Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden, DIY, and farmsteading/homesteading. But, mostly food. Mostly harmless...
I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent somewhere have recognized that item as food?) Otherwise, I'm an omnivore who travels the world (gustatorially). Yes, I also make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Nearly all of my recipes in recent years are gluten-free. And other than coconut, my recent and future recipes are tree-nut free, as I have digestive issues with those. There's a strong Paleo influence here.
I try to post recipes every Friday, with potential supplemental posts on Tuesdays.
Please leave me comments! Interacting with folk drives me forward!
Tag Archives: homesteading
Saving Seeds: Winter Squash
Delicata squash is a joy, plus. Do notice the recent post where I made use of nearly everything except the seeds and that stringy stuff that holds the seeds in place. There are three things you can do with the … Continue reading
Slow Braised Rooster Wings – Rooster Legs: Dual Recipes
Since I did this as a test, I only cooked one Ziploc pack of wings from the recent farm-harvested roosters. It held five whole wings, and I’d left the drumette attached to the dual-bone part. For guests, separate the drumette … Continue reading
Unlaid Chicken Eggs: In Chicken Soup
Back on September 30th, we dispatched the meat birds. I ended up helping with de-feathering and gutting ducks at a neighbor’s, followed by them (there were five of us working on one aspect or another of the birds) coming over … Continue reading
Rendering Pork Leaf Lard
I asked for the leaf lard from the recent pork share I participated in. And, oh, why not, I’ll take the fat back too! I ended up with one package of leaf lard, which was about one pound, and four … Continue reading
Citrus and Fig Update – plus Protect Your Deck from Grill Ash
In the tropical, keep ’em winterized indoors department, I got a new grapefruit sapling, and three baby fig “trees” that are less than sapling in size. I live in Zone 5b, so these definitely need at the very least, a … Continue reading
Baby Chicks Are Thriving
I ordered two batches of day-old chicks: 8 broilers, 4 red and 4 black, arrived May 3rd, from our local look-alike Tractor Supply/Agway but homegrown independent farm and pet store. These birds are destined for the dinner table, and are … Continue reading
Sea Vegetable
Arrival of the Chicken Tractor & Coop!
This post is for the birds! Seriously! The chicken coop is here! I’ve put the birds (the broilers) in, but have to do more work before we’re totally copasetic. They HAD to go out, whereas the laying hens … Continue reading →