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then remove from the pan. Cool completely

on a wire rack. The most unfortunate thing you gotta do is wrap it up

and store overnight. I know, but it's totally worth the wait. I love having

my zucchini bread with a freshly brewed cup of coffee.

Mmmm mmmm mmmm....The photo totally speaks for itself!

Hope you enjoy it as much as my family does!

Yep! It's A Pickle

Who remembers The Pickle Episode from the Andy Griffith Show? I'm laughing
right now as I write this just thinking about Andy's expression on his
face when takes a bite of her pickles. 

Poor Aunt Bea's pickles ended up tasting like kerosene. She's a wiz in the
kitchen but she just can't seem to can pickles. 

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Well, we're not going to do that now are we? Here is my tried and true recipe for
Kosher-Style Dill Pickles. I snatched this recipe from an old cook book
I found at a yard sale a long time ago but I've also added a little twist
with the Fresh Dill.

What you need:

2lbs of small cucumbers about 4 inches 
4 cups of water
4 cups of cider vinegar
6 TBSP of pickling salt
For Awesomeness I use about 14 heads of fresh dill but if you don't have fresh dill,
you can use 7 to 8 TBSP of dill seed instead
 Add 1 clove of garlic into each jar (6 cloves total)

What you gotta do:

1- Wash your cucumbers, remove stems, and cut off a slice from each blossom end.
In a large sauce pan combine water, vinegar,and pickling salt.
Bring to a boil.

2- Pack cucumbers loosely into hot STERILIZED pint jars, leaving a 1/2 inch headspace.
Add 2 to 3 heads of dill or 3 to 4 tsp of dill seed to each jar.
Pour hot vinegar mixture over cucumbers, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
Wipe jar rims and adjust lids.

3- Process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes (start timing when water begins 
to boil) Let stand for 1 week. Makes 6 pints

Fable Porch Farm Organic Cucumber Bloom

Fable Porch Farm Organic Cucumbers

Yep, we're in the foothills of NC. Love that red clay soil.

Ambrosia Maple

The All Natural Beauty

Ambrosia Maple

Ambrosia Maple is one of many wood species we offer here Fable Porch Furniture; from our standard size, .75"-1"and up to 2" thick. We can make a dining room table up to 120" long. With its natural characteristics I would say this is my most favorite species! Did you know that Ambrosia Maple is not a specific species of maple but rather get its natural characteristics from the Ambrosia Beetle that makes its home in the maple tree.

Ambrosia Maple Crescent Trestle Dining Table

Shown with optional 1.25"-1.50" thick, smooth top

and features a Natural finish.