Monthly Archives: August 2010
Why, Ms. Cochin—without your feathers, you’re beautiful!
Monday’s trip to and from Lancaster was much more pleasant than the last one. Reasons included a daylight drive, a sedan instead of a truck, a working radio, and a noticeable lack of squawking, feathers or fecal smells. After a … Continue reading
Good night, ladies.
Dawn on Saturday found Steve rattling by his alma mater with a truckload of sleepy, mildly-protesting chickens, on his way to Marksbury Farm Market’s new Garrard County processing facility. As we neared Gourmandistan’s temporary relocation to Gascony, it was deemed … Continue reading
24-hour breakfast people
One of the nice things about having chickens in the backyard is that we rarely run out of eggs—which means we’re always ready for breakfast. (We’ll have fewer eggs than usual this Winter, but that’s best told in another post.) … Continue reading
Filed under Chickens, Cooking, Food, Recipes, Vegetarian
What a way to watermelon
Both our farm shares have provided watermelons in the past few weeks, which hasn’t stopped Steve from buying them at our local markets. According to many farmers we’ve talked to, the staggering summer heat has affected many crops—but the melons … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Food, Vegetarian
Remembrance of eggplants past
Gourmandistan likes oral histories, like those generated by the WPA Writers’ Project (something we wish was still around—are you listening, government recovery people?). We think it’s lovely when individuals get a chance to share their ideas of the times they … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking, Food, Recipes, Vegetarian
