Granny's gone and done it again

[Nomadicus]

Kelsey the younger generation probably has never heard the saying that when a hog was butchered during the Great Depression that everything was used but the squeal.

Kelsey when I was in a college economics class the prof ask us if we knew stories from the Great Depression Era from our ancestors. I knew how people survived eating Poke Weed that grew wild around their outhouses and of one family that ate boiled catfish from a strip mine pit they could catch that was in their back yard where they only had a make shift camp for the entire family to live in. A classmate from Wisconsin told of her parents teaching her about how some people in the land of the Cheese Heads survived on Lard Sandwiches. Never heard that from anyone else. Kelsey I grew up on those large Lima beans that had been dried and fried potato sandwiches. Back then it didn't pay to be any kind of picky eater. Hard times. I can't help but wonder if Covid is not the start of another such Era that we will see within a few years.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I forgot I had a seafood dip with dill. I will try that with some ritz crackers later.
The weather Blue? I hope you feel better fast.

Thanks, Granny. I ended up taking a muscle relaxer and sleeping away a good part of the day, twice. I have no pain pills of any kind but I knew those would knock me out.

So, I was out communing with the poultry, while filling waterers, water bowls, and wading pools. My lightest colored duck hen came over, and started splashing in the pool, getting me drenched. I look her in the eye, and say, "You're getting me wet, and I don't like it."

Being a polite little lady, she says, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you wet!"

She sits there, scratches her little round head a couple times, then asks, "What is wet?"

I sez, "Wet is when there is water soaking into my clothes, and running down my leg."

She says, "You don't like WATER?!?!?"

She waddled off, scandalized, to tell her sisters what I had said. All five of them are out there gabbling about their crazy human pet right now. As usual, the drakes don't have much to say . . .

Welcome to Granny's, Some Old Guy! Happy to have you aboard!

 

[h2oratt]

Could that be made from the beef or chicken bullion cubes? I remember stocking shelves with it when a teen working for A&P. I know chicken broth comes in cans ready made. Not sure about beef.

No it doesn’t hav3 the nutrients of fresh bones.

 

[h2oratt]

Oh wow

There are people that eat that way now. They call it … I can’t remember but they eat every part of the animal.

 

[Nomadicus]

No it doesn’t hav3 the nutrients of fresh bones.

Well that's one more thing I learned today. Maybe that's why shank bones of beef cost $10 each with so little meat on them.

 

[h2oratt]

Well that's one more thing I learned today. Maybe that's why shank bones of beef cost $10 each with so little meat on them.

Yep. They finally caught on. If you ever butcher an animal keep the bones.

 

[Nomadicus]

Yep. They finally caught on. If you ever butcher an animal keep the bones.

We will. We have a neighbor across the highway from us with a herd of cattle. I've asked about getting a bull calf rendered neutral. He sells those but not a single heifer. He is building up a herd.

 

[Nomadicus]

Well folks it is officially pea shelling time. I will be here shelling into a 8 QT SS mixing bowl until my fingers tell me to stop or else..............

Carry on and behave or Twist might join in early and really stir up the mischief.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Publix had some really good looking ham hocks. Can't wait for another pot of peas with ham hock.

lucky duck!

Could that be made from the beef or chicken bullion cubes? I remember stocking shelves with it when a teen working for A&P. I know chicken broth comes in cans ready made. Not sure about beef.

What H2o said. https://www.zenbelly.com/how-i-make-bone-broth/

 

[Nomadicus]

I will be back to read the nightly funny papers Granny and Twist so generously share.