http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com From Field to table Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-sweet-potatoes/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-sweet-potatoes/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:35:42 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5570     Sweet potatoes are a naturally sweet, nutritiously rich Southern favorite. Full of beta-carotene, the sweet potato flesh gets its color from this essential nutrient; the darker the orange, the greater the health boost. You may also find white or even purple-fleshed sweet potatoes. Purple sweet potatoes have been shown to rival the blueberry [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-sweet-potatoes/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-tomato-2/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-tomato-2/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:48:58 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5509   The word “tomato” may refer to the plant (Solanum lycopersicum) or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following theSpanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler climates. The tomato fruit is consumed in [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-tomato-2/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken-wings-buffalo-wings/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken-wings-buffalo-wings/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:49:27 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5447   A Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section (drumette or flat) that is traditionally deep-fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce. Classic Buffalo-style chicken wing sauce is composed of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter. Buffalo wings are traditionally served with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing.     [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken-wings-buffalo-wings/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken-2/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken-2/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:17:23 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5368   Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world and is prepared as food in a wide variety of ways, varying by region and culture. The modern chicken is a descendant of Red Jungle fowl hybrids along with the Grey Jungle fowl first raised thousands of years ago in the northern parts [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken-2/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-pork-chop/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-pork-chop/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:17:55 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5320     A pork chop is a cut of pork (a meat chop) cut perpendicularly to the spine of the pig and usually containing a rib or part of a vertebra, served as an individual portion.     The center cut or pork loin chop includes a large T shaped bone, and is structurally similar [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-pork-chop/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-soup/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-soup/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:36:32 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5247 Soup is a generally warm food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or anotherliquid. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming abroth. Traditionally, soups are classified into two main groups: clear soups and thick soups. The established French classifications of clear [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-soup/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-champagne/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-champagne/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:45:05 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5174   Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of the wine to effect carbonation. The term “Champagne” is used to refer to wine produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France, from which it takes its name. The primary grapes used in the production of Champagne are Pinot noir, Chardonnay [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-champagne/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-garlic/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-garlic/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:07:21 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5091   Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-garlic/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-quail-eggs/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-quail-eggs/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:22:15 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=5025     Quail eggs are considered a delicacy in many countries, including western Europe and North America. In Japanese cuisine, they are sometimes used raw or cooked as tamago in sushi and often found in bento lunches.     In some other countries, quail eggs are considered less exotic. In Colombia and Venezuela, a single [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-quail-eggs/feed/ 0 http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken/ http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:53:37 +0000 Chuck http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/?p=4960     The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily [...]]]> http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/food-of-the-week-chicken/feed/ 0