...yes, there is a part 3! hard to believe, i know.
so let's add to the first list of things matt has been doing:
- trading some lettuce for 2.5 dozen fresh eggs c/o my sister
- visiting the farmer's market every week for inspiration and organic veggies
- slaughtered and cooked a rooster from the rainbow school
- made a massive batch of kimchee
and i think we will be making cheese and he plans to make some fresh mayo this week, too.
what i find really funny about all of this is that i've been trying to convince him to accept my "homemade" stuff for YEARS now (ice cream, cheese, butter, etc) and he's always "eh" about it... but now that he is the one doing it he's all about it. and yet he still refuses to use my homemade soaps (and laundry soap) and instead prefers to buy expensive chemicals... ??
anyway, rather than fading away i think his impulses are picking up steam; i'm just glad he has a productive, sensible hobby--or four. all that excess energy is really going to good use these days!
so let's add to the first list of things matt has been doing:
- once a week he cooks a whole chicken, we use the meat for various things, and he makes a bone stock out of it. then he cans it. (we have an entire CABINET full of chicken stock.)- nearly tripling the size of our garden this weekend with the help of a kind co-worker of mine; planting is about to commence
- every other week or so he does the same with a bunch of beef bones. we have a cabinet full of beef stock, too.
- he made and canned a from-scratch tomato sauce with and without beef.
- he's also canned: sweet potatoes, carrots, soups, pickled garlic, roasted red peppers, and dill beans. so far.
- he made fresh blackberry/strawberry jam the other night, and canned it.
- last night he baked 3 loaves of (super tasty) bread.
and none of this addresses the massive garden full of fresh lettuce and blooming pea vines he maintains, or the rabbits who are not quite ready to breed.
- trading some lettuce for 2.5 dozen fresh eggs c/o my sister
- visiting the farmer's market every week for inspiration and organic veggies
- slaughtered and cooked a rooster from the rainbow school
- made a massive batch of kimchee
and i think we will be making cheese and he plans to make some fresh mayo this week, too.
what i find really funny about all of this is that i've been trying to convince him to accept my "homemade" stuff for YEARS now (ice cream, cheese, butter, etc) and he's always "eh" about it... but now that he is the one doing it he's all about it. and yet he still refuses to use my homemade soaps (and laundry soap) and instead prefers to buy expensive chemicals... ??
anyway, rather than fading away i think his impulses are picking up steam; i'm just glad he has a productive, sensible hobby--or four. all that excess energy is really going to good use these days!
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