Mama Hen

Hit by Hannah

A very sad day

Hearty Split-Pea Soup

The first time I made this, my hubby ate 5, yes, *5* bowls of it! 

In the making.....

The finished product:



Hearty Split-Pea Soup

1 - 1 lb bag of dry split peas (soaked in cold water overnight.)
3 Tb butter
4 slices of bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 lb bulk pork sausage, uncooked
1 medium onion, chopped
3 carrots, grated
4 stalks of celery (with tops) chopped
2 quarts chicken broth (I used some well-seasoned seasoned broth left over from cooking chicken the day before)
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
a few pinches of salt
several "grinds" of fresh black pepper

1. In a large pot/dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. 
   
2. Add bacon, and cook until browned.
3. Add onion, carrots, celery and sausage.  Cook about 2 minutes, breaking up sausage.
4. Add broth, peas (drained) and seasoning, stir.
5. Bring up to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 2 hours on low heat, covered and with lid slightly ajar.
6. Give it a final stir, and enjoy!

We ate this with some fresh home-made bread.

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A Sad Morning

Well, I got up this morning, grabbed the coffee pot and walked to the sink.  Turned on the faucet and looked out the window, and saw FEATHERS Everywhere!  I set the pot down and went outside, and something got our chickens!!!!!  We had 17 chickens, and now we only have 12.  That is 5 chickens gone!  We are very upset.  We think it was a pack of wild dogs that we have heard about, because a single animal will not take off with 5 chickens.  It is possible that the others have just run away trying to escape, and that they might come back, but we don’t think that is likely.  We walked all over the area calling them, and got no response.  This is bad too, because it is summer.  We usually don’t lose hens until the winter when food sources are scarce.

So needless to say this afternoon, I will be working to reinforce the hen house, because once an animal finds a food source, they’ll keep coming back.  I am also loading my shotgun and keeping it handy…