Homestead Nutrition

Wow, Ulla! No, I haven't tried salt-preserving yolks. I will have to try that now! 🥰 thanks for sharing the recipe.

I did freeze dry a batch of eggs! The greasy-powder is strange!

The bees are home and happy!

I harvested 2 gallons of honey from a dead-out hive so I could re-use the frames for the new carnelian packages.

That's 92,000 calories, y'all!

Today I am harvesting and weeding at the same time! I am expanding my Asparagus patch, but it already has Orach growing in it! And grass and other weeds.
Orach is like lambs quarters' burly cousin. It has thicker leaves and stems. Its yummy at this very young stage. It can be purple or green, depending on soil nutrition.

The orach got washed for packing/eating. The other weeds went to the rabbits. They LOVE dandelions and alfalfa.

I have only ever frozen this/other greens in plastic freezer bags. This year, I am trying to use freezer paper (one side is waxed. It feels just like butcjer paper.)

Anyone else use a plastic-free method for freezing greens?

Rebekah Harmon wrote:Wow, Ulla! No, I haven't tried salt-preserving yolks. I will have to try that now! 🥰 thanks for sharing the recipe.

I did freeze dry a batch of eggs! The greasy-powder is strange!

If you want a nicer powder, that’s also easier to rehydrate, without it getting clumpy, use a food processor to grind it into a fine powder.
Also, when I went back to look at what I wrote about salt curing eggs, I noticed a few typos, which I have corrected. We love it as a cheap cheese substitute. I have 6 ready on the shelves, waiting for the rest to get done, then I am powdering it all, and will make some seasonings with some of it. Right now I have 37 ready for the freeze dryer and another 37 curing in the fridge. My daughter and I processed 135 eggs last Sunday, and they keep coming. We are going to have to make our flock smaller, now that we have fewer mouths to feed.
I will have to say, that it looks really cool having four different kinds of freeze dried eggs on my shelves.