Hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a slumber party with three grandchildren. Now we are resting.
Our exciting news is that I hooked up with a new egg dealer. My old egg dealer and her wife and biracial daughter have all their ducks in row to move to Windsor Canada on May 18th and have sold the flock.
The new eggs! I used to work with her mother when she and her brothers were in 4H. And raised chickens. She is now a registered nurse in the big town ER and has four children of her own. And chickens.
Washed is a big deal because around here the cool kids like the unwashed ones (you know, with chicken poop on the shell). They also like unpasteurized milk which is somehow legal to sell now in my state. And they feed the unrefrigerated, unwashed eggs and unpasteurized milk to their unvaccinated children. Luckily I'm too old to be a cool kid.
We have an exciting week planned! Today a man came to our driveway and fixed a chip in the windshield of my husband's vehicle.
Tomorrow my stove is being delivered! And I am pretty excited about that! Just in time for another family dinner Tuesday.
Wednesday my state genealogy conference starts and I will be busy through Saturday. And because it is meant to be, my Thursday May 1st protest will be at the mall just down the highway from my conference.
Sunday I will be attending a preschool music performance at the Lutheran Church and leaving the parking lot to drive 1 hour and 45 minutes to my granddaughter's high school performance in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
I am grateful for some new fangled thing that her school is doing online. I was able to order a rose and some candy with a personal note to be delivered for every performance. And three roses (big spender) for the final performance which is the one I will attend. This way I don't have to find a florist, transport the flowers and clutch them during the play. And the profit goes to the theater department.
Just an fyi. Unwashed eggs stay fresh longer. I did wash the poo off mine if they were messy and always washed them before eating. I raised Araucana along with Barred Rocks and my colored and spotted eggs were always in high demand. You got a good price as I sold my colored eggs for $3 a dozen back in the 1990's! Of course colored eggs were so unusual that the city people paid extra for them. I also milked goats and we drank the milk ourselves.
ReplyDeleteOn my uncle's farm we took milk right from the bulk tank to drink. But it wasn't a fad, it was just cheaper and his cows were always healthy.
It isn't legal to sell unpasteurized milk in my state. I'd never buy that from a store at all. If it came from a cow I milked, I'd drink it because I would know the health of my animal. However I agree, one has to be cautious!
I'm excited for your new stove! You are a wonderful cook and deserve a fancy one!
That's a wild story about those eggs and the great deal you're getting on them--and what a nice gesture with those flowers and candy for your granddaughter's performances... you sure manage to keep yourself busy!
ReplyDeleteYou are one busy gal. Hope you like the new stove...I am still learning about mine and it is a year old...i think I can air fry in it ...but that would be messing at least I think so. Mine has this wonderful pull out rack that is not tippy...that I really like. Way to go on the eggs!)
ReplyDeleteUnrefrigerated eggs make me nervous!
ReplyDeleteHooray for the new stove. I'd be excited too.
Congrats to your granddaughter. I'm sure she'll do great. The flower idea is brilliant!
That’s a deal on eggs. I hope you enjoy your new stove.
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Enjoy your new stove. I love these new appliances today.
ReplyDeleteThe picture of eggs are actually pretty, love the pale blue ones.
My daughter raised chickens and unwashed eggs last longer and she kept hers out on counter. She washed them as she used them. They looked pretty clean to me as she gathered from the nests. Maybe because she got them early after laying, I don't know. Mom was raised with drinking unpasteurized milk. She's 103 now. Me, I don't drink milk unless there's some Oreos to have with it.
Very good deal on eggs! Enjoy your new stove.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I am shocked that there are always people looking to make a profit. The eggs would make me mad too. My niece has a stamp for her cartons to prevent that. Sad that they felt they had to move to Canada, but I understand that too.
ReplyDeleteI got so sick on unpasteurized milk that I'd call it child abuse if you give it to a kid! What is wrong with people? Unwashed eggs now?
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to be going to a genealogy conference! Oh, I'd love to be doing that. I have my mom's side pretty well done but have to start dad's. (My next post is about Rick's family tree and our time in England following up on some things.) I can't believe $3 eggs -- and I also can't believe anyone would be so awful as to buy and resell them. That's incorregible. (I think I massacred that spelling.)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for the flowers! You think of everything. I like clean eggs and pasteurized milk, thank you.
ReplyDeleteJust saw a comment by you on my blog, and came over to visit. What an introduction to your busy life. I think everyone else has said most of what I'm thinking...and so I'll just add that I'll be back, and hope you share more about demonstrations, and the genealogy conference...since I'm a long time amateur genealogist.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Heirloom Eggs and a great Price Point. Most of the Mini Farmers here Sell theirs for $6.99 which is still way cheaper than the Stores sell the Battery Hen Eggs for now. In Grocers around Phoenix Eggs in some are up to almost $14 a Dozen! Oddly, the Specialty Grocers still have what used to be the more expensive Pasture Raised Heirloom Eggs the cheapest now... so I guess those Suppliers didn't jack up prices or their Hens, living Naturally, were just healthier and more immune to getting Bird Flu perhaps due to their more pure Genetics not being bred out of them?
ReplyDeleteGreat price on the eggs. I don't eat a lot of eggs but I use them for baking for sure. I broke down a couple weeks ago and got a dozen. I am down to one. I baked a cake for three, made some egg salad and mac salad using eggs. Pretty bad that I can sit and count my eggs. Isn't that a saying about not counting your eggs before the hatch. NO HATCHING here.
ReplyDeleteI hardly use eggs but the Amish Farmer that sets up every Friday in the Mall parking lot by me sells a tray of eggs, 2 1/2 dozen , for $8....My sister buys them...People say that I am busy but you have me beat...
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Deb
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