Recent content by murphysranch

I sauteed two Hub's caught trout, vac packed since 8/24. They looked great but I held them too long in the freezer. They were fishy. The cats get the rest of the fish.

Lots of flooding in Portland OR.

My garden is solid mud. Mud in raised beds. We have a massive atmospheric river happening on top of us.

me too. woke up at 4, laid in bed for an hour and finally got up.

A local old fella prunes fruit trees. He did my neighbor's orchard - it took three days cus both residents could no longer manage the task these last few years. And then one of them died last month. He charges a measly $25 an hour and was at my home for 2 hours. What a difference, compared to...

Home grown eggs, over easy. Leftover gold potatoes, fried up with strips of bacon. Smelled heavenly in the house!!

A jar of home canned beef from 2021. A can of potato soup. One cup of garbanzos. Cooked rice. Dehydrated mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. Spices. Mix thoroughly. Spread in casserole dish. Top with cheese. Bake for 40 minutes. Easy to use up some pantry items.

Hubs loves loves loves smashed parsnips and carrots, with lots of butter!

I usually buy the 80/20 ground beef, but I did find a large package of 93/7 on sale. Last night I made hamburgers. UCK. I added an egg, my spices and some minced onion. Those suckers would not stay together, even as I had massaged the patties. Kinda tasteless too. I'll stick with the good...

We hit 67 on Friday and then the rain came back. Gotten 0.57" since midnight. We really really need cold weather to get the snow pack up in the mountains. Its our Summer and Fall water supply.

Fried pork chops with the can of yellow hominy fried in the non-existant drippings.

leftovers from earlier this week. Yummy!!

While we are heading into yet another warm spell!!!! 60 for the next two or so days. :(

Never had or made or bought a ham loaf. edited to add: just looked it up. Its like a meat loaf but with sausage and ground ham. YUM!

I brought some FD eggs on our trip to AZ this last two weeks. I've not yet made them up, but I'm sure they will be great!