The things you learn when talking to your parents

dirtsailor2003

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• Feb 25, 2013

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Yesterday we hosted a "First Thanksgiving meal" where this bird was devoured!

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Sometime during the evening I mentioned that I had bought some fresh herbs that I was going to dry and my mom says, " I have a dehydrator that I bought 4 or 5 years ago to make dried fruit for the boys and have never used". Ummm, okay lets see I had several hundred tomatoes I wanted to dry, which I canned, made marinara and froze, several basil plants that we could have dried, and the list goes on!! So I picked up the still new in the box machine to dry the herbs. It came with a jerky gun and several packets of cure and seasoning!!! My mom's been holding out!

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Off to the store to get some meat! Herbs are drying and should be done by the time the ground jerky has cured!

 

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You are a lucky Duck!  Make sure you show pics! 

 

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That bird looks amazing!!!

I'll bet that was a nice little surprise from your Mom and sounds like you'll put it to some good use.

I did, but wish I would have spent more time with my parents. RIP Dad. My Mom is always giving, I can not leave her home without her packing up something, including today. 

 

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JP61 said:

That bird looks amazing!!!

I'll bet that was a nice little surprise from your Mom and sounds like you'll put it to some good use.

I did, but wish I would have spent more time with my parents. RIP Dad. My Mom is always giving, I can not leave her home without her packing up something, including today. 

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I hear you there, my dad died in a work accident when I was 14. So many things missed!

 

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Nice lookin' turkey!!!

I have one of those dehydrators, they work real good, but can be a pain in the pumpkin to clean!!!!!!!!


~Martin

 

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DiggingDogFarm said:

Nice lookin' turkey!!!

I have one of those dehydrators, they work real good, but can be a pain in the pumpkin to clean!!!!!!!!


~Martin

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Pumpkin, that's another thing we had an abundance of that I could've dried!!!

 

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I was just thinking today, that I really need to get more use out of my dehydrator as originally planned for prior to purchasing. So far I've only made beef jerky with it. I think the time has come to make some fruit snacks 

 

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That's what my boys want, fruit snacks, fruit leather. We're going to make some dog treats for our pups!

 

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dirtsailor2003 said:

That's what my boys want, fruit snacks, fruit leather. We're going to make some dog treats for our pups!

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Sounds good!

I'm sure my dog would love some home-made treats as well. I better start reading....

 

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• Feb 26, 2013

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Your turkey is beautiful! Have fun with the dehydrator.

 

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I need to find out when the best time to pick juniper berries is. There's only several million acres of them right out my backdoor!!! One thing I do know about juniper berries is the robins start flying in circles and crashing into things around fall!

 

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dirtsailor2003 said:

I need to find out when the best time to pick juniper berries is. There's only several million acres of them right out my backdoor!!! One thing I do know about juniper berries is the robins start flying in circles and crashing into things around fall!

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Oh Man!  For those of us who are having problems finding those....you could make a mint!  

 

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KathrynN said:

Oh Man!  For those of us who are having problems finding those....you could make a mint! 

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It's pretty sappy work! I just talked to some friends, they work at Bend Distillery, makers of Crater Lake Gin, and they said the best time to harvest Juniper berries in Central Oregon is late October and early November. So now I know!

 

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Nice Score!!