Just the other day I was at the gym talking to someone when all of a sudden, she coughed into my face, like full fledge hacking. This and then she continued to tell me that she has been sick for like weeks and blah blah blah. After that all I was thinking was, Oh Fuck, she just gave me her ick%u2026.GET AWAY FAST!!!!
So it%u2019s that time of year. Everyone all sick and shit. And that means getting my stash of stuff made, my feel better, don%u2019t get sick stuff. The tonics and elixirs and hocus pocus things that I use all year long, but mostly during the winter months when everyone starts getting sick.
One of the things I make is fire cider. First off, let me tell you I am no doctor, just in case you thought I might be. But I l am a strong believer in food as medicine. So the fire cider is a heath tonic of sorts, made with all sorts of yummy and highly potent things like fresh grated horseradish, hot peppers, garlic, and so forth. All things that are good for your health in many ways, but also taste really good. And let me tell you, if you are into the healing powers or not, a swing of this infused cider tonic will surely open up your sinus cavity like whoa.
And now before you get super excited about going and making yourself this fantastic health tonic/salad dressing/drink mixer, and thinking it will be ready and done as soon as you do a little grating, well hold up. You can throw it together super fast, but it does take a good 4-6 weeks of chilling and infusing before you really want to get into it. But don%u2019t let that stop you, it is 100% worth all the waiting. And wouldn%u2019t you know, the holidays are about 4-6 weeks away and I was just thinking after I made a batch for myself how I should make another big batch and give away in little jars for Christmas this year. Now there is a good idea. (Might not be a doctor, but I sure am a smarty pants%u2026HAHAHA)
Now to the Fire cider!
Garlic, onion and hot peppers, chopped into bits. Place it all into a clean 32oz jar.
Grated horseradish, turmeric, and ginger. Into jar it goes. And watch out, freshly grated horseradish can be a little intense.
Sliced lemon. Into said jar along with thyme, oregano, and peppercorns.
Packed and filled with raw apple cider vinegar.
Now a lid and some time in a cool dark place and you got yourself some liquid gold.
Remember, I am not a doctor so yeah, but this cider helps me feel better when I need it to and I think you will find it will help you too. And it tastes freaking awesome on food so theres that!
-C
makes 16-20 oz
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1/3 cup fresh grated horseradish
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1/4 cup fresh grated ginger root
-
1/4 cup fresh grated tumeric
-
1 chopped onion
-
3-5 heads of garlic chopped
-
2%u20144 hot peppers (depending on the type you use and the heat level you want) chopped
-
1 lemon sliced
-
1 teaspoon peppercorns
-
1 teaspoon oregano
-
1 teaspoon thyme
-
Raw apple Cider Vinegar
-
Honey or maple syrup (optional)
Note. Feel free to change the amounts of all of the ingredients. Want to use less horseradish, then do so. No hot peppers, then don%u2019t add them. Leave out the oregano and thyme and add dill or rosemary. You can be creative with your own flavors.
Now to make fire cider.
Place all ingredients besides vinegar into a 32 oz jar. Pack down with a wooden spoon then fill jar with apple cider vinegar.(Make sure all the stuff is submerged in the vinegar.) Place a lid on jar. If using a metal lid, line top with wax paper first or just use a plastic lid if you have one. Place jar in a cool dark place for 4-6 weeks, giving it a shake every day.
After at least 4 weeks, remove lid of the jar, strain the liquid from the solids through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth, squeezing out as much as the liquid as you can. You can discard the solids or make something tasty with them (saut%u00e9ed with potatoes?). Then taste the liquid. Add sweetener if you want, maybe a few tablespoons to start and go from there.
And thats it. Store the cider a lidded jar in a cool dark place. Or in the fridge if you want it cold.
To use, just take a swig when feeling crappy, stuffy, cold, or just want a tasty little pick me up. Or use as condiment on food, like in a salad or wherever.
Enjoy!
There are a million things you can, and should, do with tomatoes. Salsa is one of those things. Especially with the super fresh and ripe summertime tomatoes that may or may not be overflowing every empty surface of your kitchen (my current predicament). And peaches. Now is the time friends to eat your peaches. In season and oh so tasty. Do it now before it%u2019s too late and those oh so deliciously ripe and sweet peaches are gone and all that is left are mealy, gross, supermarket fakes. Only eat in season peaches. That is a life lesson everyone should know.
This salsa is perfect. Super fresh, sweet and slightly spicy, with a hint of tangy goodness and just, you, really freaking perfect. A salsa that hits all the right notes with out being overly anything and underly nothing if you know what I mean. All the tastes of summertime. A darn good salsa. Darn good.
This salsa also makes me a winner at the game I am playing with myself called %u201cGet the mr to eat tomatoes and like it”%u201c. The game started when he told me he was sick of tomatoes and he didn’t want to eat anymore. I made the salsa (which also made me a winner in the other game I play called %u201cGet the mr to eat fruit in his savory dishes%u201d, because he also tells me how much he hates fruit in savory), he tried the salsa, raved about the salsa, and then went and ate the rest of the salsa with his rice and beans. .
I win again! Haha
Anyway, super fast, super fresh, super super. A great way to use up a any of your shit load of tomatoes you might have laying around and to get in a few more of those summertime peaches before they are gone again for the year.
Now to the salsa.
The stuff. Cherry tomatoes, peaches, an onion, a jalape%u00f1o, a lime, a bunch of cilantro, salt and pepper, and a little vinegar.
Start by cutting up the tomatoes into quarters. Do this carefully or else you will have tomatoes rolling around everywhere. Place chopped tomatoes into a bowl.
Then dice up those peaches into small little pieces and toss into bowl with tomatoes.
Onion gets diced up too and placed into bowl.
Jalapeno, seeds removed, diced up nice and small. Get it into the bowl.
And cilantro. Give it a rough chop and into the bowl it goes.
A sprinkle of salt, lots of pepper (to taste of course), the juice of the lime, and a splash of vinegar. Mix it all up and there you have it.
Into a jar (or you can just keep it in the bowl if you want), and it%u2019s ready for eating. Chips, tacos, to top a salad%u2026 This salsa does it all. Heck, just eat it with a spoon. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
-C
Makes about 32 oz of the good stuff
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1 overflowing pint cherry tomatoes (red, yellow, sun gold or a mix of any)
-
2 ripe but firm peaches
-
1 bunch cilantro
-
1-2 jalape%u00f1os (depending on how hot you want it)
-
1 small red or white onion
-
a lime
-
salt and pepper
-
splash red or white wine vinegar
Grab the tomatoes and carefully, so they don%u2019t roll away, cut each one into quarters. Place in a big bowl. Cut peaches in half, remove pit, and dice the flesh into very small little piece and toss into bowl. Now onion, dice that into small little pieces, along with the jalape%u00f1o and toss into bowl. Cilantro gets a rough chop then into the bowl it goes. Now sprinkle in a little salt and lots of black pepper. Add the juice of the lime and a splash of the vinegar and toss it all around. Let sit for a few minutes, taste, then season with more salt and pepper if needed. Can add more vinegar for more acid if needed too.
This salsa only gets better with a little age so you can definitely make it a day or two ahead of time.
Store in a bowl to serve or a jar for longer storage. Use within a 4-5 days of making it.
THE LOVELY CRAZY
November 29, 2019 by maximios • Blog
Just the other day I was at the gym talking to someone when all of a sudden, she coughed into my face, like full fledge hacking. This and then she continued to tell me that she has been sick for like weeks and blah blah blah. After that all I was thinking was, Oh Fuck, she just gave me her ick%u2026.GET AWAY FAST!!!!
So it%u2019s that time of year. Everyone all sick and shit. And that means getting my stash of stuff made, my feel better, don%u2019t get sick stuff. The tonics and elixirs and hocus pocus things that I use all year long, but mostly during the winter months when everyone starts getting sick.
One of the things I make is fire cider. First off, let me tell you I am no doctor, just in case you thought I might be. But I l am a strong believer in food as medicine. So the fire cider is a heath tonic of sorts, made with all sorts of yummy and highly potent things like fresh grated horseradish, hot peppers, garlic, and so forth. All things that are good for your health in many ways, but also taste really good. And let me tell you, if you are into the healing powers or not, a swing of this infused cider tonic will surely open up your sinus cavity like whoa.
And now before you get super excited about going and making yourself this fantastic health tonic/salad dressing/drink mixer, and thinking it will be ready and done as soon as you do a little grating, well hold up. You can throw it together super fast, but it does take a good 4-6 weeks of chilling and infusing before you really want to get into it. But don%u2019t let that stop you, it is 100% worth all the waiting. And wouldn%u2019t you know, the holidays are about 4-6 weeks away and I was just thinking after I made a batch for myself how I should make another big batch and give away in little jars for Christmas this year. Now there is a good idea. (Might not be a doctor, but I sure am a smarty pants%u2026HAHAHA)
Now to the Fire cider!
Garlic, onion and hot peppers, chopped into bits. Place it all into a clean 32oz jar.
Grated horseradish, turmeric, and ginger. Into jar it goes. And watch out, freshly grated horseradish can be a little intense.
Sliced lemon. Into said jar along with thyme, oregano, and peppercorns.
Packed and filled with raw apple cider vinegar.
Now a lid and some time in a cool dark place and you got yourself some liquid gold.
Remember, I am not a doctor so yeah, but this cider helps me feel better when I need it to and I think you will find it will help you too. And it tastes freaking awesome on food so theres that!
-C
makes 16-20 oz
1/3 cup fresh grated horseradish
1/4 cup fresh grated ginger root
1/4 cup fresh grated tumeric
1 chopped onion
3-5 heads of garlic chopped
2%u20144 hot peppers (depending on the type you use and the heat level you want) chopped
1 lemon sliced
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon thyme
Raw apple Cider Vinegar
Honey or maple syrup (optional)
Note. Feel free to change the amounts of all of the ingredients. Want to use less horseradish, then do so. No hot peppers, then don%u2019t add them. Leave out the oregano and thyme and add dill or rosemary. You can be creative with your own flavors.
Now to make fire cider.
Place all ingredients besides vinegar into a 32 oz jar. Pack down with a wooden spoon then fill jar with apple cider vinegar.(Make sure all the stuff is submerged in the vinegar.) Place a lid on jar. If using a metal lid, line top with wax paper first or just use a plastic lid if you have one. Place jar in a cool dark place for 4-6 weeks, giving it a shake every day.
After at least 4 weeks, remove lid of the jar, strain the liquid from the solids through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth, squeezing out as much as the liquid as you can. You can discard the solids or make something tasty with them (saut%u00e9ed with potatoes?). Then taste the liquid. Add sweetener if you want, maybe a few tablespoons to start and go from there.
And thats it. Store the cider a lidded jar in a cool dark place. Or in the fridge if you want it cold.
To use, just take a swig when feeling crappy, stuffy, cold, or just want a tasty little pick me up. Or use as condiment on food, like in a salad or wherever.
Enjoy!
There are a million things you can, and should, do with tomatoes. Salsa is one of those things. Especially with the super fresh and ripe summertime tomatoes that may or may not be overflowing every empty surface of your kitchen (my current predicament). And peaches. Now is the time friends to eat your peaches. In season and oh so tasty. Do it now before it%u2019s too late and those oh so deliciously ripe and sweet peaches are gone and all that is left are mealy, gross, supermarket fakes. Only eat in season peaches. That is a life lesson everyone should know.
This salsa is perfect. Super fresh, sweet and slightly spicy, with a hint of tangy goodness and just, you, really freaking perfect. A salsa that hits all the right notes with out being overly anything and underly nothing if you know what I mean. All the tastes of summertime. A darn good salsa. Darn good.
This salsa also makes me a winner at the game I am playing with myself called %u201cGet the mr to eat tomatoes and like it”%u201c. The game started when he told me he was sick of tomatoes and he didn’t want to eat anymore. I made the salsa (which also made me a winner in the other game I play called %u201cGet the mr to eat fruit in his savory dishes%u201d, because he also tells me how much he hates fruit in savory), he tried the salsa, raved about the salsa, and then went and ate the rest of the salsa with his rice and beans. .
I win again! Haha
Anyway, super fast, super fresh, super super. A great way to use up a any of your shit load of tomatoes you might have laying around and to get in a few more of those summertime peaches before they are gone again for the year.
Now to the salsa.
The stuff. Cherry tomatoes, peaches, an onion, a jalape%u00f1o, a lime, a bunch of cilantro, salt and pepper, and a little vinegar.
Start by cutting up the tomatoes into quarters. Do this carefully or else you will have tomatoes rolling around everywhere. Place chopped tomatoes into a bowl.
Then dice up those peaches into small little pieces and toss into bowl with tomatoes.
Onion gets diced up too and placed into bowl.
Jalapeno, seeds removed, diced up nice and small. Get it into the bowl.
And cilantro. Give it a rough chop and into the bowl it goes.
A sprinkle of salt, lots of pepper (to taste of course), the juice of the lime, and a splash of vinegar. Mix it all up and there you have it.
Into a jar (or you can just keep it in the bowl if you want), and it%u2019s ready for eating. Chips, tacos, to top a salad%u2026 This salsa does it all. Heck, just eat it with a spoon. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
-C
Makes about 32 oz of the good stuff
1 overflowing pint cherry tomatoes (red, yellow, sun gold or a mix of any)
2 ripe but firm peaches
1 bunch cilantro
1-2 jalape%u00f1os (depending on how hot you want it)
1 small red or white onion
a lime
salt and pepper
splash red or white wine vinegar
Grab the tomatoes and carefully, so they don%u2019t roll away, cut each one into quarters. Place in a big bowl. Cut peaches in half, remove pit, and dice the flesh into very small little piece and toss into bowl. Now onion, dice that into small little pieces, along with the jalape%u00f1o and toss into bowl. Cilantro gets a rough chop then into the bowl it goes. Now sprinkle in a little salt and lots of black pepper. Add the juice of the lime and a splash of the vinegar and toss it all around. Let sit for a few minutes, taste, then season with more salt and pepper if needed. Can add more vinegar for more acid if needed too.
This salsa only gets better with a little age so you can definitely make it a day or two ahead of time.
Store in a bowl to serve or a jar for longer storage. Use within a 4-5 days of making it.