The Christian HomeKeeper™

I know I know … wooden spoons and the like are cheapo. I could buy a new set every month. But I like my wooden spoons that I’ve had since we were married. 42 years y’all.  I’ve broken on...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/caring-for-wooden-utensils/

My husband’s Grandmother taught me how to can sausage using grease instead of broth or water. The grease, lard in this case, keeps the sausage tasting like sausage and keeps the typical sausage...

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We sat in lounge chairs surrounded by a sea of red fescue and clover in the back yard. The grass and the chairs were already hot from the August sun beating down on them for hours before we ever ...

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I stopped using vinegar in pickles and pickled veggies a long time ago. Actually, I started using vinegar when I first got married, up until that time I fermented foods like my Mother and Grandmo...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/pickled-fermented-okra/

In my experience, ordinary days are the best kind of days. Interspersed with a day of excitement and change here and there, it makes a very good life. Yesterday I canned some tomato sauce using t...

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One of the best home remedies I’ve ever used is clay powder for insect stings and bites. The great thing about it is that it relieves pain and swelling almost instantly and pulls out the venom ...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/clay-for-stings/

We use a lot of dried beans here. Sometimes I cook them with a piece of ham or other cured meat. Mostly though I use them as an ingredient in other dishes like chili or soup. Dried beans are one ...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/pressure-canning-dried-beans/

You’re invited to join the new CHK forum far away from facebook and other social media of that type. The requirements are that you be a woman and that you read about our purpose and calling, ou...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/new-chk-forum/

Summer time at Grandma and Papaw’s was a constant in my life up until my teen years. Even when I was 18 or 19 I would go and spend weekends with them. They were so important in my life and I le...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/summer-at-church/

I left Facebook this week. Well, mostly. I did leave the Official Christian Homekeeper Facebook Page up and my personal page is still active though I haven’t been posting. There are some reason...

http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/why-i-left-facebook-mostly/