Devonviolet Acres

[Baymule]

Melt the duck fat, dredge the sweet potato fries in it and place them on a cookie sheet. Bake them in the oven at 350 until done.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[Devonviolet]

I've saved duck fat and cooked with it. It makes the BEST baked sweet potato fries!

I read the recipes for roasted potatoes, and since I am allergic to potatoes, I started wondering if I could replace the white potatoes with sweet potatoes, which I can eat. You give me hope Bay.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Do ya grow any there in the garden?.....I plan on planting some next year, when things are a bit more prepared and a couple of things have been tended to in that area of the garden.

 

[Devonviolet]

I have grown sweet potatoes, in the past. Each spring, I put sweet potatoes in a cup of water, to grow slips. Once the shoot gets about 8" long, I put them in water to grow roots. I keep trying to get our garden started, and other projects keep getting in the way.

Our best efforts to get rid of the Bermuda Grass has failed. The roots have regrown along with weeds. It's very depressing.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh, that bermuda can be very invasive when it comes to the garden.....I'm thinking of using some tin and trenching with a shovel down about 6-8" and packing it in. It won't kill it, but will keep roots out and a smooth backing to weed eat against to keep it from growing up and over.

 

[Hybridchucks]

I NEVER throw ANY fat away, not since I got chickens. They love ANYTHING meat. They'll clean bacon grease out of a container, eat more solid fat and gristle that I've cut into small pieces. Just a different kind of bug as far as they are concerned.

 

[Baymule]

Funny that you mention the tin @CntryBoy777 . At my midnight wake up, what-are-you-wasting-time-sleeping-for, I thought about that very same thing. I guess great minds run in the same gutter. LOL

 

[Mini Horses]

Bermuda is quite plentiful in my area of the country. For old stands it is almost impossible to eradicate. BUT if you till deep, rake out roots, do a couple times....then solarize it over winter, re-till summer -- you have a chance. Now, the perimeter will have to be constantly plowed to keep the runners from creeping in. Still a fight!
BUT -- makes durable pasture!! Takes abuse.

I have eaten duck, not goose. Feel it would be similar Because these animals are small, grow quickly, they have been raised as meat for eons. Hard to pluck! Skinning easier but, most want the crisp skin -- like baked chicken skin and helps with holding moisture.

I'd have a hard time butchering anything as lovely as Romeo & Juliet -- UNTIL I had about 15 of them rushing toward me!!! Your views can change

 

[Devonviolet]

I NEVER throw ANY fat away, not since I got chickens. They love ANYTHING meat. They'll clean bacon grease out of a container, eat more solid fat and gristle that I've cut into small pieces. Just a different kind of bug as far as they are concerned.

I know . . . It sounds gross. But is very healthy for your chooks and your eggs!

I'd have a hard time butchering anything as lovely as Romeo & Juliet -- UNTIL I had about 15 of them rushing toward me!!! Your views can change

I know what you mean, Mini. That is why I can't bring myself to butcher one of our wethers. Maybe some day I will get past that. . . But then again, maybe not!

When it comes to birds. I don't have so much of a problem. When we first started butchering chickens, it was really hard. The first several birds we ate were hard to get down. But now it isn't a problem.

We haven't butchered ducks yet. But that is coming. We have a Muscovy drake, that we bought to butcher, plus a Pekin hen with a bum leg, that we plan to butcher next time we do the deed.

It will probably be a year or more before we butcher any geese, depending on how many eggs Juliet lays on in January or February.