Category Archives: 100 mile diet

Dry Rubbed Slow Roasted Pork Leg..

Well, hold on to your hats, I just spiced up and am starting cooking off a massive, fills my biggest roaster, fills the whole oven pork leg.. this is of course one of own true O mile meats, born on … Continue reading

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And the pressure grows! Let your Wallet speak for you!

I have been watching news story after news story in the papers, that local food movement is effecting this company or that company’s bottom line.. there was the fact that men are growing beards that is costing the razor companies … Continue reading

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Making Grape Juice and Grape Jelly..

Needed to get the rest of the grape juice turned into canned Grape Juice and Grape Jelly today so that I have the space to start working on the plum, plus I need to do a big old heap of … Continue reading

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A Photo a Day- Grapevine bounty!

Now I know that my grape don’t look near as pretty as the ones you buy in the store but o my the taste is amazing! and as they are grown truly organic, the grass around them is grazed by … Continue reading

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Now that is a awesome 0 Mile meal!

Other then the spices and the cornstarch to make the gravy, this was the most amazing meal, a huge thank you goes out to my man, without him and his hard work, I really don’t think we could get done … Continue reading

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Marty Update- one more month to go..

Well, my lovely Marty Boy, aka Curly Top (for the way his hair is all curly at the top of his head, like a little curl cap) is growing well, just a good boy, he has in truth never given … Continue reading

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Food, Health, this and that.. Wheat Belly etc.

Well, Thursday’s where my health update days and I really would like to get back to making a weekly update and goal list, I am doing a journel but I found knowing I would need to write it out, that … Continue reading

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Preparing Tripe for use…

Tripe is the stomach of ruminants that has been been cleaned and blanched, where as green tripe has been cleaned but not blanched or bleached.. There are four kinds of tripe, Blanket, Honeycomb (or Bonnet as its called by the french), … Continue reading

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Dark Day’s Meal.. Pile High that 0 mile Plate :)

This meal rocked in the sense of being a true 0 mile meal, other then some of the spices, but many of them were from the farm as well..  We have the last of a slow roasted herbed leg of … Continue reading

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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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