TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Thomas, out in your territory I wonder if they’d be more of an adobe dauber? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I don't know if the larva could get through adobe; it's tough stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 That’s a good point, I didn’t think about that, they’d have to mix something else in there to soften up the chamber’s so the babies could tunnel out, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Prickly pear is yummy stuff, properly prepared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 The fruit or the nopales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 JHCC, I’m curious, does that require a paring knife to properly prepare? also, would removing the fruit from the plant be considered deparing? inquiring minds want to know! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 In Swiss Family Robinson they mention spearing it and burning off the outer layer with the spines. (A favorite book when I was younger---if you find a *good* version/translation. When I reread it recently I noticed that it was full of "discover a new species---kill it and eat it!" with descriptions of how it tasted. Whale tongue and penguin are on my "avoid list"...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Never tried penguin, but I’ve ate snapping turtle before and I can definitely recommend you don’t try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 18 hours ago, Daswulf said: I also made a stinkbug. Ha! As usual, that's an awesome sculpture, Das. I love it's back and it gives me ideas for a turtle shell. Speaking of turtles, I can vouch for not eating snappers. That is a sculpture worthy beetle there TW. I saw my first Dung Beetle here last summer. It was rolling a ball in a northerly direction across the yard. I got curious and evidently they celebrate them at a BugFest at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. I may have to go sometime and see what it's all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Snapping turtles are delicious, when cooked properly. Sauce piquant is my favorite way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 I've had it twice, once in soup. Maybe it came from old or sick turtles. I've never caught my own. You should put that recipe in Vulcans Grill. I would substitute chicken in mine though. When I was young there was a cranky old guy that kept them in a 55 gallon drum of water outside his shop until he used them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 He put them in fresh water to flush them out, I usually do mine for a week, changing the water daily. I'll have to work on the recipe for Vulcan's Grill, problem is I don't measure anything and when I make one it's usually in a 20 qt, or bigger, pot. It's a great recipe for any wild game and chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Maybe that’s what we did wrong, we just caught him an cooked him, Flushing it out makes sense, probably tastes better that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Cooking is like blacksmithing, it ain’t what you start with, it’s what you do with it after you start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 What he's keeping secret TW is they use the flush water to make the broth. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 A friends mother had a secret recipe for snapping turtle stew. They were Seminole Indian's living on the reservation in Dania Fl. Whenever I was invited to lunch or dinner she served it and the only other ingredient I could identify was swamp cabbage hearts. Sure was some good eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Y’all make sure you ain’t getting turtles from a sewer pond, I’d reckon that could influence the flavor. I caught a swamp man in a Jon boat out in the 15 acre sewer pond system I used to manage, he was collecting turtles and crawfish. Federal trespassing buddy, kick rocks before I call the law and don’t come back, that’s disgusting. He came back. Invited me to a crawfish boil as a thank you for not calling the cops. I politely but firmly declined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Lol, that story hit my funny bone! As I said I didn't catchem. I guess anything is possible..... Disgusting is right. Now I'm thinking about biosolids this morning..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Well crawdads like lobster and crabs are "garbage collectors" yet we still manage to eat them. Our winter has been so mild we had to hang up the flypaper months early here. (Country living with everyone around us having horses and other livestock---OTOH; you ask someone if you can get some manure for your compost bed and they will deliver it to your yard by the front loader bucket load!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Oh, I'm a firm believer of certain animal and vegetable compost, aged appropriately. We did a farmer's market for 20+ years. That's not the kind biosolids I meant... I secretly envied your compost pile for a while, but an electrician I hired recently gets manure from a local horse farm and ages it. He offered to deliver all I care for. The sandy soil around here is basically devoid of everything so I have some ammending to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 The place next door has been a horse farm since the 30's? They have filled several of the little valleys near the arroyo to the top and moved on to the next one. I have scrounging permission for that or they will deliver fresh to my yard. We basically have adobe for soil---it's rated for direct pour of concrete, no topsoil needs to be removed! So for our garden we are composting and going raised bed. My wife says she wants to put in some much larger raised beds in the front yard; guess who gets to do the schlepping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Good exercise??? I helped my sister a couple miles away put in an underground fence and the roots! Roots and vines! It was like digging through chicken wire. Worthless ground. I suppose I will try raised beds, sounds like a lot of work. I suppose anything worth while is. I've seen where people just buy a bag of topsoil from the garden center, throw it on the ground, slit it open and plant in it. Presto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJustice Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 We have three raised beds, about 3' x 6', but for the last three seasons we added straw bale planting. It is more versatile in determining different locations for the plants. This year I already know where I will not plant again and have ideas for where to plant more. Also, cattle panels bow up nicely to make trellises over or beside the bales. Only thing is that I have to buy the bales every year but I get a bunch of ground cover/compost from the previous season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 You can do raised beds without a boarder. Just build up in the area you want. It will still be a raised bed. If you want it fancy, then wood boards, logs, stone, brick, block, scrap metal.... A physical boarder does help differentiate between bed and ground. Charles Dowding has some books and videos on yt on no dig gardening. He has many good tips on composting and gardening in general. His method is largely borderless raised beds and adding compost. I really need to get some horse manure this year from my neighbor up the road with the horse farm/stables. I've been composting my chicken bedding late last year and this year. Before I would just spread it on ground I would till in the spring. I'm trying to focus more on my little raised beds this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 My wife is 75 and getting a raised bed she can work without kneeling is my end goal. Not spending money is an ongoing goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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