Comments for Moon over Martinborough

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by RevAllyson

RevAllyson — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:56 +0000

Jared, be aware that *some* places like that will take your chicken and just give you another one that’s been butchered earlier. Whenever you go to someplace like that (if it’s run by non-friends, that is), be sure to ask specifically for YOUR chicken back. Deer processors sometimes do that, too. It irks me.

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by Jared

Jared — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:11 +0000

Lisa – I know there are places around here where you can send your chooks to have them ‘processed’ for you. You send off live chooks and you get back cleaned, plucked birds ready for the freezer. Maybe there’s something like that near you? If we do meat birds in the future, we’ll be sending them off for processing since we’re hopeless at doing that ourselves!

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by Lisa Jones

Lisa Jones — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:48:16 +0000

Such a heart rending tale. I, too, was quite convinced that once we returned to the US, after living a year in NZ,, that WE were going to have our very own CHOOKS for eggs & meat! Has never happened, however, cuz neither of us has the ability to slaughter animals. Sigh. Thank goodness for VEGGIES and QUINOA and LEGUMES, and NUTS and SEEDS and COCONUT WATER. Our selections of SAFE (read UNCONTAMINATED) FOODS to eat in the POST-FUKUSHIMA ERA here in the Northern Hemisphere are somewhat limited. Once a week, we “splurge” when we eat NZ lamb or NZ cod. SIGH. Thank Goodness for the Southern Hemisphere!

Comment on About by Jared

Jared — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:22:06 +0000

Can’t wait to hear the segment! Will listen in. It’s great to be able to listen to your ‘Featured Folk’ interviews on your blog http://recooper8.wordpress.com/category/featured-folk/

Comment on About by accidentalplanner

accidentalplanner — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:18:12 +0000

Hi Jared, my name is Lucy Cooper, and I have an arts programme called ReCooper8 (I can’t resist a good-to-moderate pun!) on Arrow FM, the community access radio station here in the Wairarapa. Anne Taylor, who I think you may know, is the programme’s ‘resident’ arts reviewer, and next week I am hoping she is going to review your book…! My show airs at 8pm on the 3rd and 4th Thursday of the month, and the sunday in between – 92.7fm. It would be great to meet you properly one day and perhaps record an interview with you? You can check out the kind of stuff I do at my blog http://recooper8.wordpress.com/, click on the ‘Interviews’ category. Anyway, looking forward to speaking with Anne, and hearing about your fabulous book. I’m heading back to the UK for a trip in July, and will be taking a couple of copies with me! Thanks, and keep up the great work! Lucy

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by Jared

Jared — Sun, 05 May 2013 01:23:16 +0000

Keep up the excellent reporting! :-)

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by AUNT CHARLIE

AUNT CHARLIE — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:42:26 +0000

Update from the “to name or not to name” survey being compiled in the States: (just so I didn’t make FutureFarmers of America animal raising sound too capitalistic), one farmer tells the story that when she and her siblings cried as “Lambykins” was being taken away at the FFA sell off, her Father bought him back to stop the crying. Nice. To date, US farmers do not name anything they eat. Additionally, I was a witness to Rick’s first chicken kill.

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by Jared

Jared — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:05:39 +0000

What do you mean ‘pretend’ it’s grown in polystyrene trays? Pretend?! You mean it isn’t? OMG!

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by Jared

Jared — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:04:38 +0000

You poor thing, Laura! Kicked by a chicken. That’s low. I can’t say I ever saw a chicken kick anything!

Comment on The Frankenchicken kerfuffle by Jared

Jared — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:03:42 +0000

It all sounds good in theory! Let me know if you manage to eat the ones you raise.