SNOW!

Our first snow fall of the season. Nothing sticking of course, but still, I think I will be cuddling up with my throwing knives today.

The Next Day

I'm tired. Wow! Cooking a Thanksgiving meal can take a lot out of you. My legs feel like I was standing all day, I wonder way.

We had a good day. Our friend's brother showed up in town, so we had them both out. His brother was super impressed on how much of the meal wasn't store bought and everything was made by hand. Every one went to bed with happy bellies.

Today is clean up. Dishes took 2 hours just to rinse and stack. And I was washing things as I used them in cooking.

My wonderful husband is home today, tomorrow he works and Saturday we are going out. Sunday is my birthday.

Hope everyone had a good Thursday! And that you have an equally good weekend. I am going back to bed.

It's Turkey Time!!!

My turkey is sitting in a large ice chest, brining in apple cider. How's your turkey?

I love these next two days. Today I have 8 pies to make, Pumpkin pie, maple pecan pie, chocolate silk, and apple pies, rolls, breads, treats and desserts. Tomorrow the turkey and all, and I do mean all, the trimmings. I have been itching to get to work this past week. Knowing that I couldn't until today.

I'll admit it, I am a baking dork, an addict. I will be running around like a chicken, excuse me, turkey with its head chopped off. Freaking out and stressing. All with a smile and a cuss word. 4 types of deviled eggs, 2 different sweet potato casseroles, pumpkin breads, 2 types of mashed potatoes, 2 different rolls, breads that line the bar, vegetables raw and cooked in various manners, 2 different stuffings, bread stuffing #1, bread stuffing #2, jellied cranberry sauce and a cranberry chutney! We also have a friend coming out, he doesn't have family here, and I asked for his request of what was traditional in his family, 3 new recipes for me to learn. Oh I am a gluten! Don't care either. With everything we are struggling with, we have one day to have a harvest feast, a day to remind ourselves of the plethora of things we are thankful for. We get one day to not worry about losing everything.

I don't know if I will be posting tomorrow, but as I get up at 4 am to get that bird in the oven, I just might stop by.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Contemplation

I guess I really didn't tell you how the food tasting went. It went ok. Not as many people as we have had in the past, but I did make some new friends when I broke out the Molasses Spice Cookies. I handed one to one of the vendors, he took a bite and I thought something had gone terribly wrong. I couldn't describe the look he had, and when I asked if it was ok, he looked at me and said, "I'm speechless." Than made all kinds of nummy nummy noises as he ate the rest of the cookie. He then asked if he could take a cookie to his friends, I said he could, and as he handed them over he said to his friends, I want to see the look on your faces when your try this. One of his friends works for a well known natural food store, and she is taking these cookies in. Fingers crossed for a contract with them. My mother tried these cookies for the first time and informed me that they were so good they were evil. Thanks mom, love you too.

There is another food tasting in Wichita on Dec 6th. Email me if you are interested in attending. Also if there are any artist out there, email me if you want to be included in an Christian Artisan open House. I will get you all the contact info for that event.

Now we move on to what the subject line eludes to. Our baby boy. My husband and I have been thinking about what to do with him. We have time, so not a big hurry, but it is weighing on us. Part of us says that we should keep him. Things happen for a reason, and his unexpected birth gives us pause. Were we meant to have him to eat, or is he here for another reason. He defied the odds and was born despite his mother being given something to cause her to miscarry. He is a darling little boy, his moo sounds like a creaky door. Of course we are falling in love with him, but that doesn't mean we can't eat him because of that. We care for all our animals, bond and love them even though we know what their future holds. But we have time to make a decision, even if baby boy is half Angus, it will be a full year before he is a decent butcher weight. We don't have to steer him to eat him, so this is not a pressing issue. Just a heavy one.

Some Guys Can't "gitwit" a Prego Heifer

Yep, I am in a mood, and then we top that off with one of those rare Sunday posts. . . then you know something's up.

Back in February, when we went to get our Ladies, the owner gave Mama a shot. See he had no more Dexter Bulls, and was concerned that Mama might be pregnant with an Angus's baby. The shot was to abort any fetus that might be forming. The thing is, this is a good thing. Angus are quite larger than Dexters, and a Dexter birthing a half Angus calf could spell death for the mother and calf.

Yesterday morning, my husband walked outside to see. . . oh, you already know what is coming do you? . . . a calf attempting to stand, still covered in birth.

Everyone is doing fine. The calf has a small head, long legs, and a small body. Kind of awkward looking. No wonder Lott wanted nothing to do with her.

Break out a stogie, we have a baby boy!