Ranch Update - It's Too Hot Outside!
So the cows have gone dormant! I don’t mean I’ve put them in cold storage (though they may like that!). but rather, they have flipped their grazing cycle. The herd wanders up to the house around 7:30 or 8 am to drink lots of water (we run fresh well water for them constantly), then they lay down under the trees and half sleep and chew their cud. They will shake themselves out of their self-imposed lethargy throughout the day to nibble some grass, get another big gulp of water and lay down again. Then about 7 pm they rise in mass and start grazing in earnest. This will go on all night. Bet you didn’t think cows were nocturnal!
I know how they feel! We get up early to do as much as we can, then we retreat back into the air conditioning to do all the internet and communications. By the time early evening rolls around, I finally have some kind of appetite. I want something I can cook quickly without much fuss or muss. To that end, we just put two new boxes on our website! Both can be shipped pretty much anywhere in Texas overnight, and within one week of the order being placed.
The Fancy & Functional Express Box is great for quick defrost and quick cooking. You receive five pounds of tenderloin fillets and ten pounds of our great hamburger. Either can be done in an iron skillet for a delicious meal with a cool salad.
The Broth & Burger Express Box gives you eight pounds of broth bones and ten pounds of hamburger. I like to keep a slow cooker of bones going pretty much all the time. Put them into slow cook with your favorite veggies and by afternoon you have a quick healthy snack while you throw the burgers on the grill.
Hope you’re staying cool in the midst of this blistering Texas heat.
Best Wishes,
- Pati Jacobs
Owner, Bastrop Cattle Company
