Ducks and stuff

I had a very uneventful weekend. I laid around, cleaned my house, dog sat my cousin's great dane, (She's huge! I'm pretty sure she's as big as some of our steers) Oh and I wrapped a few Christmas Presents.

Sean was at The Mouse House (their name for duck camp) all weekend and so Me and Bird were left at home.   Let me just paint you a picture of The Mouse House...

It's a single wide trailer house that I'm pretty sure is older than I am.. in fact I'm almost positive it's older than I am.  It is very run down on the outside...it looks exactly like a camp of some sort or maybe like an abandoned hideout for rednecks. On the inside it's decorated with random furniture and ducks and maps of the Bayou and Hunting magazines and Hunting paraphernalia everywhere!  It smells a little like old feet and I think there might be a reason behind the name "Mouse House"  Its definitely not stayed in by women, I'll just put it that way.  It's perfect for the guys though, and it will sleep lots of people because of all the bunk beads! 

Last year I went up with Sean to turn the water and heat on before season started and we discovered someone had stolen all of his Mojo duck decoys (duck decoys that move) and the bed room door.  Yes you did just read that someone stole the bed room door.  The funny part was that the guys at the camp next door said they helped the old man that lives down the road install a new bed room door in his trailer house.  Coincidence?  I think not. 

This year when we went up there Sean thought someone had stolen his MoJo ducks again and all his hunting clothes that were left there... turns out his Dad had already come to camp and had gotten them so they wouldn't get stolen this year.  Whew!

 Anyway...When Sean came back from the mouse house I took pictures of his weekend kill (more dead animals..I know...)

The other day Melissa Posted a Red Beans and Rice recipe and I just thought I'd post mine too!

This recipe is really easy but not at all made from scratch...sorry.

Ingredients:

Two Cans of Light Red Kidney Beans (Do not Drain)

one 8 oz can of Tomato sauce (you can use two cans if you like extra tomatoey stuff)

1 lb smoked sausage link

1/2 chopped onion

1 tablespoon of butter

3 tablespoons tony Chachere's

1 tablespoon Cavender's All Purpose Greek Seasoning

1 tsp Chili powder

salt and pepper

3 cups rice.

Directions:

Cut sausage into small pieces and put them in a heated pot.  Add beans, rice, and spices.  (when adding the spices I usually just add however much I think will taste good, I've estimated the amount.  You may want to add more or less) Chop onion and sautee it in butter until soft and add to pot.

Let simmer for about 20-30 minutes.  While letting simmer cook your rice (I use minute rice because I'm lazy)

Serve beans over rice and enjoy!!!

Oh just a warning...don't eat three bowls of this before bedtime or your stomach will pop, because mine almost did.

Birdie and Potato Soup

Birdie is no longer a puppy.  She is officially a woman...meaning she "started" or in dog terms she came into heat.  We bought her planning to breed her and raise puppies so naturally we didn't get her fixed.  I've never had to experience this before so it was a little shocking at first.  It also brings a tear to my eye to know my little puppy is no longer.

I was a little worried that she would never come into heat because of how small she is.  My parents have a really old really small black female lab named Jazz who was never able to have puppies and I always just assumed it was because she was so small.  I still hope Bird doesn't have any problems, but we're going to wait until at least next year to try and breed her and I can't wait to see all her little puppies!!

I'm keeping her in her pen during the day and since it's gotten so dang cold here at night I keep her inside, which presented a small problem.  So I went to petco.com and found her a little diaper to wear at night and she looks so dang cute in it!!!

It's a blue jean diaper with green ruffles around her tail.  It comes with disposable inserts for easy clean up.  

I mean how cute is this little butt??    (ignore my folded rug)

And just for those of you who have pets.. Petco.com has most of everything way cheaper online than in stores! I found the diaper online for 10 bucks cheaper than in the store, shipping included!!

And now that I've given you way TMI on my dog.  I wanted to give you THE BEST POTATO SOUP RECIPE EVER!!!!!

I made this for bible study one time and it was a huge hit!!  Since it's been so dang cold lately I thought a Hot Potato Soup Recipie was in order..

Ingredients:
6 red potatoes
6 slices bacon, diced
1 onion, diced
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 cube chicken boullion
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup vinegar
2 teaspons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Directions:
Clean and scrub baking potatoes. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.  Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes.  Drain, cool and cut into thick slices; place slices in a large bowl.

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet.  Cook over medium high heat until crisp.  Stir the onion and celery into the skillet and cook gently until the vegetables turn yellow.

Dissolve the bouillion cube in boiling water and stir in the vinegar, salt and pepper.  Pour the broth mixture into the skillet with the bacon/onion mixture and bring water to a boil.

Add the egg slowly, stirring until the mixture is slightly thickened.  Pour the vegetable mixture over the potatoes, add parsley and toss lightly  (I also added shredded cheese to the top of mine) 

I found this recipe online but can't remember where...sorry! Hope you enjoy!!  Have a great day!

Show us your Life

Welcome to another addition of Show us your life Friday!! Today's edition is Dinner Recipes. I'd like to share mine and Sean's favorite recipe, Red Beans & Rice, non Cajun Style.

Two small cans of Tomato sauce
Two cans of Red Beans do not drain.
Half a chopped onion softened in butter
Add pound of smoked sausage link chopped into small chunks.
Mix together in a big pot and add salt, pepper, Tony Cachere's and chili powder. Add as much or as little as you'd like of all these ingredients. We don't really have a set amount we just throw as much in as we'd like.

Bring that a to a boil and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. Serve over white rice.

You can play with this recipe and add as many spices as you want!! It's delicious!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blog Hop- Food!

Today's Blog Hop is Recipes! I have a great recipe that you and your kids will LOVE! My mother in law makes these and she taught me how, except I don't have exact measurements, just whatever I prefer.

Bacon Sugar Bites. (yes they are 100% fat )
Ingredients:

Bacon
Beanie Weenies
Brown Sugar
Toothpicks (you don't eat these)

Take the bacon and cut each piece in half and wrap around the beanie weenie and secure it with the toothpick. Grease a baking pan and place the beanie weenies toothpick up and sprinkle with about a Teaspoon of Brown sugar each (or more if you like sugar, the more sugar the better) Bake at 350 until the bacon is done--takes about 20-30 minutes.


You can also make Sugar Bacon Bites with Chicken!!

Ingredients:
Chicken
Bacon
Brown Sugar
Chili Powder
Toothpicks

Cut your chicken pieces into small beanie weenie sized pieces. Wrap in Bacon and secure with a tooth pick. Sprinkle with Brown Sugar and Chili Powder with as much or as little as you like. Bake at 350 until the bacon is done--again it takes about 20-30 minutes...don't let your chicken dry out!


Sorry this recipe doesn't have exact ingredients. I'm not a cook, I'm a microwaver, so this is fun for me to do because it's so easy!!

Sympathy is for the Birds!

Some of you may think this post is a little sadistic since I show pictures about geese and tell how graceful they are then turn around and tell you how to eat them. Ha! Sorry that's how we live on the Circle T we hunt animals, then we eat them!

The last few months I've had some back yard visitors. They come every afternoon and walk around with the cows. They are so pretty and graceful. Yesterday we had two other geese come fly to the pond behind my house and the two geese in my back yard started honking and fluffing up their feathers and flapping their wings. It was fun to watch.

I watched them for a long time, then Banjo decided to go investigate...

...and they flew off.

Sean loves to duck and goose hunt. We had a bunch of duck and goose meat in the meat freezer in his mom and dad's storage building. We also had my first deer skin in the freezer we were going to have tanned, a huge red fox Sean was going to mount, and a mallard and hen we were going to mount, along with a bunch of duck wings that we were going to train Birdie with. Someone accidentally unplugged the freezer and when Sean went over there to get some bird wings, he almost fainted from the smell, everything was ruined! He and I both were so disappointed because I love duck and goose meat. I have a great recipe for goose burgers I found in the Ducks Unlimited Magazine. For those of you who think that duck and goose is too gamey, this recipe will blow you away! It is amazing how great these burgers taste, not at all gamey and not at all tough and actually pretty juicy.

Goose Burgers

1/3 pound patties

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: less than 10 Minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

2-3 skinless goose breast fillets, cut into one-inch pieces

1/4 pound smoked bacon, diced

1 cup canned diced tomato, drained

1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish

1 egg

1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs (since I'm gluten free I used gluten free
breadcrumbs)

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/3 teaspoon of table salt

First place the goose breast pieces in a food processor. Pulse a few times
until the meat is thoroughly ground. If you don't have a food processor just
chop the meat very finely with a knife.

Second, in a large bowl, combine the ground goose with the next six
ingredients and mix well. Add breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper, and mix until firm
enough to hold together in patties. Form into 3/4 inch thick patties.

Place on a medium-hot grill or in a hot skillet and brown evenly on both
sides to desired doneness, about four minutes per side, place cheese on top to
until melted, and serve with hamburger buns and all the condiments!

Since all our goose meat was ruined the last time I made this I used
hamburger meat instead and it was still delicious. Sean loves spicy stuff so i
chopped up some jalapenos and mixed them in too, it made it so much better!

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