Old 99 Farm, Week of Jan13 2013

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You would think spring had arrived this week, a frost out of the ground, big rainstorm and no snow. Very bad for the natural world, tho we like to chuckle about how easy it is to get around.

See www.old99farm.locallygrown.net for your orders this week.

http://rawmilkconsumer.ca/the-low-risk-of-raw-milk/ is a recent article on the milk scene.

Here’s an interesting recipe.

Farmer’s Cabbage and Mushroom Pie

This is a farmer’s pie: rustic, a little rude, and down-right delicious. Traditionally, the pie was set in the middle of the table and everyone, fork in hand, had at it. But you can serve it in slices to avoid fights over the last bits. Try crumbling a few slices of crispy bacon into the pie for even more flavor.

Source: Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt On Vegetables (Entered by Eric Wagoner)
Serves: 6 to 8

Ingredients
2 unbaked 9-inch pie crusts
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped mushrooms View Available Products
1 teaspoon fresh thyme View Available Products
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cups chopped cabbage View Available Products
4 ounces farmers cheese or cream cheese View Available Products
Salt, pepper
3 hard boiled eggs, sliced View Available Products

Step by Step Instructions

Place one of the pie crusts into the bottom of a pie pan, making sure to leave at least 1/2 inch of dough hanging over the edge. Refrigerate both top and bottom crust until you are ready to use. Preheat oven to 375 F. Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the onion, saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms, thyme, and lemon juice. Add the cabbage, cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the cheese and add salt and pepper to taste. Layer half the cabbage mixture in the piecrust. Add a layer of sliced eggs. Top with remaining cabbage mixture. Moisten the overhanging edge of pie crust with water. Cover the pie with the top crust, sealing the edges with fingers. Bake until crust is browned on top, 30 to 40 minutes.

Thoughts for the week on climate

…why not start with the part of the problem about which you can actually do
something—your own consumption of fossil fuels and your own production of
carbon dioxide—and then go from there?

Political activism, community building, and a great many other proposed
responses to the crisis of our time are entirely valid and workable approaches
if those who pursue them start by making the changes in their own lives they
expect other people to make in turn. Lacking that foundation, they go nowhere.
It’s not even worth arguing any more about what happens when people try to get
other people to do the things they won’t do themselves; we’ve had decades of
that, it hasn’t helped, and it’s high time that the obvious lessons get drawn
from that fact. Once again, if you always do what you’ve always done…

That being said, here are some suggested New Year’s resolutions for those of my
readers who are interested in being part of the solution: and go to this URL
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-01-02/into-an-unknown-country