A friend of ours gave us a peck of peppers. I’m not sure if there were literally a peck, but in this day-and-age, a peck to me means a shitload. We are grass fed beef farmers. I am a native southern Californian. This means I know Mexican food. Some of my bestfriends are Mexicans. I [...]
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The kids dug up some potatoes for today. Lucy planted a pile of potatoes in the neglected veggie patch. Neglected by me because Zélie took priority. Despite the drought and neglect, the potatoes did very well. We have a lot of small ones, but if you keep looking you can find a “man potato.” This [...]
I made blanquette de veau this evening. I’ve never cooked veal before nor have I blanked it. I work with a very cool French cookbook that I love called Ripailles that assumes you sort of know what you’re cooking. Which I don’t so it takes a few tries sometimes. I’ve consulted with resident French people [...]
A friend of ours, let’s call him “Josh,” gave us a cookbook all about cooking pork. Many, many pages dedicated to cooking everything but the oink. Sadly he gave us this book at a time when we were experimenting with ways to feed our family. The pork book arrived at our “vegan phase.” I doubt [...]
This is not the first time a guy has knocked on our door holding a bag o’ meat in a trash bag*. The first time was our previous renter who happened across a wild boar with his car. Essentially, he offered us roadkill. Sanglier is more than roadkill however, it’s actually VERY good. Brent cooked [...]
The Samatan market is on Monday. It’s almost always sunny and warm with lots of people milling about talking while they shop. You can buy live chickens and farm animals in the early morning. Up until the lunch siren blows, you can get just about everything you need somewhere in the web of stalls. Today [...]
Clementine classifies bread with other recyclable items like paper and cardboard. When given a Pain au chocolate (chocolate cro-sant) she immediately unwraps the outside to remove the line of chocolate, otherwise known as the “choclectomy”. This was going great for her until we picked up some pastries that were hot out of the oven. Little [...]
While driving the diesel Kangoo, I’ve stopped for a pittering of puppies, a farm dog and a dog who decided he wanted to watch the sun set while sitting on the fast country road. Brent also stopped for a dog and was told off by a local as to avoid the dog nipping at the [...]
I’ve officially changed my watch and computer to France time. Now it’s fer reals. Today we’re still getting through jet lag … still. For the first time since Thursday all three children were asleep at the same time, which lasted for approximately twenty minutes but may have actually been two hours. Minty is boldly testing [...]
