CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[frustratedearthmother]

Well, son of a gun - they have a website!

https://www.headcountry.com/about-us

Here's a question for you... I used to show goats in and around OK and occasionally some of the clubs would put on a welcome bbq. That was the first time I'd ever heard of bbq'd bologna. Is that just a local thing or is it something that is real well known in OK?

 

[greybeard]

When I was a kid, my mother used to slice boloney or Spam, heat it up in some kind of sweet thick bbq sauce and serve it to us for lunch.
I grew to hate it real quick. Sugared meat of any kind never appealed to me at all.

Fried baloney by itself is fine, but today's baloney doesn't have enough fat in it to fry up right. I think about it every time I hear this song.

 

[CntryBoy777]

@frustratedearthmother You can get BBQ baloney over here at some places. It isn't as common as it used to be, but it is still around. When someone mentions the term "Round Steak" around here with older people it means baloney. So, it isn't exclusive to there, but as greybeard says the recipe has change a great deal since we were kids. They "Outlawed" a lot of stuff we grew up with.
@greybeard that song always cracks me up...love ole Tom T Hall...

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I remember as a child my mother would fry baloney - she'd put a few slices in it so it'd lay flat in the pan. I asked her why she was cookin' baloney for breakfast and she said it was because we couldn't afford bacon! First time I've had that memory for awhile, lol. Maybe that's why I don't really care for it that much. BUT - some diced Spam fried up crispy with 'taters and onions - that's good eating!

 

[greybeard]

Spam today is not the same either. Leaves a film of some kind on the roof of my mouth.

 

[NH homesteader]

We used to eat grilled cheese and baloney sandwiches. Had never eaten spam until recently... I can't stomach most processed meats anymore though. Yuck.

 

[Pastor Dave]

We had fried bologna when no bacon too, and we were hog farmers. Ha!
If it was thick, ok. But if it was thin, Mom cut the corners and it made a clover leaf. My wife hates it that way. She does however like how they made it in the microwave when it formed a bowl. Talk abt the difference in growing up in the 70's vs. the 80's Lol

 

[lcertuche]

The one and only chance I had to eat goat was barbecued. I was young and inebriated at the time so it seemed pretty good but maybe it was all the beer.

I saw a recipe on the internet for "Almost" Sweet Baby Ray sauce that was canned in a pressure cooker. I would love to canned a few jars up. One of these days I will try doing up a few jars. Hopefully before summer gets here.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well got 4more holes dug, roots and all. I did find the sewage line as I was digging, but I knew I was in the vacinity so I was anticipating the possibility and just tapped it with the diggers. Sure was glad I didn't create myself more work, and where I was guessing before, now I know where it is.
There were roots in every hole, but none that were extremely large. It would be nice if they were all that way, but a couple of spots are fairly close to a tree, so I don't think I'll be that lucky. We have rain coming, so I am going to town tomorrow to get poles and some cattle panels. I have to think about getting material inside the border before the fence goes up.
It was pretty nice out today...got up to 74 and the wind was breezy, but not knocking ya down like the past 3 days. Saw some more geese flying north, flies, gnats, and moths flying around....tree frogs are still croaking....probably going to be a "Bumper Crop" of insects this yr here, but the chickens and ducks should make a Dent in them we Hope.
With all the talk about BBQ I may have to get a slab of ribs when I go to town, tho Joyce would prefer chicken wings. I eat either, but my Favorite is ribs.

 

[greybeard]

If I think I am going to encounter any roots bigger than 1/2" diameter, I take one of these along with me. One end for cutting thru roots, the other for damping dirt back in around the post. Weighs about 30 lbs and you need to keep the end sharp for effortless root cutting.
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