Lisa MatthewsApr 29, 2015Uncategorized
After butchering in March, we used a beautiful April afternoon and set things up to render the fat into cracklin’s and lard. A friend had her fat stored in the freezer, so we got together invited a few friends and had a good old-fashioned Lard...
Lisa MatthewsApr 21, 2015Uncategorized
After hog butchering this year, we cured and smoked our own bacon. We chose not to do hams for several reasons. We love roasts, and pulled pork both of which come from the same area of meat as the hams. An additional reason is the requirements of the...
Lisa MatthewsApr 9, 2015Uncategorized
I just realized that I never finished this post about our March 2015 Gathering. Sorry about that! On March 8th several joined us for an informal Gathering at the Matthews Farm near Miller, Missouri. We used the afternoon to visit, mingle and share...
Lisa MatthewsApr 2, 2015Uncategorized
At our house we go through A LOT of peanut butter. We eat peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter and crackers, on toast, on pancakes…..we like several candies made with peanut butter. Papa and I even put peanut butter on our ice cream. We’ve...
