Birds and Biscuits

Indian Runner looking for dog food and a hand out.

When you clean the glass all the girls come out to inspect your work.

One of four roosters I raised that are filling in a need. All my roosters got eaten last year. My game hen hatched these guys- all boys. I gave 2 away and have 4 left. Two are worth keeping and the last tow need to be re-homed or eaten.

When it snows and is very cold it is time for biscuits. Made from scratch and very tasty. This is the Southern Living recipe. I never have buttermilk, so I add 2 tbl. lemon juice to the milk to make it curdle (about 15 min at room temp) I use salted real butter. After 10 min I broil the tops to brown them and brush on melted butter on the tops. Melt in your mouth tasty.

King Cake Season

Even though I live in the Ozarks I still miss king cakes from Louisiana. Even though I have an older brother living there, it is too expensive to ship these here. So I buckled down and searched my recipes. I found the best one to be from King Arthur Flour. I always have flour, milk and eggs on hand.

I added dry malt and dough enhancer to give it more lift and fullness. My yeast did the job but sometimes you need fluffy. It is a basic brioche recipe with filling. I only had green sugar on hand. So using sugar and food coloring I made gold and purple. Not a bad braid as it has been over 20 years since I worked in a bakery. Thanks to Mary Lee donuts and Albertson's bakery I learned a ton of baking skills while going to college.

Icing while hot.

Final product. It was fluffy, soft and very tasty. King Cake made from scratch in the Ozarks because that is how we roll on the farm.

Snow and Best light bulbs ever

Fixing a Kenmore and keeping warm by the woodstove.

It is snowing again for us here in the Ozarks.

This is a game changer for dark rooms, basements and garages the LED garage bulbs. They have an extender and screw right into those hot old canister ceiling sockets we all have. And no tools just a ladder. You will have daylight in an instant. I got one and then got more for the shop, my studio and for friends. And you save money as LEDs use less electricity. You will not be disappointed. They are cool color and not warm color. And they are adjustable but I like them open like a flower. Very cool sleek design.