The comings and goings
Everything is always changing here on the farm, find out what we are building, repairing or just generally working on
Pork bacon
Ingredients Simerville Farm pork belly 1 package of pork belly spice mix A large enough zip lock bag to hold the Simerville Farm pork belly or multiple bags to hold pieces separate Directions Thaw Simerville Farm pork belly square up the meat so it will be easier to slice. Cut Simerville Farm pork belly into
Beef bacon
Ingredients Simerville Farm brisket 1 package of Beef bacon spice mix 30-40ml of liquid (water, red wine, maple syrup, etc) A large enough zip lock bag to hold the brisket or multiple bags to hold pieces separate Directions Thaw Simerville Farm brisket, trim excess fat, remove any silver skin and square up the meat so
Beef breakfast sausage paddies
Ingredients 1 pound of ground Simerville Farm raised beef 1 package of Beef breakfast sausage spice mix Directions Mix ground Simerville farm raised beef with 1 package of Simerville Farm Beef breakfast sausage spice mix. Form ground Beef and spice mix into paddies or fill sausage casings. Fully cook paddies or sausages using a medium
Pork breakfast sausage paddies
Ingredients 1 pound of ground Simerville Farm raised pork 1 package of Breakfast sausage spice mix Directions Mix ground Simerville farm raised pork with 1 package of Simerville Farm Pork breakfast sausage spice mix. Form ground pork and spice mix into paddies or fill sausage casings. Fully cook paddies or sausages using a medium heat
Do you have any eggs?
Spring has FINALLY come and with it’s arrival several things are happening here on the farm. For starters the hens are back on the lay and we are flush with eggs. Today is also baby chick day 🙂 . I will be heading into town shortly to pickup our first batch of meat birds for
Bacon, yes you can make your own BACON!
Ingredients Simerville Farm pork belly (I tend to use jowls because they are even better than belly), about 1kg or so 1/2 cup salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tbps allspice 1tbps cumin (or curry powder if you prefer) 1 tbps corse ground black pepper 2 tsp chipotle powder 1 tsp cinnamon A smoker and
Chicken/Turkey Corn Chowder
Ingredients 3 tbsp butter 1 Onion 1 large carrot 2 cups of shredded Simerville Farm Chicken or Turkey 3 Potatoes 1 can (398ml) creamed corn 2 cups frozen corn (thawed) 2 cups Chicken or Turkey broth 3 cups milk (I used buttermilk but 2% would also work fine) Instructions Saute diced onion in butter
I hate to do it, but I have to….
I, well WE didn’t get into farming to make money, we started farming because it just tastes better. We started with the idea that we would raise chickens for meat and eggs, just for us and we would sell any excess. That didn’t last very long because quite honestly we have awesome people in our
Winter is the best time to buy hay gear
As I sit here on the couch drinking a coffee and listening to the blizzard roaring outside I am very thankful for yesterday. What happened yesterday you ask? Well we bought yet another piece of equipment that I said I would never want/buy/have ?. We bought a New Holland 479 haybine. Last hay season I