My Magical Cottagecore Life

Here's a fun recipe including dry scallops, radishes, mushrooms, and Chinese sausages. However, I have to make some weird substitutions. Oh dear. Gratuitous reference to "Repo Man" opera. Make sure to think about trying Coffee Brand Coffee, I'm an affiliate. Use discount code: Cottagecore.

I love eating herring, and using traditional recipes. I think both of these can go together in this dish. Today we're going to talk about Brathering. I found a wonderful recipe online and I'd like to give credit to the person who supplied it. I'd also like to give you the information for the recipe here. Brathering Recipe by Roy Denman 8 herring 3 onions 100 gr flour Pinch salt and pepper 700 ml w...

I was watching videos on social media and saw this wonderful recipe. If I'm not mistaken, the original credit for the original recipe belongs to the other user called the Funky Fishmonger. However, I have my own spin on this. But I'm one of those people who always believes in sharing credit or credit is due. So Funky Fishmonger, if this is your original recipe, thank you so much.

Mulberry season is almost over. Did you make your jam yet? You can find any recipe online, this is just a quick summary about it, and maybe something to help you make some memories. If you follow the technique given here, you can either keep it in your refrigerator or can it according to safe canning instructions for fruits like strawberries. Don't forget, I am also an affiliate for Coffee Brand C...

I love dolma! Let's talk a bit about how it's made.

Let's talk about candle lanterns in the garden, beach, and other stuff.

It's very hot outside, in some places. Let's make a cold and healthy treat. We're using sumac, maple syrup, hibiscus, and mulberries, and more. Music: "Crinoline Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sometimes you get a gift of a lot of vegetables, or your garden comes into glut. Everything's already at once to be harvested and you don't have time to process it. When that happens, you can make small bags of Frozen blends in order to make sauce later. Let's talk about it.

It's hot outside. It's time to have snacks. Let's have some fun in the kitchen with the littles, the pudding people, also known as the stroller citizens, and prepare some frozen snacks for hot days.

It's summertime and I hope many of you are out enjoying life and living it to the fullest. If you are keeping bees, or know someone who is, this may be the episode for you. Whether it's gotten rather hot, or humid, water for bees is important. Let's chat about it

Timing and harvesting are partners. Let's have a time efficient chat.

What happens when an undeterrable gardener meets an unstoppable runner of milkweed? A garden war. Thank you to today's sponsor, the Michigan Witches Ball www.michiganwitchesballandbazaar.com. Music: Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Call to Adventure" Instruments: Bass, Cello,...

Today we talk about a folk art called hobo nickels. Started as early as the 1800s, this kind of carving has made its place in our cultural fabric here in the United states. In this episode I interchangeably use the words engrave, sculpt, and carve, but in fact, this is a type of carving. I wanted to clear that up so that no one said the wrong thing in mixed company. I would never want to do that t...

We are towards the end of our rose themed episode spree. Let's chill out and have salad and cider.

Roses are blooming everywhere here, and it's a great time for garden work. A refreshing drink of Rose Cardamom Lassi is the perfect accompaniment for good friends and fruit. Check out Coffee Brand Coffee, I'm an affiliate, if you want. I'm not the boss of you. But it's really great coffee! Use our link to get a discount. https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/?ref=YcGdJZ7sjUTn. Our coupon code is: Cottagec...

This is the Rose chicken recipe I talk about a lot with other people off of the podcast. But I've never really given you the entire recipe here. I've alluded to it but still I needed to give it to you. Plus it's Rose season. So use this recipe to your heart's content and enjoy. Keep in mind, the Rose honey is at the very end of the episode. We talked in other episodes about how to make rose honey,...

You ever wanted to taste something new and old at the same time? Adding roses and almond flavor to your lemonade is awesome to fulfill that wish. Surprisingly simple and satisfying. Thanks to today's sponsor The Michigan Witches Ball, an inclusive costumed party on October 28, 2023 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren, Michigan. Find them on Eventbrite or at www.michiganwitchesballandbazaar....

Let's make gulkand from roses in our garden! There are so many tasty flowers, but roses are especially pretty. Check out Coffee Brand Coffee, I'm an affiliate, if you want. I'm not the boss of you. But it's really great coffee! Use our link to get a discount. https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/?ref=YcGdJZ7sjUTn. Our coupon code is: Cottagecore.

Now comes the time of the great Mulberry Leaf Liniment making. Spring is awesome. Check out Coffee Brand Coffee, I'm an affiliate, if you want. I'm not the boss of you. But it's really great coffee! Use our link to get a discount. https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/?ref=YcGdJZ7sjUTn. Our coupon code is: Cottagecore.

Is springtime in Michigan, and this is the time of year when many fishermen are angling for silver bass. Time for a fish fry! Let's talk about it. We'll cover a few things about keeping and preserving your catch. Big love to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Michigan.

It's Spring, and the apple blossoms are in their cottage core photo ready mode. A visit to Blake's Orchard in Armada was super fun.

To the Dollar store and get our own pattern for a circle skirt. Now let's make it a wrap. Now let's do it at home.

Today we're going to talk about salsify A plant that's often mispronounced locally here, and even I mispronounced it in one of my previous episodes. But in everything we are always striving to do better. You can find it usually growing on the side of the roads here in michigan. Or in the ditches. It looks beautiful and statuesque when compared to other plants that are similar. We're also going to...

Sister friends Detroit is a program facilitated by the city of detroit. It offers material, emotional, psychological, and parenting support for pregnant mothers up to the baby's first birthday. Is the resource that supports life, not just the thought of life but actual living. If you reside in the city of detroit, or know someone who does, and the baby is coming, this is a great program to talk ab...

Almost every kind of long practiced activity has a story of its own. And sometimes that story holds superstitions. What are these beliefs are real, or just believed to be real, remains to be seen. But either way, it's interesting to learn about them. This episode, we're going to look into some of the most popular ones. Special thanks to today's sponsor Spiral Moon www.spiralmoon.org. and Spiral Mo...