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  • Witty signs at Hyvee

    I don’t shop at Hyvee very often, mostly because I am addicted to Wal-Mart but when I do I am always in awe of the different selections of food they have.  Additionally, I always spot new advertising for various products, especially those that rhyme.  Check out the pork promotional below that is a one-liner stays in your…

  • Beautiful. Country. Life.

    Beautiful. Country. Life.

    Pasture behind my house in SEK I love living in the country.  Until I left for college, I had never lived in town and although living in town has its advantages (24 hour McDonald’s anyone?) I pined for my serene countryside everyday until this past June when I moved back to the countryside after living in town in MHK for…

  • Wine Fed Beef

    Another niche market has popped up in the beef industry – wine fed beef.  Canada is trying to produce the equivalent of Japanese Kobe beef by supplementing red wine from the Okanagan valley to the normal feedlot ration.  Cattle are fed this combination for the last 90 days before being harvested – feedlot owner Bill…

  • Bacon? Do I smell bacon?

    It’s kind of hard to get that Beggin Strips commercial out of your head.  Bacon? Do I smell bacon? Makes me hungry thinking about it.  Is there another food that is so commonly used to make stuff better? Think about it?  Want to instantly make a filet mignon even more delicious?  Wrap bacon around it. Guess…

  • Grace by Baxter

    Grace by Baxter

    I was reading the The All-American Cowboy Cookbook the other night (yes, I know some of you are in shock) trying to find new and interesting recipes that both the Ninja and I would like (quite a feat considering he likes vegetables and trying new things and I….well, don’t).  I stumbled across a cowboy prayer written by Baxter Black…