Sorrel Pyrizhky
I am always on the lookout for new ways I can use what I grow, and I have an abundance of french sorrel. I happened upon a post on Reddit from someone who was asking where they could find this vegetable, as it is an …
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Totoro Chicken Coop Progression
I don’t very often spend money on brand new things for myself (other than food)–usually anything I purchase has to do with investments, and anything else if I can get them second hand I will (I LOVE a good bargain.) So this new chicken coop …
Quail Egg Onsen Tamago (Hot Spring Eggs)
Hot spring eggs are fun in that in Japan (and elsewhere where hot public baths and springs exist), you can purchase a couple of eggs to cook while you… cook. The unique temperature result is an egg with runny silken tofu-like whites, with semi firm …
Smoked Quail Egg Conserves
I’ve had smoked trout and smoked cheese conserves in a Costa Rican resort when we visited my parents last year and had wanted to do something similar, and then in passing I saw a recipe for Hungarian smoked quail eggs in oil. Try as I …
Yakitori Quail (Eggs, Liver, Heart, Legs)
Warning: This post contains information on raising quail for meat. If that bothers you, please skip it. First, if you’re interested in raising easy to keep Japanese Coturnix quail for meat or eggs, please check out my guide. The quail that did not go into …
Hainanese Quail and Rice
Warning: This post talks about using poultry I have raised as food. If that makes you uncomfortable, please skip this post. First, if you’re interested in raising quail for yourself or your family, whether for eggs or for meat, check out my quail raising guide! …
Daily Life 1: Quail Chronicles
After a harrowing incubation and hatching period, eleven cute, fluffy little celadon quail are now growing happily in a brooder in my mud room. My hognose snake, the dashing Mrs. Pigworm who was the original inhabitant of the makeshift brooder, is now relegated to a …
Ajitsuke Duck Egg (Soy Sauce Marinated Soft Boiled Duck Egg)
Spring is here, which means my ducks have started laying in earnest. 7 of the eggs have gone into the incubator to replenish my flock, but I’m still looking at a good amount of eggs from my remaining 3. I’ve made mini soft boiled ramen …
2020 Muscovy Hatch-a-Long 1
My muscovies have started laying which means Spring has sprung! This year I’m desperate to replenish my flock, after having warred with a really resourceful raccoon who was getting into the coop before I locked them in for the night. A fierce battle ensued that …
Yakiniku Gyutan (Grilled Beef Tongue, A Serenade)
Oh glorious beef tongue, Juicy, fat, and tender, You don’t take much to make people happy, To your delicious, smoky, beefy flavor I surrender Beef tongue is probably my favorite cut of beef for yakiniku style barbecues. No, let me amend that, it is my favorite …