Thanksgiving did not turn out as planned as my dh could not get here in time. He made up for it by bringing me flowers. Our bourbon red turkeys, Thanks and Giving, had a name change: Christ and Mas, as I did not feel up to slaughtering them without him. Chicken and ducks I can … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Cold Smoking Bacon
My amazing homesteading friends from Golden Goose Farm built their own cold smoker and have “smoking parties” whenever it is time to fire it up for smoking meats. Everyone brings their own brined or cured bacon or other meats and some wonderful Weston A. Price types of potluck food to share with all the families … Continue reading
Brining Bacon
Bacon is one of those volatile subjects, best discussed among the faithful. I will leave the various discussions among the faithful who abstain due to religious beliefs, the faithful who abstain due to cholesterol brainwashing by the medical industrial complex, the faithful who abstain due to knowledge of the agricultural industrial complex system of CAFO … Continue reading