California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: What do you do with the curd? Great way to use up eggs.

I'd love the recipe for Blackberry curd - I've never seen a recipe for it. (I've seen lemon and mango curd recipes)

 

[debs_flock]

Anyone in the Sacramento area going to be showing at the Gold Country Fair in Sept? Just finishing up my entries now.

Do they have an open poultry show or just youth?

Deb

 

[ronott1]

Quote: What do you do with the curd? Great way to use up eggs.

I'd love the recipe for Blackberry curd - I've never seen a recipe for it. (I've seen lemon and mango curd recipes)

Curds are a type of refrigerator jelly and you use them in the same way. Lemon curd is great on toast, French toast, waffles and etc. It can also be used as a filling in cakes and such. It keeps for about 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

Curds and custards fell out of favor by the 1950s. I think it was because people stopped making them with pastured eggs from small farms. Curds, custards and things like quiches are so much better with our own chickens eggs. I was spoiled growing up because I had these things made with home eggs.

Like the Angle Food Cake recipe I posted last week, if you have never made this make it! You will be in for a treat.











I will be making the BlackBerry Curd for the first time this week. I am looking forward to it!

Ron

 

[DavidandWendy]

OK, since I'm already chatty this morning......I just ordered the "local Hens" cartons from The Egg Carton Store. They're $35 for 50 (.7 each) with free shipping. I like that they have the local hens information and room to put your own stamp or label. I'm trying to stop the $1 off return carton policy I stupidly offered when I started selling eggs!

Edited to add.....Oh, and I changed my profile picture because I like that a lot of you use your picture, nice to put a face to the poster. I own a wine bar, this is a picture for that business.

Since BigDaddysMom said that she likes putting a face with the name of a poster...Wendy and I put our old faces on our profile picture for a while! We still like posting the Chooks pictures that give us the most pleasure but for now we'll post our faces so you know who you're talking to! While we now live in Washington State, but I'm originally from Tracy, Calif and Wendy is my "Aussie" wifey from Sydney Australia! We're a Yank and Aussie who love each other! For the record..."Aussie" is pronounced ""OZZIE" and us Yanks pronounce it wrong most of the time! Sorry to bore you with that Factoid!...lolol. Thank you ALL for helping us with all of our questions about our Chooks! ~David and Wendy

 

[debs_flock]

Meg,

How are your quail eggs doing?

I've got my first one zipping right now, along with a couple of more pips. Although I might have set mine before you did, I put them in when I got home that night.

Deb

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: It's my happy place

I ordered a box of 150 last year and still have 100 of them! I give a .25 discount. I made the mistake of not saying they have to be my cartons LOL.

I do not tell new people about the discount.

Great avatar picture!

Ron

Well at least you only gave a .25 discount, I've got to figure out how to gracefully stop the $1 discount. And I know what you mean about the cartons, a lot of the returned cartons I can't use because they got wet, torn or there's remains of broken eggs.

Is the quality of the cartons good?

 

[ronott1]

Quote: It's my happy place

I ordered a box of 150 last year and still have 100 of them! I give a .25 discount. I made the mistake of not saying they have to be my cartons LOL.

I do not tell new people about the discount.

Great avatar picture!

Ron

Well at least you only gave a .25 discount, I've got to figure out how to gracefully stop the $1 discount. And I know what you mean about the cartons, a lot of the returned cartons I can't use because they got wet, torn or there's remains of broken eggs.

Is the quality of the cartons good?

They are nice egg cartons. Mine are completely blank, so you could put anything you want on them.

Ron

 

[Meg2000000]

Curds are a type of refrigerator jelly and you use them in the same way. Lemon curd is great on toast, French toast, waffles and etc. It can also be used as a filling in cakes and such. It keeps for about 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

Curds and custards fell out of favor by the 1950s. I think it was because people stopped making them with pastured eggs from small farms. Curds, custards and things like quiches are so much better with our own chickens eggs. I was spoiled growing up because I had these things made with home eggs.

Like the Angle Food Cake recipe I posted last week, if you have never made this make it! You will be in for a treat.



[ATTACHMENT=232]Lemon Curd.pdf (13k. pdf file)[/ATTACHMENT]




[ATTACHMENT=233]Blackberry Curd.pdf (30k. pdf file)[/ATTACHMENT]


I will be making the BlackBerry Curd for the first time this week. I am looking forward to it!

Ron

Sounds sooo yummy! If you have time, post recipes! I've saved a couple you've posted for when my girls start laying.

 

[Meg2000000]

Meg,

How are your quail eggs doing?

I've got my first one zipping right now, along with a couple of more pips.  Although I might have set mine before you did, I put them in when I got home that night.

Deb

They went into lockdown last night! Excited to see how many hatch. I'll share pics. Good luck on your hatch! Would love to hear how it goes for you

 

[Happy Chooks]

Thanks Ron! I knew they were used in cakes, but I'm not eating cakes right now. (down 15 pounds and not looking to find it again) I have made Angel Food cakes with my eggs and it is fantastic! I love anything custardy too, so I will have to make a curd sometime.

Good luck Meg!