What to do when you flub a recipe

Anyone can flub a recipe. But it’s far worse when you realize that the flub is because of a mistake you made more than 40 years ago! That’s what happened to me on my first try preparing Edith Teel’s Apple Roll, one of the recipes included in the...

Edith Teel’s Apple Roll

Edith Teel’sApple Roll Like a cinnamon roll with apples! About this recipe By Claudia Elliott One of the challenges of preparing recipes that have been handed down rather than modern recipes is that the people who made them originally knew their way around the...

Dean Covert’s Apple Tapioca

Dean Covert’sApple Tapioca A tasty variation on baked apples About this recipe By Claudia Elliott Preparing this recipe is on my to-do list and I have a little box of quick-cooking tapioca ready in my cupboard. When I’ve tried it I will share photos and...

Ila Ree Reese’s Apple Pancakes

Ila Ree Reese’s Apple Pancakes For breakfast, brunch or any ole time! About this recipe By Claudia Elliott What reminds us of home more than pancakes? Well, if you’re from Tehachapi, that would be apple pancakes, thank you very much! This is a great recipe,...

Pears, not apples, brought my family to Tehachapi

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I have lived in Tehachapi many times. It’s appropriate to note that it was fruit that first drew my family to Tehachapi. Not apples, but pears. Tehachapi  Old Timers are aware that the big piece of vacant land on the east...