Cross Continental Friends!!!

[el pollo rey]

LET ME TEACH YOU HOW TO EAT WATERMELON​

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. My hens love watermelon

 

[TarheelBirdy]

. Ahh mint julieps that takes me back to days gone by derby week ,,, I used to attend the oak,s race every year infield seats what a good time ,,,, You have to do it at least once in your life put it on the bucket list

I will put it on my list (along with the Derby and Churchill Downs). Love the horses.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

mmmm sounds yummy, Im going to have to find out how to make one of those!

It's a little difficult to make just one. They are made by the batch, and best made with fresh (of course) mint. Use any of the better recipe sites online and prepare them the day and night before you wish to drink them. Here in the south we love our Bourbon, but non-Bourbon drinkers won't enjoy this one. Very traditional here....we are steeped in tradition.....a little "stuck" sometimes, but today, under the influence of bourbon, I am grateful for my southern roots and my rebel soul.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Recipe courtesy Bill Samuels
Recipe categories: Liquor, Sugar, more
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Ingredients
4 cups bourbon
2 bunches fresh spearmint
1 cup distilled water
1 cup granulated sugar
Powdered sugar
Directions
To prepare mint extract, remove about 40 small mint leaves. Wash and place in a small bowl. Cover with 3 ounces bourbon. Allow the leaves to soak for 15 minutes. Then gather the leaves in paper toweling. Thoroughly wring the mint over the bowl of whisky. Dip the bundle again and repeat the process several times.
To prepare simple syrup, mix 1 cup of granulated sugar and 1 cup of distilled water in a small saucepan. Heat to dissolve sugar. Stir constantly so the sugar does not burn. Set aside to cool.
To prepare mint julep mixture, pour 3 1/2 cups of bourbon into a large glass bowl or glass pitcher. Add 1 cup of the simple syrup to the bourbon.
Now begin adding the mint extract 1 tablespoon at a time to the julep mixture. Each batch of mint extract is different, so you must taste and smell after each tablespoon is added. You are looking for a soft mint aroma and taste-generally about 3 tablespoons. When you think it's right, pour the whole mixture back into the empty liter bottle and refrigerate it for at least 24 hours to "marry" the flavors.
To serve the julep, fill each glass (preferably a silver mint julep cup) 1/2 full with shaved ice. Insert a spring of mint and then pack in more ice to about 1-inch over the top of the cup. Then, insert a straw that has been cut to 1-inch above the top of the cup so the nose is forced close to the mint when sipping the julep.
When frost forms on the cup, pour the refrigerated julep mixture over the ice and add a sprinkle of powdered sugar to the top of the ice. Serve immediately.

Ha! This is very close to our family recipe. The only real difference is that we use less simple syrup, a bit (ok, a lot) more bourbon, and a LOT of mint. In addition, we crush mint in the bottom of each glass before serving. We don't bother with the powdered sugar, although that is rumored to represent gunpowder, a throwback to the civil war, etc.....anyway, it's got enough sugar as it is, and it's really all about the bourbon anyway, so use the best blend you can find. I love Knob Creek when I can't find some fabulous boutique blend.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Buonasera ragazzi,

I'm not updated so much on this thread, I hope to read it better soon

it's gonna turn on a recipe and formula collection, maybe too boring for all

I've never seen much posts of Megan Amber, maybe's busy elsewhere

hope you all are fine and safe

fifteen minutes ago, I've swapped the eggs at la Cornuta, hope she continues to brood anyway, and be calm without her crazy husband

I hope to see some pictures of your animals again, you have not been without?

I've seen A lot of american color Marans, if I'm not wrong

right now, I think Megan Amber's bantam crosses gonna brood too

also a picture of some of el pollo rey's chicks will be fine, trying to swap their food gradually, don't give them some protein bomb one time to another!

Caterina, don't gonna crazy at work, I've swapped something like twelve jobs before find my way, don't getting rich, but, don't gonna mad

mannaggia i dolori!

The only Marans I have are two 3-wk-old French Wheaten Maran pullets. I hatched only two from over a dozen eggs. Maybe I need to learn how to hatch dark brown eggs, it was the least successful hatch I've ever had.

Bill, are you asking for pics of everyone's animals?

 

[TarheelBirdy]

LET ME TEACH YOU HOW TO EAT WATERMELON​

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THIS IS ADORABLE. And, I am coveting that beautiful flatware.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

the last picture is really funny

almost ten years ago, my father had a dog who climb the trees to eat fruits, he was going crazy for cherries

have fun crew

Our neighbor's labrador retriever would go up and down the garden rows eating tomatoes off the vine. We loved him....he passed away a few years ago, and we enjoy many more tomatoes now, but we miss Reece.

 

[SlowBill]

The only Marans I have are two 3-wk-old French Wheaten Maran pullets.  I hatched only two from over a dozen eggs.  Maybe I need to learn how to hatch dark brown eggs, it was the least successful hatch I've ever had. 

Bill, are you asking for pics of everyone's animals?

Buonasera,

it would be funny to see, at least for me, the various animals and raise sistems from all over the world, including problems and solutions

right now, I've got some little problems of coccidiosis, under control by using Aviochina, I've stressed the reproducers a little much, luckily, hatching season it's almost finished, and I can feed them with more relaxing food and some vitamins, if they lay half than now, it's ever much

shipped eggs always gave problems on hatching, they could freeze on the plane or overheat or become old on the storage, It's even difficult candling marans eggs right, they are really dark

the right mode to ship eggs it's in the handbag of a passenger, if security doesn't think he's a Taliban with dozens of bombs

that way, I had 4 hatched on 6 eggs from Gabon, the last one, la Cornuta, it's brooding right now

 

[el pollo rey]

mmm mmm good

 

[el pollo rey]

Bill i just brought 81 eggs last week from Ohio in the states back down here, German new Hampshire, light Sussex and, silver laced wyandotts i picked up all the eggs by hand no post , then packed them in bubble wrap and 18 egg Styrofoam cartons stuffed into a backpack no over head storage all made the 4000 mile flight with out bump,, i set them on the 1st hoping for a good hatch, as far as cocci i treat with corrid it covers all strains of cocci and is a one time treatment without any egg withdraw time its good stuff you can order it on line and ship via USPS to your country