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Showing posts with label Kitchens Gone Wild. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitchens Gone Wild. Show all posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 11-30-2009
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Kitchens Gone Wild 11-30-2009
My Kombucha will be "harvested" today. I have the usual sourdoughs going. It was a busy week(end) last week(end), and all I really have new for you this week is deer. Yup, deer. I got a call from my friend on Saturday & asked if I was ready to learn how to cut up deer. He knew I'd been wanting to learn, so he was able to salvage 2 hindquarters, since the hunters managed to some how hang them wrong & mess up the front ends..... Yesterday I donned clothes that I don't care about & went & cut..... and peeled..... and cut..... and LEARNED how to process whitetail hindquarters. It was tedious to me, as I've never done it before, and I'm happy that he broke me in "easy." Next year I'll learn how to process a deer, beginning with breaking the whole animal down. I'm chuffed with all this!!!
This morning I fried up the leftovers for the chickens. It was scrap that landed on the counters from the meat griner, that I swiped into a baggie. I mixed it with some other leftovers & cut up 3 mini0pumpkins (from my own garden) for them. Boy do they LOVE pumpkins!!! And pumpkins (seeds) are a natural wormer for chickens, so they win. I win.
Out of my hindquarter I got 11+ pounds of steaks & stew meat (only one baggie was stew meat), and I got a smidge over 9 pounds of ground. A little over 20 pounds of meat went into my freezer today! YUM!!!!!
What's gone wild in YOUR kitchen this past week?
This morning I fried up the leftovers for the chickens. It was scrap that landed on the counters from the meat griner, that I swiped into a baggie. I mixed it with some other leftovers & cut up 3 mini0pumpkins (from my own garden) for them. Boy do they LOVE pumpkins!!! And pumpkins (seeds) are a natural wormer for chickens, so they win. I win.
Out of my hindquarter I got 11+ pounds of steaks & stew meat (only one baggie was stew meat), and I got a smidge over 9 pounds of ground. A little over 20 pounds of meat went into my freezer today! YUM!!!!!
What's gone wild in YOUR kitchen this past week?
Monday, November 23, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 11-23-2009
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Kitchens Gone Wild 11-23-2009
What a wild past few weeks!I was blessed with dairy kefir grains & they seemed to have taken off in just a couple of days! I'm about to start them in raw milk instead of organic, so we'll see how that goes. Here is my beautiful new brew and some kefir cheese I made! I tried the cheese on some banana bread & it is DELISH!!!
This past week I was able to get 8 quarts of kombucha. A little less than I usually do, but I've got 3 gallons going now & will hopefully do at least 4 gallons next go round. My sourdoughs are still thriving, but I haven't been able to bake as of late. I also haven't gotten my WKG back out yet, but I have been sending WKG & dried sourdough out all over the country! That's been almost as much fun as fermenting things myself!!! *grin*
I also tried my hand at sprouts. The broc sprouts did well, but, to be honest, we just don't like them. I'm not giving up hope, though, and I will try again. In other sprouts, however, we love the lentil sprouts. They taste like a cross between raw peanuts & snap peas to me. Definitely doing these babies again!!!
I also decided to try something new this week & am going for fermented ketchup. Next week, I'll be able to update how is it & how it goes with the kids.
And last but not least, definitely wild, but unexpected in this post, I'm sure.....
We hatched a moth. The boys caught it, put it in a jar in the kitchen, where I moved it to the rack so it wouldn't get knocked over. The very next day it had already cocooned itself. 2 weeks later and a beautiful moth appeared!!!
This past week I was able to get 8 quarts of kombucha. A little less than I usually do, but I've got 3 gallons going now & will hopefully do at least 4 gallons next go round. My sourdoughs are still thriving, but I haven't been able to bake as of late. I also haven't gotten my WKG back out yet, but I have been sending WKG & dried sourdough out all over the country! That's been almost as much fun as fermenting things myself!!! *grin*
I also tried my hand at sprouts. The broc sprouts did well, but, to be honest, we just don't like them. I'm not giving up hope, though, and I will try again. In other sprouts, however, we love the lentil sprouts. They taste like a cross between raw peanuts & snap peas to me. Definitely doing these babies again!!!
I also decided to try something new this week & am going for fermented ketchup. Next week, I'll be able to update how is it & how it goes with the kids.
And last but not least, definitely wild, but unexpected in this post, I'm sure.....
We hatched a moth. The boys caught it, put it in a jar in the kitchen, where I moved it to the rack so it wouldn't get knocked over. The very next day it had already cocooned itself. 2 weeks later and a beautiful moth appeared!!!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 11-9-2009
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 11-2-2009
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 10-26-2009
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Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 10-26-2009
Been a slow week this week. I made 6 loaves of sourdough, 1 batch of sourdough pancakes (which I forgot to get a picture of) & 1 batch of sourdough crackers, which everyone loved & took all of 3 days to devour! Guess what I'm doing this week? Yeah. Making crackers again. Probably a double batch this time, LOL.
I also tried my hand at drying my starter. I've shipped some off to a faraway land (actually only Pennsylvania), so she can try her hand at a sourdough starter.
My kombucha tea is taking longer as it keeps getting colder & colder here. I'm going to check it today, and with any luck it will be ready! My Amish friendship bread starter is doing well, and I've shared 2 shares with others. It will be ready for baking in just 2 days- YAY!! I'll do a batch or 2 of bread, but I think I want to try some other recipes as well. I'm also about to start trying to soak the flour before I bake it for a much more nourishing & digestible bread. I have 2 ways to do this in mind, so hopefully I can report back next week on how it goes & which turns out better! I made biscuits with it a couple weeks ago, but they left a lot to be desired. Too sweet for a biscuit. They were good, don't get me wrong, but just not something to go alongside a savoury meal.
I'm hoping this next week is more productive. I've been so busy with sick kids, daycare, our chickens laying eggs (finally, YAY!), moving the rabbits into the shed, butchering chickens, etc.
What have you got growing wild in your kitchen?!?
I also tried my hand at drying my starter. I've shipped some off to a faraway land (actually only Pennsylvania), so she can try her hand at a sourdough starter.
My kombucha tea is taking longer as it keeps getting colder & colder here. I'm going to check it today, and with any luck it will be ready! My Amish friendship bread starter is doing well, and I've shared 2 shares with others. It will be ready for baking in just 2 days- YAY!! I'll do a batch or 2 of bread, but I think I want to try some other recipes as well. I'm also about to start trying to soak the flour before I bake it for a much more nourishing & digestible bread. I have 2 ways to do this in mind, so hopefully I can report back next week on how it goes & which turns out better! I made biscuits with it a couple weeks ago, but they left a lot to be desired. Too sweet for a biscuit. They were good, don't get me wrong, but just not something to go alongside a savoury meal.
I'm hoping this next week is more productive. I've been so busy with sick kids, daycare, our chickens laying eggs (finally, YAY!), moving the rabbits into the shed, butchering chickens, etc.
What have you got growing wild in your kitchen?!?
Monday, October 19, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 10-19-2009
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Kitchens Gone Wild 10-19-2009
I took this pic from my kitchen mini-redo post, just because it looks so cool. Those are my sourdough starters in the back, so I thought they'd go nice in this post!
These are the ingredients from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook for Haymaker's Oat Water. I made it, but haven't tried it yet. It got shoved to the back of the fridge & I've just been too busy, tired & preoccupied to retrieve it.
Here it is, ready to be covered for the night.
And here, I just added milk to 2 tablespoons of buttermilk to make a quart. This stuff is so wonderful & simple to make. Simply put your 2T in a quart jug, jar or bottle & fill with milk to make one quart. Let it sit at room temperature 24-48 hours. Even in the cold Wyoming weather here, it's ready in about 24 hours, but you can give it up to 48. After it has cultured, in the fridge it goes for baking & drinking (one of my kids loves it & one of my daycare girls loves it as well).
Since the kids were sick most of last week, I didn't try too many new things. My kombucha will be checked today to see if it's done. Yoghurt is on the agenda again this week as well, since the last batch is just about gone.
So, last but not least- zucchini bread made with Amish Friendship Bread Starter. Absolutely delicious. I made the basic recipe & dumped in about a cup of shredded zucchini. HUGE hit!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild Carnival 10-12-2009
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Kitchens Gone Wild
This week I started using my sourdough starters. I began them on 9/29.
This is the Amish Friendship Bread Starter I have taken a cup from to share with a lady from church. I gave another cup to one of my daycare moms. I also made 2 loaves of bread with it, which are all but devoured. It is such a yummy dessert & breakfast bread!
This is my latest batch of Kombucha tea. It's taking longer to brew now that the weather has cooled, but I'm pleased to report that I got 9 1/2 quarts this go round (the green tea isn't pictured here).
This is my Amish Friendship Bread Starter ready for another 10 days of fermenting. It will be ready for baking & sharing on the 18th.
This was my first batch of sourdough bread, from the first starter I've ever been able to make successfully from airborne yeast. I am so excited with this!
Otherwise, my kraut is almost (finally) done. My water kefir grains are being stored for a bit right now & I have yoghurt on the agenda for this next week. We were brought a yummy elk steak by a friend that he had cooked up. I didn't get a picture of it as Hubba instantly sucked it down. I did get a couple bites, & it was fantastic!
What's gone wild in your kitchen this past week?
This is the Amish Friendship Bread Starter I have taken a cup from to share with a lady from church. I gave another cup to one of my daycare moms. I also made 2 loaves of bread with it, which are all but devoured. It is such a yummy dessert & breakfast bread!
This is my latest batch of Kombucha tea. It's taking longer to brew now that the weather has cooled, but I'm pleased to report that I got 9 1/2 quarts this go round (the green tea isn't pictured here).
This is my Amish Friendship Bread Starter ready for another 10 days of fermenting. It will be ready for baking & sharing on the 18th.
This was my first batch of sourdough bread, from the first starter I've ever been able to make successfully from airborne yeast. I am so excited with this!
Otherwise, my kraut is almost (finally) done. My water kefir grains are being stored for a bit right now & I have yoghurt on the agenda for this next week. We were brought a yummy elk steak by a friend that he had cooked up. I didn't get a picture of it as Hubba instantly sucked it down. I did get a couple bites, & it was fantastic!
What's gone wild in your kitchen this past week?
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Kitchens Gone Wild
There's a story to this. No, really there is. I get some really crazy pictures of my kitties & I've seen some really crazy pictures of kitties across the net. I had this foolish idea to make a calendar called Kitties Gone Wild. It never happened, but I figure it was the path to something else looking back. I was in the kitchen at some horribly early hour this morning tending to my sourdough bread, my sourdough starters, my kombucha tea & staring the elk chunks in my freezer down. I was deciding whether I wanted to pull my kefir crystals out of the refrigerator & start those again & I was sniffing my kraut..... For some reason, and totally out of nowhere, I chuckled as the phrase "Kitchens Gone Wild" came to mind. About 5minutes later it hit me (and no, it didn't even hurt)- A BLOG CARNIVAL!!!! I do have a tendency for delayed reactions, so don't let that alarm you.
So here we have it- The Kitchens Gone Wild Blog Carnival, to be held every Monday. I don't know how many people will join, but I look forward to peeking into other kitchens. Will you join me as I embark on a weekly tour of live, wild & fermented foods? Foods from the wild (animal & plants)? A whole new reborn generation of wholesome eating?
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