we still have "butchers" here in Australia. these are usually local shops, that sell meat. After they have cut up the large sides of beef, they are left with some bones. The bones you are after are the breast bone, which is usually discarded as waste, but is good for dogs. Get them to cut the bone (which is about 1 metre (about 1 yard) long), into the size that is good (mine are cut into chunks about 7.5cm (about 3 inches)) or whatever size you want. The cutting is done on a bandsaw so no effort on their behalf. The advantage is that there is no debris left for the motor mower to fling at your windows, or for insects to settle on. Even at the supermarkets there are some to be had, but find out from the meat section when they get deliveries. You will pay more at the supermarkets, but you should not pay more than necessary.
Pumpkin, cooked or raw ?
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A question for my friends in the USA,
at the moment there are a lot of Pumpkins around and i would like to try Malaika with it, is it better for her cooked or raw?
thanks in anticipation -
I feed it raw to my guys.
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Thanks Star,
do you know if you can freeze it raw ? -
I use cooked, steamed or roasted.
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Shelley - I decided to get as many pumpkins as I can while they're available (in fact I was tempted to ask for the ones at Midland Counties show where they were in most of the rings!!). I'm cooking and freezing them as I'm not sure how they would freeze raw. I have to keep giving mine raw pieces while I'm preparing them for steaming - they love them!
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I have frozen cooked mashed pumpkin and never had any problems (including using it in my own cooking).
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Shelley - I decided to get as many pumpkins as I can while they're available (in fact I was tempted to ask for the ones at Midland Counties show where they were in most of the rings!!). I'm cooking and freezing them as I'm not sure how they would freeze raw. I have to keep giving mine raw pieces while I'm preparing them for steaming - they love them!
Lol, this is what i am doing, getting them whilst i can.
Malaika had some little chunks raw last night and i am going to cook and freeze the rest.
She actualy helped herself to the lantern lid
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Thank you to everyone for your help
