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Quail scotch eggs and beetroot salad
We had a couple of friends over for dinner recently so we gave them quail scotch eggs and beetroot salad for starters. The eggs were laid in the early autumn so we weren't sure if they were still usable until we had boiled them. As it turned out, they were all fine. Sausage meat again came from our Tamworth pig. The beetroot came from a recent swap with one of the neighbouring allotment holders. He was going to throw them out as they had not grown sufficiently but we offered to take them. They were the size of golf balls and quite usable. We've still got loads to use up.
In fact, we've got loads of food generally to use up. It is something of an embarrassment of food riches, especially meat which, for large parts of the year is normally strictly rationed by us to make it last. At the moment, we have been using a large amount of game but on the allotment we still have 4 cockerels and 5 drakes to use up. And in the freezer, we have lamb, pork and more game to consume. But more about all this later.
Until 2009 I was working in London, UK, but I gave it up to pursue a life of self-sufficiency. My aim is to grow or forage for all my food, produce my own power and live a healthier and greener lifestyle. I left London to return to my home village of Sunniside, near Newcastle, in the North East of England. I have a couple of plots of land there as well as the garden of my house. Our village is a commuter area for Newcastle but we are surrounded by countryside which we use for picking wild foods. My mission in life is to show that it is possible to live well without destroying the planet in the process. I am also keen to ensure knowledge of historic recipes and cooking is kept alive. I regularly try out recipes from old cookbooks using the food we have grown. I make videos about our progress and about how to cook home-grown foods. These can be viewed on www.youtube.com/jonathanwallace.
www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com
Source: http://self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2015/01/quail-scotch-eggs-and-beetroot-salad.html
