In a few days, my hubby and I will be getting 1/4 of a cow from a local farmer. We asked them to give us the bits that they'd normally throw away, which include ( Read more... )

"...bone marrow is different. It is not blood. It is what produces blood. There is no deeper, darker part of the body than the interior of our bones. To eat the soft, fatty, helplessly vulnerable vascular tissue that hides there is to put into your mouth the source of life itself." - John Thorne, Gourmet Magazine, January 2001 ( Read more... )

Yesterday I bought 6 pieces of marrow bones. (One was given raw to my dog, as marrow bones have been proven to be a great recreational bone, keeping dogs busy for hours as they chew happily away -- and it keeps their teeth clean and tartar-free at the same time!) I've been doing a LOT of research and reading about eating bone marrow, which has ( Read more... )