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.
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Tag Archives: Quail
Happy New Years!
Welcome to 2022! Let’s hope this year works out better than the last couple of them. Not that there hasn’t been good days and moments and events in the last two years, but overall, there was a level of distress … Continue reading
Coturnix a la Española: Adaptation of a Spanish-Style Quail Recipe, circa 1898
Contains: Gluten/wheat, eggs. Is: Probably extremely “retro”. You can use gluten-free bread for the breadcrumbs, if desired. A 19th-century recipe from California for Codornices a la española (Spanish-style quail) was prepared by stuffing quails with a mixture of mushroom, green onion, parsley, butter, lemon … Continue reading
Oven-Roasted Coturnix Quail with Farro, and Cucumber Salad
Contains: Gluten, if you use farro. Is: Cooking from Home Grown. You can substitute the farro (an ancient grain) with quinoa or rice, to make this dish gluten-free. Or with potatoes to make it Paleo and Whole30 instead. Another veggie … Continue reading
Spring Homesteading Plans, 2021
Or, The Annals of Future Food! We had six inches of snow by late morning, Friday 4/16. Most melted by Saturday; it was all gone by Sunday morning. It is the time of year that if and when it does … Continue reading
Homesteading: Chickens and Quail, Updates and Coop Life
Life is moving along with regards to both the chicken and the quail. Most of this post is about cooping them, along with adorable poultry photos…. Chickens: The main (first) coop now has five hens and one rooster. The rooster … Continue reading
The Quail Have Started to Lay! Plus, How Quail Differ from Chickens
New Homestead Developments! As of this morning, July 21st, I have a total of 4 quail eggs. Produced by my in-house Coturnix! Apparently I have at least two or three females and at least one male. There are seven mature … Continue reading
Incubating Quail or Chicken Eggs
I have decided to try my hand at incubating poultry eggs in my home. Why? Scroll down for a summary of a list of instructions! For the quail, I’d ordered some eggs back at the end of March, because 1) … Continue reading
What’s Growing on the Homestead Today?
The photos here were taken May 8th (other than the 2-day old quail photo). Overnight … rain, then snow (again). But I’m enjoying the thoughts of new life and new growth, both vegetative and avian. (And, personal…) Trees are thinking … Continue reading
Quail Stuffed with Eggplant and Mushrooms
I’ve never stuffed quail before, so I did reference a web link for timings, which sounds excellent in its own right (although I’d probably skip the bread crumbs). You can check out Emeril Lagasse here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/mushroom-stuffed-quail-recipe2/index.html (Mushroom-Stuffed Quail). This I … Continue reading
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Homesteading in June, Here at Zone 5
Animal, Mineral and Vegetable…. Four-legged friends: At the moment, there’s just Serenity the 19 and a half year old ragdoll cat. It is not fair to her to bring in another cat (although she has a history of getting along … Continue reading →