I know you all are laughing, but it seriously took me until the 27th to be totally finished with that crazy elk! We kept it cold in a cooler outside (well, mostly frozen actually) for a while, then moved a leg or sack of meat in at a time and worked on it. It usually […]
Archives for December 2008
Emergency or Camping Shower
Here’s a great way to clean up in the woods–the Camp Shower. If you’re like me, a couple of days without a shower starts affecting my mood and there’s only so many ways to wash up in the woods most of which are a pain in the neck and use lots of water. One year […]
The Perfect Grandparent Gift
Here’s my favorite gift for grandparents and great grandparents. Family videos! I’m posting this now so you can start for next year. It’s cheap (about $1.50 plus shipping) and it’s different every year, but you don’t have to think of anything new. It does take some time–count on about a day or so for editing […]
Still Going
Okay, it’s been over a week and I’m still not done with the elk–as much as I love the meat I really just want to snuggle up in a blanket, watch a Christmas movie and drink hot cocoa. Yeah, with mini marshmallows in it . . . the real ones, not the crispy little dried […]
More Meat
Well, just found out we got another elk, so just go read the cuttin’ up elk, jerky and bottled meat posts again and I’ll be back on in a few days. Anybody with a sharp knife and nothing to do is welcome to come by. Probably start sometime tomorrow . . . Happy Meat! Keep […]
Homemade Noodles and Chicken Noodle Soup
Had a turkey carcass from Thanksgiving that we ate most of the meat off of and it was just taking up space in the fridge, so into the soup it goes! First I got all the meat off the turkey by putting what was left of the bird into my pressure canner pot with about […]
Applesauce
I’ll be honest with you all here. I’m no applesauce expert. I once made applesauce that was really good with jonathan and gala apples, and I’ve used golden delicious also and it’s not bad, but there was more flavor with the gala/jonathan mix. In my life now, I’ve made a whole 3 batches of applesauce. […]