Bonnie, the Jersey Cow

Our latest addition to the menagerie came last week in the form of a 4 yr old doe-eyed dairy bovine with fawn colored skin and a silky brown tail. Ponderous belly swollen with her impending calf, she descended from the trailer and surveyed her domain.

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Sadie #3

While sitting at dinner, during a pause in the conversation, (that had to do with basketball, by the way…)


“Did you know seals don’t have taste buds?”

Smorgasbord

Smorgasbord is actually a Swedish word for a form of dinner buffet…

I actually thought it was spelled Smorgasborg…I was incorrect according to Google…we is not spelin so good out her on de prairie…




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Italian Sausage Rigatoni with Roasted Garlic Baguettes

Today, just because you are special, dear readers, you get two recipes for the price of one….

Actually, it’s cuz I feel guilty for not posting anything for a little while, but that’s a personal issue and I will get over it…

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Prairie Board Meeting

Ranch Chili

This could be called “Make your own heat Chili”, ’cuz you can make mild or as hot as you can stand it…..

My wimpy kids can’t handle much heat at all, so ours is on the mild side…..

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Ribs, Baby, Ribs!

Ain’t nothing men love better than melt-in-your-mouth, dripping with juice, grilled slabs of meat…..

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Cowboy Caviar

I personally don't know any self respecting cowboy that would eat fish eggs.....now calf nuts, that's a different story.....

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Warm fire, Hot Coffee, Comfy Couch....

There is nothing I like better in the winter than a warm fire, a comfy couch and a hot cup of coffee.

This is because I have usually just spent a significant chunk of time in the freezing wind and horizontal snow, breaking ice in water troughs, pitching hay, fixing fence, feeding chickens, etc....

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