The Front Porch Swing

[lindz8504]

one that was on our front door last summer

 

[Triple Willow]

Tractor Supply has "Petsafe Wireless Containment Systems" on sale today! Regular $299.00 from Petsafe, today they are $229.00 at TSC!

TSC said they would have chicks in about 2 weeks.

 

[Triple Willow]

one that was on our front door last summer

Sorry frogs ...even though they are cute I can't stand those things! Somewhere on the ff thread is an episode I had with one last year! Ewwwww & yuck!!! They creep me out!

...frogs should stay on the ground! lol

 

[perchie.girl]

here is what I believe was in my dog bowl

California tree frog.

http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/p.cadaverina.html


soo cute.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

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I had an eensy one in the barbeque the last time I barbequed.... I had to shoo him out in order to cook dinner. I put him in the dog water bowl. LOL.

deb

 

[lindz8504]

When I checked this morning, there was only one egg in the nest so I didn't bother getting it. I figured I would go down at lunch and get them, but I didn't make it. This is what I found when I went down there a little bit ago! The girls decided to cram a dozen eggs into one nest! None of the other nests had any in them! Silly girls!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

It's starting ... the eggses.

Out of an extra dozen "regular" chicken eggs for lunch today I made a curried rice casserole with green peas, three kinds of cheese and tiny little rounds of deer pepperoni sticks the foreman gave us a while back and had been hanging out in the freezer. Garnished with Greek yogurt.

This afternoon I think I'll make a duck egg custard ...

Tomorrow morning I'll try a yummy sounding French toast casserole ... cheese and jam sandwiches in a greased dish, then pour the egg mixture over the top and let it rest, & bake. I have some yummy home-made rhubarb jams, one with blueberry, the other with strawberry ... I'll interview those to figure out which one to invite to the party. You're supposed to use cream cheese, but rather than buy that I think I'll use Cojita cheese I have on hand -- I think that will inspire more liberal jamage. I think I'll add some nuts to the top. Maybe serve that with maple syrup Greek yogurt? Maybe use the Delaware eggs for that?

I still haven't tried the 12 Egg Butter Cake ... somehow with only two people in the house that just doesn't seem wise.

 

[Searsmom]

It's starting ... the eggses.

Out of an extra dozen "regular" chicken eggs for lunch today I made a curried rice casserole with green peas, three kinds of cheese and tiny little rounds of deer pepperoni sticks the foreman gave us a while back and had been hanging out in the freezer. Garnished with Greek yogurt.

This afternoon I think I'll make a duck egg custard ...

Tomorrow morning I'll try a yummy sounding French toast casserole ... cheese and jam sandwiches in a greased dish, then pour the egg mixture over the top and let it rest, & bake. I have some yummy home-made rhubarb jams, one with blueberry, the other with strawberry ... I'll interview those to figure out which one to invite to the party. You're supposed to use cream cheese, but rather than buy that I think I'll use Cojita cheese I have on hand -- I think that will inspire more liberal jamage. I think I'll add some nuts to the top. Maybe serve that with maple syrup Greek yogurt? Maybe use the Delaware eggs for that?

I still haven't tried the 12 Egg Butter Cake ... somehow with only two people in the house that just doesn't seem wise.

OM!!! I'm hungry!

Do you have a recipe for the duck egg custard? How about that 12 Egg Butter Cake?

 

[Searsmom]

I had an eensy one in the barbeque the last time I barbequed.... I had to shoo him out in order to cook dinner. I put him in the dog water bowl. LOL.

deb

I had one hanging out in my lil corn garden 2 summers ago, it was great! My 5-year old and I would go out and look for him on one of three cornstalks and watch while he ate those nasty bugs that wanted my corn. We even brought him in one day to show daddy and took him back out to the same place - he stayed there for about 3 weeks before we lost track of him. What I hate is how they pee on you when you pick them up. Yick.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

OM!!! I'm hungry! 

Do you have a recipe for the duck egg custard? How about that 12 Egg Butter Cake?

The 12 egg cake involves:

1 lb butter, well creamed (salted is fine, it usually has fewer ingredients anyway)
4 Cups sugar, creamed again
12 eggs, added 1 at a time, continue creaming
4 Cups flour, mixed in
And flavoring (lemon, vanilla, almond, whateves)

There are various techniques for adding the flour, and some people add a nib of salt or baking powder/soda ... none of which I've tried. I like the simplicity of just the 4 basic ingredients plus vanilla bean or lemon zest. But I've never made this cake. I'm not feeling that suicidal.

Then it fills *2* ten inch tube/bundt pans! Greased, etc., don't overfill as it poofs while baking.

Glaze if all of the above somehow isn't enough.

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The egg custard is a quantity of milk, heated but not boiled, mixed with a quantity of well beaten but not whipped egg, not as much sugar as you'd think, smidge of salt as always, baked in a hot-water bath until not quite set. I'll add vanilla bean while heating the milk. Nutmeg on top if you wish, or crunchy bakers sugar. Or both. I'll have to check an actual recipe for exact ratios, but big eggs always add chaos to measurements. As does my flakey oven. This is FABULOUS if you arrange peach halves in the baking dish before pouring in the eggs. You can do individual ramikins if you're fancy. And fancy cooks also like to strain it before pouring. Meh. Serve warm or chilled. So simple, so yum!