Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Farm Sales Stories
Auctions and Farm Sales are a time honored way to spend a saturday with farmers in your neck of the woods. I can remember as a small child always wanting to hear the story of the wash board.. it seems … Continue reading
Slow Roasted Spiced Pork Ribs
Fall of the bone tender roasted never frozen Pork Ribs, heavenly!
Ducks-Overview
Awe Ducks, I can’t really picture my farm without ducks, we moved here in very early spring (snow on the ground) and the first farm animal that arrived was ducks, followed shortly by chickens, goats and sheep. I tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Critters, Food Production and Recipes, frugal
Tagged Ducks, Farm Fresh Eggs, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal
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Rendering Fat
So simple to do and the end results can be used in so many ways, in this case we are making Lard. Raw Fresh Fat, remember that if the fat does not smell good to you, the lard won’t either.. … Continue reading
Posted in farm, food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal, Pigs
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, pigs
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Pink Salt is not Pink in Canada
Its worth noting that if you are using the Charcuterie book by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn to follow along in regards to the year of meat and you live in canada, Pink Salt is only pink if you order … Continue reading
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Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs – 13.2 pds
Whole Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs still attached A nice rack of pork ribs, I split into two portions, each one enough to feed two peaple. Eight one pd (or close to one pd) peices of bacon to be.. hmmm, … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, Charcuterie, food, Food Production and Recipes, local food, Pigs
Tagged Charcuterie, Food Production and Recipes, pigs
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Pork Jowl- Guanciale to be..
Want to see what happened to this lovely pork Jowl, here is the rest of the story
Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal, Pigs
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, pigs
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Weigh in Week 4/11
Well, I did my weigh in this morning expecting to have gained a few pounds, but was surprised to see that I was only up .8 pd, which means that I did better at losing this week then I thought … Continue reading
BlueBerry Pinapple Fruit Recipe
Blueberry Pinapple One Pint of Canned Pinapple in light syrup One bag of 3 cups blueberries-Mix of garden/Wild picked 2 tbsp of Lemon Juice 2 tbsp of Lime Juice 2 tbsp of my Ginger Syrup (or 1 tsp of ground … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Soft Fruits
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Just another Day on the Farm 