Anyone can make soup

I joke with people that I’ve been making soup since I was a zygote. I’m not even sure what a zygote is, but I make consistently good home made soup every time. After learning to scramble eggs, and make all day spaghetti sauce at an early age, I learned to make soup. All three of my brothers can make good soup, and we learned it all from our Mom. My mother always had a huge pot of soup on the back burner of her stove, even in the heat of Summer. Read More »

Chickens brought insights on being a foodie

If you are ever in doubt of your foodie status, get chickens. You will find yourself surfing the internet for articles, especially the reader comments at the end, scouring for great information, hints, and tips on recipes…for your chickens. You’ll be buying stuff you’ve never purchased before—perfectly good People food—and whomping it all up in your food processor for your birds. You’ll discover that hanging a raw head of cabbage in a net will entertain your lady hens for hours! Who knew chickens would devour a banana? Not me—until now. Read More »