The origins vary, depending on who you ask, but usually Sicilians did not eat meat on Christmas Eve since it was the birth of Jesus. That does not mean that they don’t plan to eat meat on Christmas day. Perhaps that is the joy of a big hungry family coming together to do what [...]

My knife was very sharp.  It was to dissect some venison for fresh sausage to be made at the Bullet Proof Cafe. One cut was almost buttery in its tenderness as the knife slipped through it.  I had found, hidden deep in the  Hind Quarter that a friend brought over was a Pearl of lean meat.  I [...]