I just placed my order with Polyface. The deadline is this Saturday for delivery the following Saturday. I was sad to find, though I had items saved to my cart but I had not checked out yet, that the eggs and ground beef were out of stock. Thankfully the 5 lb package of ground beef was available so it won't affect my next 5 weeks. I'll continue to buy eggs from another farm, but I like that Polyface eggs have been tested for various nutrients and compared against the USDA standard egg, so I need to remember to order at the beginning of the window next time. Here's my order:
| 1 x | Pork Pon-Hoss (Pork) | $6.00 |
| 5 x | Breakfast Sausage Links (Pork) | $22.50 |
| 5 x | Ground Pork (Pork) | $22.50 |
| 3 x | Broiler, Whole (Broilers) | $9.75 |
| 2 x | Freedom Ranger (Freedom Ranger) | $8.00 |
| 1 x | Chicken Feet (Broilers) | $1.00 |
| 1 x | Chicken Livers & Hearts (Broilers) | $3.00 |
| 1 x | 5 lb Ground Beef (Beef) | $4.25 |
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| Sub-Total: | $77.00 |
| Virginia Sales Tax + Virginia Sales Tax: | $3.86 |
| Total: | $80.86 |
I bought a few extra things this time around to try out. Pork Pon-Hoss I think is similar to scrapple and it's time I've ventured into the lands of organ/alternative meats and products. I'm hoping it turns out good and maybe I can get DH or DD to try it as an alternative to sugary breakfast foods. I also bought chicken feet to add to my stock (which I have done before, so I won't be squicked out) and some chicken livers and hearts. I might try some pate with crackers and the hearts I think I'll brown in a saute pan or something because damn, those are really good. I should also add that that dollar total is not the official total. Some of these things are per pound costs, so the chicken and ground beef will be 4-5 times that price (I won't know until they pack my order).
So far my week has gone fairly well. On Monday (since it was a holiday) I put my whole Nature's Promise chicken (from Giant grocery store) in the rotisserie for an hour and change. It came out very juicy and delicious. After dinner I picked it, put the carcass in the crock pot with an onion, some celery and onion and let it go on low for 10 hours. The next morning I had stock! I made my sausage soup with it and still had almost a quart leftover. Last night I made arroz con pollo using some of the leftover chicken and stock. I still have one full chicken breast left and it's not in my meal plan so I'm not sure what to do with it.
I also baked a loaf of bread (I got the recipe from my friend Nicole). DD had a blast helping me measure ingredients and pour them into the mixer. I explained to her every step of the way what would happen, how the dough would rise, and when it came out of the oven it would be delicious bread. It's an all-purpose loaf and it's texture is very soft but the flavor was lacking - maybe more salt? I'm not sure. I need to look up the next loaf to try. I have some King Arthur White Whole Wheat (just a soft wheat instead of the hard red winter wheat of most whole wheat flours) flour that I could use in a 50/50 loaf.
Tonight's dinner is meatloaf with corn on the cob, spinach and... something. My potatoes went bad before I could use them otherwise I'd be making mashed potatoes. For now it is lunch time - soup!
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I freeze the extra breast I get out of my chickens after getting my couple meals. I save them for when we need coldcuts :D
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