Hasenpfeffer and Super Bowls

 We celebrated the big sporting event that happened this week, but we didn't watch it. It's our family tradition to eat like we tailgating, but with no mention of any sporting events. So we did again this year. Cupcake "tore the bone out" with her homemade nacho chips.

We shredded block cheese, and she made her own cheese spread. She also boiled a pot of pinto beans and made homemade refried beans to go on it as well.

Chief Walters requested sausage balls. So she made her soon to be world famous sausage balls.

And while she was in a home made kind of mood, she made a little heart in Lawman's oatmeal one morning.

She also knows exactly how to ring in Valentimes day for her man. 

She also picked up an ink stamp for our future egg sales.

Earlier in the week, we noticed that we needed to start dying the ponds again. 

Just a few weeks ago the ponds were covered with six inches of ice, so we stopped with the dye, because how could algae grow under six inches of ice, right?

We're still learning about pond care.

For our followers who are squimish about eating meat that doesn't come from a plastic wrapper in Wal-Mart, stop reading now. You've been warned.

Chief Walters grew tired of shooting clay pigeons, and took a stroll around The Acre. Much like Jed Clampett, he was "shootin at some food" but unlike Jed, he killed the food. 

He cleaned it and we gave it a good salt soak.

Then he put a shine on his shootin iron.

We put it in the stock pot and let it simmer overnight with some veggies.

Lawman picked it clean and we used some of the meat for Sunday morning gravy on our biscuits.

And all our readers (both of y'all) know we hate to waste anything, so we canned up the broth and look forward to rabbit broth in our food soon. It also used up every empty canning jar in the house to save the broth. We either need to eat more, or shop for jars. 

We ended the week with tailgate food and naps.

K&K