Recipes
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First Grind
My first try at making bread with wheat I ground using our new wheat mill...
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Rosemary Venison Neck Roast
I am recording for posterity today, the recipe I use for making a rosemary venison neck roast. Last year, we made this (or something very similar), but I failed to adequately save the information, and I had to do a bit of digging and guess-work to recreate what was hands-down our family’s favorite meal. In the first time or two that we butchered a deer, we did not save the neck. In fact, there were several parts of the deer we were told were not palatable or useable. Not wanting “gamey” meat, we harvested what we knew was useable, and we let the wild animals eat the remainder, or we’ve…
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First Time Sausage-Making
It took nearly three years, but I FINALLY got around to using the sausage stuffer that Scott gave me for Christmas awhile back! I’ve been wanting to undertake this project for a very long time, and I feel like such a homesteading geek for getting so excited about this! Our first time sausage-making went well, and I’m glad to finally have it under our belts. After I was given the sausage stuffer, a relative stopped by with some ground beef they needed to clear out of their freezer, and I was all set to use that meat for our first sausage-making. However, this was when I was very pregnant with…
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How to Make Your Own Sourdough Starter and Bread
Several years ago, my sister and I were talking on the phone about making homemade bread. I was just starting to get the hang of making bread by hand and not using a bread maker, and she was venturing into the world of sourdough. She started telling me all about how to make your own sourdough starter and bread, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to bother with making my own starter, so she offered me some of hers. Well, I made sourdough for awhile, but eventually my starter spoiled for a lack of care. I got some more from my sister when I was ready to start again, but…
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Easy Tomato Sauce
Last week, I had a freezer full of tomatoes, a deer waiting to be butchered and nowhere to go with the meat. If I had more time before hunting season or planned better, I wouldn’t have had that problem. I would have turned my tomatoes into sauce before hunting season to clear room for any meat we might get. But I didn’t. I was actually really excited to turn this batch of tomatoes into sauce. It’s always been such a daunting process to me, but I’ve learned a few things over the last couple of years, and I finally figured out how to make a really easy tomato sauce. My…
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A Homemade Holiday: Aunt Cindy’s Hot Spiced Tea Mix
Looking for an easy, but delicious gift to give this holiday season? Or a tasty beverage to serve up at your Christmas party? Try this simple beverage mix from Apron Strings & Other Things!
