Lovina explains the family's jerky-making progress, catches up on family illnesses and gives a recipe for Butterscotch Pie. The finished bacon product from last week’s hog butchering. The bacon soaked ...

Most of the top finishers in the News Tribune's Great Venison Sausage Contest chose not to get specific about their sausage recipes. But Matt Lange, whose Venison Snack Sticks with Pepper Cheese tied ...

Deer hunting season may only come once a year, but the Great Central Minnesota Meat Stick Debate rages year-round. Every local butcher, grocer and meat market thinks their meat sticks (also called ...

It is a nice sunny day on this first day of March. We had a mild February, and now I wonder if March will make up for it with snow. The temperature is mid-40s already before noon. I am having a hard ...