Venison Artichoke

I've been reading and hearing about this recipe for a while, but yesterday was my first try. It was DEE-LISH-OUS!! It's my new favorite way to have venison. Peggy liked it a lot too!

I put the recipe up on Sis-Bliss, so if you have some venison to cook up head on over there and get it now!

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Budget Saddlebags

More proof that Harbor Freight is where the thrift-conscious can thrive...

Don't forget to check out the most excellent hi-rise handlebars too!
Old water pipe, check! Welder, check! Built-in bud vases, check! Style, Check!

Well, at least the saddlebags can be locked!
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Best Boudin Ever!

A few weeks ago I was lamenting to a friend that I couldn't find a local source for natural sausage casings. She surprised me a few days later with about 10 feet of it! She went to a butcher shop that I haven't been able to get to and they gave her some.

Today I made about 10 pounds of delicious Boudin (pronounced "boo-dan"). It's a Louisiana-style pork sausage with rice and herbs. A little spicy and totally yummy!

I have recommended Boudin to others at restaurants here and there and have always been sorry I did. I find that restaurant-made Boudin is horribly bland and generally worth leaving alone.

I got my recipe from a Cajun transplanted to Washington State. His version was excellent, but I've made some modifications over the years that make mine even better. Not bragging, just truthin'! Peggy and I almost stood by the bowl of stuffing with spoons and ate until it was gone, but we restrained ourselves.

Here's some of the results cooking on the grill tonight (next time I gotta remember not to stuff it so tight!):

It's Boudin time ya'll!
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Happy Easter

Have a Happy Easter!

And just to make sure you do...~

Interesting Sculpture

I don't know if anyone reading this blog recalls this, but back in the 70's there was a fun little craft of forming human and animal sculptures by stuffing a nylon stocking full of cotton balls and then shaping it into something recognizable. I haven't thought about it in..well, since the 70's. But then I stumbled across the website of Lisa Lichtenfels and see that she has taken this method and made something really special out of it.

Of course she doesn't use actual stockings, but the basic technique is the same. Have a look. I think you'll be suitably impressed.

http://www.lisalichtenfels.net/
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