Category Archives: Food Production and Recipes

Monday means Bread Making..

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

so on the big day of love, I’m making.. War Bread War Bread has been around for at least 150 years now.. its a good hearty, dense and chewy bread, It is said that in war times that White flour … Continue reading →

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Rockin Chili Recipe

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

So someone asked me for a recipe for Chili, but instead of one recipe, I have decided to cover the basic’s and provide extra idea’s to boot. There are many kinds of Chili, and a ton of recipes but there are … Continue reading →

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Homemade Pork Rinds

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

This is not your store bought Pork Rinds, these are the homemade kind that you chew and chew and if you like pork rinds your mouth just waters at the flavor and texture of these babies.  Anyway you cut it, … Continue reading →

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Homemade Baked Beans

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The Bacon is ready, at least if you want to eat it fresh, which we did a few peices, the rest is now hanging to cure and be used in a number of wonderful ways. Given that I had homemade … Continue reading →

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Spice Rack Challange-Citrus

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, I will admit that adding zests could be considered Spices, they have been used that way for a long time so it made sense but my first though was HUH, Citrus is not a spice, took a bit to … Continue reading →

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Farms, Gardening and Composting..

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

This past weekend, we hauled about 30 pds of straw and sheep/cow manure out of the barn and up into a spot in the garden and it got added to the coming year’s compost pile (which just happens to be … Continue reading →

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Ducks-Overview

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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Rendering Fat

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs – 13.2 pds

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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Pork Jowl- Guanciale to be..

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Want to see what happened to this lovely pork Jowl, here is the rest of the story

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