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01-23-2017, 10:20 PM #1
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Thanked: 581Yeah, mutton and beef fat are both called dripping here. Pork fat is lard, chicken fat is just chicken fat. That is some nice clear duck fat, great stuff.
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01-23-2017, 10:50 PM #2
I have never rendered Mutton or Venison fat but on a chop or roast for example I think that they are very similar.
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01-25-2017, 02:27 PM #3
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Thanked: 101I like this topic. I use the phrase "maker vs. taker" often. What are we producing as compared to what are we consuming? What are we fixing, keeping running, restoring vs. buying newer lesser quality goods? It is on my mind often. This is why I like old razors, old guns and making do with what I have.
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01-25-2017, 03:10 PM #4
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Thanked: 13249There does seem to be quite a bit of overlap with the use of SR's and many other hobbies and lifestyles, I noticed on FB that many of my Razor friends are also members of the few ther groups I belong to
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01-27-2017, 08:28 PM #5
That's a great list. Funny thing is, today people who advocate sustainable living, etc are generally thought to be the "tree huggers", "hippies", "liberals", etc. I wouldn't consider myself falling under any of those categories but I have done many of the things on that list for a very long time.
I've mentioned on SRP before that I've made my own homemade toothpaste for close to fifteen years now. Baking soda, water, Dr. Bronner's liquid peppermint soap and peppermint essential oil. Approved by more than one dentist of mine through the years and only one cavity in 15 years so...it works.
When our wood stove is burning I dry a lot of my clothes from the heat of the stove.
Baking bread. Yes.
Compost. yes
Home cooked meals. Oh yes.
Hunt and fish. Definitely.
Canning food. Canned venison...mmmmm.....
Garden. yes.
We do most all of our cleaning using vinegar or baking soda.
Things on my list to do or start:
Plant more fruit trees and berry bushes. A bit harder for us to do since we're realistically in a zone 2-3 but there are a lot of cold hardy things we can pick from.
Chickens, Guineas are on my list. Just need to build the coop first.
Expand the garden since I got a good deal on a used hoop tunnel greenhouse
Root cellar would be nice.
Bear in mind: I do NONE of the above things to please Gaia, atone for my sin of being human (generating CO2 and methane) or from any sort of ecological ideal.Last edited by ChrisL; 01-27-2017 at 08:46 PM.
"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
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01-27-2017, 08:47 PM #6
ChrisL, would you mind doing a short writeup, tutorial, or photo essay on canning venison? I have heard of home canning meat but never seen it done.
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01-27-2017, 10:02 PM #7
I could do that but it would be best served after next year's season. There are some great venison canning tutorials out there though.
Here's one I've looked at for pointers, etc:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/117537/...anned-venison/"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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02-04-2017, 07:49 PM #8
Today was my first use of the meat grinding attachment for the Kitchn Aide I received for Christmas. The meat is venison I butchered in December. I'm making chili this afternoon.
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02-04-2017, 08:06 PM #9
I've heard those are very good for small batches of meat
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09-09-2017, 01:59 PM #10
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Thanked: 227Not homesteading but we like to go forraging for brambles. Great fun with the kids.
Todays haul before the weather turned.
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