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My name is BACOG and I found this forum mentioned on another forum. Will be 60 in a couple of years and am getting back to my roots. Lived for a few years on the edge of a swamp in southern Indiana. With my mother & grandmother out of the picture I am having to teach my self the old ways...

I found a good recipe for laundry soap but does anyone make their own shampoo and/or dish soap? Also can anyone post a link to clear directions on how to make bath soap? I am thinking the regular lye type. I tried researching it on the internet but got into some of the fancier soaps which I do...

Is it me or what? It seems like when I feed my starter with a little wheat flour it gets better action that when I feed it with regular all purpose white flour. Also the recipe called for 4 cups of flour & I put in 3 cups of white and 1 cup of wheat. You could almost see it rising. Has...

I have a recipe for summer sausage that I really like. It calls for Morton's Tenderquick which can sometimes be hard to find. My question is: Is Instacure #1 or #2 the same as the Morton's?

The thread "What would you want to learn to do?" by Quail Antwerp got me to thinking. (some people might say that is a dangerous thing). There a lot of things that people here want to learn and other people that have those skills. Could we start a tutorials section & maybe put it under the...