made 25 pounds of brats today. Half are WI brats ( craisins, wild rice and cheddar) and half I tried buffalo blue cheese. I started with blue ribbon brat mix and added hi temp blue cheese and franks buffalo powder. Too tired to cook one tonight so I will try them in the morning, they do smell good tho.

Saw this snow owl at work this morning. Thought those of you who dont get snow might enjoy it

smoked 20# of polish this morning. Started with Excalibur polish mix, added 1T of garlic powder, 1/2t black pepper, and 1 1/2 cups soy protein. smoked 4 hours over a oak fire. Made them long to cut up into chunks for our shrimp boil in a couple weeks

So my aunt took a bunch of pictures for us at the party, all of the pics were of the people at the party, none of the food. out of about 120 pounds of meat, this is all that’s left. Again thanks to all of you for the input, advice, and good lucks. When I got compliments on the meat, I gave all of you guys credit for the help. I have a feeling our number in the meatgistics community is going to grow. On behalf of my wife and son, thank you

I also received a nice gift from Walton’s. I would like to thank them and also thank all of the members of this great community for making this a fun and educational place.

made some sauerkraut hot dish for lunch today with my homemade kraut and taters from the garden we dug in the fall

Made pigs in a blanket tonight. Some call them cabbage rolls, but growing up, my family called them pigs

Nothing fancy. Homemade kraut with kielbasa heated in a pan. Going over mashed taters when the wife gets home with the taters, guess I should have checked to see if we had some

Venison steak simmered in au jus, thickened to gravy and put over noodles

You guys hear me talk about my Dad a lot on here. Well this was him, and 2 years ago today, we lost him to cancer. He was known as Food Man because he loved to cook and feed people. He would buy and cook food and bring to our town hall and feed all the older folks in the area, usually around 80 people. In the winter, he would make huge kettles of soup and bring it around to the older folks. He is where I got my love for food and all things food related, and more important, how to be a good person. Today when you cook your awesome meals like I know you all do, make a little extra and give a meal to an elderly person in your area who would probably really appreciate it . Thanks for your time

kyle

tarp pretty hard to beat canned beans out of the garden. I usually do 50-60 pints in the fall and we eat them all winter long

Grimpuppy if you need help eating all that I can give you my address. Nice work

johnsbrewhouse sorry for your loss. They are family members just like kids

HerbcoFood very nice looking chunk of meat. Nice job

johnsbrewhouse my grandpa was a big potato farmer, he kept track of the weather for years and our average last frost was june 5th, yes I said june. Could be worse I guess

cdavis said in Update to garden:

kyle good luck to you when planting season comes.

I cant wait! Looking forward to some fresh produce out of the garden

I wish I could get my garden in but I never plant until june 1st. Not worth taking the chance of frost up here in northern Wisconsin

Deepwoodsbutcher thanks for the update. Looking good

YooperDog thanks for the advice. I guess I got some experimenting to do

YooperDog I was thinking that since they will be fresh (then frozen) and not smoked the vinegar might not affect them as much. I could be wrong