Yesterday we pretty much finished rendering the soap lard, and I have a 5 gallon bucket full of it. It's a good thing I love making soap; also what an amazing object to have! Overnight last night/tonight the cooking lard from leaf fat is rendering.

21 500ml and 8 750ml jars of stock are done and in the pantry.

Cheryl has been given her meat for the ( Read more... )

So I had a goal of eating 75% of my calories from my own property in the next year. It's shifted a bit to "from my own pantry" but still. I started writing this post about what I plan to make in the next few weeks, then decided to include what I have made. Honestly, it's pretty impressive. The way to do it is always to pick away a couple batches of ( Read more... )