Silky
Frizzle
I attended a fundraising breakfast a while ago where Kylie Kwong was the guest speaker and she was promoting her book “It tastes better”. Which I bought and had signed – of course! I am still kicking myself that I was too shy to ask for a photo as well.
While I have tried a few recipes from the book including her fried rice (which got two thumbs up from B1 & B2) and the twice cooked duck, which you start cooking the day before and although it is a bit of work, it is sooo worth the effort.
What I was mostly interested in was her philosophy of ethical and sustainable eating. Her book is all about her suppliers from across Australia that uses ethical and sustainable practices to deliver fantastic produce. One of the producers has egg chickens, that live is an old caravan and are most definitely free range. This got me to wanting some “girls” of my own.
One of the constant discussions that we have in the supermarket is around the purchase of free range eggs versus the much cheaper cage eggs. I will begrudgingly pay for the more expensive free range eggs, knowing that I am supporting the producers that are doing the right thing. DB refuses to pay for them until they are more attractive in price when compared to their caged cousins. Fair enough and each to their own. But, this can easily be null and void by using an allotted portion of the bush block to have some layers of our own, that can be fed the vege scraps from the kitchen, run around to their hearts content and happily supply our kitchen with their eggs. Now of course B1 & B2 are all for having chooks, they are rather excited about getting some frizzle and silkie chickens. I don’t really care what they look like, as long as they lay eggs…… and keep out of my herbs. I am under strict instruction that we are not allowed to eat the “pet” chooks and suggesting to name them Christmas Dinner, KFC, Cacciatore and Burger was met with much dismay.
So, after the current project of the deck extension is finished, I am living in hope that we can start the chook pen project. I do have a voucher from my last birthday that entitles me to “one chook pen” which I will cut out of my birthday card try to redeem in the very near future…… stay tuned for photos of the chook pen project once it gets underway.
Three days down…… two to go….. I think I am getting the hang of this blogging thing……
