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Chickens Gardening

Chicken with Grits

Normally if you hear the phrase “Chicken with Grits” you think of something that you would eat. I guess in a way it does end up being that (after their eggs have been collected). In this case this is a description of the feeding frenzy that will happen in the hen house on a cold winter’s morning.

To help warm the chickens, improve their attitude and just basically spoil them, the chickens will sometimes get a warm pot of grits for breakfast. For those that are not familiar with grits, they are a course ground corn cereal or mush. I like mine with Frank’s Hot Sauce and salt and pepper. The chickens get theirs plain.

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Home Brewing

Triple-X Milk Stout Recipe

This recipe has brewed for the 2009 National Teach-A-Friend-To-Brew Day.  I like malt forward beers.  This beer is a big malty beers with lots of mouthfeel and a bit a residual sweetness.  It comes across as having chocolate and coffee notes with some caramel.  The fermentation leaves some fruit notes like plum.  Not much head retention at this point, but that may change as the beer conditions. This recipe is from Brewing Classic Styles by Zamil Zainasheff & John Palmer.

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Home Brewing

Brew System Envy

My friend, Andy, recently ordered a brewing system from Sabco.  He has the Brew Magic system.  I don’t brew anywhere near enough to justify such a setup, but that doesn’t mean that I am not jealous.

It has all of the computer-gee-wizardry that a home brewer could dream of, plus plenty of shiny stainless steel. Would it really make better beer than my Igloo coolers and Little Giant Ladder setup? I don’t think so, but it still would be cool.