Minnesota!

[Coffee 1st]

No

I started cooking down turkey necks yesterday for stock.  I don't know how many quarts I made but I used 9 necks to make it.  I had two pots going for those.  Some went in the fridge to do the same with today.  I wanted to pressure can the stock, but ended up putting most of it in the freezer in quart sized bags (now that the extra turkeys got sold and we put one in the Broil King Keg today.  I then finished off the necks for another pot of stock, then I got the back pieces out, roasted them a while, then put them in the big cooker pan across two burners and tossed in all the veggies and herbs and let those simmer all day.  DH pulled them off and drained them tonight and I have over 5 more quarts to freeze.  There is still a bowl in the fridge I want to put in pint jars for when I make stuff that only needs a cup or two for a recipe.  

I had a lot of meat to pull of the turkey we cooked today after dinner.  This was one that has been in the fridge for a year.  It was over 17 pounds.  We ate not even one breast!  The rest I pulled off the bone or sliced off.  It will go to soup and a freeze some for late use.

I also harvested the few squash and pumpkins I had out in the garden still, and dug the very few but yummy carrots that the rabbits left to grow.  Tomorrow I will roast pumpkins to freeze.  Then I dug one of the 3 rows of potatoes.  We have about 45 or so pounds of those.  There is probably another 100 pounds out there, at least!  

I dumped out the planters from the patio that have wilted away or froze off last night, and those pots will have to get put in the corn crib tomorrow.

Then, I did chores.
DH made most of the dinner, just had to warm up a veggie with it and we had a nice turkey dinner at the end of a productive day.  

Oh, I got an estimate on the van... it is going to be close.  I hope the insurance company agrees to cut a check for repairs and I get to drive my van for another 50k before it goes to the graveyard of cars. 

Keep snuggled in tonight all.  

. Now that sounds like a productive day.. You made me tired reading it.,,

 

[Coffee 1st]

Ye

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Hey everyone. Just got back from a playoff football game tonight. Our boys won. Fargodome on Thursday or Friday for another section game. It's been a fun season to watch were all very proud.

Fount base Warmers run about $50. I've found the cookie tin heater much more economical to make and it is the same type of mechanism for keeping water open. But who am I to argue on overspending on a chicken hobby. ;D hahaha

Oh wow I hadn't seen those ovations yet!

Coffee sounds scary what happened with your old toofless puppy. Poor girl

Sadie Mae had a great day of retrieving ducks today and hit the water when the guns went off making a 120 yard retriev DH said. He couldn't believe it. She's 5 1/2 months old. Petit thing. Crazy yipping/barking thing at home and all heart in the blind. She's earning some respect around here and I think she's figuring us out here in the house too though. We're proud of her.

Kloppers are you entering the park through St Charles? That's where all my dad's side of the family hail from. Pretty country down there. Enjoy.
Ralphie how's Togo? Say hi to Sasquatch.[/quote yeah Sadie Mae,, good job... Sounds like she has good instincts in the field... 5 1/2 months ,,, lots of puppy left in her,,, lol

 

[Coffee 1st]

One more photo - this is Rascal, our precocious BuffOrp who has figured out that my mother will feed him in the kitchen.

Very cute..

 

[sourland]

I know your kind, we have a neighbor who fetches his paper in his birthday suit. He is eye candy so I don't complain... *smirk*

Are you my neighbor?

That is how I got my DW.

Worked for me.


I just stumbled over here, and it feels like home. Perhaps I was adopted from Minnesota?

 

[scandiafowl]

Are you my neighbor?
Worked for me.


I just stumbled over here, and it feels like home.  Perhaps I was adopted from Minnesota? 

@sourland

Good question - where are you?

 

[sourland]

@sourland

Good question - where are you?

Far, far away in New Jersey.

 

[scandiafowl]

Far, far away in New Jersey. 

Makes sense, only the strongest of Minnesota men would fetch the Sunday paper in their birthday suit today, on their motorcycles

 

[sourland]

Makes sense, only the strongest of Minnesota men would fetch the Sunday paper in their birthday suit today, on their motorcycles

This dude rides his motorcycle nude on a Minnesota morning? Sounds like something duluthralphie would do. Yep, I cyber know him.

 

[duluthralphie]

Togo is great. Hard to type on iPhone for me. Cyrus I think it is a young wolf based on track size. But picture is nearly yore like. 50 blue bills on lake just outside range. Will try to read threw may not reply

 

[scandiafowl]

  This dude rides his motorcycle nude on a Minnesota morning?  Sounds like something duluthralphie would do.  Yep, I cyber know him.

Haha, dudes, perhaps. But not me. I hate frostbite.