We're getting to crunch time for Christmas, and The Acre is abuzz with Christmas type stuff, but we also have the usual stuff going on as well. First off, baking.
Big man has lost his mind in the kitchen lately, and pie crust is the new obsession. It comes in handy for both dessert and dinner. First off, he made a smoked chicken pot pie in a cast iron skillet.
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| Smoked chicken pot pie before |
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| And after |
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Pops loves him some oysters, and the local Kroger had them on sale this week, so we bought a quart and made a fish fry one night.
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| Oyster prep |
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| Fried oysters and fried catfish |
And we made sure canning season is still in, when big man picked a large bucket full of turnips and canned them up during a cold snap. Five and a half quarts will come in handy this winter.
We also made a cherry pie and a batch of cookies for one of our neighbors.
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| From Scratch cranberry walnut cookies |
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| Cherry pie, with our home canned cherries from this spring |
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Making the crust all purty
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| Cupcake has been working on the Mantle |
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| Fraidy Mutt is exhausted from all the hub-bub |
And it wouldn't be the Christmas season without home made fudge. After Sunday breakfast, we whipped up a batch.
And as always, we ended our weekend with "Chicken Wing Sunday". Hope everyone has a stress free countdown to Christmas.
K&K
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