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i am so glad i wasn't the only one who wanted a swirly egg laying hen!Good morning gardeners. I can honestly say that I did something in the garden yesterday. I cleaned up two of my garden beds. Weeds and mostly grass. I also finally got some basil planted with the tomatoes. I'll be out there again today. The littles were fine for their first night. Apparently there was a "visitor" that stopped by. I'm not sure what it was since I didn't see it. It could have been a fox or my neighbor's cat. I noticed that the lavender plant next to their run had been knocked over. But they can't get in unless they team up with a raccoon wielding a can opener or wire cutters.OK @TropicalBabies, I fell for the alabaster swirly egg too. I just thought I should get that breed of hen so I can have swirly eggs too. On to the lard issue. Real lard is rendered beef fat and nothing else. Adding hydrogenated oil to what is marketed as lard makes it shelf stable. It also adds those nasty trans fats that are the worst you can consume. However, if that's all you can get it does make for really flaky pie crusts and awesome homemade flour tortillas. Needless to say, although I keep it in my pantry, I don't make pies very often and I usually only make my own flour tortillas in the winter when I have more time. This makes my cardiologist very happy. Have a great day everyone.
I like these for shade. they do well for me in zone 7: hellebore, bleeding heart, heuchera, heucherella, columbine, ligularia, elderberry, brunnera, forget me not. beautyberry did well for me in part/mostly shade- it never got super tall for me but may be taller than you want.
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Freeze it in the amount that you would use one time. When I make stock I like to freeze it in small amounts so none gets wasted. Also, the rendered fat is like gold. When I pan fry a steak in my cast iron skillet I use any beef fat I can scrape together to fry the steak in. The flavor is amazing. Also, go ahead and taste your stock. Add a little salt to bring out the flavor. Yum!Morning gardeners. My back is not a happy camper today so not much happening around here, can't wait to go for spinal injections next week. Got a good soaking rain yesterday & everything looks happy in the garden.
I saved some beef fat that rendered when I roasted the bones, everything I read said to save it because it's good as gold. But I have no idea what to do with it, LOL. It's a guarantee I won't be baking any pies! The broth looks super nice, trying to figure out what to do with it now while it cools, probably just freeze it in quart jars.It seemed like a lot of time on the stove for a little bit of broth, doesn't seem worth it to me with as much as I go through, but I haven't tasted it yet! Maybe that will change my mind.
Have a great day all!
