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The power strip my incubator is plugged into got turned off sometime last week on Monday. Eggs were cold when I noticed. I turned it on and hoped. Eggs looked ok when I checked two days later. So today was day 21. Silkies usually start hatching the day before but that didn't happen. However...

This is a slightly modified version of rice crispy treats off the box from around 1980. It's different now with less butter. Mom just figured out how to use the microwave to make them faster. Cooking the marshmallows on the stove makes them harder. For Halloween Mom adds orange and yellow food...

This makes a soft caramel popcorn. Not the type for making caramel popcorn corn balls. Mom usually puts it in baggies when making portions for giving away. She has had complaints that it's too easy to eat and goes too fast. I believe she got this recipe from one of my Great Aunts back in the...

This is my bad tutorial on how to prepare a razor clam for use. Pictures are from a few clams as I took pictures while cleaning. WARNING! PICTURE HEAVY! Clam gun and 1 days limit This is a Pacific Razor Clam. They are wider than Atlantic Razor Clams. Toss in high simmering water until the...

Farmerjan mentioned making a favorite music thread so I made one.

Mom was going through old magazines. Here's a few samples.

I'm looking for a good dill pickle recipe to make relish. We eat more of that than spears or slices. Hubby wants bread and butter slices, though.

This is the local news for my Mom, but it happened over in Idaho. I've driven that stretch of road enough. I want to know who made the chains that attached the trailer and truck. I've seen many people scoff at those until their trailer jumps the hitch. This set was very well built...

Just looking to see if anyone has ideas for helping with psoriasis. I've had flare ups with it on my head off and on since my teens. Usually just patches and I could treat them and get it to sort of go away for a while. Usually in the hair behind my ears and spots in the outer ear. I've had a...

I have a problem here with weeds being hard to control. Mostly it's grass. It's very hard to remove from potted plants even when young. There is just so much of it. I can't mulch the pots deep enough to stop the grass. I'm looking for any ideas to help that isn't the hour a day weeding pots I...

I don't bother with healthy for holiday cookies. This makes for a soft but not squishy sugar cookie. They are best if they sit overnight after frosting. I think I'm the only one other than Mom that now knows the recipe even though it's out of an old cookbook. Once the frosting dries, these pack...

I saw an ad online somewhere but apparently this is a real product, not a hoax. And the horrid price. Half the goodness of bacon grease is eating the bacon first. Plus this has the added BHA preservative that makes store lard taste nasty.

Extra eggs time of year so I make lemon curd. I've been using Alton Brown's recipe last several times. Ingredients 5 egg yolks 1 cup sugar 4 lemons, zested and juiced 1 stick butter, cut into pats and chilled Directions Add enough water to a medium saucepan to come about 1-inch up the side...

First I'm from the northwest and wintergreen isn't native here. I want to use it to make tea so hopefully someone here can help. Ive read that the leaves need to be fermented for 3 days before drying to make good tea. Do you do this like you do for actual tea leaves? Roll in your hands and keep...

I decided to make my nieces something beside the chapstick for fun. Went searching and found many recipes that were similar to each other but were just oils and didn't leave any shine on lips when tested. Vegetable glycerin fixes that issue. This one works pretty well. Glass roll on bottles are...

I made this last year and didn't care for it as it's too oily for my skin. However, Mom loved it. It helped heal up a dry patch on her elbow and does wonders for her hands. I got a request to make her more as she's almost out and has started using it on Dad as well. Simple whipped body butter...

Decided I was finally going to try natural dyes for eggs this year. Natural dyes can be scratched off if not careful until fully dried. I put a coffee filter on bottom of bowls I used for dying so that their wasn't a white spot where the egg sat on bottom. I do not have any white layers so all...

Friday is the Great Backyard Bird Count. It helps judge the populations of wild birds. It happens once a year world wide. http://gbbc.birdcount.org

I've been experimenting with natural dyeing. I'm making some beeswax bowl wraps and figured I could practice dyeing on them first. I mordanted some sections of tea towels I cut to size in alum. Mordants help make the color stay in the fabric but also effect it's shade. I've been using food...

Anyone have any good lotion recipes? I tried one tonight. So the lotion recipe I found is a bit different than most of the store ones. More oily, but I can actually use this unlike the body butter. The added water helps put a thinner layer that actually soaks into my skin. I can smell the...