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Yeah, I'm worried....I only have a food processor which will make it not right or a hand grater which still seems to make the shreds too small.....

Oh yeah, the pork belly too

Yes, except for chicken --I'd love to have our own chickens but A.) I'd be too attached to eat one and B.) They wouldn't survive out here even in a coop. I haven't bought a package of ground beef.....in probably over 25 years or more.

Probably a little over a year. We always have a bit of overlap. We've learned not to keep so many roasts and make more burger because we eat a lot of burger (chili, pizza, lasagna, etc.). This last year --2019--I used a lot more burger because it was something I could (somewhat) eat during the awful surgeries I had on my gums.

No, we don't get our deer tested and I've never heard of anyone around here doing it. I do know that if you think you've killed a deer with CWD that you're supposed to leave it right where it is and contact Fish and Game. Looking at a map, it's not prevalent at all where we hunt.

Certainly! But, I like to have a couple of roasts, so I save them in whole form and then if I want stew meat, I'll cut up one of those. Edited to say: I see I wasn't clear in my above post. I still have one more deer to cut up so I'll take a couple roasts off of that one.

Venison tenderloin last night

A short 2020 update: I have no words for how strange the world is this year. This is the first year in like 27 years that our hunter friend hasn't been here. It feels like bizzaro- land not having him and not blogging here. It's always some work, but it took this year to realize that all the cooking and blogging keeps me occupied during all the long hours of hunting. Ronnie's been hunting still, but no one rides with him in the truck and they stay distant from each other--sitting in different blinds etc. And only 3 guys have been going and they are all like-minded (I think) that they need to be careful. Three deer have been gotten over the last few days. Two dry does and one really old buck. We will end up with two of them (hopefully both of the does). One is going home to another hunters house. We really needed the meat. We're almost out and it was starting to make me nervous. We cut up one of the does yesterday....tenderloins and backstraps and then the rest I cleaned up and we will grind into burger in a few days. I won't bore you with any more meat pictures--I'll save that for (HOPEFULLY!!!!) 2021.

That is a hard decision...if I were to go, I'd go as early as I could......

I think you were smart to do that!

I don't know what UHT milk is?

I had two big bunches of parsley that needed to be used. I thought I had a bit of mint, but I didn't. I had a tiny amount of cilantro, though. So, I made another batch of LGD. Still delicious without the mint. This tastes a bit more olive-y/lemony to me.

🤣I know sigh. I'm getting ready to drag out my cookbook--Lettuce In Your Kitchen to find some ideas

Digging through the freezer I found a small pack of sea trout and a small pack of shrimp. So that along with salad and some pasta.

Yesterday I had to go to the pharmacy to pick up some of Ronnie's meds (still working on coordinating everything together). I leaned heavily towards just getting the meds and getting out of there quickly, but, we needed milk. I need to look at Misfits next time...I thought I saw milk the first time I ordered, but I might be misremembering. Anyway, far before the pandemic I thought about buying an extra gallon of whole milk and freezing it for the times that my milk goes bad or runs out. I pulled the trigger and did it yesterday. Internet tells me it will keep up to 6 months frozen. It's a nice feeling knowing I have it. For the billionth time I praise the Vacmaster.

Dang it, I'm so sorry. My cucumber that I bought the first time lasted a week in the fridge with no problems. The tomatoes--are grocery store tomatoes....I bought grape tomatoes which weren't too bad. Has it been warm in your area? I will say that my first box (the smaller one) was in a styrofoam container and it had ice packs. This time it was in the above pictured box with no ice at all.....

Dang it! I figure if they can find me, they can find anyone....is it coming by Fedex? For what it's worth, the customer service people answered me fairly quickly.....meaning the next day even on the weekend...

Ok thanks!!! I'm so excited to eat a new vegetable

I got my Misfits Madness box. Holy crap. We will be eating a lot of salads (not that I mind, this is a learning curve on what to order). Their vision of lettuce that is supposed to feed 3-5 people is bigger than mine--but I did order a lot of lettuce in retrospect, and conversely, their vision of onions that is supposed to feed the same amount equals 2 onions. That's ok. I just grateful to be able to get anything at all! Here's a list of all that I ordered: Frisee Curly Endive Napa Cabbage Yellow Onion Flat Leaf Parsley Curly Leaf Parsley Green Leaf Lettuce Granny Smith Apples Red Leaf Lettuce Red Butterhead Lettuce Celery Root (this was all due to @weinoo's celery root recipe that he posted a while back...also, celery root is sort of ugly lol) Carrots Lemons Limes Then, I paid extra for: Avocados (2.99 total for 2) Mushrooms (1.99 for the box) Bok Choy (2.76 for 4) I'm off to organize and make some more Little Green Dress....which will be very low on mint....

They are pricey! These were given to us by a person that doesn't like them....more for us then!

This pandemic has really made me try a lot harder to not waste a single thing. LOL well, I didn't mean to sound flip about it.....but it was a really easy meal because I had the ragu already made and frozen

We got TWO unexpected gifts yesterday! What a treat! The first is from my mom and step dad. She said I could wait until Christmas to open, which normally I would, but it's a pandemic so I say open the gifts now 🙋‍♀️. This is all from a place in Durango, CO. Along with it came this CUTE hand sanitizer. I love that they got creative and used what would normally be filled with honey for the container! And, our hunter friend from GA sent us a ton of venison sausage! He's very sorely missed around here. Rifle deer season began on Wednesday....it feels very wrong to not have him around.

@Kim ShookIt sounds like you're on the mend and I'm glad! I know you're relieved not to have to have surgery. What a great idea to slice the sausages. Totally copying you on that! @FranciI'm always jealous of your whole fish. Makes me hungry every time I see one that you've cooked. Had some green beans that needed to be used so I went ahead and blanched them all to keep them good a while longer. First way I used some--heated up in a bit of butter with pine nuts and caramelized onions Oxtail ragu to go with Hot wings, brus. sprouts, Mac and cheese Venison chili and cornbread Pepperoni and Canadian bacon with the last of the green beans--this time tossed with some balsamic vinegar, parm. cheese and diced onions

Your rolls are absolutely beautiful! Too bad about the hummingbird feeder tree. That makes me sad. Why can't people leave things alone???

It's supposed to be here Friday