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Meat my Butcher (get it meat ;-)

One of the many things I like about living in the backcountry is our little Mom and Pop grocery store.

I go here when I need meat and to pick up a few things. Even though it's ten miles away, It beats driving double that to shop at a major market I'm not crazy about anyway. And we have on the premises a real...

 

living, breathing, butcher. Yes, a cut the meat himself, nothing plastic pre-wrapped butcher.

That's my prime rib roast sitting up there on the scale.

He started working with his dad, who was a custom butcher, when he was ten years old and has been been a butcher ever since.

Let's look at the meat cases.

Bringing in the cabbage

Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Refrain

Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,

Sorry, but this has been going through my head ever since I drove through Yuma, AZ on my way home from Lake Havasu. 

Miles and miles of cabbage were being harvested. Feeling very sacrilegious, but unable to control myself, I was singing bringing in the cabbage-es

Look at all that cole slaw.

Eyes in the sky

My oldest grandson Jeremy has had his eyes in the sky for a few months now. 

He got his first remote control airplane for his birthday in October. 

Beware of Sugar Cookies

As you know from my last post we made sugar cookies yesterday.

 

Today is the day we decorated them.

Sugar cookie chefs

When I arrived at Erika's yesterday, the cookie chefs were hard at work.

 

They made a double batch this time. The last batch of cookies didn't last very long with this crew. 

Wild or not

I love living in the backcountry, but I think I need a study in animal tracks. 

I didn't know if some huge dog was prowling around last night, 

 

 

or the thing that ate it.

{{shudder}}

Preserved lemons

I have some lemons that I needed to do something with so I thought I'd start some preserved lemons. 

 

They make my mouth water just looking at them. Pretty aren't they.

Braised Lamb Shanks with Olives, Lemon and Tomatoes

Lamb shanks, lemon, tomatoes and olives. The cottage smells divine. 

Fall off the bone delicious.

Wanna make some?

Pork Shoulder Roast

I love garlic studded pork roasts, especially on cold rainy days, served with mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

So very, very yummy.

Wanna see how I did it...

Potato Gratin

This was great with the lamb chops I made the other day.

 

Hot out of the oven.