March 24th for me. Literal day one of shutdown here in MA. It’s also scuttling my anniversary next month, realistically. Read more

That does stink. I think at 4, that’s the first birthday they actually remember. Tell her she can plan an unbirthday party for when this is over! Make it as silly as possible, with uncake, unpresents, etc.  Read more

I’ve been seeing some businesses in my area doing “Zoom Birthday Parties” - I know it’s not the same, and I’m sure cost wise it’s probably stupid [or hey, maybe not] but I could see some things at least making things fun. I think the last thing I saw was a Zumba studio doing a dance party. Read more

Three out of four people in my household have thus far celebrated quarantine birthdays. My wife and I both had ours, and since we are adults, not having some big celebration was no big deal. What did stink was having our 4 year old’s birthday with just us. She’s been looking forward to her birthday for months, and was… Read more

My birthday was March 29, and yeah, all my plans got scuttled. I ended up with takeout and cupcakes I’d made myself, and it was good, but I’m hoping no. 40 next year is back to some semblance of normal, even if I’m not on a tropical beach somewhere. Read more

Kind of miss deer meat....
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This sounds great! Coffee + dutch-process cocoa powder have been part of my chili for the last few years, but a bottle of smoked porter never hurts, either instead of or in addition to the coffee. (Stone Smoked Porter used to be my go-to, but I don’t think they make it any longer. Alaskan Smoked Porter is a good one,… Read more

I wish venison was available at the store...Bison it will have to be.  Read more

This sounds amazing. The accompanying story was rather entertaining as well. If a person were to opt out of venison (or land animal entirely) would you recommend adding another bean?  Read more

Sadly, all the hunters I know donate their kills to local food banks, so I have to buy venison like a sucker. I suppose I could learn to hunt myself (phrasing), just add it to the list of all the other things I need to learn.

Always appreciate a good venison recipe! I agree that you can’t just treat it like beef, but I find it odd that people assume that you could/should. With lamb or goat we wouldn’t treat it the same as beef and we wouldn’t expect it to have the same flavor. Venison and other wild game deserve the same level of… Read more