The first mate is actively helping on the computer. And the result of this canine-human endeavor is the sharing of a recipe for the favorite treat of the Pirate Dogs: BONE TURKS.
Do your favorite dog a favor and make these for them. They'll absolutely adore them and you!!!
4 cups of flour, some may be whole wheat
1 tsp. salt
½ cup corn meal
4 eggs
¼ cup molasses
¼ cup olive oil or leftover bacon fat, depending on how your dog feels about cholesterol
Enough milk to make a stiff dough
Optional: ¼ cup peanut butter (The Pirate Dogs love peanut butter from Valencia peanuts. They haven't convinced us to put rum in this yet.)
Mix all ingredients together.
Knead a bit on a very slightly floured board.
Form into a long roll.
Flatten to about ½ inch thick.
Cut crossways into strips, and then cut each strip into small pieces or large bones or whatever your dog prefers.
Put pieces on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375° for 25 minutes.
Turn off oven but leave cookie sheets in until oven cools so that the bone turks will harden.
1 tsp. salt
½ cup corn meal
4 eggs
¼ cup molasses
¼ cup olive oil or leftover bacon fat, depending on how your dog feels about cholesterol
Enough milk to make a stiff dough
Optional: ¼ cup peanut butter (The Pirate Dogs love peanut butter from Valencia peanuts. They haven't convinced us to put rum in this yet.)
Mix all ingredients together.
Knead a bit on a very slightly floured board.
Form into a long roll.
Flatten to about ½ inch thick.
Cut crossways into strips, and then cut each strip into small pieces or large bones or whatever your dog prefers.
Put pieces on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375° for 25 minutes.
Turn off oven but leave cookie sheets in until oven cools so that the bone turks will harden.
When times are tough, these might even make a good snack for you according to Capt. 'Roid.
1 comment:
Here's a memory for you. We used to keep the Bone Turks in a container on top of the fridge, safe from pirate raids. One of our son's friends always headed for the jar when he came over. Even though this was during that awful adolescent growth spurt where boys will eat anything, he always swore that they made a delicious snack for humans.
One other Bone Turk memory. One time we had a visitor who was, well, kind of obnoxious. She got what she deserved when, standing between St. Hannah and the bone turk jar, this woman suddenly bent down, thrust her face into Hannah's (prior to a proper introduction!) and got her nose bitten for her impropriety.
Even in pre-pirate days, our dogs stood for no nonsense, especially in the bone turk department.
~Mrs. BZ
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