Fugly Farm

[cavemanrich]

I’m canning split pea soup for Igor and there’s a little leftover for him to try. Plus he is getting his ham hocks and beans for dinner.
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When I first read your post, Somehow I thought ham hocks and hambone was interchangeable term.
Now after further research, know the difference.
Every so often we would have pork hocks. Those are raw. Ham hocks are usually smoked.
Am I correct so far??

What threw me off,,, was the split pea soup. I make it when we have a ham bone leftover from a dinner feast,, Next one will be a Spiral cut ham for Easter dinner.
We eat ham on sandwiches regularly,, but it is Deli Sliced, source.

 

[igorsMistress]

When I first read your post, Somehow I thought ham hocks and hambone was interchangeable term.
Now after further research, know the difference.
Every so often we would have pork hocks. Those are raw. Ham hocks are usually smoked.
Am I correct so far??

What threw me off,,, was the split pea soup. I make it when we have a ham bone leftover from a dinner feast,, Next one will be a Spiral cut ham for Easter dinner.
We eat ham on sandwiches regularly,, but it is Deli Sliced, source.

Correct, ham hocks are smoked or cured. I think they have better flavor too. Also, I think the hocks for ham are from the back legs and they have more meat. I think that’s what my dad said anyway.

 

[igorsMistress]

I happened upon a YouTube channel yesterday that talked about what people in England ate during WWII and what things were rationed. Super interesting series and full of great ideas. I learned about cooking in a haybox from that and I’m going to give it a try. We have the means to build and use a rocket stove without buying anything too, that has been one of our emergency food prep ideas if we lost power for a period of time. This summer I’m going to try to use a rocket stove and a haybox for as much of our cooking as possible, except for bread.

Hayboxes are usually wooden with a tight fitting lid and filled with hay. Then an old pillow case of something is filled with hay and set on top of the pots before putting the lid on; it works like a slow cooker at that point. I’m going to bring in one of our coolers and stuff it with unused blankets and extra towels. This is the whole premise behind thermal cookers sold by whoever, I’m sure you can find them at online retailers.

A rocket stove is just a configuration of bricks or blocks that create a hearth for feeding a fire and a chimney that you put your pot on to cook the food. It uses small amounts of fuel as opposed to building a big fire to cook over for an extended period of time.

We will see how helpful this is during the summer but I’m looking forward to experimenting with it. I love the idea of using up yard debris is a useful way other than composting.

 

[N F C]

I happened upon a YouTube channel yesterday that talked about what people in England ate during WWII and what things were rationed. Super interesting series and full of great ideas. I learned about cooking in a haybox from that and I’m going to give it a try. We have the means to build and use a rocket stove without buying anything too, that has been one of our emergency food prep ideas if we lost power for a period of time. This summer I’m going to try to use a rocket stove and a haybox for as much of our cooking as possible, except for bread.

Hayboxes are usually wooden with a tight fitting lid and filled with hay. Then an old pillow case of something is filled with hay and set on top of the pots before putting the lid on; it works like a slow cooker at that point. I’m going to bring in one of our coolers and stuff it with unused blankets and extra towels. This is the whole premise behind thermal cookers sold by whoever, I’m sure you can find them at online retailers.

A rocket stove is just a configuration of bricks or blocks that create a hearth for feeding a fire and a chimney that you put your pot on to cook the food. It uses small amounts of fuel as opposed to building a big fire to cook over for an extended period of time.

We will see how helpful this is during the summer but I’m looking forward to experimenting with it. I love the idea of using up yard debris is a useful way other than composting.

I've seen videos of rocket stoves but never heard of a haybox...hope you'll share experiences and pictures when you try this stuff out.

 

[janiedoe]

I happened upon a YouTube channel yesterday that talked about what people in England ate during WWII and what things were rationed. Super interesting series and full of great ideas. I learned about cooking in a haybox from that and I’m going to give it a try. We have the means to build and use a rocket stove without buying anything too, that has been one of our emergency food prep ideas if we lost power for a period of time. This summer I’m going to try to use a rocket stove and a haybox for as much of our cooking as possible, except for bread.

Hayboxes are usually wooden with a tight fitting lid and filled with hay. Then an old pillow case of something is filled with hay and set on top of the pots before putting the lid on; it works like a slow cooker at that point. I’m going to bring in one of our coolers and stuff it with unused blankets and extra towels. This is the whole premise behind thermal cookers sold by whoever, I’m sure you can find them at online retailers.

A rocket stove is just a configuration of bricks or blocks that create a hearth for feeding a fire and a chimney that you put your pot on to cook the food. It uses small amounts of fuel as opposed to building a big fire to cook over for an extended period of time.

We will see how helpful this is during the summer but I’m looking forward to experimenting with it. I love the idea of using up yard debris is a useful way other than composting.

Come summer, it seems like you could just sit a cast iron skillet on the pavement and cook , IM.

 

[igorsMistress]

I've seen videos of rocket stoves but never heard of a haybox...hope you'll share experiences and pictures when you try this stuff out.

Yes’m, I will

 

[igorsMistress]

Come summer, it seems like you could just sit a cast iron skillet on the pavement and cook , IM.

We were going to experiment with that we should do it.

Honestly though, we’re just looking for ways to keep the house cool in summer without running the a/c so much. Our electric company got a 15% rate hike that applied last year. We struggled to pay the bill in full a little bit like a lot of other people here. Everything is electric. The company isn’t allowed to cut power in summer if the bill isn’t paid in full because people have died from the heat, but whatever that balance is has to be paid off in six months. Then people just go back into debt to the company again the next summer. No thanks.

Cooking and laundry are our biggest challenges. For laundry, I’m going to start doing my own and use the old patio umbrella as a clothesline to dry them. Igor will use the dryer, but he will use it less.

 

[N F C]

I can't imagine the electric bills for your summers, they have to be a bit scary. A good old fashioned clothesline sounds like a smart way to to for your laundry.

 

[Shadrach]

I happened upon a YouTube channel yesterday that talked about what people in England ate during WWII and what things were rationed. Super interesting series and full of great ideas. I learned about cooking in a haybox from that and I’m going to give it a try. We have the means to build and use a rocket stove without buying anything too, that has been one of our emergency food prep ideas if we lost power for a period of time. This summer I’m going to try to use a rocket stove and a haybox for as much of our cooking as possible, except for bread.

Hayboxes are usually wooden with a tight fitting lid and filled with hay. Then an old pillow case of something is filled with hay and set on top of the pots before putting the lid on; it works like a slow cooker at that point. I’m going to bring in one of our coolers and stuff it with unused blankets and extra towels. This is the whole premise behind thermal cookers sold by whoever, I’m sure you can find them at online retailers.

A rocket stove is just a configuration of bricks or blocks that create a hearth for feeding a fire and a chimney that you put your pot on to cook the food. It uses small amounts of fuel as opposed to building a big fire to cook over for an extended period of time.

We will see how helpful this is during the summer but I’m looking forward to experimenting with it. I love the idea of using up yard debris is a useful way other than composting.

I've used a rocket stove but not a haybox.

 

[igorsMistress]

New projects. Pear wine in the big jar, more vanilla in the small jar. I’m going to mix beans in the vanilla this time. Right now I have 20 Madagascar beans in there, I’m going to add some Mexican beans to it and move it to a bigger jar with more alcohol.