tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post7023917310554080320..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: Where Do The Days Go?Mama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-50850216784245208622016-12-03T13:37:07.901-06:002016-12-03T13:37:07.901-06:00Susan - I think there is going to be roast goose f...Susan - I think there is going to be roast goose for Christmas Dinner. The livers are getting sauteed in bacon grease for dinner tonight!<br /><br />P.S. Doth Susan speak from experience when she mentions the extra dozen ducks that are making her life hell??? ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-37117283214246143032016-12-03T13:34:34.500-06:002016-12-03T13:34:34.500-06:00Sandy - Yes, knowing where our food comes from, ho...Sandy - Yes, knowing where our food comes from, how it was raised (meat especially because we don't raise all of it here), and how the animals were treated is very important to us. Both morally and as good nutrition for our bodies.<br /><br />Yepper, I will definitely bake cookies. I always do, and it's part of the good feelings of the holiday season. ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-76548297467723945442016-12-03T13:31:53.278-06:002016-12-03T13:31:53.278-06:00Michelle - HUGE project for you and your family! ...Michelle - HUGE project for you and your family! But how exciting to be on your new homestead. Hope you have an "easy" weather winter to help you get settled in.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-56999763080029325962016-12-02T09:04:03.544-06:002016-12-02T09:04:03.544-06:00I was wondering how your fun yesterday went. Feat...I was wondering how your fun yesterday went. Feathers are the bane of my butchering experience. I cannot imagine geese - or ducks! It makes it a little difficult when you have a friendly bunch. Unless you have an extra dozen ducks that are making your life hell. Can you believe that I never have had roast goose? You want me to come up for dinner? I'd gladly take those livers offen your hands... :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-90875162017036326452016-12-02T06:20:08.547-06:002016-12-02T06:20:08.547-06:00Always glad I'm poor and don't have to eat...Always glad I'm poor and don't have to eat stuff like pate and escargot and caviar. I'll stick with "poor man's" appetizers-cute little sandwiches and those little snausages baked in a crescent roll. Yep. MUCH more do-able!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-21086736785763073382016-12-02T06:17:43.023-06:002016-12-02T06:17:43.023-06:00GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-2146742730110633732016-12-01T20:59:57.150-06:002016-12-01T20:59:57.150-06:00Mama Pea,
Your craft room looks like you work in i...Mama Pea,<br />Your craft room looks like you work in it. As they say a home should look lived in, not so put together one can't enjoy it. <br /><br />Dispatching an animal is no fun however, it does fill up the freezer, and you know exactly how your meat was raised. I would rather dispatch an animal I raised than to go to the grocery store and buy meat (meat you have really no idea how it was raised, and what type of drugs were feed to the animal).<br /><br />I think you'll bake cookies. You do it every year, and every one loves them. <br />Hugs,<br />SandySandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-18546640679115977442016-12-01T20:09:43.220-06:002016-12-01T20:09:43.220-06:00We moved into our new homestead in Utah Nov 1. So ...We moved into our new homestead in Utah Nov 1. So we are busy getting settled in. We are pretty much painting the whole house and had to redo the walls down in my husbands man cave. That's where he is as I write this comment. I can hear the saw going.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299100592327267900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-82978255473044124682016-12-01T17:31:54.784-06:002016-12-01T17:31:54.784-06:00Myrna - Our good neighbor who helped us today said...Myrna - Our good neighbor who helped us today said his mother always dry plucked to get the down, too. He experienced scalding the geese and ducks for the first time today and remarked over and over how much easier it was than dry plucking! If I could send you one of our butchered geese, I would!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-90112895502409973632016-12-01T06:57:14.254-06:002016-12-01T06:57:14.254-06:00We dry plucked our Grandmothers geese as she wante...We dry plucked our Grandmothers geese as she wanted all the feathers and eiderdown for pillows.<br />Oh, yes those feathers come out hard. Almost always had goose for Christmas dinner at her house. Sounds so good, been many years since I have fixed one. Such good eating you will have.Myrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644142108001303079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-85933244803064040542016-12-01T06:38:51.309-06:002016-12-01T06:38:51.309-06:00Glenda - The butchering is really no different tha...Glenda - The butchering is really no different than with chickens. BUT the feathers are harder to remove. I will have camera in hand (a good excuse to stay out of the yucky stuff?) and will see what I can come up with that isn't too gruesome to post. This butchering is gonna be hard because this batch of geese and ducks are so tame and friendly.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-58644773964510324212016-12-01T06:35:08.020-06:002016-12-01T06:35:08.020-06:00Sue - Yes, I'm thinking there will be a Christ...Sue - Yes, I'm thinking there will be a Christmas goose in the oven this year. First time in several years. (You want the livers to make pate??)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-48749585238500185442016-12-01T06:34:19.027-06:002016-12-01T06:34:19.027-06:00I hope you post about the actual process of butch...I hope you post about the actual process of butchering. I have no experience outside of chickens.<br /><br />You know you will be making cookies!gldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-53718391606740098232016-12-01T06:33:37.784-06:002016-12-01T06:33:37.784-06:00Goatldi - I was thinking the same thing last nigh...Goatldi - I was thinking the same thing last night about how lucky I am to have my quilt room, my own space, complete with a door. Who cares what it looks like in there? I've got the rest of the house spiffed up and I can, indeed, close the door on that mess!<br /><br />Sledding down a great hill on a super sized inner tube?? Sounds like one hay of a lot of tun!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-51438410405692677942016-12-01T06:30:06.682-06:002016-12-01T06:30:06.682-06:00Sarah - No, I could never skip the cookies . . . e...Sarah - No, I could never skip the cookies . . . especially living with the original Cookie Monster (aka husband). How about January is a perfect month for reading, quilting, watching a couple of DVDs, napping, etc.? ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-65024872680618960452016-12-01T03:59:55.782-06:002016-12-01T03:59:55.782-06:00Christmas without cookies? Unthinkable!
The butch...Christmas without cookies? Unthinkable! <br />The butchering will be over in a few hours and then you'll have more goodness from the freezer to enjoy in the coming months. <br />So , is goose on the Christmas menu?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-32440486954410953142016-12-01T00:28:47.349-06:002016-12-01T00:28:47.349-06:00I think your quilt room is lovely. It shows a grea...I think your quilt room is lovely. It shows a great sense of placement and color. And I can tell you that you aren't alone and that my dear is why God invented doors. You have a homestead life and it seems to me that working with it takes a bit of triage. First things first and all that. Fun blog entry let me know if you need to borrow one of our super sized River Rat inter tubes. Won't need them until end of December when the grand girls go sledding on Eskimo Hill. Goatldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222031369656684797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-12951248761291378252016-11-30T23:15:39.834-06:002016-11-30T23:15:39.834-06:00Can't skip the cookies! A deep clean sounds l...Can't skip the cookies! A deep clean sounds like the perfect January project! :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105014798773711886noreply@blogger.com