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  • Putney Farm Has Been Nominated For a Sunshine Blog Award

    April 22, 2012

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    It has been a great weekend. Friends, wine, cooking, gardening, plant sale, surfing, baseball and a very pleasant dinner with the boys at a “fancy” restaurant. To top it off, our friend at Storybook Apothecary, a great blog on green/organic skin care products (and some fun writing and musings), nominated us for a Sunshine Blog Award. Thanks!

    For those who do not know what a Sunshine Blog Award is (and that included us), it is a prize is awarded to “bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere”. As an award winner, there are a few rules to follow:

    • Thank the person who gave this award and write a post about it.
    • Answer the questions below.
    • Pass on the award to 10 bloggers you like, link their blogs, and let them know you awarded them.

    Well, we could never resist a chain letter when we were younger, so here we go…

    BTW, this is our family blog- so there may be some “hedging” on certain questions…;-)

    So, our favs are:

    • Favorite Color – Orange and Black for the GIANTS!
    • Favorite Animal – Snap the dog and Oreo the cat. They came to us around the same time and almost seem like a unit.
    • Favorite Number – 13. It has been a good sports number for the boys.
    • Favorite Drink – Homemade lemonade is the family fave. Good with iced tea, by itself or in cocktails.
    • Facebook or Twitter – Facebook. This blog is all about real friends and family. We reach them through Facebook (but Pinterest is closing fast!)
    • Your Passion – Family, Friends, Food.
    • Giving or getting presents – Giving, mostly in the form of food, drink and experiences with friends. Sharing with others is the best part of life.
    • Favorite Day – Today. Every day we wake up.
    • Favorite Flowers – Climbing Roses. They are always beautiful, but it is cool to see them climb to new parts of the house over the years. They become something of a time-lime (you will see some pics of ours soon).

    Blogs we nominate:

    Boozed and Infused: A great blog on making your own liqueurs and infusions. Alicia is so good at it, we send people to her with questions on flavorings for drinks. She is a prolific writer, too.

    Fed Up Food: Food rants (funny) and some good recipes. Not sure how they will feel about a “sunshine” award…;-)

    Miss Apis Mellifera: A very well-written and passionate blog on beekeeping. It is a great read even if you have no interest in bees- she is becoming a great “naturalist” writer IMHO. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: Musings Tags: entertainment, family blog, family cooking, putney farm blog, sunshine blog award
  • Adventures in Home Charcuterie: Corned Beef, Part 3- The Reuben Sandwich

    February 23, 2012

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    If you want to cook and write about food, it is good to have kids. They lack the same “filter” as most adults and if they don’t like a dish they let you know, often in crushing detail. Such was the case with our Reuben Sandwiches. We had a lot of left over corned beef and I was excited to make the Reubens, but as it turns out details really matter, particularly in a classic sandwich like the Reuben.

    Our first batch, while good, had some “issues”. And Sam, our eldest, let me know about it. “The meat is too stringy” and “needs more sauce and kraut”. He thought the flavor was good but I lacked in execution. He was right. I did not cut the meat completely across the grain, and I discounted that Reubens are messy and a lot ends up on the plate. What makes the Reuben so good is the perfect bite; tangy rye bread, nutty swiss cheese, creamy sauce, tart and crunchy kraut and tender, salty beef. This version did not deliver the “complete” bite. Fail (small, but still a fail). But the good thing about making 5 pounds of corned beef, is that you have enough to try again. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: All Recipes, Dinner, Home-Cured Meats, Lunch / Salads / Sides Tags: corned beef, family cooking, making reuben sandwiches, reuben sandwich, reuben sandwiches, sandwich, shake shack
  • Our “Best” Recipe: Mussels Meuniere (mussels steamed in white wine)

    February 17, 2012

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    It is the “best” recipe? No, of course not. I don’t believe that with food, there is the “best” anything. Tastes vary. One person’s epiphany is another person’s “meh”. Such is life.

    But this mussel dish is our best, because it has a deeper meaning to Carolyn and I. When we first starting cooking together over twenty years ago, this was one of the first dishes we made for each other and then for friends. Mussels meuniere became a starting point for a lifetime of cooking together (along with our Christmas parties, but more on those adventures later). Our repertoire has grown over the years and we make much more complicated dishes, but mussels meuniere is still something we make on special occasions. It is a simple dish, but for us it represents something more, something wonderful. You may have a dish like this. I hope you have a dish like this. If not, there is always time. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch / Salads / Sides, Musings Tags: family cooking, gluten free, mussels, mussels meuniere, seafood
  • Adventures in Home Charcuterie: Corned Beef, Part 1

    February 16, 2012

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    In five days this brisket will become corned beef

    Having had a success with Michael Ruhlman’s homemade bacon recipe we decided to buy his book Charcuterie and start curing, drying and pickling at home. This is a “farm”, after all, we might as well try act like it. We already pickle a lot of our veggies, but will expand into fermentation and preservation. We are making bacon on a regular basis and experimenting with different cures and smoke (trying maple bacon and applewood smoking this week). But as St. Patricks Day is next month we figured we should try and make our own corned beef for corned beef and cabbage. (Before you even say it, I know that “nobody eats corned beef and cabbage in Ireland”. But, so what? Its good, their loss.) Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: All Recipes, Dinner, Home-Cured Meats, Lunch / Salads / Sides Tags: charcuterie, corned beef, family cooking, home charcuterie, home curing, michael ruhlman
  • Carolyn’s Maple Granola

    February 13, 2012

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    Am I excited about granola? Really? Yes, absolutely (insert Birkenstock and Patchouli jokes here). Granola is a dish that, when done right, makes you wish you had it every day. It just needs to be good. And that means granola needs to be from a trusted source, or even better, homemade. Of course, our “trusted source” is Carolyn’s homemade granola.  The boys and I are very happy that Carolyn makes this dish regularly. Carolyn’s homemade granola tastes great as breakfast, but also as a snack. We eat it out-of-hand, so the only problem is that the homemade granola does not last long. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: All Recipes, Breakfast Tags: baking, breakfast, breakfast cereal, cereal, family cooking, granola, home made granola, homemade breakfast
  • Just OK, Fail, Epic Fail

    February 10, 2012

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    Some days in the kitchen are like this..

    While I am having a great, great time writing this blog and cooking for family and friends, it is also a bit of an education. And it is sometimes humbling. Part of my goal is to expand my cooking skills and overall understanding of how good dishes are made. It is easy to cook the same ten dishes all the time, it gets harder when we try new things. This means living with failure, sometimes epic, failure. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: Musings Tags: adria, baking, canned tomatoes, cast iron skillet, family cooking, hazan, kale soup, kitchen failure, salt and pepper, tomato sauce recipe

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