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Did you see the episode of "Dirty Jobs" where Mike Rowe, the host, worked on the site of one? Pretty interesting, if not grubby, to watch! I had read about them some time ago and thought that the idea was really neat (I think it was in the book, Simple Living ). Vikki popping quickly out of...

I just finished going through three books by Mary Bell after hearing her on a public radio station. She is a dehydrating machine! She offers a lot of instruction plus many recipes and uses for your dehydrated food (shredded carrots in carrot bread, tomato leather for use as tomato paste...)...

We're preparing for 4-8" of snow this afternoon with another bout of below freezing nights...:rolleyes: Thinking spring...it should be here in two or three months!! Vikki

I received the book yesterday through interlibrary loan to look it over. And then I dreamed about making bread all night! I think my brain is telling me to get started. The recipes look great and easy--I am surprised that there are soooo many variations and possibilities! I'm going to have...

I did go back and after several searches with different word combos did find two references buried in another bread topic from October. I'll give it a go when the book shows up. Vikki

Sorry if this has been posted before but I didn't find info on it in the archives.... Has anyone tried this before? I put their book on hold at the library--sounds too good to be true! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxJgIpe38Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFJZPm-_2-M&NR=1 Thanks for any...

I reread the series as an adult this past fall, looking at it with a more critical eye than I did as a 9 or 10 year old ;). One of things that I found interesting, besides how they made use of EVERYTHING, was that, as time went on, Pa was constantly chasing the dream of a better life--the...

I do not have the original reference for the materials we were given--just the handout. In that handout it tells you to blanche most veg before drying--very similar times to freezing veg. Perhaps since the veg is prepped already by being frozen, the cell structure alteration is similar to...

Another source of veggies for drying is frozen. When they go one sale you can pick up a bunch quite cheaply and they go into the dehydrator frozen. We did it this summer in our Master Food Preservers class (taught by the U of W food researcher noted in the earlier post!). We experimented with...

It's -9 at 6:30 PM and it is supposed to get to -19 to -25 plus wind chill down to -45. Ah, it's good to be alive!!! ;)

Here's the latest from the USDA: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_04/soups.html In other words, yes.;)

I brought my name over from BYC. I started there before chickens; thus I was new to chickens and, at that time, new to Wisconsin (wi). But even though my girls are laying :D and we've been here a year, I do not feel like changing my name to oldhippy, or as my kids have been hinting...

I love our Hospital Thrift Store here! This past month I found a Gap sweater set and a Cashmere sweater for $1 each! It's always hit and miss so I plan it into my town day once a week--never know what you will find. It took me a while to convince my folks that there are good ones out...

Here's a recipe: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_02/can_pie/apple_filling.html This website is full of info on canning and freezing with USDA approved recipes. Just a note: oven canning and using 2 qt. (1/2 gallon) jars for anything but juice is not recommended under current USDA...

We moved to Northern Wisconsin last year and our house has an exterior wood boiler. We have had wood stoves for heat before, but this is our first wood boiler (they are very common around here). Ours is small compared to most and is set into a workshop that is an add-on to our garage. It holds...