Recent content by Helena

Freemotion, I learned the basic idea from a man from India, about thirty years ago. I don't remember the exact spices or how long he "cooked" it. I've used many variations over the years. If there is an Indian restaurant near you, you could ask. There are probably many recipes.

Can you cut the bars into bits and go by weight? Fels Naphtha is a petroleum-based product. It's quite possible that those homemade soap bars are whole lots healthier. I found a website once listing the exact contents of Fels Naphtha. I haven't been able to track it down again. If I do...

Freemotion, you make fancy teas. Those sound scrumptious. I've used the following: boil one stick cinnamon, two cardamom pods, a few black peppercorns in one quart water for ca. 20 minutes. Strain: steep four teaspoons good black tea in this water. Vary the ingredients and amounts to suit...

My grandmothers used liquid bluing. On their whites in the laundry, and on their hair so it wouldn't be yellow or dingy. It's how the white-haired folks came to be known as blue-hairs. I use Mrs. Stewart's liquid bluing for my homemade ink. I get it at Kroger grocery store. I use baking...

The plant I bought was about two feet tall when I got it. It started producing blossoms the first year. I don't have links handy, but there is info available on the web about when to harvest the leaves and how to prepare the leaves for white, green, oolong, or black tea. I think the steaming...

I'd toss it. Rancid anything, ingested, or taken in through the skin cells, is not healthy.

Thanks for the recipe! Nice to be able to have the sweetened, condensed milk without the additives.

I sometimes use baking soda and water. Often just use a little castile soap, liquid or bar. I also use (but not together): hydrogen peroxide Bon Ami Borax washing soda For disinfecting, I just use white vinegar.

Here's what's in Ivory soap (info excerpted from site at bottom of post): Ivory Soap^(TM) (Moisture Care Skin Conditioning Bath Bar -Unscented) ingredient list: sodium cocoyl isethionate (detergent) paraffin (petroleum wax) sodium cocogylceryl ether (detergent) glycerin (humectant -- attracts...

Tea comes from the camellia sinensis. It would have to be grown in a greenhouse environment where you are. I live in Atlanta and have one outside, up next to the house, in a large container. The blossoms have a pungent, sweet smell. Similar to jasmine, or those ornamental oranges in Arizona...

Being one of those who prefers to write with a fountain pen, I decided to try my hand at writing with a dipping pen. In pricing inks for dipping pens, I found them too expensive. I read that Mrs. Stewart's liquid bluing can be used for ink. I am experimenting with using it, as is, out of the...

That happens to me sometimes. It does get one going!

Tankshill, we get fresh cream and milk from a neighbor who has a cow. She usually has enough extra to sell. If you had a cow, I'm sure you'd get folks who'd want what you couldn't use.

Furnace settings: Night: 50 Day: 62-64 I use an electric radiator to warm the room I'm using to 66 in the day, and 60 at night.

Toast with peanut butter and jam Toast with nutritional yeast pat (nutritional yeast flakes and light olive oil) Toast with mayo and sliced tomatoes, or grated carrots or zucchini Celery with cream cheese and olives or pimentoes Homemade muesli with hot apple juice or herbal tea poured on it...