We have an abundance of local, farm-fresh eggs from our CSA box. I can’t think of a better use than in the soup we made with our farmer friend Brett’s sweet potatoes. Call me a freak, but I love finding liquid yolk in my soup spoon. It adds a velvety touch to the broth. I […]
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I’d been saving the potatoes recently harvested from our garden (yes, potatoes in February) for the arrival of some fresh eggs in our CSA box. Poaching works best with the freshest possible eggs, before the egg structure begins to deteriorate. This egg could not have been more than a couple of days old. It slid […]
High on my list of personal foibles is my lack of fortitude when it comes to dealing with chicken organs. You know what I’m talking about–the little bag of body parts–neck, heart, gizzard, liver–that comes with the chicken, usually stuffed inside the cavity. Our farmer friend Brett takes great pains to include a Ziploc bag […]
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