4 small wood burning stoves for heating purposes
1 Home Comfort wood burning stove for cooking
Numerous oil lanterns and candles
Numerous tools for woodworking and gardening
Numerous small kitchen gadgets
Manual can opener
Food mill
Meat grinder
2 coffee grinders
2 washboards
Ax and hatchet...
Tomatoes - all heirloom, bumper crop from about 25 plants
Cucumbers - heirloom, only 3 plants but they produced well
Blackeye peas - heirloom, 2 bumper crops
Green Beans - heirloom, plants in the sun died, plants in the shade gave me only enough for a few meals
Hot Peppers - heirloom, only 3...
Geesh! My husband just read online that a home 2 blocks from our cabin (2 BLOCKS!!!! :th ) was the victim of an ARMED home invasion last night. A couple in their 80s. The thief stole money and prescription meds. I guess 50 miles from the city, in a teeny tiny little town in the National Forest...
I read (somewhere, can't remember where) that as long as you are processing longer than 10 minutes, jars do not need to be sterilized first, just clean and hot. I heat mine up in the oven or the microwave.
I always have 4-packs of chicken thighs in the freezer (husband's favorite chicken piece), but was wanting "roasted" chicken. Found this recipe and it was GREAT! I used my 8" cast iron deep chicken frying skillet and it was perfect for 4 thighs and I followed the times exactly. The chicken was...
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I have a friend whose son is severely autistic.... heaven help anyone who describes him as anything other than developmentally delayed. It's like walking on eggshells around her.
One thing that shows like this never address is the nuclear power plants... what would happen if there was a massive human population kill off and the power grid goes down? Wouldn't all the nuclear plants melt down?
I really think our society is totally overdoing it with all the antibacterial cleaning products, bleach, etc. for home use. Geesh, how in the heck are kids going to build up immunities if everything is super sanitized? Have you all seen the commercial now for one-use disposable hand towels for...
I eat it over cream cheese too, with crackers (need to make some more yogurt cheese, that would be good too). But it's also good on a hot biscuit with loads of butter. The glaze sounds like a great idea!
The sugar is what causes it to thicken up. And yes, I've read that you can substitute honey for sugar in jam recipes.
Thumbs up for tomato jam!!!! I love it, especially with some kick from hot peppers.
Shoes... Sketchers!!! I have 4 pair - a hiking type sandal, ballet type shoe, regular tennis shoe, and a beach/hiking shoe. All are at least 5 years old and still look like brand new and are the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. I wear the sandals every single day during the warm months and...