Let’s Get This Farm Started
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Fish In the Water is a farmer-to-be so-called foodie writer living on the beautiful rural Eastern Shore of MD. What We’ve Preserved So Far
- 1 gallon lilac wine
- 1 gallon strawberry wine
- 3 gallons elderberry wine
- 2 quarts strawberry vodka
- 1 quart plum vodka
- 15 pints tomatoes
- 6 pints pickled beets
- 7 pints spaghetti sauce
- 22 pints various salsas (including peach!)
- 3 pints peaches in booze
- 9 pints green beans
- 10 pints pickles
- 4 pints zucchini relish
- 1 pint 1 half pint pickled hot peppers
- 4 half pints hot sauce
- 6 half pints barbecue sauce
- 6 quarts refrigerator pickles
- 6 quarts refrigerator kohlrabi pickles
- 2 quarts tomato conserva (paste)
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Category Archives: Creepy Foods
Hot Water
Or lack thereof, really. We have very little hot water in our house. Or, I should say, we have a lot of scalding hot water for a few seconds, and then almost none. No matter which tap you use, scalding … Continue reading
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I never thought…
…that I would actually groan when someone at a meeting announced the catering was from a vegan restaurant. I can’t even imagine. It was only what, less than two years ago, that I started eating meat again? And already I’m … Continue reading
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Suddenly Everything Has Changed
Today (Tuesday) I spent the day at the state house lobbying for local foods, raw milk, and unregulated trade between farmers and eaters. It went ok. Legislators can be pretty annoying people, really, but that’s what you get when you … Continue reading
Posted in Creepy Foods, Health, Raw Milk
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He Said She Said
The funny thing about this whole raw milk battle is that each side is convinced they are completely right, and the other side is completely wrong. I got lectured the other night by someone who is convinced that raw milk … Continue reading
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Bring Me the Fainting Couch
I’m pretty sure I used to be a hypochondriac when I was younger. I used to freak out at the slightest sign of something that was out of place, and would scour the internet for clues as to my symptoms. … Continue reading
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Grocery Shopping
Standing in line at the grocery store, I always surreptitiously watch the people in line around me purchasing their groceries. As I’m only in the store about once a month (and this number shocks me. I can’t for the life … Continue reading
Posted in Creepy Foods, Ingredients, The Food System
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Why Farm
I was originally going to write a post on all the reasons it is hard to get started in farming if you are a new, young, and relatively poor farmer (or wannabe farmer). This was going to include a bulleted … Continue reading
Posted in Creepy Foods, Farming, The Food System
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Eating On the Road
As I mentioned, I spent all of last week away for work. We were staying in historic Williamsburg, to visit Colonial Williamsburg (which is essentially a theme park) and the actual site of Jamestown, which is mostly an archaeological excavation … Continue reading
Posted in Creepy Foods, Ingredients, Tales of Eating
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Fantasy Food
By this time next week we will be in Savannah, and I cannot wait. I go on vacations more to get things done, than anything else, because it seems at home I am constantly pulled away by the day to … Continue reading
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Why Store Milks Sucks
Raw Milk Video Blog Sucks A LOT. Regardless of whether it’s organic.
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