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Skriven 2012-12-10 08:12:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Free Range
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Very little is - the reason(s) it is not overly common today is that
 DD> it is a bit labour intensive, requires paying attention to what is
 DD> going on. And Mr. Farmer is so in thrall to the lender(s) he is in a
 DD> rush to get the seeds in the ground and crops harvested so he can
 DD> borrow more money. Thus, he has little time or energy to do something
 DD> that makes a lot of sense.

 ML> That's probably pretty accurate, but there should be a way
 ML> of making it worthwhile.

There is - but so many of today's farmers have let themselves be gulled into
the "bigger is better" sh!+e by bankers looking for an easy payday that chances
of getting them out of Mr. Banker's clutches become vanishingly small. One
notable exception is the owner of Cocklebur Farm whose story I told here some
time ago and have repeated at least once. Briefly, he was in a position to
split his acreage in half and do one half by "modern" methods, and the other
using "traditional" crop rotation, minimal artificial fertiliser and chemical
applications, etc. At the end of three years the profit yield on the bottom
line was statistically equal - the percentage of profit on the "traditional"
half was *MUCH* higher and the debt load very much lower. Last I heard Mr. Leka
was doing his whole acreage using traditional methods and visiting the bank
only to make deposits.
 
 DD> The last turkey I did was a fresh free-range (within a pen) 12 pound

 ML> Expanding the meaning of free range while constricting the
 ML> range itself.

Free range in this case meaning not confined to a tiny cage. I visited a
similar operation nearer to me than the Amish one (Arthur, IL) and the pen
covered four or more acres.
 
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 DD> I just like the sort-of hint of acidic-citrusy bite that is imparted. I
 DD> often put a lemon or lime or small orange into the cavity of a chicken
 DD> before putting it on the Farberware Ferris Wheel for its ride into
 DD> roasted chicken heaven.

 ML> I have been going more toward purity in my old age.

 ML> Turkey ham is fine. Turkey pastrami, as does round pastrami,
 ML> really misses the point, which is the interplay of the spices
 ML> with the fat.

 DD> As I said "knowing that they are not the "real" thing."

 ML> To me, turkey pastrami misses the point in the culinary
 ML> sense, whether one makes allowances for its unreality or
 ML> not. I just plain find it not that great to eat - better
 ML> than turkey bacon, not so good as turkey ham.

It's still OK with me. I will abandon it for real pastrami from brisket ...
probably not for pastrami made from round.
 
 DD> I wouldn't know about the male reproductives ... except in 10# boxes
 DD> from the freezer case at Humphrey's (right next to the chitterlings).

 ML> I no longer recall if I have had turkey balls - probably.
 ML> Bull balls of course on several occasions - I never seek
 ML> them out, as they are not beefy tasting nor offally enough
 ML> to have major appeal for me. They are a regular snack,
 ML> covered with salsa verde if you like, at some of the
 ML> ballparks and better than the puckburgers and pizzle in
 ML> a bun; but most notably I had them at the appropriately
 ML> named Bruce's in the appropriately named town of Severance.
 ML> Went with Billy and Annie and Joell (if you remember her
 ML> from the ancient days of the Echo) and Larry.

I met them (Joell and Larry) at the Seattle Crab-fest I attended. Still run
across some of her recipes from the days in Oz.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Larry's Light Zucchini Bread
 Categories: Breads, Squash, Citrus, Nuts
      Yield: 1 loaf

      3 lg Eggs
    3/4 c  Oil
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      1 ts Lemon zest
    1/2 ts Orange extract
    1/4 ts Vanilla
      2 c  Zucchini; grated
  2 1/2 c  Flour
    3/4 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 c  Nuts
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Ginger
      1 ts Soda

  Beat eggs, oil, and sugar together. Add flavorings and
  zucchini. Mix dry ingredients in next, stir in nuts. Bake
  in a floured loaf pan at 350øF/175øC for 1 hr.

  Another of Larry's specialties. His favorite one. Original
  inspiration unknown, tweaked with over the years.

  Typed into MM format by Joell 10/94

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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