The weather today is gorgeous. The blue of our northern Catskill sky is rivaling some of the most glorious ones I’ve seen in the Mediterranean. Ula and I have been walking up and down the streets of Oneonta, her chosen destination for our day out, while she reviews menus and seating options, choosing the perfect […]
Archives for June 2016
A Short Treatise on the Artisan Sausage
We’re pretty link-happy at Sap Bush Hollow Farm. We produce a wide variety of sausage, from Bratwurst to breakfast, from andouille to apple, from Sicily to Tuscany, because, well, they’re just so darned tasty off the grill. We’ve spent a lot of hours blending, linking and cooking these wonders and, naturally, we have a few […]
The Suffering Farmer
Kate arrived in our lives like the deus ex machina from an ancient Greek play. Chaos was at the height of her fury at Sap Bush Hollow: Dad was limping through the fields, moaning from his easy chair as he fell into it each night. Mom couldn’t decide whether she despaired the endless to-do lists […]
Red Neck Paella
Serves 4 2 cups uncooked white rice 3 cups bone broth 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 pinch alder-smoked hot paprika* 1 teaspoon salt 2 pounds Cajun andouille sausage 6 tablespoons grassfed butter (or whatever amount you consider appropriately excessive) Combine the rice, bone broth, turmeric, paprika and salt in a large pot or rice cooker. […]
Does your daughter think she’s fat?
Wrote this piece after it happened this winter when the blog was inactive. Been thinking about it, and decided I’d run it this week… There are times when the magnitude of Ula’s words is inversely proportional to the strength with which she says them. “Mama, I’m worried about my belly.” Her voice is tiny, almost […]
Top 5 Grassfed Steak Misteaks
Selling grassfed meat at a farmers’ market is great work. Folks who are inclined to buy our products are also the type of folks I most like to hang out with. Sometimes these folks have a habit of buying our meat and then inviting us to come by and help eat it. Amazing! I mind my P’s and […]
On our way to the mill…
Thanks for checking in! Bob and I are driving the fleeces up to the mill in Prince Edward Island this week, so there is no blog post. See you next week!