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Sit two rabbits. You see this year I decided I wanted to work on exotic meats. (amoung a few other things.) Lets clarify exotic. “Exotic according to my family” and while for some members that means “food other then ramen” we’re going with the general consensus.

This is hard for me, because I know not everyone will want to try everything, and with dinner I try to be a people pleaser. But for one dinner out of the month, I figure we’ll do ok.

So back to the rabbits. For January I decided on rabbit, thinking that the easiest thing to do will be stew. But I’m a little hesitant. With some of the other meats I’ll get they’ll be in a pretty familiar form. A goose is a smaller turkey, a duck is a longer chicken and so on. Elk? We’re talking ground, maybe steaks. Deer? Same as elk. And so on.

But rabbits? Well the only thing their boney structure reminds me of is… my cat. Despite my warnings I have yet to skin her and cook her so this is all new ground to me. And I have to confess I don’t like working with bony things so much. The one kitchen task I fail at because of the squick* factor is deboning chickens. Something about the crack of bones in the precooked stage just sets my teeth on edge and long for my days as a vegetarian.

So I face these rabbits, revealing in the challenging of trying to prepare something so completely foreign to me. Hopefully they turn out ok.. I don’t want to have to order pizza.

*not true, I think I also don’t have the gusto  to cook blood sausage. Luckily my family has no interest in blood sausage.

Tortilla Machine
My grocery store now has a tortilla machine. This is the coolest thing ever. I did have tortillas on my shopping list and you can bet your bottom that some of these fresh ones came home with me. They’ll be part of pork mushu. yum.  We circled around the store twice and both times stopped to watch this marvelous machine. The second visit there was a little girl no taller then the machine who stood and watched transfixed what a great way for her to make a connection between flour and water made into a dough that becomes yummy tortillas.

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Cookies
I did actually manage some holiday cookies this year For a while there it looked like cookies just weren’t on the menu. What did I make? Kolochkies, Chocolate meringues and Jerilynn spice cookies. Yum.

Jeri Lynn spice cookies may seem like an odd name for a cookie but trust me they are the best. You see Jeri Lynn  spice cookies are named from the person who gave me the recipe. I have a few recipes like that Melissa’s garlic cheese biscuits is another example. What recipe of yours am I missing? What is the one can’t miss thing you make that  you think I should  be making?

And just to be kind here is the recipe for Jeri Lynn Spice Cookies

1 1/2 c butter or margerine
2 c brown sugar
1 egg
4 c sifted flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp baking soda.

preheat oven to 350.

Cream butter and brown sugar thoroughly.  Add egg and beat till light and fluffy.  sift together remaining ingredients.  stir into creamed mixture.  mix well.  chill dough till firm, about 2 hours. roll to between 1/8″ and 1/4′ thickness on well floured surface.  bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8-10 minutes.  cool 1-2 min before removing to wire rack.