Category Archives: Ingredients

A Farm Like No Other

Posted on 07/06/2013 by fishinthewater

And so begins a story. A story of a pig. Not this exact pig, but a pig very like this pig, from Black Bottom Farm. You might not want to read this post if you find it a little macabre … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Eating, Ingredients, Tales of Eating, To Meat or Not to Meat | 1 Comment

Day 26: Variety

Posted on 26/04/2013 by fishinthewater

I remembered that I started on April 1, so it’s easy to keep track of the days, as long as you don’t count the four days or so where I abandoned the diet entirely and binged on sugar. So not … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Ingredients, Raw Milk, Tales of Eating | 2 Comments

Bone Broth 2

Posted on 12/04/2013 by fishinthewater

So the other day I wrote at length about making bone broth from cow bones. Today we’re going to talk about fish. Don’t read this if you are disturbed by pictures of fish eyeballs. Now, I’m trying very hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ingredients, Tales of Cooking | 2 Comments

Bone Broth (or Stock)

Posted on 09/04/2013 by fishinthewater

Hello there readers. I’m feeling terribly jovial today. Perhaps it is because of all the beautiful bone broth and or stock in my freezer! So even though we haven’t started “officially” bartering, we are all trying to help each other … Continue reading →

Posted in Ingredients, Pretty Pictures, Tales of Cooking | 2 Comments

Day 2: Sugarless

Posted on 02/04/2013 by fishinthewater

No, you didn’t miss day 1. I’ve just been really busy and didn’t get to write yesterday. I’ve always danced around the idea of giving up sugar, by which I meant, refined sugar- you know, candy and that sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Ingredients, Tales of Eating | 3 Comments

Behold! Pumpkin

Posted on 12/09/2011 by fishinthewater

I’ve been a terrible blogger lately. But once you get the run down of what’s been going on, you will perhaps be forgiving of my absence and accept my promises to be a better blogger in the future. But first, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Farming, Health, Ingredients | 1 Comment

Six Months in the Making

Posted on 27/01/2011 by fishinthewater

This morning (Monday) when I woke up, I lay in bed thinking about dinner. Most people actually lay in bed thinking about breakfast, if they think about food at all, but when I wake up, especially in the winter, dinner … Continue reading →

Posted in Ingredients, Seasons, Tales of Cooking | 6 Comments

What to Make with Raw Milk

Posted on 11/12/2010 by fishinthewater

Well, last Saturday I had a holiday party, which kept me busy all day and from posting too many exciting pictures. This Saturday you get the make up for that: pictures of all the amazing desserts I made with raw … Continue reading →

Posted in Ingredients, Pretty Pictures, Raw Milk, Tales of Cooking | Leave a comment

Grocery Shopping

Posted on 08/12/2010 by fishinthewater

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 | 5 Comments

How to Cook a Beaver

Posted on 06/12/2010 by fishinthewater

I have been referring regularly to my copy of the Joy of Cooking, a birthday gift from my dear uncle, owner extraordinaire of Normals bookstore in Baltimore. It is a 1970s reprinting of the original 1931 book. It is, unlike … Continue reading →

Posted in Ingredients, Raw Milk, Recipes, Reviews, Tales of Cooking | 3 Comments