Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Dark Day’s Meal- Bacon Wrapped Duck Breast with Winter veggies

This meal was lovely, but it was a good reflect of winter eating, if i want fresh meat, my choices are duck, chicken, turkey or rabbit, my available winter veggies are mainly root or sqaush, I did spurge on this … Continue reading

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Its a good thing! Flannel for winter, cotton for summer

So I have a small chuckle when I read over on Canadian Doomers site that she had picked out Flannel and had the most pretty and warm flannel day dress, I wish I could find someone that would in fact … Continue reading

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German Based Lung Soup Recipe -Part Two

Can I ever leave a recipe alone? (the answer is No) DH didn’t care for the sour near as much as I did on the duck blood soup, I really liked it, it was a like a mild version of … Continue reading

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The Ontario Table by Lynn Ogryzlo

So first a note, to those that took me off their regularing reading by email after my lungs and Blood soup recipes came out, clearly I crossed a line for you, sorry about that, to those that are new, I … Continue reading

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Hungarian Duck Blood Soup Recipe

So the base of this soup came from a Eastern Cookbook I have and is called Duck Blood Soup, I messed with it a bit, mainly because I didn’t have any heavy cream in the house, and I didn’t want … Continue reading

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Lights and Lungs-Sour Lung Soup Recipe and thoughts..Part 1

Mom got me the book “odd bits” by fellow Canadian and Ontarian Jennifer Mclagan, auther of Fat and Bones.. some the things in this book made me truly shake my head, I am still not sure that I will ever … Continue reading

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Food Storage Friday-How much Sugar did we use in 2011?

What a amazing supper tonight, a pd of grass fed lamb, a quart of tomato’s, onions, and peppers mix, a pint of corn, a pint of pinto beans, half a cup of diced dried mushrooms, and for that only thing … Continue reading

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What is this rolling pin for?

Hi Gang.. Question for you.. among my pile of amazing rolling pins is this one.. it must be meant for something, and I can see using it to make a pattern or to make really crispy crackers or cookies if … Continue reading

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Liebster Award- Passing it on..

Lynn at Wood Ridge Homestead gave me this award yesterday, so first, Thank you Lynn for giving me this award, and I have to say that I followed the links she put up on her other five and found some … Continue reading

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First storm of the season= New lambs!

It never fails, I said it in a earlier post today, big storm.. momma’s decide if they need to stay in might as well have a lamb or two.. so far a new set of twins and a new single … Continue reading

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