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The simple pleasures we look forward to.
February 7, 2017
Our Rabbit liver patê.
It’s rewarding to open the refrigerator and see the rabbit liver pâté setting up in the jars. There is a lot of love, time, effort, and last but not least nutrition that goes into those jars. Our rabbitry is now seasoned, being in production now and going on five years. We have one Buck and three Does. We harvest four times per year. We normally harvest between 8 and 18 rabbits per quarter with exception to winter time. In winter we harvest about 6 to 9. This gives time for the rabbits to relax and recharge. It’s also easier on us not having to take care of so many rabbits during freezing conditions.
This post focuses on some of the “weights and measures” of the rabbit liver pâté we made from yesterday’s 8 rabbit harvest. This always happens one or two days after harvest. Once the rabbit livers are cleaned and trimmed out we let them relax in the refrigerator overnight. This allows the water to evaporate away and leave the livers clean with a beautiful deep red color. We put them in a bowl, weigh them out and get started using our recipe. You can find a link to our recipe below.
Weights and measurements:
8 rabbits / organic feed&veggies / 3 months old
Genetics: select propagation of the New Zealand and Flemish breed.
- 8 rabbits procured 11.25 ounces of fresh rabbit liver. (1.2-2oz per rabbit)
- We made 16 ounces of Pâté that were divided into 4 ounce jars.
- So it took us 2 rabbits per 4oz jar.
- Following our recipe our Pâté contains 2.8oz rabbit liver 1.2oz of other ingredients (butter, cream, dry sherry, onion, garlic, parsley, thyme, ginger paste, Salt, pepper)
I would like to provide you with data on how much and what type of food it took to get the rabbits to harvest. I could provide estimations but I promise on our next harvest I will detail the food intake of the rabbits for the duration of their birth to harvest.
Here is a recipe:
Here is a prior blog post which shows how we harvest the rabbit liver.
We hope our latest blog post find you guys doing well.
Respectfully,K
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Really hot canadian dairy farm boy, obviously spending most of his day in his dunlop purofort boots
Life is a garden. Dig it!
Love and light everyone! 2 months ago, we embarked on the journey of our vegetable garden and this is how far it comes! Here’s a full view. It has been such a nurturing experience to work with the land and see how much it can reward us if we learn to take care of it. More to come!
#vegetablegarden #veggiegarden #veggies #garden #gardening #landscaping #landscapephotography #sustainableliving #firstyeargarden #farm #farmlife #nature #naturelover #workingwithnature #countryliving #countrylife #liveofftheland
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Life is a garden. Dig it!
Love and light everyone! 2 months ago, we embarked on the journey of our vegetable garden and this is how far it comes! Here’s a lovely view from the back and from of the garden. It has been such a nurturing experience to work with the land and see how much it can reward us if we learn to take care of it. More to come!
#vegetablegarden #veggiegarden #veggies #garden #gardening #landscaping #landscapephotography #sustainableliving #firstyeargarden #farm #farmlife #nature #naturelover #workingwithnature #countryliving #countrylife #liveofftheland
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Grand risings from the garden ☀️✨ @redleafranch
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Over 1,000 likes on our Facebook page already! This is crazy, seriously thank you everyone for all the love and support. It means the world! @redleafranch ✨
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#homestead #homesteadersofinstagram #farm #farmlife #citytocountry #sustainableliving #vegetablegarden #chickencoop #chickens #babychicks #countrylife #loveanimals #vegetarian #petchickens
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Overwhelmed with gratitude. I wish y’all could’ve tasted it. @redleafranch
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#homestead #homesteadersofinstagram #vegetablegarden #vegetarian #vegetables #farm #farmlife #sograteful #leafygreens #eatyourgreens #ediblegarden #ediblegardening #countryliving #harvest #bountifulharvest
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The final shot From my Confined Beauty self portrait series for @artfromthequarantine
While creating these, I felt a strange sense of ease. The real confinement was felt within me, as I struggled to find ways to show the sense of entrapment. The more I struggled, the more I actually felt embraced by these ancient grape vines. The way it surrounded the curves of my body and enveloped me made me feel a serene calmness. ✨
Captured at @redleafranch
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#selfportrait #naturelover #motherearth #homestead #homesteadersofinstagram #artfromthecountry #countrylife #farm #farmlife #peace #redleafranch
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From my Confined Beauty self portrait series for @artfromthequarantine
While creating these, I felt a strange sense of ease. The real confinement was felt within me, as I struggled to find ways to show the sense of entrapment. The more I struggled, the more I actually felt embraced by these ancient grape vines. The way it surrounded the curves of my body and enveloped me made me feel a serene calmness. ✨
Captured at @redleafranch
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#selfportrait #naturelover #motherearth #homestead #homesteadersofinstagram #artfromthecountry #countrylife #farm #farmlife #peace #redleafranch
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#Repost @suegleiter with @get_repost
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Tractor Square Dancing at @pafarmshow this morning. #onlyinpa #tractors #squaredancing #farmlife #pafs19
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Upper Silesia, Poland by Arkadiusz Dziubany
I forgot I had this video!
