3 blaine recipes

A big-batch venison sausage blending ground deer meat with lean pork, seasoned with black pepper, cayenne, sage, and a touch of honey for sweetness. Twelve pounds of sausage for the freezer.

Blair's banana bread is a no-fuss family quickbread with three mashed bananas, butter, and a handful of nuts or raisins. The kind of one-bowl loaf that built America's banana bread habit.

An ideal fruit salad or dessert for Winter, because the tropical fruits are available year-round and ripen naturally. The riper and more fragrant the fruit, the better the salad.