Pioneer Woman
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suziecue25 wrote: »Not sure if this little detail has been mentioned, but this Pioneer Woman and her family own a (working) farm, and they run their cattle the 'old-fashioned' way in parts.... There is a difference between life on the couch and life on horseback. This extends to the average calorie requirement, too. If you ever had to drag haybales through all kinds of weather, you'd know, a few extra calories won't make the bathroom scale explode...
No it hasn't been mentioned LOL.....have a look at the posts preceding yours love
I read some of the posts, but wasn't sure if I had missed it...o well..haha..
I ate a lot of 'rich' food, when I still had 5 horses at home. I needed all the strength and warmth that I could get, because horses will just not stay in pastures after a storm with fences down. Mending fences in the dark and in the rain costs a lot of energy. Eating is similar to bulking up for power lifting...
The horses are no longer here, now I'm only eating to look good in a bikini...well, trying hard, anyway...more salad than bacon and cheese, for sure....
I love the recipes, though. I have a cast iron wood stove for heating in the house, and we cook on it, using cast iron cookware. Great option when the power is off again. Doesn't mean it's not healthy cooking, though. It all depends on how you do it, and if you use healthy ingredients.8 -
MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.14 -
MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
I have one from my grandma!7 -
We had one of those, and I'm a child of the 80s. It was used almost every night to make pan fried potatoes.10
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »
I finally figured out how to make those things and I almost cried. I bet they'd be even better with bacon grease. Mmmm...3 -
MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
I have one from my grandma!
Me too! According to my grandmother, fats of all types (lard, butter, shortening, oils, etc) were all rationed in the Great Depression so saving and reusing fat is what became common practice (if it wasn’t already). I don’t know if that’s true or if that’s part of the collection of stories like walking in the snow, uphill both ways to school every day.
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
I have one from my grandma!
Me too! According to my grandmother, fats of all types (lard, butter, shortening, oils, etc) were all rationed in the Great Depression so saving and reusing fat is what became common practice (if it wasn’t already). I don’t know if that’s true or if that’s part of the collection of stories like walking in the snow, uphill both ways to school every day.
That is quite true. Now the walking uphill, in snow, with bare feet was pushing it since she lived in the flatlands of Nebraska.2 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
I have one from my grandma!
Me too! According to my grandmother, fats of all types (lard, butter, shortening, oils, etc) were all rationed in the Great Depression so saving and reusing fat is what became common practice (if it wasn’t already). I don’t know if that’s true or if that’s part of the collection of stories like walking in the snow, uphill both ways to school every day.
That is quite true. Now the walking uphill, in snow, with bare feet was pushing it since she lived in the flatlands of Nebraska.
Mine too! And it was my father who fed us that line (although grandma supported his tall tales). They lived across the street from the school house. I think he must have meant the road camber?
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Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
https://youtu.be/4m7ovkbu7cw2 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
<video snipped, for length>
Well, to be fair, the actual pioneers were mostly competent. (Lots died anyway.)7 -
This is Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Women's children. The girls Alex-22, Paige-20 are in University and the boys Bryce-17 (plays football), Todd-15. They live and work on the family's fourth-generation cattle ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma. They aren't your typical sedentary kids. The more you work the more fuel you need to keep working. Ree has stated many times they don't always eat this way, their diet varies.
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L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
<video snipped, for length>
Well, to be fair, the actual pioneers were mostly competent. (Lots died anyway.)
And brave.0 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
<video snipped, for length>
Well, to be fair, the actual pioneers were mostly competent. (Lots died anyway.)
And brave.
Well one thing's for sure the actual pioneers didn't eat Mac & Cheese2 -
I bet they had pie.10
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L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
My husband and I LOVED this show! We watched a couple of similar BBC shows (Victorian House, etc.) but this is the one that we especially liked. I felt bad for the kids of the wealthy California couple at the end, sitting in their hot tub--they just seemed to be pining for the prairie and the close life they had with their mom and dad.
Also, if I remember correctly they were prevented from hunting, which would have been a huge food resource for the early pioneers. Although if they had a milk cow, they really had nothing to worry about food wise.2 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!6 -
OMG you guys are inventing something...
The Pioneer Diet! Where can I buy the book and how much does this diet plan cost??
I can’t wait for those threads to replace the Keto threads....10 -
French_Peasant wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!
Laura Ingalls' ma made a pie out of green pumpkin. Pa thought it was apple *nods*7
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