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framing fowl
On a mission
Well, with Homer gone, I can now park my car in the driveway!
3 roosters went to a farm in Harrison Co. this morning. So, that is good. No more crowing!
Actually was able to work in the garden today. Got holes dug for 2 blueberries to go in on Monday. Got all of the sweet potatos planted. Also got fence up on one more raised bed to keep chickens and dogs out. Will plant most of that one in green beans. Good thing we have a long growing season or I would have just had to abandon the garden this year.
For the fence, we got a roll of 100' x 48" orange snow fence for $20. Less expensive than wire. Cut the roll in 1/2 on the cutoff saw so we had 2 100' sections that were 2' tall. Put stakes inside the raised boxes and put up screws so the fence hangs on it. If we need to get into a section, we just lift it off the screw. Fast, cheap, easy, and effective!
Made rhubarb strawberry pie tonight.
I didn't get that nutrimill grain grinder. For what it went for used I could get a new one. Crazy. I'll keep looking.
Long weekend staring me in the face. Then just 2 more weekends away from home! Then I will be finally sleeping in my own bed 7 days a week.
MyT Man's folks' 50th anniversary is in November so we're going to be flying out to OR to help celebrate. Not really a vacation since we're actually staying at their house, for 5 nights... But it will be a break from routine.
3 roosters went to a farm in Harrison Co. this morning. So, that is good. No more crowing!
Actually was able to work in the garden today. Got holes dug for 2 blueberries to go in on Monday. Got all of the sweet potatos planted. Also got fence up on one more raised bed to keep chickens and dogs out. Will plant most of that one in green beans. Good thing we have a long growing season or I would have just had to abandon the garden this year.
For the fence, we got a roll of 100' x 48" orange snow fence for $20. Less expensive than wire. Cut the roll in 1/2 on the cutoff saw so we had 2 100' sections that were 2' tall. Put stakes inside the raised boxes and put up screws so the fence hangs on it. If we need to get into a section, we just lift it off the screw. Fast, cheap, easy, and effective!
Made rhubarb strawberry pie tonight.
I didn't get that nutrimill grain grinder. For what it went for used I could get a new one. Crazy. I'll keep looking.
Long weekend staring me in the face. Then just 2 more weekends away from home! Then I will be finally sleeping in my own bed 7 days a week.
MyT Man's folks' 50th anniversary is in November so we're going to be flying out to OR to help celebrate. Not really a vacation since we're actually staying at their house, for 5 nights... But it will be a break from routine.
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framing fowl
On a mission
today I've spent the good part of the afternoon blog hopping on various traditional foods, slow foods, fresh foods, and primal eating themes. Whew, my head is spinning.
So here are the recipes that I want to be making in the next while:
onion soup with apple cider and thyme (this one may wait until fall)
primal pizza dough (made with shredded eggplant)
fermented ketchup
spelt crackers
fermented grape leaves (stuffed with zucchini dolmas)
zucchini pie
sauerruben (sauerkraut made with turnips of which I have a bunch about ready to harvest!)
I am continually amazed with food lately. I mean, in the past it was always just something to chew and swallow to avert hunger. It wasn't exciting, it was more of a chore made palatable with sugar. Major carb and sugar addict...
This too has been a journey. Not an overnight emergency response to health problems out of control, not some crazy need to lose 50 pounds in a month crash diet. Just a natural transformation of eating the food we grow and liking it, getting curious, wanting to know more, experimenting, and finally just generally caring about what our food tastes like and does to our bodies.
Like today, I've just been craving something here at work. I've tried chewing about ten pieces of gum to avert the snacking impulse. Then I caved and was going to eat a piece of licorice. I took one bite and literally spit it out. It tasted like flavored wax. So then there were some cheap chocolate chips in the baking cupboard (non-profits always have the cheap version of everything). I thought if I had a small handful of chocolate it would ease the munchies. I don't know how long they had been in there but were so stale and so disgusting that I couldn't eat those either. Still having the munchies, I did the worst thing and popped a bag of microwave popcorn. Two bites and the roof of my mouth was coated in something...
Finally I caved and went across the street to the mediterrean grill and got some stuffed grape leaves and fried meat pocket thing. My mouth and body were finally happy. I'm for sure no purist but the longer I consistently make an effort to make real food, the worse the fake stuff seems.
So here are the recipes that I want to be making in the next while:
onion soup with apple cider and thyme (this one may wait until fall)
primal pizza dough (made with shredded eggplant)
fermented ketchup
spelt crackers
fermented grape leaves (stuffed with zucchini dolmas)
zucchini pie
sauerruben (sauerkraut made with turnips of which I have a bunch about ready to harvest!)
I am continually amazed with food lately. I mean, in the past it was always just something to chew and swallow to avert hunger. It wasn't exciting, it was more of a chore made palatable with sugar. Major carb and sugar addict...
This too has been a journey. Not an overnight emergency response to health problems out of control, not some crazy need to lose 50 pounds in a month crash diet. Just a natural transformation of eating the food we grow and liking it, getting curious, wanting to know more, experimenting, and finally just generally caring about what our food tastes like and does to our bodies.
Like today, I've just been craving something here at work. I've tried chewing about ten pieces of gum to avert the snacking impulse. Then I caved and was going to eat a piece of licorice. I took one bite and literally spit it out. It tasted like flavored wax. So then there were some cheap chocolate chips in the baking cupboard (non-profits always have the cheap version of everything). I thought if I had a small handful of chocolate it would ease the munchies. I don't know how long they had been in there but were so stale and so disgusting that I couldn't eat those either. Still having the munchies, I did the worst thing and popped a bag of microwave popcorn. Two bites and the roof of my mouth was coated in something...
Finally I caved and went across the street to the mediterrean grill and got some stuffed grape leaves and fried meat pocket thing. My mouth and body were finally happy. I'm for sure no purist but the longer I consistently make an effort to make real food, the worse the fake stuff seems.
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I've noticed that I no longer enjoy the taste of the powdered hot chocolate mix. It tastes like dried milk. 
Farmfresh
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I say that hubby and I are turning into food snobs.
Even when we go to "gourmet" restaurants or places that are known to have "excellent" cuisine. The places our friends at work rave about... the food is just NOT up to our standards.
The $25.00 steak (where we went for my D2's birthday) was tough and flat tasting compared with the grassfed long yearling steaks we have in the freezer. Eggs are rubbery and tasteless, veggies just lack the snap, and fruits seem mushy. It does save money on eating out however when food at home tastes so much better.
Even when we go to "gourmet" restaurants or places that are known to have "excellent" cuisine. The places our friends at work rave about... the food is just NOT up to our standards.
The $25.00 steak (where we went for my D2's birthday) was tough and flat tasting compared with the grassfed long yearling steaks we have in the freezer. Eggs are rubbery and tasteless, veggies just lack the snap, and fruits seem mushy. It does save money on eating out however when food at home tastes so much better.
Wifezilla
Low-Carb Queen - RIP: 1963-2021
Abi has been a food snob for longer than me but I learn quick
Hubby bought some peanut butter chocolate things for some school fund raiser. I bit in to one and spit it out. OMG it was nasty! I used to take something like that and eat the whole box
Hubby bought some peanut butter chocolate things for some school fund raiser. I bit in to one and spit it out. OMG it was nasty! I used to take something like that and eat the whole box
TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
You know what I find amazing. Is the effect eating whole real foods has on my children. It amazes m when we have family over and they can't believe what my kids eat. I am in awe of what their children are willing to eat and not eat. Even the most basic fruits and vegetables are foreign to them.
I think it's sad.
I have gone back to low carb and removed 99.9 percent of the sugar from my diet. Such a difference.
Keep up the good work!!! I think I might track down that ketchup recipe.
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I think it's sad.
I have gone back to low carb and removed 99.9 percent of the sugar from my diet. Such a difference.
Keep up the good work!!! I think I might track down that ketchup recipe.
g
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I think it is a matter of getting used to whole natural foods and then when you do, processed foods don't agree with you anymore, your body revolts. Or at least mine does.
While I didn't grow it at home, I just ate a perfectly ripe mango and was thinking, what dessert could I make that would be better than that, just a perfect fresh raw fruit? Something in your body says, YES! that is what I needed.
While I didn't grow it at home, I just ate a perfectly ripe mango and was thinking, what dessert could I make that would be better than that, just a perfect fresh raw fruit? Something in your body says, YES! that is what I needed.
abifae
Abinormal Butterfly
Well, from what I've seen, kids bodies do revolt. They throw up a lot, they fuss a lot, they have nightmares, they are short on attention spans, listless, tired all the time. But since they've never had anything else, they think this is how they are supposed to feel.
I'm shocked at how often my friends' kids are ill. It's constant. They can't fight off infections easily. Most of the kids have screaming nightmares, often. They're difficult to direct or get to focus on things.
The only ones who aren't like that are fed a healthier set of food. It's sad that we are not only poisoning our children, we then drug them to counter the poison and poison them further. If I was a conspiracy nut, I'd think that big pharma and big agriculature were hand in hand in the whole thing. Long term illness and addiction to carbs.
Food snobbery, for the win. Auntie converted me to low carb, I converted her to a deeper snobbery. LOL!
I'm shocked at how often my friends' kids are ill. It's constant. They can't fight off infections easily. Most of the kids have screaming nightmares, often. They're difficult to direct or get to focus on things.
The only ones who aren't like that are fed a healthier set of food. It's sad that we are not only poisoning our children, we then drug them to counter the poison and poison them further. If I was a conspiracy nut, I'd think that big pharma and big agriculature were hand in hand in the whole thing. Long term illness and addiction to carbs.
Food snobbery, for the win. Auntie converted me to low carb, I converted her to a deeper snobbery. LOL!
old fashioned
Almost Self-Reliant
I agree with you totally on this Abi, but I think you left out the 'big food manufacturers'. And it's not just kids, but adults too. I really really try to not be paranoid of conspiracies, BUT when so much evidence keeps mounting & staring you in the face it becomes impossible to not be paranoid.abifae said:
Good wholesome REAL food = healthy(physical, mental, emotional) active & productive bodies
PRETEND foods that have been treated at every stage with chemicals = more disorders than get treated with more chemicals, but rarely cured. In reality people have become more like walking zombies (empty shells)
Oh and don't forget the media/advertising that makes you think it's all good...RIGHT???............yeah right
