Oh! what a great time of the year. Pheasent season started a week ago and goose season started last week and duck season will be starting or has started already. but the biggie, it's only three weeks till deer season. Now what is so great about all of that? F O O D ! ! ! Every year right after harvest it is butchering time. Not that I am a great advocut of all that work, but I have never minded taking the time to honor the game (or fish) that I get by taking the time to properly prepare it so that it will provide good meals for those who partake, and it is not wasted.
It is strange but we have never purchased much meat and I have no clue as to how much money we have saved because of it, but out side of chicken there is not much else to buy. Also when we buy chickens we wait and get hens that quit laying for about .50 to .75 cents apiece, buy a couple of dozen of them, cut off some of the legs, thighs and breasts to fry and then we pressure cook and can the rest. Hmmmmm It looks great on the shelves with our veggies and tastes scrumptious. A wall of canned vegies and at least one shelf of canned venison and chicken make one feel pretty comfortable as winter sets in. We have also put up quart jars of Pin Cherry juice concentrate this year. A delicious drink, you can have it warm or cold as you prefer.
Now if I could just figure out a good use for the 12 to 14 huge leaf bags of cottonwood leaves that come off the neighbors tree every fall, I would be in good shape. I have already raked the leaves twice this year and that is my leaves, the neighbor's cottonwoods haven't begin to fall yet. But I feel great with the knowledge that in this time of economic turmoil when jobs are precarious and life is uncertain , we will survive the winter in pretty good shape. Heavenly Father is good to us.
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