Chris told me to write my email about something that happened to him with our pork chops this past weekend.
He thought you would appreciate the warning!
It was a normal week-night of going through the list of possibilities for dinner and Chris said "how about some pork chops?"
I responded with an enthusiastic, "YES PLEASE!!!!!"
If you have ever had heritage breed, pastured pork chops you know why I was so excited.
This past year, the butcher we used left a 1.5" rind of fat along the edge of each chop. I love my pork chops cut this way, because of the crispy buttery flavor it adds to the cut and the added value of rendered pork fat left in the pan for later use. The amount of drippings off of one pork chop- when cut in this manner- is impressive...
Well it wasn't halfway through grilling those bad boys up that I heard shouts and a slam of the grill lid.
Chris came running through the front door yelling, "Save the PORK CHOPPPPPSSSS!"
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Peter and I ran over to look out the window and saw flames exploding from the under the lid of the grill and crawling up the side of the house.
(Luckily our house is sided with tin!)
Peter was mesmerized!
Chris grabbed some long-handled tongs and a plate and sprinted back outside.
After he got the flames to calm down enough for him to reach in and rescue our dinner with his tongs, Chris handed me a sad little plate with the charred chops.
The internal temp had not quite reached 145* F so we finished cooking them in the oven.
Peter learned the word "smokey" and he repeated it all throughout dinner as we made sure not to waste one ounce of our home-raised meal.
They still tasted pretty good, with a bonus crispy, smokey, caramelized crust to them. We topped them with home-made apricot syrup.
Chris couldn't stop talking about how much fat must have accumulated underneath the grill to have ignited a fire like that....
He thought you may want to know about this so you can make sure to clean out the grease trap in your grill before grilling season really starts to kick off this year...
Thanks Chris!
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Spring Bundles
We still have a couple of our grass-finished ground beef bundles from Rardin Beef in Laramie, left!
Ground beef prices are going to go up this growing season, so this is a great chance to stock up before the price increase.
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Get your ground beef in three different sized bundles (Small- 10 lbs, Medium- 20 lbs, Large- 40lbs).
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Slow-Cooker Bundles from Sybille Creek Farms in Wheatland in three sizes: (Small-8lbs, Medium- 12lbs, and Large- 20lbs)
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Self-Care From the Farm Gift Packages will be shipped out just in time for Mother's Day!
Now that I am lucky enough to be a mother myself I feel like sharing some of my top self-care items from the farm with you or someone you love.
-Tallow Balm
-Spring Flowers Tin Can-dle
-Extra Comfy Felted Wool Insoles
-Hand-Made Wyoming Wildflower Mug
-An Assortment of Comforting Teas
-A Pressed-Flower Card with your Custom Message Written Inside
Reserve your gift package in the next couple of weeks and we will ship it directly to that self-less someone who needs a little reminder to take some time for themself every once-and-a-while.
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We are finally past the half-way point in lambing season at 31 lambs!
We are ready to hit the pasture. This means our bulk meat orders will be coming right up.
In my next email I will be announcing:
The opening of our bulk beef and lamb deposits AND a surprise addition to our summer offerings.
Bulk meat deposits will be open for one month and will be fulfilled in the order they are placed, starting mid-summer.
Bulk meats are the cheapest and most effective way to secure your meat supply for the coming seasons.
We will have a couple of options for processing and some great ways for you to customize and save on your bulk orders this year!
I want to hear from you.
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What kind of summer buying/pickup option would you prefer the most?
- Farm-Stand/On-Farm Pickup Location, (just outside of town, most days of the week)
- Farmers Market/Pickup Location at the Downtown Laramie Farmers Market on Friday Evenings
- Farmers Market/Pickup Location at the Undine Park Farmers Market on Tuesday Evenings
- Delivery/Ship-to-Door
A simpler way to order farm-fresh groceries every week:
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Things are getting hectic as the growing season is starting up and I think it will be a little easier to place
routine orders via text for anyone who is interested.
You will receive a text every Monday morning, asking if you would like to place an order to be delivered on Friday afternoon.
The deadline to place an order will be Wednesday at 5pm- every week.
These texts will contain pricing and delivery info, so you will not have to remember all of this info every week.
*My $20 minimum applies to all orders delivered to Laramie.*
If you want to be added to my weekly text-order list for things like eggs, milk, and meat, please respond to this email with the phone number you would like me to use.
This is an automated text from my phone to yours every week- it is not a group text- so no one else will be able to see your number or your responses.
I hope this makes things easier for ordering on your end and mine!
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I hope spring is on its way to where you are!
It sure is here!
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Until next time...
-BJ and the Taste of the Wind Crew
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