Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[chicksurreal]

I wish I had Sycamore trees. We had a plum tree and two pines in the backyard when we moved in - but a school employee oversprayed with a weed killer and did them in, along with my strawberries, and our new Pacific Madrone.

We think the district is at it again this year. Our Seattle Sentinel Maple is just about 15' and then started dying from the top down and having leaves wither and die.

I've given up on having any trees other than dwarf fruit trees that are below the height of the fence back there.

OMG! I'd have to injure someone if they killed our trees. So sorry you have to deal with that.

We have huge pear trees out here that are over 100 years old and still produce fruit, and many of our Sycamore trees are giants, I love them.

 

[chicksurreal]

The other day my brothers wives sister came over to the house and as I was walking in the house she seen me caring one of my chickens in. So she walks up to me and says " Oh what a lovely duck you have there" then she puts her face next to it and goes "quack quack quack" My Roo looks at her and pecks her nose she falls backwards on her rump holding her nose and says " What a rude duck you have there" I say "Lady its a chicken not a duck" My brother falls out of his chair laughing and she walks away saying " Chicken Duck whats the difference" I dont think ive laughed that hard ever. Here is a pic of my Roo that pecked her, his name is Brave.

What a cutie! He lives up to his name!

 

[poodlechicks]

He is cute!
I wonder what kind of a person would put her face near an unknown animal's face. She got what she deserved. I am just glad he didn't peck her eye.

 

[vehve]

He is cute!
I wonder what kind of a person would put her face near an unknown animal's face. She got what she deserved. I am just glad he didn't peck her eye.

"Animal lovers" tend to do that. Not animal lovers though. They know better.

 

[Papas Chickens]

He is cute!
I wonder what kind of a person would put her face near an unknown animal's face. She got what she deserved. I am just glad he didn't peck her eye.

Here eyes were out of pecking range but ya that would have sucked lol

 

[The Yakima Kid]

One of my "tricks" to get iffy dogs used to me or help them relax was to read to them. That meant textbooks, journals, etc. While interesting to read to myself, they were boring to read out loud.
Then I had to deal with a Saint Bernard at his handler's house. Very few books there and those were poorly written junk. I had to stop. I tried a few children's books, that was better. Then I started reading cookbooks to the dogs. When reading cookbooks you can make comments, read with feeling, pause for a bit between recipes to discuss similar dishes- so much better than texts or bad fiction. Now my kindle has a stash of cookbooks just to read to pets. I almost pulled it out to read to the Ladies yesterday.

During the molt I tend to grab my copy of Dryden or Jull or whomever from my collection of old chicken farming books, and read the parts about how only the finest hens tend to look as massively bedraggled as they do during a molt. I feel so sorry for them, although those prickly new feathers and they can't stand being touched so you just have to hand feed them an occasional treat and talk to them.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

How about using sodium bicarbonate? You just need to add something acidic to the dough, like creme fraiche, or lemon juice.

Different class of recipes. The dairy products can make the recipe product have a more sour taste.

You can either use quail bush (I don't recommend this) or a recipe is 2 parts cream of tartar to one part baking soda. Some of my recipes are sufficiently acid from sweeteners that I use an equal amount of cream of tartar and baking soda.

Or 1c sour cream to 1/2 tsp baking soda. Yogurt and buttermilk also work - remember to reduce the volume of other liquids in the recipe to account for the liquid used for leevening.
Or 1/2 tsp. vinegar or lemon juice to 1/4 tsp. baking soda.

Add 3/8 cup of molasses, golden syrup or treacle for every 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda. Remember to reduce the volume of other liquids in the recipe to accommodate the liquid used for leavening.
Products may be browner.

I also make my own powdered sugar using potato starch at the ratio of 1 c granulated sugar to 1 Tbsp. starch. Sometimes I use tapioca starch.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

Thanks for checking that out for me. I saw that product, but wasn't sure it was the same. Does "single acting" work as well as "double acting" when baking? Is there any difference in the way you use it? It'd like to give it a try since it has no GMO corn or aluminum in it.

With single acting you mix it in with the liquids and get it into a pre-heated oven as rapidly as possible since the carbon dioxide evolves as soon as the powder hits the liquid. Double acting produces some bubbles when it encounters the liquid, but most of the carbon dioxide evolves after heat is applied - so it is less sensitive to a cool oven or overmixing.

The way to success with single acting is to mix everything as quickly as possible and immediately place it in a preheated oven.

The difference between baking powder and baking soda is that baking powder requires that an acid such as soured dairy products, molasses, golden syrup, brown sugar, vinegar, or lemon juice be added in order to create leavening bubbles; but baking powder contains the acid as well and does not require adding an additional acid to the recipe.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

That's just baking soda. I have some recipes that ask for both soda and powder, others that ask for just soda, and others yet for just powder. I don't know what the difference is, but apparently there is one. So, would the baking product still rise properly?

No, you can't use baking soda without adding an acid. Recipes that call for baking powder generally do not contain enough other acids to rise properly. Too much baking soda in a recipe makes the result taste bitter.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

I love to bake!

When I got married, my Mom lost 10 pounds and my wife gained 10 pounds.

Do you ever get down to the Newark/Fremont/Union City area? I have a convection oven, a Kitchen-Aid mixer, and I'd like to bake with someone else for a change.

You bring your wife and family and I'll bring my husband and my friend Ann.