You know all that meat that I posted about???
It’s history. The freezer was bad and was cycling…. So on Saturday we had to toss 200 pounds of meat into the garbage. In addition, we had to clean the freezer… The meat on the line, was dry so we also brought that in…. That was a lot of meat!!!! The biltong that we hung, was also brought in. We learned a lot of lessons…. this past week. They doewors, was over spiced and too much fat in it. The biltong on the other hand was under spiced and not enough salt, so it didn’t dry as well and had no flavor.
Of course the good news is (despite the waste) that we have room in the freezer. We actually bought a new one and discovered the defrosted meat at the bottom of the borrowed one when we were transferring to the new one. So now that we have room, DH can plan another hunting trip.
Add to that the chain that raises and lowers the garage door snapped. Again. This is the second time, the last time was about 6 weeks ago. So now we have to park outside. Normally not an issue…. but yesterday we had rain, thunder + lightening and really mushy snow flakes. The rain was really coming down and we have a tile roof…. which means no gutters… and I got soaked just trying to get in the front door!!!!
The weekend before I went out, with a local group, all from the mission. We went to a curio store, a Mexican tortilla and chip maker (REALLY the highlight) and a restaurant, called Carnivore. There are only 2 of these restaurants on the continent, one is just down the road
and a picture from the hunting trip….
A Groundscraper-Thrush. I can’t believe how many birds here are polka dotted!!!
Well that’s all for now… as usual there will be more later!
Beth
OMG that is a bummer about the freezer.
ReplyDeleteI guess this means more hunting for Frank.
Tish
OMG!!! My hubby and I are so sad for you! When we moved to our first "new" house, many years ago, we naively plugged in our freezer to a plug that had one of those red thingy's (circuit breaker?). While on vacation during the summer, we lost power, and when we came back home, there was a huge pool of blood from defrosted game. I feel your pain. We butcher our own meat now, so I can't say that we've had it messed up in processing though (our dog gets so many scraps too for food). What an awful story!
ReplyDeleteI've had snake and alligator, don't care for either. Antelope meat (related?) is very good, but DH has never gotten a tag. We had some this summer on our trip in Wyoming, as we stayed with a hunting buddy of my DH for 2 nights.
Love the bird pic (as usual).
Still strange to hear about snow when it's summer here!
What a mess! Our son-in-law shot an 8 point deer and had it cleaned and processed....only to have to cook it all in one day when the tornado outbreak cut off all our power for a week last spring. Sometimes it seems you can't win! As usual, I love the blog tales and the new bird photo. Jean
ReplyDeleteI just hate all that waste -- but it's a silver cloud for Frank -- and you still have the skins.
ReplyDeleteLove the thrush -- spots are such a dramatic fashion choice, don't you think?