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I keep meaning to make Deb’s mac n cheese for dinner, but then failing to do so. Last night was pizza and tonight turned out to be brats and cabbage on the stove. The brats were left from our Fourth of July party and I quickly cooked them in beer and then cooked them off with [...] Tonight called for an easy filling dinner. The nights are getting colder and a lot of the harvest, at least what’s ripe, has come inside. So a bit of the neighbors’ purple onion, was combined with our spicy tomato peppers and a few sweet peppers. The potatoes were fried in leftover bacon fat with the peppers [...] One of the many moments from Thursday night that stood out for me was when Michael Pollan was discussing the likelihood that Americans will eat less meat as grain and energy costs continue to rise. At first he was focused on all of the environmental benefits of such a trend, and then, just as I [...] Remember my house guests? Those pale, undemanding spaghetti squash? Well, two weeks at 80 degrees in our sunny south guest room have successfully turned them from cream colored to yellow! Tonight I enjoyed the first one (Mike’s not a huge fan) with butter and salt. Maybe not quite as sweet as a vine ripened one would [...] I’m going to put most of this post after the break, so if you’re interested, click through. If you don’t want to know what goes into raising and butchering your own chickens (or the photos that go with that effort) just check back tomorrow. But before I make you click, I do want to say that [...] Today was a long day, but the old adage that “many hands make light work” definitely held true. I’ll put up full details, plus photos courtesy of Holly, tomorrow when I can see a bit straighter. Photo courtesy of Lucid Nightmare We got the email this morning that our pig is off to the butcher this weekend. Last year we got a half pig from Akyla Farms. It was so good that this year we anted up for a whole one. That’s A LOT of pork you say. And you’re both right [...] |
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