Here at Savor the Southwest our full motto is: appreciating, nurturing, and using the products of the Earth and the Southwest. You don’t have to live in the Southwest to enjoy our site! We are a diverse group of individuals with a wide range of […]
Barrel cactus? Yes! It is one of the easiest Southwest plants to use. Mind you, the flesh of the fruits is full of the potentially problematic oxalic acid – so just start with the seeds. Barrel cactus fruits offer us a plethora of seeds that […]
Acorn season is here. Last week we shared how to forage and process acorns. Now here are a few ways to use them. Acorn Safety Reminder. Do NOT eat raw acorns. They are high in chemicals called tannins, which are great for tanning animal skins […]
I started this topic last week with the basic Dutch Baby, or Pan Plano recipe. Now we are going to look at some refinements and embellishments that can be done when not squatting around a campfire. A Short Philosophy of Food Before we cook, let […]
You can serve Dutch Babies for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert! Depends on how you make them and serve them. Their very versatility makes this a recipe that is hard to categorize. This will be a two part post – with the basic recipe today. […]
So you foraged those mesquite beans – harvested them and ground them into meal or flour – NOW what?! There are many lovely ways to use the mesquite flour! We already shared our One Minute Mesquite Muffin, now here is a muffin for folks that […]
Barrel cactus offer ripe fruits at various times of year but it’s not the fruit itself you want, rather the seeds inside. We discuss this in the post. Barrel Cactus Barrel cactus is the generic term for a number of species of large barrel-shaped cacti. […]
No, this post is not about snarfing down a mesquite muffin in a minute. It is about making a muffin that bakes in one minute! Providing you have a microwave. One Minute Muffin Uncle Smokey worked for many years with a wonderful man who, along […]
