Author: Faye

Iron Chef: Peanut Butter

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For Evan’s birthday, we did IRON CHEF: PEANUT BUTTER. Everyone had to bring an appetizer, main, and/or dessert, with peanut butter as the featured ingredient in every dish. Here were some highlights:

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slow-cooked grouse kebabs in a peanut-coconut sauce
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oatmeal peanut bars coated in chocolate
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chocolate-peanut lava cake
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peanut butter cupcakes with jam filling and peanut butter icing
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asian-style peanut sauce pasta
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chilled peanut cabbage and pasta salad

Faye’s First Successful Hunt

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I successfully hunted my first and second ptarmigan – one shot each!

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Can you spot the ptarmigan in the ptree?
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Field dressing the bird
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Emma and I being horrified that the leg muscles keep twitching even if there’s only half a bird remaining
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Heading home to cook up the bounty
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Bonus: Tess posing on some weird, creepy trash in the woods…