Save some time!
Rainbow and Cows
“I don’t have enough time!” That’s most frequent comment we see when people respond to the initial email from us. They’re talking about preparing food, but pretty I’m sure it applies to everything.
I don’t know what happened over the last few decades, but everybody is living at warp speed now. Wasn’t technology supposed to have us sitting back with our feet kicked up? Did everybody find other “important” stuff to fill all the free time? I still don’t understand it.
Anyway, our friend Chris gave us a great idea for a time saver and it’s also “weather proof.” Thanks, Chris! She is making burgers in her air fryer in about 10 minutes. Here’s the basic idea, but you will need to do a little experimenting on your air fryer with the time and temperature to get it just right.
- Make your hamburger patties just like normal
- Heat the air fryer to about 400 degrees
- Put the patties in the basket, but make sure they don’t touch each other (usually four patties)
- Heat for 8 minutes or so (you can flip halfway through if you want)
- Let the burgers rest for 5 minutes
- If you want cheese burgers, just add a slice toward the very end of heating and let it melt on there
- Spice it up with some Worcestershire (had to look up the spelling on that one again) or garlic salt if you want something a little different
Since we have a theme going now, we’ll try to pass along other time saving recipes over the next few months. Our wish for you is that you find more than enough time to try them.
FARM NEWS:
No news to anyone reading, but whew it’s hot! The drought since May and the heat really caused us to get creative about taking care of the cows. We’ve been feeding some hay to preserve the grass, experimenting with some homemade fly control spray, using cod liver oil to prevent and cure pink eye, and just common-sense stuff like making sure the cows have enough shade and clean water every day. We’ve had a few discussions around the kitchen table remembering the big drought in 1980-1982 when hay was finally brought in on rail for farmers in our area. Thankfully, it started raining again a few weeks ago and we aren’t headed back into that (this year).
Speaking of drought, if you can find some time to read, take a look at “The Time It Never Rained” by Elmer Kelton. It is mostly autobiographical and has a little bit of everything in it: determination, adaptation, independence, romance, racism, family dynamics, and the long arm of the government in everything (even back then). I probably didn’t do it justice with that description though. One older cattleman I know says he re-reads it about once every 10 years.
Happy Cows!
