End of an Era

Ok, maybe not an ERA...

About 3 or 4 years ago (time flies...)

we bought four little rabbits.

Three females and one male.

Through the years, 

Bob and Ethel have been my

base breeder pair.

We've been through several versions

of Mabel and Gertrude,

but none of them were up to 

Ethel's "Mom" qualities.

Over the past couple of months

our hutch system has started to show it's age.

And I'm less inclined to butcher rabbits.

I love the meat when it's ground and frozen.

It's lean and goes well in nearly any recipe.

But I'm kind of over it.

So over Christmas we cut our herd in half.

Then on Saturday a friend came and

picked up Bob and Ethel to see if they

could start their own breeding program.

(Bob and Ethel are getting a little 

long in the tooth, but the next generation

will likely work just fine...)

They also bought 4 of the remaining

juveniles to either breed or pop

in the freezer.

That left us with 2.

TWO.

We have another busy week this week.

Monday night Rod did Plasma.

Tuesday night (tonight) he has Home Teaching

and I have Night Relief Society.

Wednesday night we have the Sisters coming for dinner

(and I have to wash and deliver this week's eggs)

Thursday night is our first "free" evening.

I didn't want to wait.

So last night between the time Rod got home

and the time the sun set, we finished the other 2.

And now we are

Rabbit-less.

Hope I won't miss them!

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In other news...

The people who bought the others are REAL

cowboy people - they looked at our cows,

recommended putting another 100# on Sir

and said Moon Pie is either ready to butcher

or breed.  He really liked both of them!

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In even OTHER news,

after we finished with the rabbits, Kyle called

and we met him at Sam's to do some grocery shopping.

When we got home,

he fried up a steak, made some veggies & white rice

for his dinner.

I chopped up some skinless, boneless chicken breasts

into medium sized nuggets.

Ground a bag of pork rinds in my food processor,

added some Parmesan cheese and pepper,

dipped them in egg white and then breaded

the chicken in the crumbs

and put them in my new Air Fryer for about 15

minutes.

They were delicious!