Dark Days Week 2: Thanksgiving dinner

Thanksgiving is our main holiday, now, since we started growing food. We had a low-key dinner, with just Garth’s folks and one friend, which was exactly what we needed. But we went all out all the same, with a pretty traditional menu that was mostly local and significantly homegrown. We grew the turkey as [...]

Posted by at 11:55pm on Tuesday, Dec 1st, 2009
Categories: Dark Days Challenge 09, local food
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Dark Days Week 1: Roast duck, pan-roasted potatoes with leeks, and sautéed kale with garlic

So we grew some ducks starting in August, and since the day we placed the order I have been talking about how I have never cooked duck. Today I started learning to cook duck.

This engaged most (but not all) of our cast iron pans. Potatoes & leeks in the front; kale [...]

Posted by at 11:56pm on Sunday, Nov 22nd, 2009
Categories: Dark Days Challenge 09, death and nomming, ducks
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Dark Days Challenge: Intro

So, as previously mentioned, we are aiming to do the 3rd Annual Dark Days of Winter Eat Local Challenge (!) aka Dark Days. The challenge is to eat one meal per week that’s as Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical as possible — for the whole winter pretty much! November 15 to March 31.

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Posted by at 2:07am on Saturday, Nov 21st, 2009
Categories: comestibles, Dark Days Challenge 09, eating
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