venison
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Making room for a new season of venison… and football
We know it’s hunting season when friends show up with gifts–a heart and a liver that they just harvested from a doe in our woods. While they might normally toss them, they know that John will use them to make an amazing venison liverwurst. The new heart and liver will join what John has in the freezer and will soon appear as John’s redneck Continue reading
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Stocking up for winter…
I’m almost ready to host the next big snowstorm sleepover. The freezer is filling up with venison and turkey stock and Christmas cookies. Add a few loaves of raisin bread and stock up the bar in the man cave and we’re good to go. John spent all day processing his two Bambis. After dinner I joined in Continue reading
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A-Hunting They Will Come
Some people think it’s lonely living in the woods. Not so. Especially during hunting season. There is often someone out there in the woods and frequently they stop in for coffee (in the a.m.) or beer (after an evening hunt). Around the kitchen table, they shoot the breeze with John and debrief from their hours Continue reading
Slightly Off the Grid 