Greek Recipes #1 Ginny George’s Greek Garlic Pasta Janet Chester Bly One of her main Greek recipes, Ginny calls this Greek Death By Garlic. Not wanting to scare away any potential cooks, I softened the name. Ginny wanted to fix this for Reba during her stay at Road’s End, Idaho. However, she complained in Chapter […]
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Crockpot Recipe: Reba Cahill’s Veggie Beef Soup
Cowgirl Reba Mae Cahill of Wind in the Wires was so excited to learn about crockpot recipes. She got her first crockpot in 1989. Not one to like to fuss in the kitchen, she could start her soup or stew in the morning after chores and loved the feel of knowing it slow cooked all […]
Pearl Cahill’s Rhubarb Apple Pie
Reba Cahill’s Grandma Pearl of Wind in the Wires made the best rhubarb apple pie. Everyone in Road’s End, Idaho said so. But she would not share her secret crust recipe with anyone. Not even me, the author and creator of Wind in the Wires. How rude is that! You’ll have to depend on your own grandma’s crust […]
Pearl Cahill’s Jalapeno Cheesy Corn Muffins
Jalapeno Cheesy Corn Muffins a favorite at Road’s End, Idaho potlucks! In a scene in Wind in the Wires at the campsite in the Nevada desert, Reba Cahill suspects she’s been poisoned. She’s in agony. Her stomach hurts so bad. Grandma Pearl assures her it’s the very hot and spicy chili beans she ate. The spiciest food […]
Old-Fashioned Mincemeat Pie
This mincemeat pie recipe was western author Stephen Bly’s favorite Christmas dessert. OLD-FASHIONED MINCEMEAT PIE You’ll need to start four weeks ahead to prepare the very special ingredients for this mincemeat pie with meat filling. Makes fifteen quarts that you can keep all year long in the root cellar or any pantry. Here’s what it […]
Bear Steak & Razor Clam Chowder Recipes
RAZOR CLAM CHOWDER & BEAR STEAK RECIPES In Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot, Brannon is forced by his friend, Lady Harriet Reed-Fletcher, to do a bit of razor clamming. Then she makes him promise to try eating at least one bite of razor clams fixed in various dishes: a plain clam dip, a smoked clam dip, […]
Aunt Judy’s Pumpkin Soup Recipe
AUNT JUDY’S PUMPKIN SOUP Recipe by author Janet Chester Bly The Bly Family & Pumpkin Soup . . .When our family travelled to El Centro, California, to Aunt Judy’s house in 1975 for Thanksgiving dinner, she presented us with a surprise first course: this pumpkin soup. We discovered quickly that you either love it or […]
Mystery Meatloaf Recipe
MYSTERY MEATLOAF Recipe by Janet Chester Bly When my sons asked me, “What’s for dinner?”, they gave me that glazed look when I said, “Meatloaf.” That’s not because they wouldn’t eat it. It’s because it’s never the same. They have no idea what it will look like or taste like. Below is the basic recipe […]
Winchester Gooseberry Pie Recipe
Winchester Gooseberry Pie Recipe by Janet Chester Bly We moved to Winchester, Idaho, from southern California in the 1980s to give full-time writing a try. Our friends were so astonished. Many of them came to visit to see first-hand why we’d been drawn there. And sometimes we’d serve Winchester Gooseberry Pie. Everything about our new […]
The Best Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe (IMHO)
NORA ROSE’S VANILLA ICE CREAM Recipe by Janet Chester Bly This is my family’s and was especially my late hubby’s — absolutely all-time favorite homemade vanilla ice cream. No other vanilla ice cream measures up, according to the Bly family. It was first introduced to the extended Bly family sometime in the late 1950s by a […]
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