Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[mlm Mike]

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't keep up. I give up! 268 posts in less than a day! Okay someone tell me if I missed something really good and I will try and go back and find it...otherwise...Im just moving ahead to the end.

Ok, you missed something really good.

 

[xChickiex]

Ok I dont know for sure how many or definite on what breeds but I will do atleast 24, and silkies, button quail, oegb are my likely hatches. Maybe sebastopols if the goose decides shes ready to lay by then. I cant wait

 

[1muttsfan]

Glad to hear that you only got 3 pups! And I'm guessing you didn't have time to have your tooth fixed.

 

[Rottiemom]

Do not know if I can keep up with everthing Marci gra holiday ends tommorrow back to work. Glad pups are ok. Going to be a nervous wreck next couple of days. I have a dog entered. In a dog show hoping to get points on her championship akc. So I may be in and out

 

[champer]

Best wishes for a sucessfull dog show, Rottiemom!

Sunnydawn, no fair mentioning sausage and 3 bean soup without including a recipe.

 

[champer]

I'm so proud of my new years chicks; I moved them from their brooder to the big coop last night and they were totally confused. Today they never moved more than a few feet from the coop (they've been free ranging the yard for 2 wks) and this evening when I went to close up, they were all comfortably up on the roost I'd put up for them. What smart little chickens!

 

[NotAFarm]

I'm so proud of my new years chicks; I moved them from their brooder to the big coop last night and they were totally confused. Today they never moved more than a few feet from the coop (they've been free ranging the yard for 2 wks) and this evening when I went to close up, they were all comfortably up on the roost I'd put up for them. What smart little chickens!

Sounds like you've got a smart group, champer!!

 

[meepitqueenie]

well its similar here- i have super fresh eggs and i will give them to my mom for free.... but she would rather by eggsland best eggs.... they have a cool stamp on them.

can i start stampin my eggs???? LOL

That would work.................I have family members (by marriage not blood) that won't eat brown eggs

I always think I should buy some eggs from the grocery store for them.

Deb

 

[SunnyDawn]

Best wishes for a sucessfull dog show, Rottiemom!

Sunnydawn, no fair mentioning sausage and 3 bean soup without including a recipe.

Ha ha! Well I pretty much use what I have on hand but tonight it was polish sausage, sliced in thin rounds and then browned (for flavor since it's already cooked when you buy it), baby Brussels sprouts cut it half (I used an 18 oz bag and steamed them first to make slicing them easier), diced potatoes (about 2 1/2 cups), 2 cans sweet corn, 2 cans of black beans, 2 cans of seasoned black eyed peas (Glory brand), and 2 cans of butter beans. You can substitute just about any kind of beans for these and if you don't like Brussels sprouts then use green beans, cabbage or celery or any other veggie that will not turn to mush (I tried artichoke hearts once but the flavor isn't quite right for this). Add 2 cans of water and 32ozs of chicken broth to pot.

For spices I add garlic (about 3 tablespoons but we love garlic), 1 cup of thin sliced leeks (onions are OK too), a hefty dose of oregano (fill my cupped palm at least half way and crush by rubbing hands together when adding to soup), about 1 tablespoon of dried (basil fresh is stronger so use to taste if using fresh) about 1/4 cup of parsley (fresh Italian parsley, chopped, is the best but dry works too). I also use about a 1/2 tsp of garlic powder and onion powder. Salt and pepper to taste. Easy on the salt at first since the canned beans often have salt added.

Sometimes I use Italian sausage instead (brown well first) deglazing the pan either way to get all that great flavor from the pan. The cans of corn and beans were all 15oz cans. You can use dried beans also, of course, and this is how I used to always do it but it is so much faster this way!

I hope I got that right. If something doesn't make sense give me a holler. My DH never liked Brussels sprouts or beans til he tried this soup. Now he loves it and asks for it all the time (especially when it's cold out).

 

[Mahonri]

Ha ha! Well I pretty much use what I have on hand but tonight it was polish sausage, sliced in thin rounds and then browned (for flavor since it's already cooked when you buy it), baby Brussels sprouts cut it half (I used an 18 oz bag and steamed them first to make slicing them easier), diced potatoes (about 2 1/2 cups), 2 cans sweet corn, 2 cans of black beans, 2 cans of seasoned black eyed peas (Glory brand), and 2 cans of butter beans. You can substitute just about any kind of beans for these and if you don't like Brussels sprouts then use green beans or celery or any other veggie that will not turn to mush (I tried artichoke hearts once but the flavor isn't quite right for this). Add 2 cans of water and 32ozs of chicken broth to pot.

For spices I add garlic (about 3 tablespoons but we love garlic), 1 cup of thin sliced leeks (onions are OK too), a hefty dose of oregano (fill my cupped palm at least half way and crush by rubbing hands together when adding to soup), about 1 tablespoon of dried (basil fresh is stronger so use to taste if using fresh) about 1/4 cup of parsley (fresh Italian parsley, chopped, is the best but dry works too). I also use about a 1/2 tsp of garlic powder and onion powder. Salt and pepper to taste. Easy on the salt at first since the canned beans often have salt added.

Sometimes I use Italian sausage instead (brown well first) deglazing the pan either way to get all that great flavor from the pan. The cans of corn and beans were all 15oz cans. You can use dried beans also, of course, and this is how I used to always do it but it is so much faster this way!

I hope I got that right. If something doesn't make sense give me a holler. My DH never liked Brussels sprouts or beans til he tried this soup. Now he loves it and asks for it all the time (especially when it's cold out).

Dang, you just made me HUNGRY!