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    Recipes that require only a few available ingredients.

    If you have to campfire cook you need a dutch oven, a skillet or grildle, and foil. We camp a lot and many meals are prepared and wrapped in foil. Place them in or on the coals and turn occasionally. Ds is 8 and he loves it, especially dessert. I try to keep certain things in the pantry just in...
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    Regular or Wide Mouth Jars?

    I have always used the reg. mouth for veggies and such. But, I can all my venison and many soups in wide because they are easier to clean and it is easier to get venison out.
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    dehydrating minced onions

    You can freeze them. (They sell them frozen in the store.) I have diced them and put in small freezer bags.
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    I'm stumped by ear mites. !!

    smell his ears. If it smells kinda yeasty iit is fungal. One of my bassetts has had fungal infections pretty much her whole life. They have over the counter cleaners that will help to keep the ears dry, which have peroxide in them. Once a week, I usually take warm soapy water and flush her ears...
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    Bee stings? What works, what doesn't?

    meat tenderizer and water to make a paste. Works excellent on jellyfish stings also!
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    Coupons and Savings Thread?

    This, as a thread would go on ...FOREVER! If it was a section the threads could be divided, health, food, clothing, baby, etc. Just a thought, but either way sounds wonderful.
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    Sometimes I envy the Amish.

    Many of the New Order Amish are allowed to have electricity IF it is part of a business, same goes for the phone. If they have a business, they will ask the bishop for approval, he prays abut it and then gives a yes or no answer. We frequently go to our amish country. They will show you their...
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    Home made......

    Dh thinks I'm nuts, but I will take a piece of bread and spread a thin layer od coney sauce and top with cheesee and eat it hot or cold. Yummy both ways.
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    Farina

    I was told that it is just a courser cut of cream of wheat. Tastes the same to me!
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    Energy Saver bulbs-They work!

    If you are truely concerned, contact your local Haz-Mat team. They can give you all of the info that you need to clean up a small spill such as these bulbs. I used to work on the local fire dept. and first responder Haz-Mat team. As far as the contaimination, at a medical facility I worked at...
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    peroxide

    I got this in an e-mail this morning. I have actually done some of these things. 1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 m inutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I bathe) No more canker sores and your teeth will be whiter...
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    Your Grocery Bill

    I make my list and try to figure out what everything will be. I'm usually pretty good at getting the right total. I take about $10 extra and take only my list, cash and couplns. That way I'm not tempted to spend more/buy more than what is on my list.
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    Home Made Bread Recipe That Makes A LOT of Loaves?

    Better luck than mine! I tried to make a couple of loaves this weekend only to find that it wouldn't rise! My yeast had gone bad. Oh, well. I baked it anyway and my chickens had an extra treat.
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    Your Grocery Bill

    Do you have another store that you can go to? I have found that Wal-Mart is actually a lot higher on many of the things that I buy. I try to use coupns as often as I can. I go to Krogers for name brand stuff taht I have coupns for because they double most of them. I also go online and get free...
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    Recycling toilet paper tubes

    We use them for party favors. Either pain or wrap inpaper and fill with candy for the kids. We use leftover pieces of wrapping paper and tie with a bit of ribbon or yarn. When done, they go into the woodburner.
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