Tag Archives: Food Production and Recipes

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

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Monday means Bread Making..

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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Charcutepalooza February- Guanciale

I decided to keep it both tradional and yet mix it up a little at the same time. While we have often made our own homemade bacon, I have always used the pork Jowl as part of our head cheese, … Continue reading

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Rockin Chili Recipe

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 thereĀ are … Continue reading

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Homemade Baked Beans

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

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..

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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Slow Roasted Spiced Pork Ribs

Fall of the bone tender roasted never frozen Pork Ribs, heavenly!

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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

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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

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