Ohiofarmgirl'sAdventuresinTheGoodLand-where ya been? whatcha been doin

[Dace]

So hat exactly were you doing ith the hunk-o-pig? Melting it down? (city girl here)

Once I cut my finger pretty good on a frozen block of butter....no fun. It is still numb some 8 yrs later

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

hee hee hee ok the butter is a little funnier... but seriously you know those mandoline slicey things? dang... i cut my thumb on one so bad.. about TEN YEARS AGO and the dang thing still hurts!

here's the scoop on larding:

http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3270

easy peasy - cut it up and cook it down. more detailed instructions in the above thread

 

[Dace]

Very cool....so is that hunk called fatback?

I want pigs. I want fat. I want to make my own lard!

Mandolines....yeah, I opt to not own one :/

PS RR is on TV.....whatcha making for dinner? She's making potato skins with sweet pots! Yay!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

actually that is a huge chunk of.. leaf lard! (heavens open, angels sing...) that is the much desired belly fat from the pigs. i kept it all separate and kinda froze it until i could give it the attention it deserves.

'backfat' is technically the fat from high on the hog - really! it the fat from the back on the top - it also is much desired by southern cooks ... FC knows about this. if you look at the pic of our roast (plate of food on meat is the problem thread) you can see the thick layer of fat right there. our pigs had about a 2 inch layer of backfat

but heck they are ENTIRELY covered with fat! whoot!

oh man RR had some kind of weird hot dog dish and i turned it off! ick! so we are making savory bread pudding with our leftover whole wheat home made bread, a ton of eggs, a jar of our canned turkey, and ..... pumpkin... YAY!!! hows THAT for dinner!?!? whoot!!!!

 

[dacjohns]

blunch

 

[freemotion]

THAT DOES IT!!!! I AM GETTING IN THE CAR AND DRIVING TO OHIO!

Make up the guest bed, with room for two smallish dogs....

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

swing on in, baby! whoot! dogs are welcome too. they can snuggle up with Ti and Lucky!

will you be here for BLUNCH!?!? hee hee hee thats when you get busy doing stuff, and totally miss breakfast, miss brunch, swing right past Elevensies.. and basically are headed into lunch. so blunch!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i'm OUT thats right! we are flying the coop today! so long suckers we are headed into town

AND i have a starbucks gift card and i'm gonna get the biggest, grande-venti-est, chocolotta-mocha-pucinno-ist-coffee-goodness-est drink they got in the place!!!

whoot!

look out Sam's club! we're coming in!!! whoot!!!!

 

[MorelCabin]

A day of shopping...what could be better than that huh? And coffee! Whoo hoo...here in Canada it is Tim Hortons that's the big rave...but I seriuosly like home brew much better!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

HA! we're going to the feedstore today....

Watch out Landmark, here we come!