One thing we don't have to worry about on the homestead is food. We know how to grow it, where it comes from, what it eats, how to garden and in the end, how it is butchered.
Today I was getting lamb ready for the weekend. It is thawed...
It looks fresh and not gray like meat in the store.
We wash all our meat after it is thawed.
Then soak it in milk overnight to get any mutton taste it might have out (haven't tasted it yet).
We get eggs daily. Technically, they can stay out on the counter since they aren't washed. But I wash them up.
And put them in the frig. The numbers are for freshness. Eat the lowest number first.
Our herbs are beginning to peek through.
Later I went out to check on our new chicks. Yes, I had a partner. Norman insisted on bringing one of his new toys.
The new layers are doing great. I hope to put leg bands on them tomorrow or this weekend by the latest. It will help later when we need to figure out who is not laying between the older hens vs. the younger ones (they will have the bands on them).
These are the meat hens. They look very healthy and happy.
Then back in the house to wash up (always , always wash up after being out with chickens!)
Bread needed to be made ...oatmeal bread this time.
It turned out good. It is a thick hearty bread.
Next I needed to make chicken salad before heading to work. I found this recipe here . It is a French chicken salad from an 1800 recipe, over 200 years old.
With our own parsley, it was fantastic!
It was all about the food before work today. Tomorrow I will cook the lamb so we will have it for the weekend , despite it being a meatless Friday.
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