Monday, September 8, 2014

Day of fresh foods

I have been waiting for this day for a while now.  We got peeps a while back, all hens.  I wanted to taste the fresh eggs so bad and I had my meals already planed out even before they were living outside.  Breakfast was going to be Bacon, egg and cheese on homemade bread toasted in the pan golden brown and served with orange juice.  Lunch was going to be what ever but it ended up being a pit beef sandwich and fries from a local place called Little Everetts BBQ.  I wanted it to be The Varsity but sadly they are closed.  You will be missed. lilevsbbq.com has some really good pit beef and pit everything but their fries are the best around.  I took one of the teens from my church youth group and being a big eater I wanted to see him tackle the Big Boy combo.  He ate his sandwich but no room left for the fries.  Both of us took them home for a snack.  My third meal of the day was going to be a summer classic.  Why summer you ask?  Well who wants a BLT with store bought out of season tomatoes...NOT me.  Fresh is the way, the only way to go.  
My morning started out with going to the butcher shop for my bacon.  Yeah I could have just used the pack of frozen turkey bacon in the ice box but no.  I had to have a fresh cut right off the pig bacon.  Thick cut.  I like many other locals still call the place Nells but it is now stoneypointfarmmarket.com and if you are in the market for fresh meat and homemade salads this is the place. They even have two sections dedicated to dogs and beef jerky.  They make everything on the spot and its fresh.  When I say fresh you could hear the cows from my parents back yard when it was butchering time.  I walked in and they were already in the process of cutting bacon for the day.  I put my order in for 1lb.  How thick? I was asked.  Thicker than what you have in the case.  8 slices and 1.25lbs later I had my bacon.  Now for the eggs.  The first egg the chickens laid was soft and not ready to eat.  The second and third were perfect.  A little small but that was not going to stop me.  I pulled out a fresh loaf of bread Ellen baked the week before and sliced off 2 large thick pieces.  Let the cooking begin.  The finish product was so filling and delicious that I was not sure I would be ready for lunch but I was being the eater I am.  I am going to skip the lunch part of my day since I already reviewed Everetts in the past.  Jumping to dinner I took the bacon to my parents.  Again fresh bread and tomato picked that day from their garden.  I fried the bacon outside so not to smell up the house which we all know bacon does.  It was a hit.  My nephew was there and all he ate was a plate of bacon.  I cooked 4 pieces of mine and a full pack of the store bought prepacked bacon.  He had a slice of mine and said that was the best piece of bacon he has ever had.  Being full from the last two meals I only had one BLT but that was enough.  I have 3 pieces of bacon left over which I froze for a cold winter day when I need a good pick me up sandwich.  That was my day of fresh eats.  I wish I had more to offer but I can only eat so much in one day.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table.



2 comments:

  1. The Varsity closed down for good? What happened? Your egg yolks have a fabulous color - what do you feed your chickens?

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  2. Well yes it is closed down for good. Foot traffic was not good during the week and for them to stay open was costing them more than they were making. They will still be doing catering. We feed our chickens just the basic layer food along with fresh veggies from the garden and grass clippings. We do not use any chemicals on anything so they are very natural. They love dandelion leaves and clovers. I also give them earth worms and any other type of grub I can dig up.

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