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    What to tell the butcher for deer?!

    Sorry skr8pn, just saw your post, guess it's not worth it!!
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    What to tell the butcher for deer?!

    Thanks every one! It appears that a lot of people ask the butcher to make stew meat or roasts with what is available and grind the rest? My main concern is that the roasts might be gamey, but I've never cooked with venison... so I'd love some ideas and preferences if possible as well! My only...
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    What to tell the butcher for deer?!

    DH is going deer hunting for the weekend, and hopefully coming home with a deer. This will be a first for us and we'll have a butcher do the work, I just don't know what to do with the meat besides sausage and jerky! I'd love some tips from experienced venison eaters please!! I'm hoping to find...
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    Oh, and Kim?? That Pizza looks AMAZING!!! How did it taste? How do you like the sauce? (I need to make some soon)
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    Today was chorizo and eggs with tortillas for breakfast, then had to uses up some alomost stale home made bread, so I made french toast for the kids for lunch (peanut butter and syrup on the french toast is amazing!) I have to say having chickens is awesome... tonight will either be chicken and...
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    What are you fermenting today?

    I'm going to make salsa and mustard today, maybe some of free's salad dressing mix too! for the salsa, I'm going to add som cucumber along with the tomatoes to see how it turns out! Also, does anyone know what other leaves I could use to submerg my veggies? I don't have any grape leaves nearby...
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    What are you fermenting today?

    Thanks noobie!! I'll have to give it a try this week. My sauerkraut passed the taste test of 4 older native germans!! Yeah!
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    Sounds terrible doesn't it? :D I haven't tried it yet, but supposedly it tastes like gummy worms! I would love the opportunity to get my kids to eat more veggies! I got the recipe for both the candy and onion jam from here: http://strayneedle.blogspot.com/ the candy is in august 2010, and...
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    Today is home butchered chicken with home canned caramelized onion jam for a glaze, home grown green beans and new potatoes, and fresh baked bread the house already smells great! I'm also canning grape juice today and going to try and make zucchini candy if I have the time. Busy day!! :D
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    Lol, Chefs fee, I like that! Pureed white bean soup, with garlic, rosemary, thyme, onions and carrots from the garden, topped with crispy bacon peices and a drizzle of white truffle oil... fresh home baked bread on the side. I should have saved some of the beans to plant... oh well. Oh, and...
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    Pickled eggs!

    I found this recipe on BYC a while back, luckily I copied it to my recipies to try folder because I can't find the thread it was in. I think it was closed... :( It's for quail eggs, but I'm sure you can substitute chicken if you want!! Cindys Spicy Pickled Quail Eggs Instructions In...
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    WOW!!! that is amazing woodwzrd! she did a great job! I made chili verde with some roasted anaheims and jalepenos I had in the freezer, beans, tortillas, tomatoes and fermented peppers on the side!
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    What are you fermenting today?

    Anyone have a good recipe for mustard? I have about a half a cup of brown seeds and wanted to try home fermented mustard! :D Thanks!
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    Last night it was bread, mayo and sauerkraut. MMM!! gotta love BLT's with home made bread and mayo, and home grown tomatoes! Now to convince DH I need a couple of pigs for bacon! :lau
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    im going to try and quit smoking once again

    One thing that helped me when I had a bad craving was to take the deepest breath I possibly could, filling my lungs until they felt like they would burst, hold the breath for a little bit and then blow out slowly as you would when smoking... Hope that made sense! Another thing, tell someone when...
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    What are you fermenting today?

    So happy you did!! :D dh liked it, but then I tried to explain the benifits of fermented foods, and after that I noticed he scraped the peppers (I call it salsa) that he "loved" to the side... ONLY after I explained how good it was for him... :lau :gig I'll have to be more sneaky next time...
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    What did you cook from scratch today?

    I made wifezilla's zucchini foccacia, topped with fermented hot peppers and garlic... YUM!
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    What are you fermenting today?

    So I put all the peppers into 3 quart jars, covered with grape leaves to keep the peppers under the brine... I made two zucchini foccocia breads, one for us the other for our neighbors... We already went through half of one of the jars!!! Just couldn't help it and dug right in, went GREAT on...
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    What are you fermenting today?

    Ok all you experts... I have a few questions that I hope you're willing to answer!! :D I have finely diced hot peppers fermenting as well as sliced cucumbers in a dill garlic pepper brine... for one day now... the pickles look great, I skimmed the thick bubbles off the top and they look and...
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    What are you fermenting today?

    Well, Here are my first contributions... My personal favorite use for saurkraut is my grandmothers recipe for haulupture(sp) cook up some bacon and some rice (I find that 4 slices of thick cut bacon works for 1.5 cups of dry rice) Take the bacon out of the pan to chop, leave the grease... Add...
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