One more thing off the checklist

I recently met a really cool chick named Winborne (no, not our pastry chef Winburn) who was nice enough to move her bee hives to our garden.  This will make a huge difference in our pollination rate.  Just in time for the tomatoes, squash, peas, beans, and cucumbers.  I can’t thank Winborne enough for her [...]

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Pics from the New Garden Set up

I love our new set up..so many positives..you live and you learn, that’s what keeps me going

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Jimmy Red Seeds

i have recieved alot of requests for the Jimmy Red seeds.
 
If you really want them call the kitchen and ask for me…I can schedule a time for you to pick them up, free of charge, just promise to “pass it on”
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Chuckeats

We really enjoy cooking for people who are serious eaters
check out chuck’s recent experience with us
http://www.chuckeats.com/2008/07/15/mccradys-charleston-sc-ingredient-fetish/
if you haven’t read chuck’s blog you will be hooked instantly, chuck has quite the dining resume

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Whipporwill Field Peas

this is one of my favorites
it’s an old pea introduced in the late 1800’s
the flavor when they are fresh is very earthy, almost like eating dirt, in a good way of course
 
these will be great with a truffle puree and some jean marc apple vinegar….with pork of course
we are going to grow a whole field [...]

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Five Months

we finally harvested our jimmy red…
anybody want to grow some next year??
 
we now have a ton of seeds

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Cooking Class

I am doing a participation cooking demo at Charleston Cooks on July 31st.  Charleston cooks is right across the street from McCrady’s.  It’s only 60 bucks.  I will be focusing on vegetable cookery but will also touch base on some other things.  Seats are limited since it is a participation class.  This facility is amazing.  [...]

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A Change of Plans

We have decided to take a different approach to gardening.  I have pulled inspiration from Thomas Jefferson’s garden at Monticello.  We are trying to eliminate plastic mulching and tractors without killing ourselves.  Stay tuned to see how things develop.  We are very excited.

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Checklists

Since attempting to raise vegetables and pigs my daily checklists have changed a bit.
Fish Carcasses (tomatoes)
Egg Shells (tomatoes)
aspirin (tomatoes)
Bone Meal (tomatoes)
Lime (tomatoes)
organic fertilizer (tomatoes)
4 gallons sour milk (pigs)
2 gallons sour heavy cream (pigs)
2 large lexans of kitchen scrap (pigs)
water (me)
slim jims (me)
 
if you are curious about all the strange things for the tomatoes check out this [...]

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Peaches and Cream

The peach is compressed and then bruleed.  We serve it with a brown butter crumble and honey-mascorpone cream….

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Jimmy Red

This has been an incredible project on many different levels.  This corn is from James Island, here in Charleston.  Jimmy Red Corn is nearly extinct.  Thanks to Ted Chewning for keeping this strain alive, he was nice enough to share some seeds with us this year. We ended up growing 1600 feet of Jimmy Red for seed.  [...]

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Milk-Fed

my piggies love milk.

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The Dinner with Aki and Alex

 
http://www.ideasinfood.com/ideas_in_food/2008/07/photos-of-mccradys.html
here is a link to some pics from the dinner with the guys from ideasinfood..
what a great night, thanks to all that made it possible

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