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ContactOften in the depths of winter I get hit with a serious humdinger of a flu and this year was no exception. I returned home from a lovely holiday with my family and after a few days I had the distinct feeling of being pulled down by a heavy weight that has kept me in bed for three days now. Being sick is not all bad. It seems to be part of a ritual of renewal that happens for me at this time of year, usually around the Celtic festival of Imbolc. Having some time to rest and think about ones life and ones health can create an odd sort of inspiration- just the thought of walking around and feeling […read more]
In honor of simplicity I chose to make my own Ghee this week. I’ve often bought ghee from the store before and even though I have a middling tolerance for dairy products I seem to have no problem digesting butter or ghee. The smell of ghee on the frying pan is simply delightful and I’ve recently enjoyed using rendered fats in my cooking, saving chicken fat from the last roast that we did inspired a round of excellent chopped liver (onions cooking in chicken fat illicit an awe inspiring drool worthy smell), and saving lard from a recent pork roast made some of the most beautifully textured oven roast potatoes. One of these days I want to do some lard […read more]
Andrew Plotsky’s film on pork butchery. Caution: Some images may be graphic for some viewers. “His favorite cut of a pig? The trotter, or the foot. “If you have a trotter on a plate, you should feel blessed and not say ‘Ew,’” he says. “They’re kind of everything a chicken wing dreams of being.” I simply had to share this film. I found the following article this morning on NPR. This work is inspired and inspiring. Connect, create and feed the future. Thank you Andrew Plotsky. NPR: How One Former Vegan Learned to Embrace Butchering
