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>>>However we have 13 chickens and many days get 13 eggs.Lots of custards and quiches. Never was fond of chickens or cats, but hubby has a soft spot for all creatures.<<<

Isn’t it neat having all those eggs... With our 32 hens, my wife has been taking some with her to work and is not charging a fixed price for them - Tells them to just pay what they are worth to them or what they can afford... Amazing that people love the fresh large eggs so much that they usually chip in more than I would feel comfortable asking for. We have to hold some back for ourselves and delay selling to some.

Wife puts all that money away - for her rainy day stash. Periodically we will get the jars out and Christi gets a big kick out of learning to count money by counting it for her. Plus we have all the eggs we can eat! By the way, since eating more eggs (about 3-4 a day each of us) cholesterol levels of LDL have decreased by about 35 points and the good HDL has gone up by almost as much.I have stopped taking the Zetia and continue to improve.

Oh, on the butternut squash - made another ‘pumpkin’ pie with it today for practice - 1 good size butternut, half cup sugar, 2 eggs, some vanilla and salt, cinnamon and ground ginger - about 1/4 cup of powdered whole milk and whirred it in the blender - poured into crust and 45 minutes at 350 degrees - YUM Whipped up some topping with the powdered milk and a bit of vanilla and sugar. (since this was a practice, I used a hand whisk) Well, the three of us finished off the whole pie....... Who needs pumpkin? I’m saving the seeds from the best ones and will have enough to plant the whole place in butternut squash next year..... LOL Next I want to try some in soup as I have seen those recipes around here - but so far, replace pumpkin, sweet potatoes, use it in breads, all with superb results! In 2 months we have eaten about 25 of them and have enough at that rate to go till May or June. They are extremely good keepers! Plus they grew and produced very well when none of the other squashes did that much this year. I had a plot about 10’ X 25’ with them and got about 120 nice ones. Definitely planting more next year. Maybe even try some of them in a three sisters planting.

I had a plot about 10’ X 25’ with them and got about 120 nice ones. Definitely planting more next year. Maybe even try some of them in a three sisters planting.<<<

Sounds good to me.

The best one that I ever cooked, was a simple cut in half and bake, then I served it with the half full of a hot sausage stirfry, just a simple, onion, celery and swiss chard stir fry.

Served with rice, it was fantastic.

The extra eggs, I put in cakes and breads, they will all take more eggs than called for, just cut the water down, so it comes out right......LOL, makes the cakes good for you.

I don’t have 16 in the house, thank goodness. Nearly all are still feral cats. I have two of the six kittens from the last litter and my daughter next door has the other 4. We have many out buildings, pole barn, wood shed, toolshed and garages so we save all old blankets and comforters for bedding for the ferals and feed them out there. The kittens will stay inside until they are old enough to be neutered. FFF (friends of feral felines) has assured us that if they are all neutered, eventually all will die of old age.

DelaWhere, so glad to hear of the good cholesterol results. Never did believe that warning about 2-3 eggs a WEEK. Daughters dog is a fussy eater (all our animals are as they know we will cater to their whims) but likes scrambled egg, so he gets 2-3 every day along with whatever else I can convince him to eat. No lowly dog food for him, lol. Right on, as to the butternuts. I always save the seeds from the biggest and best formed of my tomatoes and squash and I will be planting butternut next spring. I am also furnishing the squash for Thanksgiving dinner.

Does anyone else find things on sale at a good price this holiday season? I can’t believe some of the buys after the sharp increases we have experienced in the past months. We have turkey at 39 and 40 cents a pound in several stores, coffee at 4.99 for large cans, chicken broth at 45 cents a can. Campbells creamed soups at 58 cents, cranberry sauce at 68 cents and many other good buys. I have been stocking up until my pantry is bulging and hubby, who stores away the groceries and does most of the cooking is hollering “enough, already.”