tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post7027496433758182078..comments2023-09-29T18:37:14.377+10:00Comments on Eight Acres: Whole Larder Love - book reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-68386663239755118252013-10-02T12:44:30.606+10:002013-10-02T12:44:30.606+10:00Thank you for sharing at the HomeAcre Hop; I hope ...Thank you for sharing at the HomeAcre Hop; I hope you'll join us again this Thursday.<br /><br />Kathi@oakhillhomestead.comKathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02252527015193035090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-46621742332674024172013-10-02T09:08:52.678+10:002013-10-02T09:08:52.678+10:00I was a follower of his blog, and bought the book ...I was a follower of his blog, and bought the book last year for my husband for Christmas. I too was dismayed by the lack of preserving safety. However, I made the Atomic Kasundi, but I boiling water bathed it, and it was fantastic! <br /><br />I don't necessarily agree with only eating meat if you 'acquire' it yourself. I am all for awareness and appreciation of where food comes from. But the reality is, not everyone can put the time into learning how to properly kill and butcher their own animals. It's like saying, don't go to the hospital for treatment unless you are prepared to be a nurse. Don't enjoy a movie, unless you learn how to operate the projector equipment. Don't drive a car unless you are prepared to work in a car factory. And we need diversity in society... if all the nurses, teachers, police etc. all left their jobs because they needed to learn how to hunt and spend time growing, foraging and hunting their own food, well, that wouldn't be good! Some people will be the farmers, some people will be the producers, other people will fill other important roles in the community.dixiebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891290324250395382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-45096073997989956912013-09-27T19:30:28.355+10:002013-09-27T19:30:28.355+10:00I think that if everyone had the chance, they shou...I think that if everyone had the chance, they should rear/hunt and kill their own meat once in their life. It is such an eye opener. It teaches you so much more respect for food and makes me wonder how it can be sold at such low pricesMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873855806514080395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-20310964003491551792013-09-27T12:26:02.053+10:002013-09-27T12:26:02.053+10:00I completely agree on the killing your own meat to...I completely agree on the killing your own meat topic. Now, we've only culled a few of our chickens (and it was hard each of the three times we've done it) but it does bring you a whole new perspective about where our food comes from and what goes into preparing it before it reaches the table. It's a perspective that has either become incredibly warped or completely lost, depending on who you talk to. thanks for the book review! I'm off to check out the blog :-)Bee Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046727605273717050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-11014337951934656232013-09-27T10:00:41.058+10:002013-09-27T10:00:41.058+10:00That's a good point Barb, we don't kill ou...That's a good point Barb, we don't kill our own steers either, but we are there with the butcher when he does it, so I feel like I'm part of the process even if I don't personally do the killing. I can kill a chicken, but Pete usually swings the axe. It sounds like you're part of the process too. Asking your family to do the work because you're not physcially capable of it is different to expecting an annonymous other person to do it for you. Thanks for your comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-42109238378263227652013-09-27T09:28:21.850+10:002013-09-27T09:28:21.850+10:00I'm one of those people that eat meat but don&...I'm one of those people that eat meat but don't kill it myself and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to. I feed them, look after them, cook and eat them, son and husband do the killing and cleaning...Son hunts feral pigs and it sounds like a lot of hard work, I'd have to give up pork.... Physically there is no way that I could humanely kill an animal. I admit it's not good but make myself feel better knowing that our animals are well looked after before I eat them. Sounds like an interesting book.<br /><br />Barb.Barb.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11383714327462070532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027191706980748713.post-24780370885842158462013-09-27T07:50:58.448+10:002013-09-27T07:50:58.448+10:00What you are describing is how a lot of people her...What you are describing is how a lot of people here in the mountains live. I don't do much hunting for food as we have plenty to eat so I shoot and trap the animals that poach the garden. We don't need a permit to get a gun but a lot of people use bow and arrows or traps. I may shoot a deer this winter as there are lots roaming around eating corn and alfalfa. I have been planting grain this fall as an experiment on growing our own chicken feed and maybe some flour. Fun times these!Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com