By AJ
Last week was a big sheep week. It is time to breed, so all the sheep need to be brought to the barn to be sorted, hoofed and set up in their prospective pastures.
There is a group of sheep i am breeding to our new ram this year, Praxis, whom I do not have a picture of, but i will inform you that he is a good-looking ram.
Then I have the "other" group of sheep that are not being bred this year-- all the lambs from this spring, a few old gals, and a few little gals.
I also pulled out the ram lambs, and a few buddies, from the main herd. These are the 2 rams i saved from this lambing season, McFly and Beetle. I will end up keeping one, as we say goodbye to Ugg this year.
These lil dudes will slowly be introduced to the rams and eventually (hopefully) they will all hang out together.
After about a month, Praxis will be put back with the other rams and the herds will combine back into one group until its time for lambing!
I don't have any photos! but heres a recipe:
Numex Chile Queso
4-8 Numex Peppers
2 T butter
2 shallots ( or 1 onion)
2 T Flour
1 C milk
8 oz grated jack cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1. Roast your peppers: Preheat broiler on high. Spread your peppers out on a baking sheet. (You can roast more than what the recipe calls for and freeze the extras for later!) Place in the oven for 6-8 minutes, until blackened. Flip them over and return to the oven for 5-7 minutes, until blackened.
2. Pull the peppers out, cover with another baking sheet and let cool for 15 minutes
3. Peel, seed, and chop the peppers ,
4. Over medium heat, melt butter. in sauce pan
4. Add peppers and shallots, cooking for 3-4 minutes
5. Stir in the flour
6. Slowly add milk
7. Remove from heat and add cheese
8. Stir until cheese is melted and salt and pepper to taste
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