USA | Allegheny Mountains | Deer Season #2

Archery Season for deer is still in full swing. Now a bowhunter has brought me some steaks made from the backstrap of the deer, which many Venison Cognoscenti consider the best cut.

Venison steaks made from the backstrap of the deer

Venison steaks 

My.olive oil had frozen solid so I had to heat it up in a pan of 

boiling water before I could use it.

I fried the steaks in olive oil with onions, black peppercorns, and soy sauce.

Now there’s a dish to set before a king!!!

Had our first snow fall of the year.

My current domicile

Temperatures dropped to 16ºF. 

Butter tea was certainly welcome on these chilly mornings. I could close my eyes and imagine I was in Tibet! I am using local Amish butter, which is bright yellow or even orange, an indication of high Beta-Carotene levels, unlike store-bought butter, which nowadays is often pale yellow or even white. The color is usually an indication of Grass-Fed Cows, as opposed to grain-fed cows. Beta-Carotene is good for your health—carrots get their color from beta-carotene—and butter with a high level of beta-carotene usually has a higher fat content, fat being the whole point of drinking butter tea. Beware of commercial butter sellers who are now adding yellow or orange Food Dyes to their butter to make you think it has high levels of  beta-carotene.

Uyanga enjoying a bowl of butter tea

My carpet collection has come in handy. I bought this handmade silk carpet in Uzbekistan, but it was probably Made in Iran or perhaps Turkmenistan. The big white oak in the photo has shed a prodigious amount of acorns. The neighborhood squirrels are as happy as, well, squirrels with a prodigious amount of acorns.