Posts By David Offutt

Yesterday I was looking through Freecycle for what I might find and found some pallets that I can use at the vegetable plot for the compost bin.  Upon inquiring, there was only …
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A quick scoot to the veggie patch to finish the job we started yesterday.

We picked up some foam encased wire to tie up the tomatoes.  It won’t bite into …
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A quick pop over to the vegetable plot gives us a few things.

First the 5+ inches of rain this month have the garden growing madly!

Second, need to be …
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>Oh Boy!

My order just arrived!

KitchenAid Sausage Stuffer Kit, KitchenAid Food Tray Attachment, Natural Hog Casings, and Bruce Aidells’s Complete Sausage Book, Can fresh bratwurst be far …
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Had four quail in the freezer and decided today was the day.

Thawed them out and trussed up the legs + salt & pepper.

Diced a big onion and made lardons …
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I’ve already talked about Jim Lahey’s fabulous No-Knead Bread here: http://ihopeyouarehungry.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-knead-bread.html

That is a really great recipe and makes an impressive loaf with a super crust. However – it takes …
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I really like sweet pickles, and we are growing some cucumbers at the veggie plot so I of course am impatient. I reasoned that it would be good practice to …
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With all the rain, the yard is quite lush. We had several severe storms that caused limb damage to trees that I did not realize because I had not left …
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So I got out for a little bit. It was nice to get some fresh air – a change from 48 hours of vicodin induced haze in the a/c after …
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