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Love to Howard and Miss Laney. She’s got it good!

That’s so nice that you can order smaller amounts of the chicks that you want. The nursery I’ve used in the past had to ship 50 chicks at a time for body-heat reasons. It wasn’t a problem when I was RAISING 50 layers at a time back in the day, but it would be, now.

Once ‘The Girls’ kick it into High Gear later this spring, we will be swimming in eggs - but I have plenty of family and friends that will take them off my hands and a stockpile of recipes that use up a lot of eggs.

I found this recipe a couple of days ago. It uses a dozen eggs, but it’s easy to cut in half. I made a half batch yesterday - it’s pretty good.

The Masters Egg Salad (Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe)
https://imhungryforthat.com/masters-egg-salad/

From link: “You can’t watch the Masters without a Masters egg salad sandwich, and this version nails the one you’d get in person. It’s creamy, tangy, and just a little smoky, with pickle juice, lemon juice, mustard, and a touch of hot sauce to keep it bright and addictive. It tastes like the iconic tournament sandwich, but you can make it at home in minutes for lunch while you’re watching, or serve it to guests if you’re hosting a watch party.”

I learned something very helpful today concerning Sour Cherries.

Last season I was LAZY and after pitting cherries and making ONE pie, I put all the rest we harvested on cookie sheets, froze them and them put them in two gallon-sized ziplocks...and promptly forgot about them! I only have one mature tree and one coming up behind. 'North Star' is the sour cherry variety.

In my quest to clean out all I can in the freezers before Stew The Steer goes to 'The Spa' and needs a place to land in neat packages, I thawed out a bag of the cherries today and spent a good 2 hours pitting them. I did this over a bowl in the sink to make sure I saved the juice, too.

They were super easy to pit this way! Didn't need a knife - just a thumbnail, and as an Added Bonus they did not leave ANY stains on my hands, nails or counter tops - though I did have kitchen towels down to catch any drips. Pitting freshly picked cherries is a mess for your hands...and everything else!

So I have 2 Cups+ of cherries which I am making into freezer jam and a QUART of juice that I'll add a little sugar to and we'll have as a treat at breakfast instead of our usual Sunny D or V-8 juice. :)

Also - of that entire bag I only found three Cherry Maggots and that is HUGE since I don't spray my fruit trees. Even though they are added protein, they went down the sink. ;)