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Home-cooked favorites passed along from our readersThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
Sally Benton’s Vegetable Medley is delicious (as I can attest)! Sally says she just throws stuff in the pot and is guessing at the amounts, so…
Cool weather gets the specks to bitin’The Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
We’ve been waitin’ on some cooler days, and now we have ‘em. This latest cool front will get the specks to bitin’, and folks’re already catchin'em…
Anglers report shiners bring in big bassThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
By the time the paper hits the stands, it will only be 20 days until Christmas! The older I get, the faster Christmas comes every year.…
The backyard spread: smoked brisket, roasted sides, and easy biscuitsThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
From the website Heygrillhey.com, we have instructions that will enable you to prepare Texas Style Smoked Beef Brisket - with that authentic Texas taste - right…
Look out for manatees movin’ to warmer watersThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and you got to eat all of your favorite foods and then some. There is nothin’ better than Thanksgiving…
Classic dishes worth revisiting, from casserole to apple brown bettyThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
From Paths of Sunshine Cookbook, we found Royal Wild Rice Casserole. You can use canned mushrooms if you don’t have any fresh. They add a tip…
A great week of fishin’ ahead, and…happy ThanksgivingThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
I hope everyone is gettin' ready for Thanksgiving next week, and I hope y'all get to have a four-day weekend, as well. If you don’t do Black Friday, you…
Roasting the perfect turkey, with southern cornbread on the sideThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
If you would like instructions on roasting your Thanksgiving turkey from Alton Brown, creator and host of the Food Network television show “Good Eats,” we have his recipe right here for you.
From jambalaya to pumpkin cake, it’s comfort all the way downThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
We have a recipe from Country Cookin’ by Joyce LaFray Young. You may remember that this is the book that has “Famous Recipes from Famous Places” in Florida! This one is Chicken Jambalaya from…
Cold weather brings speck season earlyThe Apopka Chief Editorial Staff
This is not the weather I was hopin' for this late in the year. We usually have weather like this in January or February, not November. If…