Tag Archives: Airedale

The Bounty of our CSA (or What We Will be Eating this Week)

Here’s the bounty of our CSA this week from Tara Firma Farms:  Our extras this week were: 1 lb. Of Strauss Butter Pork Bones* Chicken Necks* Pork Hearts* *For the raw fed Airedale Terrierists Our meat box this week contained: … Continue reading

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Experiments with Odd Bits: Pork Rinds

I ordered a pork rind as an add-on to my CSA last week from Tara Firma Farms.  I had in mind that perhaps I could make some Cracklins or Cicharrons.  I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I opened … Continue reading

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The Bounty of Our CSA (or What We Will be Eating this Week)

Here’s what was in the Tara Firma CSA boxes that we picked up last night: Beef Bones* Chicken necks* Ground Beef NY Steak Bacon Ends* Pork Rind* Beef Heart* Radishes Salad Greens Baby Bok Choi Chard Collard Greens Baby Potatoes … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The turkey is on.  The pies are baked, and the side dishes are ready to put in the oven. Queen Barktifah is settling in to guard the turkey. It looks like QB is looking forward to clean up duty tonight. … Continue reading

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Coming Attractions

Tonight I’ll be picking up our first CSA boxes from Tara Firma Farms.  Tomorrow I’ll have a post showing what was in the boxes along with the Paleo menu TMOTH and I develop to use everything. I’ve been doing some … Continue reading

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Foraging for Food: The New Strategy

As part of our Paleo diet and lifestyle, TMOTH (The Man of the House) and I have been shifting our food purchasing and consumption to locally produced items.  Initially the reason for the shift was to obtain higher quality foods, … Continue reading

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It’s Time for the Five Finger Friday Fandango!

Guess what?!!!  It’s Five Finger Friday again.  Congratulations to everyone for making it through another work week.  I have an action-packed weekend planned.  I hope all my loyal readers have set aside some time for play this weekend.  As Mark … Continue reading

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Musings on My Evolution to the Ancestral Diet

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.“ Don Williams Jr. I’ve been thinking lately about all the twists and turns that I … Continue reading

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Five Finger Friday Redux-10/21/11

Guess what?!!!  It’s Five Finger Friday again.  Last week went better than I expected at work.  It took a few hours before anyone noticed, but the remarks were generally positive (at least the ones I could hear). Here is my … Continue reading

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Foraging at the Farmers Market

On Saturday we like to go to the local Farmers Market and forage for the food we will eat during the next week.  It’s a lot of fun to see what everyone has brought to the market.  There’s live music … Continue reading

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