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Bone Broth

5/1/2019

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​Today we are making bone broth here at Odin's Acres, a task we do fairly regularly and have
done so for years! We love all of the ways it can be used, and sometimes we just drink it by the
mug.
“Bone Broth” has become very popular in recent years, but as many of you know, it’s nothing
new. Many of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents would simmer bones on the
stove and keep the liquid as soup stock. The broth's more recent popularity is largely due to
excitement over collagen, and the huge amount of collagen in properly made bone broth.
Consuming collagen has been touted to rebuild the intestinal lining and maybe even lessen
wrinkles and cellulite as well as shorten general healing time with the promotion of cellular
renewal.
Does it work? Honestly I have no idea but I do believe that bone broth allows you to access lots
of important vitamins and minerals that have been locked away inside of the bones themselves.
When I was first diagnosed with thyroid disease I drank at least a pint of bone broth every day,
in hopes of improving my gut health and improving rates of vitamins, mineral and medication
absorption. I still try to consume some broth every week, and lucky for me we have the bones to
make enough for that.
Some of my favorite tips for making bone broth include: blanching and roasting the bones,
simmering for a very long time while adding minimal ingredients.
Blanching: Blanch your saved bones by simmering for about 20 minutes and scooping off the
accumulated foam, this helps get rid of any funky or off flavors that might be in the final product.
Roasting: roast the blanched bones at 450 degrees until the are a nice golden brown to bring
out their flavor
Simmer: at least 8 hours, lately I’ve been simmering closer to 24 hours to pull out as many
nutrients as possible
Few Ingredients: when making a large amount of broth it helps to make it versatile by only
adding a few vegetables and spices for flavor. I personally like to add onions, garlic, parsnips,
carrots and celery but you definitely don’t need that many different vegetables. I also add a few
dried herbs, some salt and a tiny bit of apple cider vinegar. The vinegar is supposed to help
make the nutrients in the bones more accessible.
For today’s batch I added goat bones, duck bones, and rabbit bones plus onions, garlic,
marjoram, dill, parsley, salt and a tiny bit of apple cider vinegar.
After about 24 hours I strain the broth and put it in jars to cool and freeze. Here on the
homestead we dry the bones and grind them into bone meal for the garden, where they help
grow more ingredients for the next round of broth!

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Rabbits and Sourdough

4/16/2015

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We have been very busy at the homestead! We just finished and published a zine on living with and using a sourdough starter.  On Saturday we had a table at our first Swap and Sell, we were very happy with the way it went.

Wonderful things happened at the swap and sell, we had eggs available for donations and sold some sourdough starter and a zine. We also traded two laying hens for a beautiful lady rabbit. We named her Sophie as it is the name of King George I’s wife and her bucks is named King George. We also traded two hens for a beautiful scythe to harvest grass for our rabbits with.

We are setting up a brain tanning workshop over the summer and have had a lot of interest in it so far. I worked today on fleshing and stretching a hide that we might use for the workshop. On Saturday I set up a seed tray after the swap and sell and today we saw our first baby sprouts!

The snow is finally melting and I can’t wait to dig in the dirt. 


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Building a Website and Making Salt

12/1/2014

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Well, it's been just over a year since we bought this property and we just made it to a point of picking our name and creating a website. We have been hard at work preparing for winter and trying to settle in/rebuild our new home. 
George and I have gotten to a point where we are able to start selling a few of our products and alongside this website I have been setting up and etsy store and making contacts in town to sell salt too. 

Every couple of months we drive to the ocean, gather a bunch of salt water and create some delicious handcrafted salt. We are also going to be making a few body scrubs, and salves. 
It has taken all year to get to this point, and I can't wait until we have more to offer!

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