Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: November 12~19, 2023
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wvstuck
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Been busy again this week. All of the white onions we grew this year were finally dried, so we peeled, sliced and chopped. The last of 50 pounds is finishing in the freeze dryer now. Stored in Mylar we should have a good supply for quite some time. Last night we took our bulk Sam’s purchases and vacuum sealed everything from Chicken Flavored rice, flour, Krustez pancake mix, pasta and a bunch of turkey stove top stuffing. Stored in totes and put up for later use. It’s been rather cold here but the wood stove is performing well. The furnace has not been needed and the electric bill is shrinking.
alpha
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As we approach the end of the harvest season, things are starting to wind down. Last week I managed to herd my four month old heifer calf into the stock trailer and deliver her to her new owner.
Friday we picked up several loads of hay to hold us over for the Winter and will stack it up in a more convenient place this week. Yesterday we picked up our choice of Nubian buck to inseminate the herd this year... he'll spend three weeks in with the 'ladies' to insure everyone has a chance to 'meet' him.
Tomorrow I'll be harvesting a two year old wether for stew meat. And finally, after that, there's only the Thanksgiving turkey to do on the 22nd. All that's going to happen after that is the seemingly endless doctor's appointments and snow relocation events until Spring. I'm ready for it!!!
Friday we picked up several loads of hay to hold us over for the Winter and will stack it up in a more convenient place this week. Yesterday we picked up our choice of Nubian buck to inseminate the herd this year... he'll spend three weeks in with the 'ladies' to insure everyone has a chance to 'meet' him.
Tomorrow I'll be harvesting a two year old wether for stew meat. And finally, after that, there's only the Thanksgiving turkey to do on the 22nd. All that's going to happen after that is the seemingly endless doctor's appointments and snow relocation events until Spring. I'm ready for it!!!
Friday night I was just about to go to sleep when the phone rang. We rarely get calls on the house phone and certainly not calls after 9:30. Our daughter was calling because the 6 year old had put a penny in his nose and it was stuck. She could see it but couldn't get it out. Her hubby was still at work but would meet her at the hospital. We dressed and went to the hospital to take care of the 1 year old. Local hospital could not get it out because of the swelling and it hurting so much he would have to be sedated. So the hospital sent him to Children's Hospital in Little Rock. We got home for the night at 1:00 A.M. with the 1 year old and one if the kids vehicles. They arrived at Children's about 3:00 in the morning. Our daughter said everyone was so nice through the whole ordeal. The pediatric ENT saw grandson and said they would give him Versed and should be able to extract the penny. Well, the hospital was out of Versed. There is that pesky drug shortages showing up when and where you least expect it. They gave grandson some liquid Valium instead. That did the job. They wrapped him up like a burrito, his dad held him in a sitting position, another person held his head, someone held his legs. And the ENT sat on a stool in front and extracted a very expensive penny. Grandson doesn't remember the extraction part he was too out of it. We think we can take care of a lot of medical issues at home, but then a 6 year old throws a curve ball. Little boys do some of the craziest stuff.
Kroger is having some good sales. We tried the Kroger corn and the baking potatoes we bought. We may get some more of each tomorrow. The date on the corn was 2 years out. It's only .50 cents a can through Tuesday.
It's modern gun deer season here. It started yesterday. When I opened the door yesterday morning, there were 3 standing in the driveway looking at me. But I was not hunting, I was on Nana duty. I did take their picture and send to my son who was coming to hunt later in the day. There have been a lot of shots heard both morning so far.
Not sure what we are doing today but I am sure we will find something. Have a blessed week everyone.
Kroger is having some good sales. We tried the Kroger corn and the baking potatoes we bought. We may get some more of each tomorrow. The date on the corn was 2 years out. It's only .50 cents a can through Tuesday.
It's modern gun deer season here. It started yesterday. When I opened the door yesterday morning, there were 3 standing in the driveway looking at me. But I was not hunting, I was on Nana duty. I did take their picture and send to my son who was coming to hunt later in the day. There have been a lot of shots heard both morning so far.
Not sure what we are doing today but I am sure we will find something. Have a blessed week everyone.
SouthernBreeze
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Not much planned for this week for us, either. I have a doctor's appt. on Tuesday with my Mac Degen specialist. Since, we'll be in big town, I plan to go to Sam's for a big load, and Cary wants to put his Jeep in for an oil change.
Wednesday is mid month shopping day. I only have a very small list for groceries that day but, will need to stop in at the Wine Shop, too.
Everything else is just business as usual.
Wednesday is mid month shopping day. I only have a very small list for groceries that day but, will need to stop in at the Wine Shop, too.
Everything else is just business as usual.
paxsim2
Senior Member
Dh is working on the vines covering the fence. We try not to use roundup in the yard so the vines have really taken over.
I'm working on the pantries. I had 3 boxes of cereal that are very stale so my sister gets the rice krispies for the chickens. The other 2 I'll mix in with the seeds for the wild birds. We no longer eat cereal except for oatmeal and grits.
The weather is mild with blue skies but we need rain like everyone else in Oklahoma.
I ordered seeds last night going to try some new varieties.
We are making the decision this week about our 17 year old dog. He has cancer and is still fairly active but he's going downhill fast. After he's gone we won't get another dog which breaks my heart.
Have a good week everyone!
I'm working on the pantries. I had 3 boxes of cereal that are very stale so my sister gets the rice krispies for the chickens. The other 2 I'll mix in with the seeds for the wild birds. We no longer eat cereal except for oatmeal and grits.
The weather is mild with blue skies but we need rain like everyone else in Oklahoma.
I ordered seeds last night going to try some new varieties.
We are making the decision this week about our 17 year old dog. He has cancer and is still fairly active but he's going downhill fast. After he's gone we won't get another dog which breaks my heart.
Have a good week everyone!
I'm just a quarter of the way down on my first cup of coffee, so if this doesn't make sense....
Had a really nice day yesterday - tag-teamed with daughter as younger grandson had a tumbling competition, and the middle one and his pals wanted to go to our high school's playoff football game. Daughter took younger grandson to the first part of the tumbling competition; then left for the football game when I got there. Younger grandson did pretty well - 2 first place and 1 second place trophies. And the football team won their game, so we're now in the final 4; good day all around.
We had another frost last night - temp wasn't supposed to get that low, but I'd covered up the one remaining porch plant when I got home so no damage. The gardens are still pretty wet from the last rain, so it will be later in this week before I go out and clean them up for the winter. Gotta find that sweet spot in between sinking up to my ankles in mud vs needing to get out the plate and jack to get the t-posts out of the ground. Day time temps are supposed to be in the mid to low 60's but down into the 30's at night, with a chance of frost a couple of those nights so I need to harvest the flower seed heads as soon as the ground dries up enough.
Most of the crops in the area have been harvested so I suppose it's getting close to time to start feeding the wild birds again; that will mean a trip to Rural King. Since I'll be in town, I might as well check my pantry before I go to see if I'm low on anything. I know I need two new tins of baking powder - I want to make a batch of homemade biscuit mix, plus I need a new one for the pantry. I'm contemplating a third tin for the freezer. I should probably check the date on my yeast as well - I buy it at the nearby Amish market, divvy it up in smaller containers and put it in the freezer as well.
Things are slowing down with the garden being mostly done for the year and older grandson's sports done for the year, so I will have more time to go through the pantries and the freezer and do an inventory - and make a list. I didn't do well at keeping up my inventory this year so it needs done. I'm hoping for a mild winter, but don't want to take any chances.
Well, I'd better go check on the laundry, grandson is bored and wants to head home so he can play his games - he only gets to play them on weekends, and his Mama shuts them down early Sunday afternoon.
Take care all; wishing you all a safe and productive week.
Had a really nice day yesterday - tag-teamed with daughter as younger grandson had a tumbling competition, and the middle one and his pals wanted to go to our high school's playoff football game. Daughter took younger grandson to the first part of the tumbling competition; then left for the football game when I got there. Younger grandson did pretty well - 2 first place and 1 second place trophies. And the football team won their game, so we're now in the final 4; good day all around.
We had another frost last night - temp wasn't supposed to get that low, but I'd covered up the one remaining porch plant when I got home so no damage. The gardens are still pretty wet from the last rain, so it will be later in this week before I go out and clean them up for the winter. Gotta find that sweet spot in between sinking up to my ankles in mud vs needing to get out the plate and jack to get the t-posts out of the ground. Day time temps are supposed to be in the mid to low 60's but down into the 30's at night, with a chance of frost a couple of those nights so I need to harvest the flower seed heads as soon as the ground dries up enough.
Most of the crops in the area have been harvested so I suppose it's getting close to time to start feeding the wild birds again; that will mean a trip to Rural King. Since I'll be in town, I might as well check my pantry before I go to see if I'm low on anything. I know I need two new tins of baking powder - I want to make a batch of homemade biscuit mix, plus I need a new one for the pantry. I'm contemplating a third tin for the freezer. I should probably check the date on my yeast as well - I buy it at the nearby Amish market, divvy it up in smaller containers and put it in the freezer as well.
Things are slowing down with the garden being mostly done for the year and older grandson's sports done for the year, so I will have more time to go through the pantries and the freezer and do an inventory - and make a list. I didn't do well at keeping up my inventory this year so it needs done. I'm hoping for a mild winter, but don't want to take any chances.
Well, I'd better go check on the laundry, grandson is bored and wants to head home so he can play his games - he only gets to play them on weekends, and his Mama shuts them down early Sunday afternoon.
Take care all; wishing you all a safe and productive week.
nomifyle
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No church today, DH doesn't want to take a chance on catching covid as several church members have had it.
He went to his deer stand yesterday afternoon to put out corn and a yearling stepped out and he couldn't resist it. So he is processing it today, will grind it all up.
I'm back to working in the kitchen and pantry. Still trying to get the last stuff I got from amazon put away.
He went to his deer stand yesterday afternoon to put out corn and a yearling stepped out and he couldn't resist it. So he is processing it today, will grind it all up.
I'm back to working in the kitchen and pantry. Still trying to get the last stuff I got from amazon put away.
SouthernBreeze
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Lots of hunters in the woods, yesterday, for opening day with primitive weapons. Cary said that he thought just about all the members of our club turned out. He got his remaining weapons all sighted in, so they are all good to go. Lots of guys were target shooting, too. I even heard a few shots close to our house, yesterday. All the land that joins ours is open for a few hunters. We see deer all the time around us. Our dog has got so use to them, he doesn't even bark or chase them anymore. The bad part is, we don't eat venison at all. Cary just can't stomach the thought of eating it. That would probably change if he was starving, though.
Marseydoats
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Well I did something dumb and it was totally my fault. After I wash the turn out rugs in the spring, I put them in the tack trunk until they're needed again in the fall. I totally forgot that I needed to get them out ,and I have been stacking supplies on top of the trunks. One of them had about 200 pounds of stuff on it, and the big one has about 400 ... I decided to check the smaller one first and got lucky. I have fantasies of having a heated enclosed tackroom where I have room for everything , but that's not happening in this lifetime.
I also goofed up and ran completely out of peanut butter. I almost never eat it in the summer, and it and any type of oil go rancid in the heat in this non-ventilated house. So I never have more than a few jars anyway, but hubs ate every bit of it. I guess he took the empty jars to the shop, because I didn't see them. He told me that he thought I didn't buy it anymore because I don't eat it.
I tried to pick up some limbs that hubs cut down when they fell in the driveway, and didn't realize they were still attached to the tree, so that didn't happen. But I have got to make him get some firewood in the house next week.
I also goofed up and ran completely out of peanut butter. I almost never eat it in the summer, and it and any type of oil go rancid in the heat in this non-ventilated house. So I never have more than a few jars anyway, but hubs ate every bit of it. I guess he took the empty jars to the shop, because I didn't see them. He told me that he thought I didn't buy it anymore because I don't eat it.
I tried to pick up some limbs that hubs cut down when they fell in the driveway, and didn't realize they were still attached to the tree, so that didn't happen. But I have got to make him get some firewood in the house next week.
John Deere Girl
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My husband hated venison but he loved hunting so I started processing our deer and he loves it now. I think a lot of it is in how it's processed. Ours just tastes like really good beef.
nomifyle
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It tastes like ground meat to me, we have no issues eating it. DH always thanks the animal for its sacrifice for food for us. He's out processing one right now.
SouthernBreeze
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Cary is the same way. He loves the hunt, but won't eat the meat. We have always taken our deer to a deer processing place that does a really great job. I've tried cooking it several different ways, but he still won't eat it. I think it's more of a "head" thing with him more than just a don't like it kinda thing. I grew up eating venison and can still eat it, but it's not on my favorite meat list. Pork and chicken, I can't get enough of, LOL.
sssarawolf
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We're still canning what's in the meat freezer, little by little. Finished the pork this last week. Chickens are this coming week. Dh got them out yesterday to thaw. I have also been making jams out of the fruits that were frozen after they were pitted and etc and frozen until it cooled off.
I did can up a few pints of cranberry jam yesterday rom the frozen packages.
Dh bought more qts and pint jars last week while he was in town.
I did can up a few pints of cranberry jam yesterday rom the frozen packages.
Dh bought more qts and pint jars last week while he was in town.
SouthernBreeze
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I thought I had gotten to the point where I was just going to be replacing what I use from here on out, until this thing in Israel broke loose, and seeing how bad things are getting with empty shelves at the grocery stores, again. Now, Cary and I, both, are feeling the urge to stock deeper and wider on everything in general as long as we can still find room to safely store and rotate it. I'm back to adding more of the most common items I use from the pantry each time I go grocery shopping. Sam's this time will be an unusually large order, too. I've also started canning up more meat from the freezer, and buying more to replace what I can up.
edit. I just noticed that I said a large Sam's order. I'm so use to ordering from them, I didn't notice what I said. I'm going to be going in store on Tuesday. It's still going to be a big load, though. Lots of items I use on sale.
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school marm
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No more than usual for me, but for the past decade I've been just two steps below "hair on fire." I know what's coming is going to be nothing short of hell for most people in this country, and except for the electrical supply, we could do very well here for a couple of years without having to go out. We have solar, but not as much as we'd like. We've got a few cords of wood, and all we could ever need on the national forest land above us. So I mostly focus on just buying more food and medical supplies when they're a good deal. I work on harvesting more medicinal herbs when the season is right for them.
However, DH was on a tear to get the wood all split and stacked next to the house this fall. He's never been that determined before.
And, DS2 and DD1 who both have good jobs at the mines and make nearly six figures have been impressed that they need to become their own bosses in a field not related to mining at all. DS "knows" he needs to be ready by 2025. DD is beginning on a small scale right now and planning to vastly expand her operation after the first year.
Oh, I guess something I am being inspired to do is to bring like-minded people together to learn from each other and perhaps build some connections. I'm just not exactly sure how to go about it.
Marseydoats
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Right now mine is just more of "finish the winter prep mode" I'm to the point that I can't do anything else without hubs help. He has to rotate the fuel we have into the big tank before I can buy anymore. Unfortunately, it now takes both of us to do it. There is a bunch of deadfall down but it is all too big for me to pick up, and I didn't realize that when he cut it to move it out of the driveway, he didn't cut it loose from the tree trunk.
I've warned him on planning to get things done next week.
herbgarden
Senior Member
My husband and I both have been nudged hard. And have been working on many things. But, this weekend we decided to take a break and have our 3yo grandson for the weekend to allow our son and DIL to have a surprise time to themselves. It has been a wonderful weekend of hiking in the woods, playing and coloring. Nothing is better than the wonder and love of a child.
Toosh
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I've been working on exterior security. Adding more flood lights in the dark corners and new BLINK cameras in high traffic areas. Cameras have really gotten good and they are cheap. Went with battery powered rather than wired. I have my router setup on battery-backup so I should be good for a while if the power fails. Lowes has BLINK on sale for 50% off thru Black Friday, if anyone is in need.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Not really getting a nudge, mainly just buying normal and replacing something here and there. I just placed an order for pick up at wm tomorrow, nothing really big. Although DH is replacing sodas, we are low on them. Like I said before if I've forgotten something, which I doubt, then we'll have to do without.
Things seem to be moving at break neck speed....so just going over things...we keep a deep pantry....always have....must come from the prior generation.... both my parents were born in 1910 and graduated from high school in 1929.... old enough to feel the brunt of the depression....
Mom always kept a good pantry..and was very careful not to waste food or pretty much any thing...it was just a way of life...with my parents....the only thing they ever went into debit for was their house... they saved and then bought things....they paid for their cars that way..
DH and I use credit cards now....but pay them off....we just don't by what we can't pay for...we both have our social security and are in really good health....and DH continues to work full time as a mechanic at tractor dealership..so we can add things we need
We continue to add things ...but much slower now...we have gotten more seed and plan to expand our garden again in the spring...we have add some solar lights outside and replaced our other outside lights with the new style more efficient bulbs..
We are stacking in more firewood....adding more otc meds..and vitamins..
I have been busy on the web searching more casserole recipes and trying them for more variety with canned meats and dried ingredients....
Have gone through clothing...more long johns DH..more socks and work gloves for both of use....and back up boots and shoes extra shoe and boot laces... all those are harder to make...push come to shove...jackets, jeans and shirts can be patched socks can be darned...have darning thread and egg....lots of needles and threads of many colors...and a big button box... mending may become a way of life...????
Have extra bedding..plenty of sheets...and warm bedding down sleeping bags, and down blankets and down comforters
Really feel the need to thing about everything and review and fill any holes we can think of.....it looks like things will get ugly
We eat deer ....deer that is shoot standing....is the best....deer that is running is never as good...and young bucks and doe are the best..
Mom always kept a good pantry..and was very careful not to waste food or pretty much any thing...it was just a way of life...with my parents....the only thing they ever went into debit for was their house... they saved and then bought things....they paid for their cars that way..
DH and I use credit cards now....but pay them off....we just don't by what we can't pay for...we both have our social security and are in really good health....and DH continues to work full time as a mechanic at tractor dealership..so we can add things we need
We continue to add things ...but much slower now...we have gotten more seed and plan to expand our garden again in the spring...we have add some solar lights outside and replaced our other outside lights with the new style more efficient bulbs..
We are stacking in more firewood....adding more otc meds..and vitamins..
I have been busy on the web searching more casserole recipes and trying them for more variety with canned meats and dried ingredients....
Have gone through clothing...more long johns DH..more socks and work gloves for both of use....and back up boots and shoes extra shoe and boot laces... all those are harder to make...push come to shove...jackets, jeans and shirts can be patched socks can be darned...have darning thread and egg....lots of needles and threads of many colors...and a big button box... mending may become a way of life...????
Have extra bedding..plenty of sheets...and warm bedding down sleeping bags, and down blankets and down comforters
Really feel the need to thing about everything and review and fill any holes we can think of.....it looks like things will get ugly
We eat deer ....deer that is shoot standing....is the best....deer that is running is never as good...and young bucks and doe are the best..
No nudges here but that could change any moment. Did get wild hair and went to Costco last week. Quick small shop for some Christmas treats and basics.
Getting fresh gas in case we need generator. I also want to make room and freeze some water bottles that could go in cooler. I am using up freezer food more than shelf stable.
Our winter weather is usually cold nights but milder days.
I will go to the store this week for items to make for Thanksgiving. So far our grocery has been well stocked.
Getting fresh gas in case we need generator. I also want to make room and freeze some water bottles that could go in cooler. I am using up freezer food more than shelf stable.
Our winter weather is usually cold nights but milder days.
I will go to the store this week for items to make for Thanksgiving. So far our grocery has been well stocked.
Do you add anything to the deer meat when you grind it to add some fat? Or do you just grind it alone and bag it up. I've heard people complain that deer meat is too lean/dry and therefore add something like bacon or pork shoulder to add some fat to the mix.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Just grind it up, but I'm not afraid to use good fat to cook it. Its all ground and we use it like ground beef. DH butchers wild pigs, no boars though and I mix it with venison sometimes, to us its just ground meat.
Not long ago I bought some frozen angus beef patties and they are delicious, so there is a difference in the taste. If I hadn't bought the beef patties I would not have noticed the difference. I'm a health food nut so I know the venison and wild pork is heathier for us so I don't buy regular ground beef. Haven't bought beef at walmart in many years except those frozen patties. They are a nice hamburger treat.
Years ago when we butchered deer and ground it....we always went to the butcher and got pork fat and mixed it with deer and then ground it and then ground it a second time so it was well mixed together...it made great ground "beef" that way....it can be very dry...
We also cut chunks for soup and stew.....and roasts....for those cuts we found that they cook best if cooked with lot of moisture... roasts went in the crockpot with plenty of moisture and came out juicy and tender..
I remember years ago, the hard inflationary times in the seventies, a friend dropped by with a girl he was dating....to talk about going hunting on our land the next weekend..it was dinner time and I had a big pot of deer veggie soup on the stove.... I offered them a bowl of veggie soup and they both had a large bowl...the guys were talking about hunting......the girl said that there was no way that she could ever eat deer...and then told me how good the soup was...I said thanks...of course three of us knew it was deer....but didn't tell her......I don't know if our friend told her....i never saw her again...
Times were very difficult back then...we ate...beef, pork and chicken....along with deer, squirrel and rabbit...our friends in mountains also hunted and ate bear....we don't eat deer often now because we live in a rural farming area and know most of the farmers and ranchers here.... It is easy to get grass fed Angus..and many here raise hogs and make and sell sausage...get our eggs from guy dh works with he has around a hundred laying hens..but if times get hard enough we will eat game meat if need be...
We also cut chunks for soup and stew.....and roasts....for those cuts we found that they cook best if cooked with lot of moisture... roasts went in the crockpot with plenty of moisture and came out juicy and tender..
I remember years ago, the hard inflationary times in the seventies, a friend dropped by with a girl he was dating....to talk about going hunting on our land the next weekend..it was dinner time and I had a big pot of deer veggie soup on the stove.... I offered them a bowl of veggie soup and they both had a large bowl...the guys were talking about hunting......the girl said that there was no way that she could ever eat deer...and then told me how good the soup was...I said thanks...of course three of us knew it was deer....but didn't tell her......I don't know if our friend told her....i never saw her again...
Times were very difficult back then...we ate...beef, pork and chicken....along with deer, squirrel and rabbit...our friends in mountains also hunted and ate bear....we don't eat deer often now because we live in a rural farming area and know most of the farmers and ranchers here.... It is easy to get grass fed Angus..and many here raise hogs and make and sell sausage...get our eggs from guy dh works with he has around a hundred laying hens..but if times get hard enough we will eat game meat if need be...
kyrsyan
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I'm getting nudges all over the place. I'm just doing what I can, as I can. One of the biggest nudges is to get the rain water collection in place, preferably before spring.
I "lost" time this weekend. The body pretty much wanted sleep. But the result is that I'm pretty much recovered. I still have a "poison" headache but that's about it. I'm off the hormone completely. And I figure it will be a few more days for the headache to fade.
We love venison here. Unfortunately, I can't hunt. So we have to rely on helpful hunters. I have fingers crossed that we might get some this year but thinking it's not going to happen.
Onions are supposed to arrive this week. Since I didn't get it done this weekend, I plan to get out and get the ground cloth down and start cutting the spots for the onions. I'm just focusing on getting back on track.
I "lost" time this weekend. The body pretty much wanted sleep. But the result is that I'm pretty much recovered. I still have a "poison" headache but that's about it. I'm off the hormone completely. And I figure it will be a few more days for the headache to fade.
We love venison here. Unfortunately, I can't hunt. So we have to rely on helpful hunters. I have fingers crossed that we might get some this year but thinking it's not going to happen.
Onions are supposed to arrive this week. Since I didn't get it done this weekend, I plan to get out and get the ground cloth down and start cutting the spots for the onions. I'm just focusing on getting back on track.
SouthernBreeze
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Dad was an avid deer hunter. We always had a freezer full of venison. They never had any ground up to use as hamburger. Mom had tenderloin steaks, stew meat, and roasts made out of it. There was nothing left to grind up. Ground beef was bought at the grocery store, but not very often.
SouthernBreeze
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Upon requests, Cary has any deer he harvests taken to our favorite deer processing place, has it processed, then gives it to those who requested it. Nothing goes to waste, since Cary doesn't eat it. He usually has at least 2 families that ask for any deer he kills. He doesn't hunt very much anymore, though.
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kyrsyan
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I used to have a hunter friend that did that. But his life has gone on different paths and he rarely gets to hunt anymore.
SouthernBreeze
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Cary doesn't hunt very much anymore. He just can't take the cold the way he once did. Plus, he has PAD in one of his legs, and can't walk much distance anymore. He still loves to be in the woods, though, He likes to sit around at the clubhouse, and listen to other's hunting adventures.
kyrsyan
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And perhaps I should mention, that the main reason we love venison here is because beef is not an option. But at this point, both son and I are used to the flavor without any issues. Anyways, he gets migraines from beef. So does his father. The docs could never figure out why. Neither could I.
His father experimented and found that he could have up to 8 oz of organic beef, once every two weeks. But his father does not have regular migraines. Not worth the risk to son who fights migraines on a regular basis.
His father experimented and found that he could have up to 8 oz of organic beef, once every two weeks. But his father does not have regular migraines. Not worth the risk to son who fights migraines on a regular basis.
SouthernBreeze
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That's a new one on me. Feet jerky? DDIL makes venison jerky, too. They love it.
SouthernBreeze
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Question.......Can dogs have cooked chicken thigh bones? I'm wanting to start making our dog's own food. I have lots of rice that is getting old and was thinking of buying chicken thighs to make it with. Just cook the whole thighs and mix with rice, bones and all, along with the broth.
Nope! Raw thighs are great for him. Cooked (unless pressure cooked for an hour) can be deadly. And I've found that even pressure canning sometimes leaves the long bones in legs and thighs too "intact" for me to trust... I pull them out when canning dog food after making stock, though I leave almost all other bones in.
Summerthyme
SouthernBreeze
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Ok. Thanks, Summerthyme. Can I use chicken wings, then? I'm not planning to can any of it. I'm thinking of making up a week's worth at a time and keep it in the fridge. I might try using chicken livers if I can still find those.
Laughing so hard here!!
Deer jerky. Must learn to proofread posts.
I'm sure everyone has paper road maps for backup but you can also buy maps that show all the smaller farm to market roads. Could come in handy when travelling in unfamiliar areas if you have to get off interstate.
Deer jerky. Must learn to proofread posts.
I'm sure everyone has paper road maps for backup but you can also buy maps that show all the smaller farm to market roads. Could come in handy when travelling in unfamiliar areas if you have to get off interstate.