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Introducing Duck Portions: Breasts, Legs, Liver, Hearts, Fat, and More!

February 19, 2016 / / Comments Off on Introducing Duck Portions: Breasts, Legs, Liver, Hearts, Fat, and More!

We’re so excited to introduce a new poultry product.

Well… Not really a new product, but a new package and portion-size!

We’re offering the same delicious and nutritious Pasture-Raised, non-GMO Pekin Duck as before, but now you can get it in any portion or cut that works for you and your family!

Sometimes you really just want some sizzling, crispy-skinned, pan-seared duck breast. Other times, duck leg confit will do! And what about duck soups? Our duck necks and carcasses are perfect for making a warm and cozy soup or broth to get you through the rest of the chilly winter. And duck liver pate? Don’t even get me started… Yum!

Our pricing for our duck portions is as follows:

Duck Breast — $19/lb.

Duck Legs — $13/lb.

Duck Wings — $4/lb.

Duck Hearts — $15/lb.

Duck Liver — $20/lb.

Duck Fat (Unrendered) — $7/lb.

Duck Carcass — $4/lb.

Duck Meat Trimmings —$8/lb.

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Duck portions: leg, breast, and liver.

If you’re interested in ordering or reserving our products, email us at ourochreway@gmail.com and ask!

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Our Very Own Bacon!

November 2, 2015 / / Comments Off on Our Very Own Bacon!

Our very own bacon, and yes, we’re excited!!!

A few months ago we talked about making homemade sausage on our Facebook page, and we have enjoyed eating that delicious sausage for breakfast, and in soups and casseroles. We will run out soon, so we decided to break out the bacon.

Some of our bacon was cured with salt and some with salt and brown sugar. The meat/fat/skin was cured in our fridge in bags and frozen unsliced in  medium-sized sheets.

It was very exciting to slice the bacon… We decided to slice some pieces as thin as we could and leave others thicker. All of the pieces cooked up well, and the crunchy skin on each piece was amazing!

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Slicing our bacon!

If you look at the image below, you can see the pinker meat, the layers of white fat in the middle, and the thick layer of skin on the outside edge. This is how bacon should be…!

bacon

Not much is better than bacon!

Yum!

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“On The Anatomy of Thrift”: An Inspirational Video Series from the Farmstead Meatsmith

February 24, 2015 / / Comments Off on “On The Anatomy of Thrift”: An Inspirational Video Series from the Farmstead Meatsmith

I want to share some amazing videos that Emma and I watched the other night. It’s a mini web series from the Farmstead Meatsmith, an artisanal butcher shop that focuses on the long lost traditions of home butchery, charcuterie and real food.

On the Anatomy of Thrift is a collection of 3 informational yet inspirational videos on pork butchery. It covers (and shows in detail) every part of a hog harvest, from killing to cooking. Brandon Sheard, the farmstead meatsmith, takes the viewer on a mesmerizing trip with stops at evisceration, cooking offal (the perishable organs like hearts, livers, lungs and kidneys), identifying and parting out specific cuts, making old fashioned delicacies (pate, blood sausage, and rilletes), and preserving pork flesh by curing hams and making bacon.

If you, like me, have carnivorous tendencies (and aren’t too squeamish) than I highly suggest you check out these videos. They really are stunning. The production is great, and Brandon’s passion is extremely contagious. Emma and I immediately started day dreaming about making bacon, prosciutto, lard and pate from our future pig production.

I can assure you that we will take Brandon’s techniques and philosophies to heart, and utilize every part of every pig we butcher. To do anything else would be a disservice to the animal, a waste.

*Don’t forget to pre-order your GMO Free Heritage Turkey for Thanksgiving!

Heritage Turkeys for Thanksgiving 2015

February 18, 2015 / / Comments Off on Heritage Turkeys for Thanksgiving 2015

The information below was last updated February 2015. If you are interested in ordering a Heritage Thanksgiving Turkey for this year’s Thanksgiving, please refer to our Heritage Turkeys page for more up-to-date information!

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What? Thanksgiving turkeys? There’s snow outside!

I know, I know, but Spring is coming and we at Kuska Wiñasun Homestead are going to be raising pastured, GMO free, heritage turkeys this year. We are in the planning stages right now, and in order to more accurately prepare for next Thanksgiving we want to gauge your interest in ordering your family’s turkey from our small farmstead in North Carolina’s Triad.

heritage turkey pasture

This could be your Thanksgiving turkey!

 

These birds will be raised OUTSIDE, on pasture, where they will act like turkeys, forage and eat insects, acorns and non-GMO grains. They will breath fresh air, drink fresh water, and live a happy life free of antibiotics and hormones. They will be humanely harvested, with dignity, and will make a one of kind centerpiece on your Thanksgiving table.

Heritage turkeys are different than your typical turkey from the supermarket. They have more dark meat, more flavor, and take longer to grow. They are not bland, but instead have a rich flavor more like their wild ancestors than like chicken.

We expect to have birds available weighing 8-16 lbs. in November.

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Reserve your Heritage Turkey Today!

Ordering Information

If you would like to reserve your turkey now, which is recommended, email us at ourochreway@gmail.com and let us know!!!

If you reserve now, there will be a $15 deposit. This locks in the price of your bird at $4.99/lb. The rest is due when you pick up your turkey in November.

For example: You reserve a turkey for $15. You then pick up your 10 pound turkey. 10 lb. @ $ 4.99/lb = $49.99. $49.99 – $15 = $34.99 due at pickup.

If there are any turkeys available in November that have not been reserved, we will sell them at $6-$8/lb. By ordering and reserving your turkey in advance, you not only help us order the correct number of birds, but you experience significant savings as well!

Think of it like a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), only with turkeys. A CST… Community Supported Turkeys!

You will be able to pick up your turkey in Greensboro, at times and places to be determined, or at our homestead in Stokes County, by appointment.

If you have any questions, feel free to send an email to ourochreway@gmail.com, or better yet, leave a comment if you think your question might be relevant to other people.

Soon we will be setting up an email list specifically for Thanksgiving turkey orders. This email list will allow you to keep tabs on your turkey through updates and pictures!

We will also be updating you soon via our website and facebook.

 

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