October 27th, 2009

The Wonders of Goat Milk

Ever wonder what you can do with all that extra goat milk?  Try making it into soap:
Originally, Shelley bought the goats to keep her pasture from overgrowing. Goats were easier to manage than cows or horses. She started with Nigerian dwarf goats, which produce milk with the highest amount of butterfat, ideal for making soaps [...]

October 24th, 2009

Iceland’s Winter Soup

In Iceland, October 24th is considered the First Day of Winter.  The city of Reykjavik is celebrating the day with its traditional Skólavördustígur Icelandic lamb soup, kjötsúpa.The website IcelandicReview shares the recipe:
You can buy up to ten-kilo bags of frozen súpukjöt (“soup meat”) at Icelandic supermarkets for a fair price. The meat has bones and [...]

A warm aura emanated from the perfectly crisp crust. The inside was neither too light nor too dense.  Honed with honey, each thick slice sank into our stomachs like soft, broken earth into a riverbed.
Although it would soon be eroded out of existence, it would be remembered as the best bread Adam had ever [...]