The Pastures of Rose Creek: A Very Special Tribute...
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From: Pastures Rose Creek pastures1051@gmail.com
Date: 10/17/2013 9:22 AM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: A Very Special Tribute...
Hi-ya folks!
Fall is here – the weather has finally turned once again to the crisp and cool - and to usher in the season, the Fall Festival has arrived! This Saturday the Oconee Farmers Market will be running from 8am-5pm, running along side the Fall Festival, downtown Watkinsville!
We will be there this weekend with a table brimming over with beef, eggs, fall veggies, pottery (wine cups are in…and going FAST!), and other farm crafts and such. Other vendors will also be bringing their fall finest and across the street more artisans and craft folks will be gathered for one big fall-palooza!
a tribute...
In this week's email I will forego the recipes and meat talk….some of you may have grown weary of strictly beef emails – and I must admit, I'm running out of beef puns. So this week – I am changing things up a bit – well, slightly. This week, I thought y'all may like to get to know the bulls who sire our meat….I will preface this all by saying – the remaining contents of this email may be considered PG-13 and any stereotypes are purely anecdotal. Enjoy.
anthropomorphization is the name of the game.
(Try saying that 5 times fast!)
Our bulls and our mama cows never go in for slaughter – they are the constants, the ones we get to name…and sometimes even go so far as to ascribe anecdotal, human attributes…because don't we all love to anthropomorphize the animals we love?
Of the moms, to a name a few….we have Big Mama – a 1300 lb good-natured, nurturing Simmental, Ms. Pear – so dubbed for her short little pencil legs, and her exaggerated pear shaped belly – especially when pregnant she seems to defy the very science of gravity itself...Dotty who always produces the prettiest little heifers, and, of course, Doofus – a charlais, who really lives up to her name….
We have over 40 mamas…so, I won't go into all of them now.
But we only have 2 bulls. Al and Ug. They are the studs and the breadwinners for the farm. We count on their genetics to produce the highest quality grass fed beef around. Although they spend most of their days languidly grazing, keeping each other company…waiting to be called into "action." And when such day arrives, their personalities really come alive...
Hi, my name is…
Al.
Let's start with Al. Most of you already know Al from our Piedmontese brochures. He's our ace in the hole – a gourmet breed.
His full name is Alrigo…Alrigo Breedlove Powers. Alrigo, meaning "Ruler of the Estate." But when he's out and about town, cruising the local tri-state malls, he goes by Al. He's purely Italian by heritage, but born in the U.S. of A.
He wears track suits, or designer jeans when he's feeling fancy with the top 3 buttons unbuttoned to show off his freshly waxed chest. He's a weightlifter, has a tanning bed in his basement. He's very sweet natured…his big, brown doe eyes and sculpted body will charm the socks right off the ladies.
He has the appeal and looks of a Casanova…a Fabio…a Valentino – but all the discretion of a Mike "The Situation" from Jersey Shore. In the first 2 weeks of breeding season, he was temporarily taken out due to an injury sustained by his "overeagerness." When asked just how the injury happened– his trainer Willy P. shrugged and answered, "Well, we call it the 'young bull' syndrome..."
Ug.
Ug is a limousine-angus. The Old Bull. And the more seasoned of the two. Where Al, may have the energy and endurance of youth, Ug has the wisdom of experience.
He is the Barry White of bulls. "Ug the Seducer." He is as smooth and as sleek as the limousine he just stepped out of.
He has a Jheri Curl…drinks Courvoisier - a fine cognac. He wears the colors of seduction: deep reds, burgundy, plum…silks and polyester…fancy suits and alligator shoes. As Al, Ug also wears his shirt unbuttoned, 3 buttons down – in his case, to show off his mane of manliness – his chest hair.
Polyamorous? Yes. Chivalrous? Always. He will spend days on end with one single lady…shading her from the sun – cooing and serenading her in tones deep as crushed velvet.
When asked about his opinion on Al's injury and having to temporarily take on the work of two bulls, Ug replied, "It's all gravy, baby. You see, Al's just young - he ran on down the hill to have his way with one of the cows…where as I will walk, and have my way with them all."
The Pastures of Rose Creek, LLC
1051 Rose Creek Drive
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706.254.9391
575.613.2029
Fall is here – the weather has finally turned once again to the crisp and cool - and to usher in the season, the Fall Festival has arrived! This Saturday the Oconee Farmers Market will be running from 8am-5pm, running along side the Fall Festival, downtown Watkinsville!
We will be there this weekend with a table brimming over with beef, eggs, fall veggies, pottery (wine cups are in…and going FAST!), and other farm crafts and such. Other vendors will also be bringing their fall finest and across the street more artisans and craft folks will be gathered for one big fall-palooza!
a tribute...
In this week's email I will forego the recipes and meat talk….some of you may have grown weary of strictly beef emails – and I must admit, I'm running out of beef puns. So this week – I am changing things up a bit – well, slightly. This week, I thought y'all may like to get to know the bulls who sire our meat….I will preface this all by saying – the remaining contents of this email may be considered PG-13 and any stereotypes are purely anecdotal. Enjoy.
anthropomorphization is the name of the game.
(Try saying that 5 times fast!)
Our bulls and our mama cows never go in for slaughter – they are the constants, the ones we get to name…and sometimes even go so far as to ascribe anecdotal, human attributes…because don't we all love to anthropomorphize the animals we love?
Of the moms, to a name a few….we have Big Mama – a 1300 lb good-natured, nurturing Simmental, Ms. Pear – so dubbed for her short little pencil legs, and her exaggerated pear shaped belly – especially when pregnant she seems to defy the very science of gravity itself...Dotty who always produces the prettiest little heifers, and, of course, Doofus – a charlais, who really lives up to her name….
We have over 40 mamas…so, I won't go into all of them now.
But we only have 2 bulls. Al and Ug. They are the studs and the breadwinners for the farm. We count on their genetics to produce the highest quality grass fed beef around. Although they spend most of their days languidly grazing, keeping each other company…waiting to be called into "action." And when such day arrives, their personalities really come alive...
Hi, my name is…
Al.
Let's start with Al. Most of you already know Al from our Piedmontese brochures. He's our ace in the hole – a gourmet breed.
His full name is Alrigo…Alrigo Breedlove Powers. Alrigo, meaning "Ruler of the Estate." But when he's out and about town, cruising the local tri-state malls, he goes by Al. He's purely Italian by heritage, but born in the U.S. of A.
He wears track suits, or designer jeans when he's feeling fancy with the top 3 buttons unbuttoned to show off his freshly waxed chest. He's a weightlifter, has a tanning bed in his basement. He's very sweet natured…his big, brown doe eyes and sculpted body will charm the socks right off the ladies.
He has the appeal and looks of a Casanova…a Fabio…a Valentino – but all the discretion of a Mike "The Situation" from Jersey Shore. In the first 2 weeks of breeding season, he was temporarily taken out due to an injury sustained by his "overeagerness." When asked just how the injury happened– his trainer Willy P. shrugged and answered, "Well, we call it the 'young bull' syndrome..."
Ug.
Ug is a limousine-angus. The Old Bull. And the more seasoned of the two. Where Al, may have the energy and endurance of youth, Ug has the wisdom of experience.
He is the Barry White of bulls. "Ug the Seducer." He is as smooth and as sleek as the limousine he just stepped out of.
He has a Jheri Curl…drinks Courvoisier - a fine cognac. He wears the colors of seduction: deep reds, burgundy, plum…silks and polyester…fancy suits and alligator shoes. As Al, Ug also wears his shirt unbuttoned, 3 buttons down – in his case, to show off his mane of manliness – his chest hair.
Polyamorous? Yes. Chivalrous? Always. He will spend days on end with one single lady…shading her from the sun – cooing and serenading her in tones deep as crushed velvet.
When asked about his opinion on Al's injury and having to temporarily take on the work of two bulls, Ug replied, "It's all gravy, baby. You see, Al's just young - he ran on down the hill to have his way with one of the cows…where as I will walk, and have my way with them all."
the moral...
And there you have it...our "two wild and crazy guys..." I guess the moral, if there is one, of the age old adage of the two bulls is...
In this fast pace world of ours... take your time. You'll get more accomplished and probably will have a lot more fun in the process...
what we will have this week.
- beef, beef, beef!
- farm fresh eggs
- arugula
- beets and their greens
- kale
- peppers
- turnip greens
- pottery
- other farm crafts and maybe some baked goods too!
So...be there or be square, folks! :)
For the love of community and all things farming....
Your local farmers,
Willy P., Savage, Johnny B., and me
The Pastures of Rose Creek, LLC
1051 Rose Creek Drive
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706.254.9391
575.613.2029
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