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Young beef liver - separate lobes, remove any veins, any gall. Rinse well, soak for 20 minutes in salted water, then soak for half an hour/overnight in whole milk -turn often. Remove, pat dry. Season w/salt, lots of black pepper, allspice. Dip in flour and drop in a skillet where you've been cooking...

When I have extra eggs, I make richman's bread pudding. Same as regular bread pudding, but with more eggs, rum, diced dried apricots + pecans or walnuts on top.

From Saveur magazine, here's a Korean/Siberian carrot salad: (Morkovi Po Koreiski) Coarsely grate 8 medium carrots (about 1 lb.) into a bowl. Make a well in the center of carrots; sprinkle 1 1⁄2 tsp. cayenne and salt to taste into center. Heat 3 tbsp. canola oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. P...

If the 'cado is too far gone to eat, mash them and use like a skin cream. Rub the pulp onto elbows, heels, feet, etc...anyplace where your skin is dry. Rub into your hands, face if you like. Sit for a while and 'marinate' then scrape the 'cado pulp off & compost, have a shower and a big glass of...

Rabbit is very good, and an excellent meat for 'homesteaders'. Compared to prime porterhouse beefsteaks, rabbit may be a bit blander and a somewhat drier meat, but young rabbit is excellent when fried and/or served w/a sauce. Older rabbits are often stewed or baked - one French recipe I tried had me...

Worth the fee, certainly. Loin chops will be tasty, the (rear) legs are good slow roasted - marinated w/olive oil, garlic slivers inserted in cuts all over the roast, then rubbed with a mix of sweet hungarian paprika, black pepper, oregano, rosemary, thyme. Shoulders are nice done this way too, tho'...

Found y'all while searching for more info on John Seymour + Solar dehydrators. Nice to see so many self sufficent folk separated by a common language.

Visit an asian grocer asap, buy lots of chiles and cumin seed, mustard seed and coriander seed. I never seem to find them cheaper anywhere else. I store them in recycled glass bottles/jars. Buy red lentils, chana dal, chick peas, etc...buy what you know you like...and try one new legume now and then...