A Brief History of My Bench Top

April 29, 2016April 29, 20167 Comments

Crazy days. Kids on vacation. Cows moving and shaking and calving. Next batch of chickens looking good. TAXES! So here is my bench. From left to right:

glass of cheap ass white wine … from a box … but it’s French!
pancake bowl for morning pancakes … then afternoon pancakes
crazy panda mug, a gift to Daddy, from Lucy
cool pepper grinder recommended from my friend Erin as the best way to grind your pepper
pyrex jug for morning egg scramble, I don’t eat pancakes, but i make them with love
hanging fancy pan waiting for this evening’s hot chocolate
jar of duck fat
large cheap ass pan given to me by some whacky Aussie. It serves as the pan to heat cow formula for “milk dud” our bottle calf.
tongs resting on top of the lid to shitty pan used to cook our test pork
Ikea towel resting on super expensive copper pan ( number blah when we bought expensive copper pans for each year we continued to stay married ) …. ( now we save money with a giggle and a hug and continue to stay married )
super expensive pot made leftover surprise with pork I carved off … like in the movie Alive … though with pig … not human ass…
our stand-in coffee pot because our loving espresso machine has had another fight with our water. f-you calcaire!!
red pot heating milk for lesser coffee regime

One Ton Tomato

September 14, 2015September 14, 20151 Comment

Total flop of a tomato harvest. Too hot. I managed to harvest two small tomatoes of which I fried up for Brent. It went with his “potato, leek, garlic, egg and shit” breakfast. I halved them. Too small to slice.

Meanwhile, friends had no problem with their tomatoes. In one day, I received a ton of tomatoes from three friends. Today, I processed them.

These are for the pot.

These are for happy misses chickens. They love tomato skin!

So now, let me ruin a classic Cuban song for you. You’ll never sing it the same way again.

Hot Bowl Of Food: Cowboy Casserole

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015Leave a comment

Resident teen and ex-British Public School Girl was given Brent’s favorite cookbook of the year, “School Dinners.”

She picked Cowboy Casserole. Dominated by baked beans, this sausage-y, potato, tomato, onion sludge faired well in the Curtis household.

Seeing as the Hot Bowl of Food was edible, the head chef has authorised future trials with teen cook and School Dinners book.

Check Out This Book

March 11, 201512 Comments

He says. Well, okay. I’m always up for a culinary challenge. Let me randomly pick a recipe.

Okay, one can of Le Spam. This could take some time. … thankfully. Perhaps a duck confit substitution? or another random recipe selection.

Lunch Today, Entrecôte With Sweet Potatoes

September 16, 20147 Comments

Sweet pots cooked in a high oven in a bubbly bed of duck fat. The Entrecôte was grilled on the hob in duck fat with some salt and pepper. I let it cook a bit too far, but still most enjoyable for this Tuesday in September. Autumn seems to be approaching.

Minty’s Hamburger

July 9, 2014July 9, 20141 Comment

One all beef patty. Ketchup, onions, American cheese. Pickles onions.

French Frites. Salad. Tomat.

On a sesame seed bun.

Five Ducks Prepared By Friend

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013Leave a comment

Five ducks from the local yummy duck farm – La Ferme de Roussa – Kevin works out my sketchy teaching on how to carve out all the good parts. Thankfully, he knows a surgeon or two for inspiration.

Brat Like Me

Curtis Family Farming Grass-fed Beef in Southwest France

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