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Comment on Farmer Friday: Delayed Harvest by Gen

Gen — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:58:20 +0000

Yup, looks like you let it go to seed. If you try to eat the beets, they might be very woody! See ya soon!

Comment on Farmer Friday: Delayed Harvest by cravesadventure

cravesadventure — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:18:05 +0000

OMG – you think – have a beet vine/plant going on – ha!

Comment on Vegetarian Baked Beans from Scratch by Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:17:16 +0000

I was so excited to try these…then I saw the Worcestershire. It’s not vegetarian (anchovies). They do make a vegetarian kind, but the brand you used is not. Just a friendly heads up!

Comment on How to make chicken Italian sausage and why I’ll never do it again by Alanna

Alanna — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:26:34 +0000

Great information! If you have a post on making sausage I’d love to see it! Wish we had done some research on the attachments before purchase, I definitely had hoped they would serve me well but was completely let down. Good to see you’ve had great results with making sausage that’s healthier and more delicious than store bought.

Comment on How to make chicken Italian sausage and why I’ll never do it again by KevinKevin

KevinKevin — Sun, 05 May 2013 11:54:35 +0000

I have been making sausage for over a year now and will tell you that the KitchenAid attachements are impossible to use. Fortunately, I read about this before I began making sausage, so I avoided the severe discouragement that you mention here. Since you asked above, I use an LEM grinder and one of their vertical sausage stuffers. http://www.lemproducts.com
For any sausage, try to grind the meat when it is nearly frozen, and keep it very cold. This will keep the grinding plate from getting gunked up. Also, poultry sausage needs fat, so grinding it with the skin and fat is commonplace. And seasoning is important too.
The little strings you found on the casings are natural, and removed in larger production facilites. In addition to soaking them, also good to run water through them to get any last bits of salt residue out.
One last tip, when making sausage, let them air dry in the fridge overnight. Yes, prick the casings with a sterilized needle, but let them rest on a rack, uncovered overnight to dry and to let the flavors meld.
I hope you give it a try again, but this time with some better equipment. We have found the results to be so much better – and healthier – than anything we can get from a store.

Comment on How to poison your husband with spring onion soup. by Alanna

Alanna — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:50:58 +0000

Duck in Mexico, huh? Sounds fancy for Mexico. I don’t think I ever plunged us into full on food poisoning before where it lasts longer and utilizes every exit of the body, but I’ve entered “discomfort” territory more than once. Whoops!

Comment on How to poison your husband with spring onion soup. by billpeeler

billpeeler — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:48:56 +0000

Yowza. The last time I had food poisoning was a few years ago from eating duck in Mexico (long story). But making something that makes me sick like that is one of my big fears – glad it didn’t last long for you guys!

Comment on Farmer Friday: Spring in the ‘Burbs by Alanna

Alanna — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:20:57 +0000

I can bring the purple one back to you, if you want! It’s still in a pot so it’s still mobile. I’m so happy when the irises bloom each year because they last so much longer than some of the freesias (that you also gave me) or daffodils!

Comment on Farmer Friday: Spring in the ‘Burbs by Gen

Gen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:17:38 +0000

Arrrgh….you got the purple one, I loved this one….I only have white ones and white with yellow frills around the edges….don’t know what happened to all the purple ones…next time here you’ll have to take some roots from the beautiful yellow ones too! Was at the Green Scene at South Coast Plaza today, and almost bought a 2 tone one…petals were purple and the cup part was yellow…very different, but I can’t get down on my knees so easy any more, so I bought another orchid instead! LOL
Love ya, and enjoy your garden as much as I do mine!

Comment on Excuse me while I geek out about flowers by Farmer Friday: Spring in the ‘Burbs | thismodernwife

Farmer Friday: Spring in the ‘Burbs | thismodernwife — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:17:40 +0000

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