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[Eden]

My father in law used to send the hubby back from college breaks with venison and ground moose. We used to make chili and spaghetti sauce with it since its very very lean and won't stick together to make burgers..
I'm more on the exotic sealife side I guess.. along with the fairly normal stuff - octopus, eel, squid, I've also had conch, sea cucumber (acutally quite yummy) and geoduck (unless you live in the PNW you may not have even ever heard of this one....)

[Bikingmomof3]

Just took this picture outside my breakfast room window (where I am sitting right now). Indigo Bunting....isn't he pretty?

I have never seen an Indigo Bunting before. The colours are stunning.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - I love the idea of your cacti garden! Can I see pictures? You can email if you'd rather I actually started some plants indoors this year - dahlias. I think they're ready to plant outside now. I can't believe they aren't dead yet! I have the most obnoxiously purple thumb! heh

~T~

I will send pictures after the are repotted and looking pretty. I am very excited about beginning a cacti garden! I think it will be placed on my dining room table. I had wanted to have them in my bay window for the time being, but that meant moving the cat's Kitty Pi bedding and she rebelled vocally all day yesterday until I restored her sacred space.

[IFjane]

I have never seen an Indigo Bunting before. The colours are stunning.

BMo3 - They are very shy birds and I was amazed that he was on the feeder long enough for me to take a picture. We have them here each summer, but usually don't get much of a look at them. They are truly gorgeous - if you see them in the bright sunlight they look almost neon.

On a side note - if I had been at work instead of home recovering, I would have missed him, too!

[Bikingmomof3]

BMO3- I have indoor cactus too! I started growing them because my cats kept messing up and chewing my "regular" houseplants. I had a mental "plant frustration meltdown" a while back and tossed all my mangled indoor plants and got some cactus instead. We could compare ours!
Tell us what you got, and pictures please. Mine need some repotting too. Now you've inspired me to give them bigger pots for the Spring.

I will happily send pictures after I repot them and make them look even more stunning then they already are, plus I have a feeling I may buy a few more. They are addicting! I currently have; Tiger Aloe (Aloe Zanzibarica), Cinnamon Bunny Ears (Opuntia Rufida), Bunny Ears (Opuntia Microdasys), Mini Caterpillar (Echinopsis Cristata Minima).

Which cacti do you have? Any suggestions on which ones I should be looking into? Any cacti advice would be greatly appreciated. I tend to ahve a black thumb.

OK, moving on from buffalo burgers....what's the most unusual meat all of you gals have eaten? I want to know, in a strange twisted way....

I am fairly boring in this area. Buffalo and venison are the most exotic meat I have had.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - They are very shy birds and I was amazed that he was on the feeder long enough for me to take a picture. We have them here each summer, but usually don't get much of a look at them. They are truly gorgeous - if you see them in the bright sunlight they look almost neon.

I am glad you shared the photo with us.

On a side note - if I had been at work instead of home recovering, I would have missed him, too!

How are you feeling and how is your recovery coming along?

[mimitabby]

I've eaten Alligator & Goat. Both tasted good. The Goat was incredibly good. I don't consider venison or elk unusual.

Now organ meats, I've eaten brains, spleen, heart, kidney, pancreas, tripe (stomach) and tongue.

BMO3 why dont you grow plants for your indoor cats?

[Bikingmomof3]

BMO3 why dont you grow plants for your indoor cats?

Well I have a very, very black thumb. It is not that I dislike plants, quite the opposite I adore them. I just do not do well with them. The cat has never cared for any plant except the one succulent I bought yesterday. She loves it.

[IFjane]

How are you feeling and how is your recovery coming along?

I am feeling great! In fact, believe it or not I just got off the bike. I posted a "ride report" in my surgery thread in the Health forum. I am almost beginning to feel guilty about being on sick leave.

[chickwhorips]

caribou... so good! love venison too. surprisingly haven't had moose yet.

things i won't eat due to karma: bear, rattlesnake, alligator, or anything else that could easily kill me.

[LBTC]

things i won't eat due to karma: bear, rattlesnake, alligator, or anything else that could easily kill me.

Cool! I might have to use this line sometime - I hope you don't mind! Oh, perhaps you should add moose to the list - I've heard many a story of cars being chased by and attacked by moose...which could easily do somebody in....

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Wahine]

I ate sea cucumber once, yuk. It probably goes down as the grossest thing I've eaten. I do like goat meat.

And I always try to eat the shark before it eats me.

I was all geared up to try scorpions on a stick in China. But ty the time I got my courage up the season ended and my opportunity was gone. Probably a good thing.

I was forced to eat various organ meats as a child. I avoid them now. Kidney was the worst. I'll still eat liver, kinda like it.

Now you all understand why I cannot truly call myself a buddhist, I like to eat meat. Having said that, I try to eat meat responsibly. That's one of the reasons I like wild meat so much. IMO it's the most humane way of harvesting meat. Those animals were happily running along, then it's over, no feed lots etc.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

things i won't eat due to karma: bear, rattlesnake, alligator, or anything else that could easily kill me.

There's some pretty big chickens out there....

Well I have a very, very black thumb. It is not that I dislike plants, quite the opposite I adore them. I just do not do well with them. The cat has never cared for any plant except the one succulent I bought yesterday. She loves it.

I hope she is not eating it? Some plants can be toxic to kitties...

[Kitsune06]

I try to eat meat responsibly. That's one of the reasons I like wild meat so much. IMO it's the most humane way of harvesting meat. Those animals were happily running along, then it's over, no feed lots etc.

+1, Wahine.

Eden- Geoduck... you know... I can't eat it just because it looks like a cross between a clam and a wing-wong. I mean... really.


Geoduck- the clam that's happy to see you!

[Blueberry]

I will send pictures after the are repotted and looking pretty. I am very excited about beginning a cacti garden! I think it will be placed on my dining room table. I had wanted to have them in my bay window for the time being, but that meant moving the cat's Kitty Pi bedding and she rebelled vocally all day yesterday until I restored her sacred space.

How hard was the Kitty PI to make? I've been thinking of trying for a while....I've done hats, socks, etc. Just nothing specifically for the kitties (though they love to drag my knitting all over the house given the chance

Of course, it's hard to knit this time of year - all I want is to be outside....

But, we're moving. And now the house we bought has even more problems At least hopefully we'll be there for a long time