The above video shows a demonstration of how to gut and prepare a quail after plucking or skinning the bird. Processing quail is a handy and easy skill to learn for the backyard self-sufficient person because they are smaller and easier to handle than larger birds (like chickens).
Learning how to gut and process quail is often a good first step to take before doing chickens.
I've been experimenting lately with lacto fermentation as a way to preserve and create good, healthy, and tasty food from our own surplus produce. The
This sour beef stew is an extremely local dish. It is only made in a very small part of the world; the very south of
Here's an example of a feeding and drinking station for chickens which not only works well but is also good for mixed flocks of different
Eggplant parmigiana is a classic Italian dish my Sicilian grandmother used to regularly make for my father (because apparently, no-one else made it just right).
Place a teaspoon of soil in the palm of your hand. In that teaspoon of soil, there could be as many as 3000 species of
This splitpea soup is a typical Dutch dish, which we only make in winter. It is a hearty, thick and very filling soup, full of
Self Sufficient Me is a blog about self-sustainment by growing our own produce (plant/animal), and self-fulfilment by looking after our health (physical/mental) through exercise and slowing life down a little.
