• Cooling it on the Mason-Dixon line….

    ….some of the cows we’ve sold write back to tell us things are better than they ever were at Thistle Hill.  Here’s THF Red Lad for instance getting a cooling shower out in the pasture at Spring Pastures Farm in Maryland. Brooke Henley tells us her farm in now ready to start offering meat.  If you live near the Sharpsburg/Harpers Ferry area you may want to make a note.  Brooke’s email is springpasturesfarm@gmail.com When people come to check out our cows they don’t realize that Wooz is checking them out, too.  Wooz’ instincts were clearly on target with Brooke and husband, Tom Garnett.   (yes, she has refused some sales) BTW:  I’m…

  • Another bacon recipe…

    …but first a confession.  Growing up I had potatoes at every meal….including breakfast.  That’s because Grandpa was “the potato king” of Market street in Chicago although after The Crash he was the exiled potato king. Still his devotion to potatoes held firm and now that he was out of work, he came to our house for his meals.  And his daughter, my mother, knew what was required. Strangely, instead of having my fill, I still love potatoes and still need my carb fix.  This recipe, then, contains two of my favorite foods:  potatoes and bacon.  It’s a potato-bacon-cheddar cheese tart! http://theshrug.com/he-lines-an-entire-pan-with-bacon-then-fills-it-with-this-i-cant-stop-drooling/ Thanks to SB for the tip!