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Breakfast

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Swiss cheese omelet with Canadian bacon and onion tops. Preparation: 10 minutes Shopping: none A high quality Emmentaler cheese brings a great deal of flavor and a bit of saltiness to this omelet. I also dice some Canadian bacon stored in the fridge. This time of year we are growing onion in seed trays for […]

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Ridiculously Fresh Poached Eggs

March 17th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized

I practically stole these eggs right out from under the mother hens. They were still warm. This was a week ago when I collected a dozen on Leigh Hauter’s farm outside The Plains, Virginia. Note: They do need to be washed once you get them home. The eggs cook fairly quickly in a simmering skillet […]

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Winter’s Revenge

March 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Leigh Hauter said he never saw it coming. “I didn’t realize it was getting that cold,” he said of the afternoon the Big Freeze descended. “We went for a walk and the water in the boiler was already frozen.” The wood-fired boiler in question is the one that heats farmer Hauter’s greenhouse and his thousands […]

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