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Goal #1 “make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown myself” – DONE!
This was my dinner this evening – courgette frittata with side salad – and it was made entirely using things from our garden (with the exception of the wild garlic pods – some were from our garden, others from further into the woods). Ingredients: – courgette (although I only used one in the end – [...]
10 goals for 2010 – April & May progress update
1. To make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown, raised, caught or killed myself. April was an interesting meat-y month – we learned how to kill & dress chickens, and we also learned how to make sausages. It was also the proper start of seedling season – and that’s continued in May. So far, [...]
3BT – soft & even, play time, the new recipe
1. Her freshly clipped coat feels like velvet. 2. We worry – as we always do – that the play is bordering on fighting but the woman assures us that it is definitely play. The dogs bounce around together amongst the oak trees as we talk about them behind their backs. 3. The slow-rise bread [...]
Sausages!
One of my ten goals for 2010 was to learn how to make sausages. I’ll admit it was a bit of an easy one — the “make to-do” list item on your to-do list just so you can cross something off straight away — as I was already planning on attending a sausage making course [...]
Death & dressing: killing, plucking & butchering our first chickens
On Friday night, we killed, plucked & butchered two chickens. As you do. To be accurate, the wonderful John B and my John did the killing, then my John’s brother Chris and I joined them in plucking, then John B showed me how to dress the chicken, and then I showed Chris. The chickens first [...]
Wild Food Fun: Whitby Crab and Wild Garlic Risotto
A change from my last very quick and easy wild garlic (Ramsons) meal – I made crab & wild garlic risotto for dinner today. I got two dressed crabs from Leeds Farmers Market – the guy gave me a free one because he wasn’t doing another market for a few days and they don’t freeze [...]