Quote of the Day: Nigel Slater
You can’t smell a hug. You can’t hear a cuddle. But if you could, I reckon it would smell and sound of warm bread-and-butter pudding.
Nigel Slater in Toast
I’m a big fan of bread pudding, the sweet form for the savory version you have at Thanksgiving or for breakfast. It truly is a comforting dish! It’s been a long time since I’ve made a batch, seems like it should be on the menu soon.
What’s your favorite comfort food?
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A Simple Celebration
Mr Chiots and I really appreciate the simple things in life. We have tried hard to simplify and get back to the basics, and the celebration of special events is no different. Birthdays go by as any other day, no gifts or anything out of the ordinary except for maybe a “happy birthday” uttered in the morning. We are big believers that you should make the most of every day and moment and not relegate celebrating to one special occasion. Thus our celebration of 16 years of marriage yesterday was simple. We both worked outside until around 7pm and then enjoyed a simple meal. A salad harvested from the garden topped with homemade meyer lemon vinaigrette paired with scallops I picked up a few hours earlier at the farmers market.
After dinner we went out and closed up all the birds, checked on the pigs, watered a few things in the garden and then settled in for an evening of reading and writing. It was simple and just the way we like our evenings to be; is there any better way to celebrate life than by living life? I think not! Far too often we are too busy worrying about the next big event or celebration and we miss the moments that happen each day. These moments, even if they are simply doing chores together, are the moments that make up our lives. There is great value in these moments, don’t let them slip away!
What’s your favorite meal to celebrate a special occasion?
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Quote of the Day: Mark Batterson
“Sometimes taking a calculated risk means giving up something that is good so that you can experience something that is great”
Mark Batterson
Big changes are afoot here at Chiot’s Run, big changes. In a month Mr Chiots is changing careers. That means he’ll be gone every day, working at a local company. They originally hired him to develop their website and then decided to hire him to manage the company. I’ll share more in the future when things finally change.
It should be interesting to see how things change around here. In one way it will be nice to have all of his work hours confined to certain times. It will also be nice that he will only be working 40 hours a week instead of 60-70. It sure will be a switch from his self-employement. Guess I’ll have to learn how to drive the tractor!
Any big changes in your life?
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Quote of the Day: Gene Logsdon
“We have become a nation dangerously dependent on politically motivated and money-motivated processes for our food, clothing, and shelter. In the world we must live in from now on, to produce our own food is the beginning of independence. To accept that responsibility is the first step toward real freedom.”
Gene Logsdon (Small-Scale Grain Raising)
Gardening comes easy to me, there’s nothing I love more than spending days in the garden. I love the hard work, I love the intricacies of it, it’s really rewarding for me.
Tending animals is also very rewarding, at least most of the time. I love the chickens, ducks, and guineas. They are fun to have around, most of the time. Though they can be frustrating at times.
There are parts of producing your own food that aren’t easy, slaughtering animals is the hardest. It is time for us to slaughter eight of our male ducks. They are getting to the point where they are becoming aggressive towards the lady ducks and there are simply too many of them. I sold a few of them, the rest will go to freezer camp.
One of the reasons I encourage people to take a first hand role in producing at least some of their food is because it gives you an appreciation for those that do it full-time. It also gives us a deep sense of appreciate for our food and for what it takes to have something on our plate at each meal.
What part of producing your own food do you find to be the easiest and which is the most difficult?
