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In our tiny kitchen we (Tall Dark & Handsome & myself) make over 2 dozen varieties of preserves on a regular basis but the thing we are most well known for and get the most questions about is our Vermont Beer Jelly. Beer Jelly? How did you come up with that?? Long story short, it was …
Store number 2 Planning your food tour of Vermont? That sound like a fun trip! Be sure to plan a stop into one of the Cabot Creamery annex stores to sample award winning cheese. Not only are they store #2 on my list, the folks at Cabot very generously lay out samples of almost every …
Marshmallows seem like they would be hard to make and a total pain to clean up after. In reality, they require just one key piece of equipment and only few ingredients. Often the ingredients include corn syrup, but not these babies. In place of the corn syrup I use jelly -- Potlicker wine jelly. If …
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Store Number 1 – The Barnard General Store If you're in the Woodstock/Bethel area and want a pretty drive to a cozy and quiet nook of Vermont, head over to the Barnard General Store. Nestled in the quiet crossroads of the North Road, Rt12 and the Stage rd on the edge of Sliver Lake, the …
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The Potlicker Blog has been trucking along for 4 years now and it’s getting a little tweaking. Over the past few years there have been recipes (admittedly some are better than others), pictures, and the constant storyline of my food hobbies, my Tall Dark & Handsome (aka Walter), and our life in Vermont. The plot …
Shortbread is a richly decadent yet very simple style of cookie. One of the most well known styles of shortbread, Scotch shortbread, consists of just 3 ingredients: butter, flour, and sugar. This economy of ingredients is a hallmark of all shortbread. Some might have nuts or spices in them (such as Mexican wedding cookies, almond …
It’s a Vermont thing. Really. Did you know the Green Mountain Club was founded to establish and maintain the Long Trail hiking trail that runs from the Massachusetts state line to the Canadian Border? The more you know, right?! As it happens Long Trail Brewery is just around the corner from Potlicker HQ. The brew crew …
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The end of January 2014 closes out our official 2nd year as a specialty food producer. This past year has been nothing but up for us. Tall Dark and Handsome (aka Walter) and I spent the latter half of the year cranking out the jams to the tune of +1000 hand poured jars per week. …
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Ask my father and he'll tell you that Father of the Bride is the worst movie ever. While my sisters and our mother howled with laughter as Steve Martin went into hysterics trying to live in a house that was being remodeled for a wedding, my own father just shook his head saying “that’s not …
Summer is hopping and bopping along. We have been so busy playing with chickens, jamming the canner, and farmers marketing, that I haven’t had time to sow more seeds. No big deal? Well kinda. It means that I will be out of radishes before I know it! I haven’t decided if it is because I …
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