Tuesday, October 23, 2018



Hardy Country Fried Steak and Baked Potato with Egg is another favorite among our Country Hen farmers Find the recipes here: Hardy Country Fried Steak and Baked Potato with Egg

Swimming in Savory Gravy Country Fried Steak is great for pot luck dinners

Egg in Baked Potato - Great combination of flavors. Find the recipe here:Baked potato with Country Hen Eggs a real treat on a chilly day
Try these variations: Add your favorite shredded cheese, ham or bacon to make this a loaded baked potato with egg.


I had a lot of fun putting these recipes together for the folks on the farm. The fact that these can be held in warm oven and crock pot for a good long while makes them ideal to bring to pot luck gatherings.

And for Dessert...


This Key Lime Pie was sooo tasty!
The recipe can be viewed here: Sweet and Yummy Key Lime Pie 




One of our Country Hen Farmer''s Favorites from our Website: One of our Farm Favorites



Farm Cheese Quiche

• 12 Country Hen eggs
• 4 C. Milk 
• 2 pkg (8 oz.) Cream Cheese (16 oz. total)
• 1/3 C. Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
• 2 Tbsp. Chopped Green Onions
• 2 ½ Tsp. Salt
• ½ Tsp Oregano
• ¼ Tsp Ground Pepper
2 Ready Made Pie Crusts can be substituted if you wish.
For homemade pie crust in 9 X 12 inch baking pan: 
• 4 c. flour (for homemade pie crust)
• 1 C. Shortening (for homemade pie crust)
• 7 Tbsp. Ice Water (for homemade pie crust)

Directions:

Preheat Oven To 350*

Combine The Flour And Salt In A Bowl And Mix Well.

Cut In Shortening Until Crumbly Then Add The Water Stirring Until The Mixture Forms A Ball. Roll The Dough On A Lightly Floured Surface To Fit The Bottom Of A 9 X 12 Inch Baking Pan. (Note, ready made pie crust can be substituted if you wish) Place In Pan And Sprinkle With The Jarlsberg & Gruyere Cheeses. Beat The Cream Cheese In A Mixer Until Smooth. Add The Eggs 1 At A Time Beating After Each. Add The Milk, Parmesan, Green Onions, Salt, Oregano And Pepper Beating Until Mixed. 

Spoon Into Baking Pan And Bake 45 Minutes Or Until Set.

Yield: 12 servings
This recipe can be cut in half to make one 9 inch pie quiche for 6 servings.

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Stars May Be Born in the Bright Lights of Broadway, but Our Stars Shine Brighter in Our Candling Booth


          We would love to welcome every fan of The Country Hen to our farm. Unfortunately, that is not possible, but we still want to open our virtual doors to you. Welcome to a series of posts that will take you through our special farm – from specially formulated feed to sunlit barns to the processing that prepares our organic omega eggs for your table.
                If you missed the previous entries, catch up here: Lets Visit Our Country Hens 


          This is our candling booth where the very experience hands and eyes of our two Candlers are viewing the interior of our exceptional eggs as they gently roll over bright lights that illuminate any imperfections like tiny hairline cracks on the shells. One very happy coincidence I like to tell folks is the name of our most experienced Candler, Lumen. Lumen is also the name of a measurement of light if you look it up in a dictionary. Our Lumen has been doing this important work here in our FARMily for more than fourteen years and she does an exemplary job to be sure. Our Lumen also has a very bright and sunny disposition offering up a stunning smile and a friendly greeting of “hello” whenever she passes by.
           I am reminded of the bit in that movie called Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory where the character Veruca Salt stands on a scale and is determined to be a “bad egg” before she drops down a chute to be discarded. We don’t have a piece of equipment like that to determine which eggs are good or not. We have Lumen instead, and she is not only more fun to work with than some lifeless scale, she is also much more efficient than Willie Wonka’s fictitious method. Both of our Candlers can spot a bad egg and remove it quick as lightning to make sure only the very best quality eggs move on from this station to the Egg Grader weighing station that will sort them into their respective size categories.