| Thank you for allowing me to join! Bear with me, I joined a few groups around the same time, so you may see this intro more than once. My name is Melissa - or Marma, or Mel, "Hey You" or (most commonly) "Mom". I live in Central Wisconsin with my husband (Craig) and our family that seems to always be changing in size/number. Currently, we have 11 kids in the house (ages 13m-19y), and several older ones who live nearby and are often joining us for meals. It is not uncommon for there to be 20 bodies in our dining room for an evening meal. No, I did not give birth to them all (there are often people who wonder that). The youngest 6 are, and then I have 3 who are 19, 22 & 24. The others are either fosters, children we are legal guardians of because their parents (friends) are ill or have passed, or were raised in the nearby Amish community and chose a different path when they reached their teens/young adulthood. We also raw-feed our house dogs (2 mastiffs, 6 boxers & whatever random shelter dog I am working with for one of a few support dog for vets programs I work with) and house cats (currently there are 12 of them), so it is never completely quiet and certainly never dull around here. We raise much of our own food on our farm, and I also hunt various game. We figured out several years ago, as our family was growing quickly) that it was cheaper to do things this way than buy that much meat at the store or local meat markets. Luckily, we have a produce wholesaler in our little nearby town, so we can get random fruits and veggies, even in the dead of winter. The problem is that sometimes we may buy 20-30lbs or more of something and then wonder what to do with it all! (I mean, what DOES one do with 150lbs of mangos in December, or our most recent dilemma... 250lbs of rhubarb at once?) I have always loved cooking, having been taught by my Aunt Rosie (my dad's sister) in my teens. She had learned old family recipes growing up from my grandmother and great-aunts, and since she had no children, she wanted to pass them on to one of her nieces - I was the lucky one. My kids and I all cook together, and we bake most of our own bread and rolls because, again, it is cheaper than buying it at the store. Saturday evening is when we bake most of our breads for the coming week, and the older kids work in small groups to cook a couple nights a week (older boys do one night older girls do one night). We do have a few odd allergies in the mix (celeriacs, aspirin - which limits berries and fruits, latex - which limits more tropical fruits, walnuts & pecans) and a few dietary issues (celiac, diabetic, kidney-friendly), so I am always on the hunt for new and different recipes to try out and add to our arsenal of references. Thanks again for letting me in! Mel | ||
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