by I apologize for the lack of *me* around this neglected blog lately. Just for fun, here’s some good stuff:
- Tyson Foods Injects Chickens with Antibiotics Before They Hatch to Claim “Raised without Antibiotics”–hm, is this premeditated deceit or what? Read up on why these antibiotics are so harmful to you…and if that’s not enough to make you go organic, read this: Report: 83% of grocery store chicken meat found infected with bacteria…
- Make your own Vanilla extract! I’ve always wanted to do this…right now we’re using a big bottle that missionary friends brought us back from their last visit to Mexico…it’s wonderful!
- The Lost Knowledge of Iodine–Farmer John turned me onto this site in response to my possibly having thyroid issues that could be helped simply by taking Iodine. I’ve ordered some Iodine from this site after reading up on it. What an informative read! It’s not only about Iodine, it’s about chlorine and cancer, table salt being contaminated and much much more. We made the switch to organic salt after reading this article!
- Money-saving Mom–One of my best friends shared this website with me, and it’s chock full of great deals and info on how to get freebies from all over the place, especially Walgreens! I’ve learned so much! And gotten some free things in the process!
- Gift Basket Ideas and Homemade jar mixes–some great ideas here! I especially liked the Kitchen Mixes section!
Are you writing up your Christmas shopping lists? Mine will be simple this year, hopefully! My hubby’s family does the traditional Christmas gift exchange, while my family just gets together for the pleasure of it and the good eats! My eight yo daughter wants a Bible with larger print–she said she’d be happy if that’s all she gets. Aw. Isn’t that awesome? (Should I test that theory?)
How is everyone? I’d love to hear how things are going…
Things are good and thankfully slowing down, I hope. Our Christmas lists are short and simple and I’ve trying to be creative and more frugal with some extended family gift! Good thing we have lots of wedding pictures that we can use to create inexpensive gifts! I honestly don’t want a thing, but hubby insists on getting me something, hmmm. And I think that’s awesome about your 8yo!!
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Short and simple is SO nice at Christmas-time! Glad to hear things are good with you and yours! Enjoy this first Christmas together!
Yep, I have aleady started my list, hee….
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That Tyson article just makes me want my own chickens even more!
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The “Tyson” article in many ways typifies the problems in much of society about who we “trust” concerning what’s good for us. Does a government approved “stamp” make something good or safe for us? Is a well-known mega-corporation that uses “family” as it’s promo really looking out for what’s best for its customers? Or is the bottom line “greed” – as in, “the love of money is the root of all evil.” Wouldn’t it be better to trust someone whose face and character you know personally to raise your meats, eggs, and produce – rather than a faceless entity that is profit driven? Better yet is the do-it-yourself attitude like Alicia. Raise your own – then you know exactly what’s in them. Here’s something you should try if you have the stomach to do it: visit a commercial turkey farm, walk through the confinement buildings if you can without a mask, look at the dirty birds, see the piled carcasses, see the anti-biotic laden feed, and see if you EVER buy a grocery store bought bird for Thanksgiving again, now that you know the truth. Most people don’t know (ignorance) and most people don’t want to know (apathy). Ignorance and apathy – the two-some that destroys nations from within.
Have fun with that list, Leticia! Are you a day-after-Thanksgiving shopper? Not me!
Alicia, it’s hard to ignore, isn’t it? I got into “chickens” just by wanting farm eggs, and now I’m seeing how they can be so much more than just for eggs. Butchering them was far from my intent, but with Farmer John and his wife letting me learn all about it, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Of course, I want one of their Whiz-bang chicken scalders and pluckers first!!! 😉
John, I can’t claim ignorance or apathy anymore! What have you done to me? 😉 But seriously, the commercial turkey farm sounds disgusting. How do they pass inspections?!? I can’t wait for Thanksgiving…and my organic pastured turkey, yum!
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then take a look at the difference between these turkeys: http://www.walterspoultry.com/whyheritage.html Which would you rather eat? Perhaps I should ask it this way, which type will you be eating for Thanksgiving this year? If you bought a supermarket bird, it’s like the ones on the left. Go ahead, cringe.
Ewww–nasty! (As my four year old would say!)
Those do tell the tale. I was just telling hubby last night–as we finished watching your video on Polyface Farms–that I really want to raise our own turkey next year for Thanksgiving…and he joked, yeah sure, so our kids can name it and fall in love with it…etc. 😉 But that’s farm life, and I’m sure I won’t want to go back to store turkeys after having yours.
Yes, that does sound a bit morbid to say “you’d never want to go back to a store’s nameless birds after you’ve eaten the one your kids have grown to love…”
LOL!
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Spoken like a true city-dweller! 😉
Seriously, let’s just hope we can follow through with it, lest we have a REALLY old turkey on our hands down through the years. What a tale that would be for the grands!
Hopefully these two littles will let me read more on those links later! They look real interesting!