The ultimate act of loving is taking someone and turning their gorgeous self into a doll. That way you have their beauty and the life they currently live with you forever. It is an act of sacrifice to give your life up as the hero you are seen as to the doll maker, keeping you so beautiful and untainted forever. You'll always be warm to your loving scientist even if your cute, little eyes are cold and blue.
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Venison
We have one neighbor who loves to deer hunt so much that he gives away whole deer to folks who can use the meat. Yesterday he sent my husband a message to come pick one up, so I went down to their house with my daughter after dinner. Gift aside, he and his wife are delightful neighbors, so it was fun to sit on their sofa and chat for a while.
I was j-u-s-t looking at my canner, sitting in the corner of the kitchen, and debating whether it was time to haul it back up to the attic for the 'off-season'. I'm glad I chose procrastination that day! Looks like canning is back on my to-do list. It's a big job (more effort to can meat than veggies) but having it around for a quick dinner is very helpful.
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Plum jam. <3
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Hello and Good day everyone!
Today I want to talk about some simple preservation and kitchen scrap tips. With having an interest in sustainability, low waste, eco friendly and growing food for my family it just makes sense to know how to store produce for long term, convenient use and to make the most of my crops and groceries.
I had a few carrots and celery bags I picked up this week for varied food use and figured I'd do a lil post today on one of the ways I preserve carrots.
I don't have a pressure canner, or else I'd make some half pints and pints of carrots for the pantry. Instead I make do with what I have~ which is a freezer, dehydrator, or pickling.
Today im going to focus on freezer method.
You'll wanna take your carrots and wash 'em up. You can let them dry after wash up but its not strictly necessary.
Chop of both ends of the carrot. You can peel your carrots too if desired (save all these bits for later soup stock or to give to your chickens or compost piles) if you have nice leafy greens on your carrots, you can use those greens similar to parsley or as a salad additive. (Chickens enjoy them as well!)
For freezing carrots you'll want to blanch them first.
Blanching is just taking a pot of water, bringing ro a rolling boil and dumping raw veggies in (like carrots, green beans, broccoli spinich, sweet potato greens) the veggies will often go from a almost matte color to a brighter color when ready. It's suggested across media that about 5-10 minutes is enough.
Drain the carrots from the hot water and give them an ice bath (I usually don't have ice so I soak and rinse a few times to bring down the heat in the veggies)
I let the carrots drain and dry a bit, when dry I spread a towel over my baking pan, layer out a layer of carrot, popped it in the freezer.
When frozen, I pull the towel up, roll the carrots round a bit to break any that may be together apart and pack them in the storage container and pop them back into the freezer till needed.
That's it for today's post, short and simple :)
For more preservation ideas check out the links below
https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/carrots_sliced.html
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-to-freeze-carrots
https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_06/pickled_carrots.html
🥕🌱Happy homesteading! 🌱🥕
8 21 2023
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Don’t cry, there’s so many vegetable to pickle.
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I’ve realised recently that there is so much I want to do in life and yet so little time to actually do it. I’m not going to learn every language, or read every book, or visit every place I want to go. I’ll never get to pet every animal, or listen to every song ever, or try every food and meet every person .
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but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try. I should try learn bits and pieces of other languages, I should read more books, I should visit places and explore, I should give animals love and listen to more music. . I should try new dishes and I should talk to more people . Heck . Even compliment someone once a day .
Going into 2024 I promised myself this year will be different. This year I’m going to be wake up earlier and try and learn something new everyday, I’m going to be thankful for the things I have and prepare myself for the real world. When I grow up I want to be able to sustain myself and provide for my family by taking advantage of nature and the land I have. Whether it be the acres I dream of, a backyard, or a community garden.
The things I wanna learn to do, especially in the coming months are:
. Sourdough bread making
. Food preservation and canning
. Sowing and embroidery
. Do more flower preserving and home cooking
. Do more foraging
. Reusing vegetable scraps to regrow them
. Learning how to cut up a whole chicken
. Read and watch how to use any animal nose to tail, including rendering fats and making broths from bones
. Learn how to hand wash clothing
. Basket making
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It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and for a lot of gardeners, the garden is starting to come in and the realization that there is going to be way too much to eat fresh is starting to sink in. This video gives a really good overview of both waterbath and pressure canning and links to lots of good resources in the description!
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