so waht ya doin today?

L Ross

Well-Known Member
What we do with the fat is this. After grinding the burger, I switch to 1/4" plate and grind all of the fat and suet into 5 qt. ice cream pails and freeze it. It come apart readily even frozen. When we feed it, we break off a hunk and toss it into a bowl to thaw. Then we mix in a big glob of the cheapest peanut butter we can find and mash it all together. I have a log about 9" in diameter and maybe 22" tall that I drilled big holes into in rows. The holes probably started out as 1" in diameter and an inch deep but over the 20 plus years we have used it the birds have enlarged the holes into funnel shaped holes. We pack the holes with the PB and suet mixture and either hang it or stick it on top of a post with a large tapered spike from the bottom. Some times we have to fill it twice a day.
Works best to fill it right at dark and let it refreeze over night as it lasts longer if the Jays and Red Bellies can't dig out big chunks and fly off. The wood peckers seem to prefer it to commercial suet cakes. God forbid I have seen people recommend to other birders to put out shortening for cryin' out loud. Rendered lard would be bad enough. The ground venison suet and fat has small amounts of meat attached and makes a truly nutritious food. Plus it utilizes a left over from butchering deer. My neighbor has promised to save their deer fat for us. We need about 7 pails to get us through Winter.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
After 5 months the Coleman/HiSun UTV is back home from warranty work. Will be working on that to fix all the stuff that wasn't covered under warranty and trying to get a crawler running. Not supposed to get much over 28F or so, gonna be a tough day for my hands.
 

JonB

Halcyon member
Duck eggs.

During the summer, I help a veggie farmer at the farmers market. He raises chickens and ducks for eggs. Besides others things we swap, he always gives me some eggs. During the winter, he has few customers, so I get more eggs. Last week I got 6 doz duck eggs. Today he brought over 7 doz more o_O ...good grief, How is a bachelor, who lives alone gonna eat all these eggs?
Luckily my daughter wants some, but my SIL is not crazy about the idea of Duck eggs.
Also, I seen my neighbor drive through my alley, I ran out and gave him a dozen...I know he does some goat butchering, so the I figured he would not be put off by the slightly unusual. I told him, I don't think there is a better gravy for meat, than a lightly cooked runny duck egg yolk. He said, thanks and that he is excited about these duck eggs.
Now to figure out how to give away another 9 or 10 dozen, LOL.
 

L Ross

Well-Known Member
Duck eggs.

During the summer, I help a veggie farmer at the farmers market. He raises chickens and ducks for eggs. Besides others things we swap, he always gives me some eggs. During the winter, he has few customers, so I get more eggs. Last week I got 6 doz duck eggs. Today he brought over 7 doz more o_O ...good grief, How is a bachelor, who lives alone gonna eat all these eggs?
Luckily my daughter wants some, but my SIL is not crazy about the idea of Duck eggs.
Also, I seen my neighbor drive through my alley, I ran out and gave him a dozen...I know he does some goat butchering, so the I figured he would not be put off by the slightly unusual. I told him, I don't think there is a better gravy for meat, than a lightly cooked runny duck egg yolk. He said, thanks and that he is excited about these duck eggs.
Now to figure out how to give away another 9 or 10 dozen, LOL.
I'd hard boil a bunch and pickle a bunch in a jalapeno, dill, garlic, vinegar pickling brine. Refrigerate for two weeks before trying, maybe 3 weeks because the eggs are bigger. I slice them in medallions, put them on Town House crackers and put hot sauce on them.
 

Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
I used to shoot 3D archery tournaments when I was younger. One club always had a snack station mid way through the course. The menu was ice cold bottled water, pickled eggs, and a small bag of Fritos. Good stuff on a hot sunny day.

Josh
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
duck eggs have a much richer flavor than chicken eggs.
you can wipe the eggs down with some mineral oil to keep them longer the oil keeps the oxygen out, and the feed stores sell a cleaner and wipe down to preserve them those are fairly inexpensive.
there's some jar type stuff you can do with them too to make them last a year or more.

sigh, yeah eggs, I'm getting them from Littlegirl and the neighbor behind me.
I have about 12 empty containers I need to return and 4-5 more in the fridge, I don't even like eggs unless they are inside a cookie or a biscuit.
 

JWFilips

Well-Known Member
Duck Eggs are a favorite of mine! There is a young guy whom I let pick up the wood from Ash trees on my property that I had to take down...
He brings me fresh duck eggs to repay the favor! I have plenty more dead ash....Hope to have plenty more duck eggs!
He and his wife are trying to make a farm work for them but he also has a full time job!.... I admire that!
He also has chicken eggs! He dosen't wash the eggs so they last a long time! Not pretty to look at but way more tasty then store bought!
A nice big pickled duck egg is a real treat!
 

S Mac

Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
Unwashed chicken eggs keep 5 weeks at room temperature if unwashed. We used to raise pullets, would often start laying before they shipped to the laying house. Pick up eggs by the 5 gallon bucket.
 

Joshua

Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
Two years ago we bought a farm share, part of our box every week was a dozen ducks eggs, good stuff.

In Japan, off base the chicken eggs you can buy in the Japanese grocery stores have much darker yolks. It’s gotta be what they feed the chickens. However at the commissary on base they still fly in American eggs. I’ve heard guys complain about the “yucky” local eggs.

Also, they have these 24hour restaurants that serve beef gyudon rice bowls there where they crack a barely poached egg on top of. So good after a long night of welding.

Josh
 

Ole_270

Well-Known Member
Well, archery season is on hold, down with my yearly case of bronchitis. Been hitting the Zicam and EmergenC along with Mucenex. Seems to be working, today has been MUCH better than yesterday. Two rough nights with one rough day between them is way better than my normal.
ive actually only been out once so far, two pheasant trips and some obligations kept me from it. Good thing I got a doe during the early muzzleloader season. Rifle starts a week from tomorrow so not much time left
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Bret, did they make your payments for the 5 months they had it?
Yeah right. The injector keeps clogging. Even with an inline filter. I'm thinking the Chinese fuel lines might be crap in the inside and deteriorating. 150ish hours, just over a year old. The Coleman of our youth is not the Coleman of 2020.
 

JonB

Halcyon member
Yeah right. The injector keeps clogging. Even with an inline filter. I'm thinking the Chinese fuel lines might be crap in the inside and deteriorating. 150ish hours, just over a year old. The Coleman of our youth is not the Coleman of 2020.
China rubber tubing, Part I:
I bet you are on the right track with that though.
About a year or two ago, I went down a rabbit hole of youtube videos regarding china scooters that are a clone of the Honda Ruckus. I have a Ruckus, which I love, they are about $3k new, the China clone is $600-$700. One thing every owner of the china clone complained about was the Rubber...all the rubber parts would deteriorate after a year or so...now most people that would buy a $600 scooter, likely don't store them in a garage/shed, especially if they live somewhere that doesn't have a snowy winter. One of the Youtube video's showed how to replace all the rubber tubing. There is other tubbing besides the fuel line...maybe vacuum lines or something. He did so because he had many intermittent problems. New tubbing cured all his intermittent problems.

Part II:
I needed to replace the tires on my Ruckus shortly after that rabbit hole trip. My Ruckus is 17 years old, when I ordered tires, I figured I should also order replacement valve stems, they are curved brass with rubber plug and looked special, so I wanted to have them in handle when I brought the tires to the local goodyear automotive tire shop, figuring they wouldn't have the correct stem. Most all the stems are made in China. The Amazon reviews were telling me everything was junk, that the rubber deteriorates in a year. I wasn't wanting to have to replace these. It took some searching, but I found some quality stems, with good reviews of the product, from a small vendor on fleabay. Instead of $1.50 china stem, I paid $20 for a pair, I figured my time and potential headaches was worth it.

That's my 2¢
 

popper

Well-Known Member
Very sad News Rick H, sorry for your loss.
Just back from Ar trip, Haven't heard back from gunbroker about the CVA BO yet. Tornado warning just west & heavy rain last nite.
Killed a bunch of paper along with 5 kids and 4 other adults. Got about 20# of 9 & 223 brass. They went on lots of hikes, saw a bald eagle posing on a tree branch. I took a short walk and saw a C130 treetop/slow run along White river. Guess LR is doing terrain follow trips. Fun watching one do a piper cub-like climb over a slight ridge. Didn't know they could do maybe 100 knots.