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    Old Crock & press

    Funny! Sorry I plan to use them both for sure! I am all pumped and I know my family now will be looking to me for more goodies (pickles, kraut, apple cider...._ . Funny how things happen!
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    Old Crock & press

    Thanks you are right. He wasn't mean about it he's just a little more savy with money....could be because he is the one with a JOB!!!! I am student teaching so I am not getting paid for 5 months!
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    Old Crock & press

    Well I am hoping it is an antique crock and press just because I like old things and think they are made way better than junk today. AND they will most likely be made in the USA. Also I want antiques in my 1889 house! I love old stuff..that includes little old ladies and funny old...
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    Old Crock & press

    Cute..but I really wan them. I asked what he wanted..he said make me an offer. I said $50 and my hubby sais I should have said $20 and now I feel like poop......I should have said $20 I just got soooo excited.
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    Old Crock & press

    My uncle's neighbor is cleaning out his mother in laws house and was going to get rid of a huge crock (2 ft diameter and up to his knee tall) and a press used to make wine. How much should I offer him?
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    Do you have SS friends? Or do your friends think you are weird?

    My sister thinks I am a freak...she's preganant and eating bar food...my mom and dad like it becuase they get goodies...homemade granola, bread, eggs, such...my other think I need a hobby that involves a PS3 or Wii or something more "up to date!?" I enjoy it and it keeps me healthy, happy, and...
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    need help with my grocery budget...

    Try making your won bread? That's like $4 a week....if not more depending if you need buns. I have been making all our bread and yogurt and our cost has gone down....this summer with a garden I am hoping to bring it doen even more.
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    Signs of spring in your area?

    I am hearing robins singing thier mating songs, I hear woodpeckers drumming thier mating songs, I see sandhill cranes flying over, I see tons of geese flying back and we are seeing less snow on the ground!
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    Need help learning to can and preseve

    Oh poop I was planning on washing my floors tomorrow!
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    Need help learning to can and preseve

    Here is a great website to help you learn to can and preserve as well as find farms near you to pick the produce you will need or want. http://www.pickyourown.org/index.htm
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    Granola Bars?

    Freemotion waht a great idea. Next time I may do that! Keljonma I tried your first recipe out today. I baked it on a 8x8 square pan so that the bars were thicker. It worked out just fine. Thanks!
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    Granola Bars?

    Thanks I will try these tomorrow.
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    Granola Bars?

    So I am making granola and would love to know if anyone here makes it into bars? My 8 year old is begging me and I love it that she is eating so much better. Thanks!
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    Half gallon beer bottle-uses?

    I would go back to the local brewery and have it filled again. It is called a growler!
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    What do you substitute for 'cream of X' soup?

    Do you can them? How? Becasue I am allergic to MSG and was making my own cream of x soups and freezing them in canning jars. I read that you shouldn't can cream stuff or soups with cream/dairy? Is this correct?
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    Who's making yogurt and how?

    I use my whey in breads & pancakes. I love yocheese!
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    Disappointed in my local dairy.

    Well Shoot pie It shouldn't be that way !!! There should be a way that the government gives a tax break to good people that want to go organic..that is farmers...consumers...Phewy on large corperations!
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    Pork shoulder

    How about you just come on over to my house and build me one of those awesome smoke huts!
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    Pork shoulder

    I put our last pork butt roast in the crockpot with taco seasoning for 24 hours on low and it fell apart and made great pulled pork sandwiches on buns and tacos. You need to add water like only a cup. As it cooks the liquids increase
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    Brownies anyone?

    Yokes were not wasted. They were fed to the chickens, I have nothing against eggs I just found this recipe and thought I would share.
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