Lobstah for Lunch
Just in case you didn’t listen to last week’s Cultivate Simple, we’re on a 2 week break. We have visitors here this week and there’s something else going on next weekend as well. As you can imagine, with visitors from out of state lobster must be consumed. Around here, nothing goes to waste. That’s the beauty of having chickens, pigs, and dogs around. When we were done feasting, the dog, chickens and pigs feasted as well.
Having animals is like having instant composters, they turn extra garden produce and kitchen scraps into eggs, bacon, or protection in the case of dogs. We also love that feeding these kinds of food to the animals makes them happy, you can really see a deep happiness when you bring out lobster scraps!
Do your animals have a favorite scrap?
Filed under Around the Garden, Feathered & Furred | Comments (11)
I find that the chickens, laying and meat, like anything pink or red. They devour tomato scraps, grapes, cherries and completely consume watermelon. The turkeys are partial to apples and blossomed broccoli.
to Jennifer Fisk's comment
The chickens like any soft veggies. They lose interest quickly for crunchy things. Recently they went wild over scraped corncobs that I’d boiled to freeze the kernels. When I cut up salad fixins’, the inside dogs are at my feet expecting lettuce cores and raw broccoli stems.
to Myra S.'s comment
Susy, ha, your animals are living the ritz. I’ve not ever heard of any other homestead animals have lobster for dinner. I know it’s just the scraps but still I’m just saying. I hope that have some idea of just how wonderful they have it.
I hope you are enjoying your time off from the podcasts. It won’t be the same for Monday house cleaning without Brian and Susy but I’ll manage.
Have a great pre fall Maine day.
to Nebraska Dave's comment
I can’t afford lobster so don’t know if the chickens or cats would eat scraps or not. We throw out very little in food ever so what we have goes to the chickens or cats, meat scraps only to cats. We eat plain healthy cheap food which we grow or raise and have little waste. I figure I need to eat better than my animals. seems right somehow to me. LOL
to Deb's comment
I have a feeling we could all afford lobster if we lived in Maine! I hope so, anyway.
to Andrea G's comment
It’s not cheap, but it’s not as expensive at it was in Ohio either. It varies by season. We enjoy it every month or so.
to Susy's comment
Don’t be surprised if your egg yolks become as red as the lobster shells. Doesn’t seem to affect the taste but it is a shock when you break an egg. Ask me how I know!
to Meg's comment
Well, I’d be happy too if someone threw me lobster scraps! :) Our goats love watermelon rinds…actually rinds of any melon but watermelon seem to be their favorite! Oh and peanut shells, although they get the whole peanut…shell on! :) Yum crunchy!
to Chris's comment
If we are eating it…our golden wants it! He’s not picky!
to Lisa Sewell's comment
Our chickens devour most garden scraps, they aren’t too fond of beets, but love broccoli, lettuce, spinach, chard and apples etc. This is crabbing season here, any crab leftovers makes for a very happy chicken yard.
to Colleen's comment
Did you know lobster shells will make the best compost of all for plants. Try doing some search on “chitin” a compound that makes up most of crustaceans hard shells, are known to promote plant growth. Ever since I started using lobster compost for my plants, which I now make my own from scrap I get from nearby lobster pound, my garden and house plans are doing 100% better. Try it.
to Rocky's comment