Category Archives: Food Production and Recipes
Smoked Homemade Corned Beef
Ok, so my new amazing book called Meat Smoking and smokehouse Design, has all these ideas of things to try to see why things work they way they do, and I can’t wait to try out them out, from the … Continue reading
Mushrooms and more Mushrooms planned.
I love mushrooms and I like to hunt for the local ones that are good eating in our area, but I was so excited to get these. Both the Poplar Mushoom and the Oyster will be need a fresh cut … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, Frugal, Garden, mushrooms
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Crave’n Timbits
Ok, the last few days every time I am out and see a Tim’s I keep thinking Coffee an a small box of timbits.. I have been making desserts but none of them overally sweet to be honest, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, March Challange
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Pie Pastry Information
The Basic Proportaions for regular pie Pastry are 1/4 tsp of salt to every cup of flour, and 1 part fat to 3 parts flour. The more fat added to the pastry, the shorter(lighter and crisper) it will be, a … Continue reading
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Curry Chicken Liver and Potato Soup Recipe
Sometimes the day after a butcher, you want to really show off those wonderful fresh organ meats, and some days you don’t.. you still need to use them and they are so good for you.. but sometimes its nice to … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, Soups and Stews
Tagged Chickens, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal
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Lets Talk Mayo…
Mayonnaise has gotten a bad rap over the past twenty years, because of the fats and the eggs and yet despite the slapdown by the low fat movment, somehow almost every single home I know has Mayo or a Whipped … Continue reading
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Soft Wheat Berry Bread..
Can you make reasonable sandwhich bread from soft wheat berries?? I know that soft wheat is recommended for cakes, and quick breads but does that mean you can’t make bread with it.. Do you sense a experment coming.. So I … Continue reading
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Oil is on my mind..
Been thinking about Oil alot lately, the price of oil, the availablity of oil, how many ways I use that oil on a daily bases, how many times that oil ends up in some form of my food.. Bet you … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, frugal, gardens
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Spring and Forcing Plants
It’s not really spring yet, but for a few hours last night and this morning, it almost feels like it, we had rain last night, not freezing rain but light gentle spring rain, it hitting on the metal roof was a … Continue reading
Meat and Potato’s Meal
Stuffed Steak with Cheesy Baked Mashed Potato with Gravy. It was so good! or how I took leftover’s and made them into the above.. Well, Mainly leftover’s, I was digging in the meat freezer, in prep for my March Challange and … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 