Transporting a Cow Via An Egg!

Went to the butcher to pick up the cow yesterday and he had the nerve to laugh at my "truck" (which is really a geo metro). Since I was picking up a whole cow, sans skin and bones, it turned into quite a feat for my little egg. The back was sitting on the tires.

Egg not happy.

Egg not like to go up hills loaded down like that, but while it moaned and groaned and whined about it, we did make it home.

Bu-Dawgh happy, he got a few new bones, with meat attached.

Ter happy, lots of meat in the freezer

Freezer happy. Totally full, doesn't have to work as hard.

Kids happy. Too much meat to put in the freezer, have to weed out all of the old meat (which goes to the kids).

Hubby happy, he got a slow cooked sirloin tip roast with mashed potatoes and gravy and home grown asparagus for dinner. Also, homemade bread.

Chickens happy, they got left over asparagus and potato peelings, they even gave me a few eggs for my efforts!

Ter happy, we like farm fresh eggs.

Ter happy, got left over sirloin roast and gravy for lunch today.

Hubby happy, he got left over sirloin roast and gravy for lunch today.

Butcher happy, probably still laughing at my "truck".

Girls at work happy, when Ter gets a new cow, girls at work get a food fest!

Seems like everyone's happy except the egg!

This afternoon..... more canning of the tomatoes shall ensue. Tomorrow, I go back to 12-14 hrs at work, ugh.

Happy Spring and Hoppy Easter!

Today is one of our "Food Fests" at work.

We do this occasionally to celebrate Easter, Christmas, Wednesday, Pink Day, really anything that we can think of to celebrate. Everyone brings a dish to pass and we, well, indulge.

As my contribution, I brought steaks. On this list that is passed around to disclose each contributors contribution, it was specified that these steaks be from a cow. Well, I found humor in that, in that because of my backwoods, redneck ways, the gals I work with thought it necessary to clarify. So, of course I took it apon (upon? don't know) myself to further clarify as female elk and elephants are both considered cows, as are water buffalo and Quiviet. Elk being the most likely "alternate cow" for me to show up with, they specified beef.

Of course that could also mean beefalo (beef, buffalo) as they are also considered cows. So it was related in great detail that if I couldn't go in to the local supermarket and specify beef and get this, then don't bring it. If it didn't moo while still alive, don't bring it.

Spoil Sports!

So Cow it is, nice thick big steaks from a real cow, raised on real pasture, without additives, antibiotics and not having lived it's life in some feed lot somewhere eating chicken crap as alternative protein. A real cow, that when it mooed, it was a happy moo, not an uncomfortable, yucky moo. I know, enough! But that's the reason I grow my own cow (and chickens, turkeys, pigs...) I know what they eat and what they don't eat and I prefer it that way. Plus I just love my critters! They may be intended for the freezer from the day I buy/hatch them, but they are still loved, nurtured, given names, petted and played with. When their life is over we give thanks for their contribution.

So this is the schedule this weekend: Gotta shovel more snow off the roof as the porch is leaking again, bathroom trap is leaking so will have to trace that and fix it, and a few other maintenance things.

Have a hoppy Easter, everyone, and Spring is Finally Here!! (Now to tell the 3 foot of snow.....)