This week we played host to a few of the boys Lawman worked with in The People's Republic. Every spring they make a trip to the dragon's tail and stop off at The Acre. We like to cook, they like to eat. It just works.
Knowing they were coming, we pulled out the stops. Lawman smoked a pork butt and made BBQ.
The boys like our carrot cake, so we whipped them up one
Lawman has been vexed by pie crust. Getting one to 'do right' has eluded him, until now. With the food processor he could use frozen butter and mix the dough all at once. So a pecan pie was the way we celebrated the correct crust.
In a "bad week to be a pig" thread, we found a pork loin for ten dollars. We sliced up several packs of pork chops, to include several thin sliced pork chops for biscuits.
Cupcake went so far as to buy a new candle for the boys arrival.
The rest of the week we did garden stuff. Lawman planted a couple more grape vines, and we got our shipment of baby chicks this week. We ordered five dozen new birds. We hope to keep half of them alive long enough to start laying.
The DT's seem excited to have new birds
And the new birds fit right in with the rest of the crazy stuff. We're convinced they will die of thirst while standing in a bowl of water.
The boy and the 'girl-in-law' spent the remains of the weekend working a picture puzzle. Which is funny, because around Christmas time, the boy thought puzzles were for old people.
We ended the week with a long nap.
Good stuff! #1109
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