Happy Thanksgivin' all you all

[wyoDreamer]

I suggested to DH that maybe I should raise a couple turkeys for us and family. He nixed that idea. Maybe sometime in the future, after I get the Meat-Bird tractor system working I will broach the subject again.

 

[baymule]

Soooo the next generation after the Snowflakes... are they Snowcones?

Certainly not killing cones!

 

[Britesea]

the saddest part is that they will be eating fake meat, telling themselves it tastes just as good blah blah... while the ultra rich continue to eat Wagyu beef, goose liver pate, etc.

 

[CrealCritter]

the saddest part is that they will be eating fake meat, telling themselves it tastes just as good blah blah... while the ultra rich continue to eat Wagyu beef, goose liver pate, etc.

I actually tried that goose liver thing your talking about. It would be a tough choice between petri dish meat or goose liver for me.

 

[Britesea]

But it's considered one of those special gourmet foods that PETA gets worked up about because the geese are "force fed"... actually what I've heard from farmers that do that-- the geese don't mind at all... and they are killed just before they are in any pain from the enlarged livers.

I have had goose liver pate, but I prefer the "country style" pates that are made from pork

 

[Hinotori]

You all can keep your liver. Bleh.

That turkey looks like it will cook up tasty though.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Cranberry sauce made, squash has been smashed in the road to break it up. I decided to peel it this time. A single buttercup has filled the dutch oven to overflowing, with a generous sized bowl left over. Skins set aside to cook up for chickens. They're now enjoying the guts, a bunch of seeds saved out for next year. Next up: pies. Pumpkin and bumbleberry. Plan to cook pizza for supper.

 

[CrealCritter]

Looking forward to some good home grown eating tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving

 

[Lazy Gardener]

No home grown turkey here. I cooked a 20# bird. He barely fit in the roasting pan, had to tin foil tent b/c lid wouldn't fit. Must have been a new kind of hybrid, cause he had 2 tails. Folks took some home, I picked the carcass, got 4 bags of meat, 2 bags of doggie scraps. cooking down the remains into broth. There should be an other 3 - 4 bags of animal scraps. Will give the bones to the chickens to pick over. Then the bones will be tossed into the wood stove to make bone char. The only "left overs" from that carcass will be the plastic wrapping and leg truss!

I see turkey shepherd's pie, turkey tacos, turkey stew, turkey salad sandwiches in our future! Lots of easy meals to come.

 

[baymule]

Home grown chicken, even CCX, is soooo much better than store bought, I can only imagine how good a home grown Turkey is.