Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

[vanalpaca]

Grew up on smoked Sturgeon, smoked Steelhead, smoked game birds like chukars, pheasants. We only got a deer every few years in our area of Washington, but then it was smoked venison, too. Occasionally my bro will take pity on me and send me some smoked fish for christmas! I figured raising chickens would be ok, because I grew up plucking their hunting results and they would also bring home canadian honkers and ducks. We got the gunny sack and hand plucked all the game and mom or dad would cook them up for dinner.

We didn't have a lot of beef, chicken, etc growing up because we lived 40 miles from town. Didn't have all those casseroles either. But we were next to the Columbia River and some creeks and 'pot holes' and had a freezer! Didn't do hamburgers, either, but had the large cuts, like roasts and stew.

Nothing really grew in all our desert sand...

I will definitely be able to chow down on smoked chicken!! I'm thinking of making coleslaw with raisins for Chickenstock?

 

[peepacheep]

Vanalpaca, please post the recipe for coleslaw with raisins! I have never heard of this combination, I am really curious, it sounds really interesting. Thanks!

 

[vanalpaca]

What's a 'RECIPE'?

I make it to taste.

Wash and shredd a head of cabbage after removing outer leaves and taking the core/stem out.
Add Mayonaise (the good stuff, like Hellmann's or Kraft), you need enough to help it hold together start with 1/2 cup to 1 cup.
Add Sugar, couple tablespoons to 1/2 cup and a teaspoon to a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to taste.

Add a cup or so of raisins, depending how what you have on hand, how big your head of cabbage is, etc. I use the black ones.

Stir and blend it all up, taste it, add more Mayo, sugar, or dash of vinegar if still needed. Put in in the fridge and let it soak up the flavors, or just eat it.

Ok. So I guess that is what I am bringing to Chickenstock!

I don't put carrots in mine...........and I NEVER use miracle whip!

 

[peepacheep]

Thank-you for the 'recipe'! Never thought to add raisins to coleslaw before. Must go get a head of cabbage. Salmon and coleslaw for dinner tonight!

 

[Ec_Prokta]

Good morning! How are you all today?

I finally figured out a title for my book! It's called Impending Vermilion.

 

[Opa]

Raisins are a wonderful addition to many things. Although I much prefer golden raisins. I always put them in rice pudding and when I make chicken salad I always add celery and raisins. Darn thinking about food has made me hungry. I guess I'd better go fix us some lunch. This old rooster has been called a lot of things in life, but never twice to eat.

 

[Ec_Prokta]

Raisins... Eh, I don't really like them. They taste kind of weird.

 

[vanalpaca]

Like many kids, raisins are easy to pick out of your food!!

I didn't get candy growing up, but every week I got raisins in my oatmeal. I was rationed to 1 lb every two weeks or so. Mom also put them in the rice pudding, the bread pudding, and the coleslaw.

The golden raisins weren't often available, so we just had the black ones.

Just confirmed with my girlfriend that she will have some Silkie Chicks for me take take to 'sell' at Chickenstock. She got the parents shipped in from show quality stock. Guess now I will have to get some pictures of her Silkies to show you all before then. I don't really want to have Silkies myself and don't want to be bringing them back home!

This will be the same weekend as our Fiber Festival over at FarmPark in Cleveland area and she is teaching Felting Classes and running a fiber booth (and I will be doing that on SUNDAY) so she can't come up to talk chickens with you all. Else she would drive up with me!

I didn't want to bring anything that wasn't of good quality or iffy stock, so this is what I'm bringing!

Oh, and that little Egyptian Fayoumi needs a new HOME!

Cheers all,
Bonnie

 

[Slywoody]

I put raisins in my mixture when i make gravy. It's stellar.

 

[Opa]

When my sons were quite young I was trying to teach them as many things as possible. Living frugally, eating a wide variety of foods, particularily foods we harvest ourselves, not letting anything go to waste. Once while out rabbit hunting I was showing them all the various sign to aid in locating good spots to hunt. One of the things I showed them was rabbit droppings and shot a rabbit in that area.

That night we had fried rabbit for supper and as luck would have it, rice pudding for dessert. When their mother sat dessert in front of them I could help not pointing out the fact that we waste nothing and reminded them about the droppings they had seen earlier. Needless to say they weren't to thrill with the rice pudding.