Half hog cut sheets - 3 examples, mix and match
/Here are some examples of how to have a half hog cut to fit your cooking style and the needs of your family - or to split with someone else.
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Building chicken tractors 1
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Functionality has inherent beauty?
To raise our chickens outdoors on pasture while keeping them safe from predators, we provide them with mobile shelters that provide shade, protection, and feed and water. The shelter design has removable wheels so we can wheel them to fresh grass throughout the season and the chickens don't spend too long in one place.
The bottom of each of these "chicken tractors" must be flat. There is no floor, which means the chicken manure fertilizes the pasture as they go. So the edge of the shelter must be flush to the ground so predators can't reach underneath it while the chickens are inside. Putting a half-lap joint into each bottom corner helps ensure it stays flat and there are no gaps. And even though the other corners could probably be held together by just a few screws, putting in joints will make the structure stronger. Also, it just looks better!
Quick and easy sausage gravy
/I've been on a quest for good sausage gravy for the past 10 years. Almost all of it is horrible sludge. I've had three that were outstanding. One at a small regional airport outside Boulder, CO. One from Pat's food truck in McMinnville, OR. And this is the best. Those other guys are better cooks than me, so this one's all due to the main ingredient.
Read MoreReal cream cheese is good
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Cream cheese from milk from Wholesome Family Farm, with homemade whole wheat sandwich bread. Tastes like the center of a triple-cream Brie.
Braised pasture-raised pork chops
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These braised pastured pork chops with cabbage in onion-apple sauce are a perfect seasonal dish for late fall or winter. The flavor of pasture-raised pork matches well with an already flavorful braising liquid.
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