We fished in a lake in Averill Park for 2 morning hours before work and had the best day of lake fishing I’ve seen around here. It was perfect fishing […]
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Adirondack Mud
I went for a day hike through the Adirondacks on Saturday covering Dial, Nippletop, Colvin, Blake, Haystack, and Sawteeth mountains. It is 3 days later, and my toenails are still […]
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Making Feta and Blue Cheese
We made cheese this weekend using 6 gallons of unpasteurized milk. We used 2 gallons of goats milk to make homemade feta cheese: We used the other 4 gallons of […]
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Pegasus Sighting
There was a Pegasus in Troy, NY today and I had my picture taken with it.
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Morels 2010
I found a pair of morel mushrooms on some railroad tracks in Schaghticoke, NY this morning. Morels are a rare gourmet delicacy, and are the ultimate discovery for a mushroom […]
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Fished Electric Lake
I fished in Schaghticoke. I caught a bunch of medium-sized large mouth bass, some sunfish, a crappie, and a perch. Unfortunately, bass season is currently catch-and-release only, and the rest […]
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Making Cheddar-ish Cheese
I made cheese today. I used a gallon of unpasteurized milk that I purchased from Willow Marsh Farm in Ballston Spa, NY to make cheddar cheese. I used the recipe […]
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Making Gjetost
I used the recipe from the book, “Home Cheese Making” to make the gjetost. I think that technically gjetost means “goat cheese”, and I used cow’s milk, so the real […]
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Shish Kebabs
We just bought a house, and the stovetop has interchangeable “cartridges” including a grill cartridge. Last night, we tried the griller for the first time and made some shish kebabs:
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The Cheese Nun
Highly recommended DVD – the Cheese Nun. Here is the description on the back of the video: “The Cheese Nun profiles the adventures of Sister Noella Marcellino – a champion […]
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