So - this evening my husband returns from school with half a dead cow in a cooler in the trunk of his car. (Okay I am being economical with the truth it is not really HALF a dead cow). Anyhoo, sirloins, t-bones, rib-eyes, chuck steak joints. It would appear that as my mother (a vegetarian) would say "someone just murdered Daisy!" So with my belief that if an animal has to die then every part of it should be used for good right now the chuck beef, fat and suet (which was tons cause of course the beef was not "for resale") is rendering down in the oven right now. The suet will be drained into containers and mixed with bird seed and made into treats for my insect eating birdies, the beef and the bones will be dinner for my dogs. As for the rest, well my husband is having a t-bone for dinner. Most teachers get given apples, my husband (teaching in a hunting/farming community) gets half a cow! (oh and strawberries, and beans, and field peas, and corn and sweet potatoes and venison etc., etc.,).