charcuterie

november challenge. curing.

October 15, 2011
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The eleventh challenge. We’re almost through the Year of Meat and a trip to France is so close for one of you. We’ve come a long way. We’ve salted, brined, smoked, ground, stuffed, packed and stretched our way through parts of pork, slabs of beef, flocks of chickens, dozens of ducks and hundreds of feet [...]

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charcutepalooza april challenge. hot smoking.

March 15, 2011
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It’s time for another Charcutepalooza challenge, and this time, we want you to get in touch with your inner McGyver. We’re taking all we’ve learned from salt rubs, salt cures, and brines, and we’re adding fire. It’s Hot Smoking time. And once again, Kim and I are saying, “Poor Dennis,” at least once a day. [...]

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charcutepalooza. the events.

February 22, 2011
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Image by David Dadekian. Check out his blog for more exceptional photography. Butchery, charcuterie making, farm to table, a pot-luck. From the start, Kim and I had hoped there would be some Events. We wanted to get you ‘paloozers together. After all, Kim and I met on Twitter, but when I was in New York [...]

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Charcutepalooza February Challenge. The Salt Cure.

January 15, 2011
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Wow, there are a lot of you jumping on the meat-wagon. (Deadline for inclusion on the blog roll is February 1, 2011.) Kim and I are so happy to have so much support for our Year of Meat. I’ve made some changes to accommodate the enormous response – check out the pull down menu at [...]

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Charcutepalooza. January Challenge is Duck Prosciutto

December 30, 2010
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This post kicks off Charcutepalooza with our project for January – Duck Prosciutto. This is an easy way to limber up for The Year of Meat. It’s an eight day project with no special tools required other than a cool, marginally humid location, 50-60° F. I use my garage, but have to watch carefully at [...]

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Charcutepalooza. Let’s make meat.

December 26, 2010

(Let’s just drop that pesky ’11 or 2011 or whatever.) The Co-Creators: Mrs. Wheelbarrow and The Yummy Mummy Twitter Hashtag: #Charcutepalooza We’re kicking off the twelve months of meat so aptly named Charcutepalooza by Kim.  This is a remarkable opportunity to learn as a group, to share experiences, and to explore far and wide how [...]

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a year of charcuterie

December 19, 2010
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Sometimes, the most amazing things happen in the world of Twitter. It’s a quiet Sunday morning. I’ve got holiday baking all wrapped up. There are other special things I’ll be cooking between now and the first of the year, but it’s a much more relaxed pace in Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Kitchen today. So, over a second [...]

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Charcuterie: Terrine, Pate, Boudin, Merguez & Breakfast Sausage

November 17, 2009

My friend Paul H. has come over twice in the last couple of weeks so we could get down to business and put together some serious charcuterie. Today was the second day, and now the freezer is full of so many goodies for the holidays, I’m feeling a little smug. In the next two months, [...]

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Four Ducks, Three Days and One Recipe (Charcuterie Part One)

October 21, 2009

Perhaps I’m late to the table on this one, but in the last month, I’ve been pondering meat consumption in America. Dependence on choice cuts of meat for our dinner table, with a casual disregard for the rest of the animal, has proven to be totally irresponsible. I switched to the farmers market and grass [...]

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