Posted on 02/09/2009 12:36:11 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny
mostly I’m just noticing whats sold out / whats gone , etc..
mostly what’s gone are customers...<<<
I think today, no one is sure that they will have a job tomorrow.
And so many retirement plans have been wiped out, it is a scary world, all of it.
Laughing, as our memories on kerosene are the same, on the farm we cooked on wood and also kerosene cook stove, and as I recall it, the kerosene came in a tank, and we filled something smaller, as we did not go to town very often and at times did not have a car, so dad cut a barrel in half lengthwise and bolted it to the tractor tool bar and the kids stood up in the barrel, held on to the seat and away we went.
It must have been 15 or 20 miles to town.
LOL, I may still have a brown Clorox gallon jar around here.
http://keepitcheap.blogspot.com/2008/03/2-meals.html
$2 Meals
This is a great idea I found over at Cheap Vegans. This was posted by SweetCharity. She says she got the idea by making these items as inexpensive gifts. Well, instead of just gifts use them in your own kitchen. Plus, they are pretty sitting out. This plus produce from a backyard garden and you’ve got a great meal and it’s cheap!
Do you make things like this? Share them with me. I would love to hear from you.
$2 Meals by SsoupweetCharity photo by: SweetCharity
I use Mason jars but you could also use old Mayo jars. I included my 2 personal favorite recipes, but they are tons of Soups in a Jar recipes online.
1 lb. barley pearls
1 lb. dried black beans
1 lb. dried red beans
1 lb. dried pinto beans
1 lb. dried navy beans
1 lb. dried green northern beans
1 lb. dried lentils
1 lb. dried split peas
1 lb. dried black-eyed peas
Combine all beans. Divide into 10 (2 cup) Jars with the following recipe for nine bean soup. Prepare mix according to nine bean soup recipe.
NINE BEAN SOUP:
1 jar of nine bean soup mix
2 qt. water
1 lg. onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 to 3/4 tsp. salt
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes, not drained but chopped
1 (10 oz.) can tomatoes and green chilies, not drained
Sort and wash bean mix; place in a Dutch oven. Cover with water 2 inches above beans, and soak overnight. Drain beans; add 2 quarts water, onion, garlic, and salt. Cover and bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 2 1/2 hours or until beans are tender. Add remaining ingredients, simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Yield: 8 servings
Minestrone Soup Mix
1/2 cup dried onion flakes
1/2 cup dried green bell pepper flakes
1/4 cup dried parsley flakes
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried marjoram
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup veggie bouillon
in addition
1 pound dried white beans
1 pound dried kidney beans
4 cups uncooked small shells or elbow macaroni
Combine the flavorings. Divide into 4 parts and place in small zip lock bags.
Combine the beans.
In 4 jars divide and layer the pasta.
Stick in the flavorings package.
Divide and layer the beans.
Seal jar.
Attach note:
Minestrone Soup
In addition to contents, you will need
2-1/2 quarts, water
1 carrot, zucchini, or yellow squash, sliced
14-1/2 oz. can stewed tomatoes, undrained
Soak beans overnight. Drain. Add 2-1/2 quarts cold water, flavoring mix, vegetables. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally 2 hours. Add tomatoes & pasta, return to a boil; reduce to medium, and cook 20 minutes or until pasta is tender.
Makes 8 servings.
Here’s an added bonus. If you buy some foods, such as horseradish, with the tops (or at least part of the top still attached), you can cut off the top, plant it in the ground, and it will reproduce another horseradish root just like the one you bought. The next year it will divide, and soon from only one top you will have an entire patch of horseradish.
http://www.hallmarkmagazine.com/ProGiveItcitrus_sugars
Sugar and spice make everything nice, but sugar and citrus make gift-giving delicious.
By Amy Palanjian
CONSIDER IT YOUR GO-TO GIFT for the season: citrus sugars in lemon, lime and orange, all packaged up in an old-fashioned milk-bottle caddy that’s as sweet as the homemade contents it carries. This refreshing sugar is simple to concoct whether you’re heading to Easter brunch at the in-laws, need a last minute get-well gift for a friend, or just want to say “Happy Spring” to someone you love. And it can be used by its lucky recipient in many yummy ways, from a topping on breakfast-in-bed-worthy pancakes to a substitute for plain sugar in a pound cake recipe, or as a surprising sweetener for iced tea. Then there’s the added bonus for you: The heavenly fragrance will fill your kitchen, making your effort feel downright delightful.
The Recipe
2 cups granulated sugar
Zest of 2 lemons, 2 limes or 1 orange
Place the sugar and the zest of one kind of fruit into a food processor. Pulse until well blended. Spread the mixture onto a rimmed baking sheet for approximately 1 hour to dry. Repeat with zest from the other fruits.
The Gift
Fill diner-style sugar canisters ($1.04, katom.com) with the dried citrus sugars. Tie on coordinating ribbons and click here for free labels to secure on each jar with a dot of glue. Finally, fill up an easy-to-carry milk-bottle caddy with as many canisters as you decide to make. We say the more, the merrier!
Homemade Rose Dusting Powder Recipe
Posted By TipNut On April 1, 2008 @ 6:37 am In Beauty & Health | 4 Comments
Picture of Rose Petals - Tipnut.comIngredients:
Petals from 4 roses (medium size)
1 cup cornstarch
3 TBS baking soda
3 dried roses
Directions:
1. In a small cardboard box, layer the petals and cornstarch. Fit the cover on but don’t seal tight, you want the contents to still have a bit of air. Leave for 24 to 36 hours.
2. Sift the petals from cornstarch then add the baking soda (you may have to sift a few times to remove all the petals). Mix well then split the powder mixture into two batches. *See tip below
3. Next take the dried roses, remove the stem and leaves and add the rose heads (petals) to one half of the powder mixture. Pour into a blender and mix [1] until the dried roses are finely ground.
4. Add the fine ground powder mixture to the other half of the powder mixture, use a wooden spoon to blend the powder by hand.
5. Pour the scented powder into a decorative box or shaker jar, allow to sit for a day before using.
Tips
* If you prefer a stronger scented dusting powder, you can add another batch of fresh rose petals and allow the powder to sit another 24 hours (first sift out the first batch of rose petals).
* You can use lavender or other scented flowers instead of rose petals if you prefer.
Ideas For Using Dusting Powder
* Dust skin with a powder puff after bathing or showering
* Lightly sprinkle on bedding for a nicely scented sleep
* Use to scent lingerie drawers or closets
* Great to give as homemade gifts
Careful: You want to be sure to use organic or pesticide free roses since the dusting powder will be applied to skin.
*Edited to clarify instructions
Also See These Tips:
* Homemade Rose Petal Vinegar Recipe [2]
* Homemade Foot Powder Recipes [3]
* Homemade Rose Bath Oil [4]
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[1] blender and mix: http://tipnut.com/use-mason-jars-with-your-blender-tip/
[2] Homemade Rose Petal Vinegar Recipe: http://tipnut.com/homemade-rose-petal-vinegar-recipe/
[3] Homemade Foot Powder Recipes: http://tipnut.com/homemade-foot-powder-recipes/
[4] Homemade Rose Bath Oil: http://tipnut.com/homemade-rose-bath-oil/
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http://www.mintprintables.com/
Free printables are great time and money savers and can be a lot of fun! Print the items you want from the convenience of your home or office... no hassles, and they are always available whenever you need them.
http://vintagehouseholdtas.blogspot.com/2008/10/sewing-tutorial-fabric-flower-bowls-ive.html
Instructions for making a mini-bowl out of fabric scraps.
They are quite striking and it would be fun to make them.
http://edibleherbsandflowers.blogspot.com/
for the benefit and health of you, your family and neighborhood/community.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tomatoes “Let ‘Em Sprawl”
Good Day Folks,
The tomato plant and all its varieties are a non-climbing vine member of the Solano (nightshade) family which fall into two categories: determinate and indeterminate.
(Photos show how to sun-dry your tomatoes - see recipe below.)
Tomatoes, like their eggplant and pepper cousins are tender perennials, meaning with frost protection in areas like the desert they will live for several years — they don’t produce during the winter, but the larger root system gives them a jump-start in the spring growing season, a benefit because while our spring growing season for tomatoes is too short for beefsteak-type tomatoes, it is sufficient for salad and cherry, pear or grape size varieties — and we get a bonus of a fall production beginning in late summer and lasting through frost.
Determinate type tends to be more bushy and compact, usually called patio-type because they do well in large containers.
Indeterminate types can reach 18 or even more feet in overall length and are the usual tomatoes planted because they are more productive over a longer growing season.
The customary plant guide for growing indeterminate types says to stake or cage them and that works everywhere except in the desert garden — in our desert gardens we let them sprawl for maximum production. Also the fruit tends to be better hidden from birds.
We garden ‘experts’ have been writing about this practice for a while now and I can tell you from first hand experience it is the absolute best way to grow tomatoes in the desert.
Here is the reason and my ‘testimonial’ — consider that in our summer the air is generally hot and dry (I know, I know — an understatement) and if you consider that fact when you stake or cage your tomato plants you are bringing them up into the hotter, drier air, away from the cooler, moister air of the soil. In addition the sprawling vines provide a canopy to the soil, retaining the moisture better and longer and therefore mulching is not generally necessary.
I have been growing an heirloom black cherry plum (really more of a grape-shape) tomato for several years — it freely re-seeds each year and we let it because of the wonderful flavor and bounty of this little gem - growing like a cluster of grapes these mahogany, rich flavored tomatoes, fruit well into the end of July if allowed to sprawl (as mentioned above, we get a second crop beginning in late summer/early fall).
Last year I wanted to put some additional plants in near one of my volunteers so I caged the plant to provide sun to the others plants — that plant was limited in growth, and gave us little fruit, while the sprawling plants in other areas of the garden gave us bushels of tomatoes — I had enough to even sun-dry some for later use.
The vines on these plants are pretty sturdy and robust and generally the small fruit does not touch the ground. If fruit does rest on the ground while ripening, just slip an unwaxed plain, white paper plate under them until ready to harvest.
Compost Tip: Toss the plate into the compost pile when you are finished with it — white untreated paper products like plates and paper towels can be composted AS LONG as there is no grease or meat products on it).
Ripening Tip: Use paper plates in the same way with any fruit such as melons, squash or cucumbers, which may rest on the ground - keeps the bugs away from them, and they don’t get damaged or rot.
Some final thoughts on growing tomatoes:
1) never water from above - tomato leaves tend to pick up soil born diseases when watered from above — also watering from above may contribute to blossom-end rot on the fruit.
2) if anyone in the household smokes — don’t let them touch your tomatoes — there are reports of tobacco-born disease transmitted to the tomato plants by smokers handling the foliage.
3) consider a light covering of bird netting over the plants to keep both the birds AND the sphinx moth off the plants. The birds are after the fruit (birds don’t usually bother the green or yellow fruiting types of tomatoes such as green zebra or yellow pear). The sphinx moth lays the eggs which hatch into the tomato hornworm. Since the sphinx moth is also one of our pollinators I would rather she go lay her eggs on some other plants - even an intentionally unprotected tomato plant - than on my primary producing areas. I discovered the bird netting/sphinx moth relief one year when we covered the plants to keep the birds off the fruit and had NO horn worm problems that year - the moth is so big she can’t get through the netting.
4) save some of the harvested, ripe fruit and allow to dry and collect seed for re-seeding where you want the plants next season.
5) sow seeds indoors in December or June for planting out 2 months later.
6) if you don’t want to or can’t use bird netting, hang metallic red Christmas balls here and there in the tomato vine BEFORE the fruit on the plant begins to color - the birds will tap the metal, and learn it isn’t edible and may leave most of the later ripe red tomatoes for you.
7) if you or a family member have a problem with the acid content of tomatoes, try growing the white or yellow varieties — they are far lower in acid than their red cousins. The yellow pear is a prolific producer of sweet tasting fruit — children love them and they are great anywhere, anytime.
Bird Tip: Although some birds have a taste for tomatoes, usually they are after the fruit for moisture. Give them a water dish keep cleaned and filled AWAY from the garden area.
One of the most loved and good for you fruits, tomatoes should and can be in everyone’s garden!
BEEFSTEAK — Fruit or Leaf?
I mentioned beefsteak tomato above — did you know there is another “beefsteak” — it is referred to in Japanese cooking as “beefsteak leaves” and the first time I heard that I said to myself ‘I don’t think so” since the nightshade leaves are poisonous. Turns out the chefs were referring to Perilla Frutescens “Shiso” another member of the huge mint family, it grows and is used much like Basil, with all parts edible. Available in a purple or green leaf color, the flavor is variously described as spicy, cinnamon and/or minty. The seeds and plants are becoming more readily available in the US. Like basil it is also a tender perennial (frost sensitive).
Check out Richters out of Canada - one of the largest herb suppliers in North America - they have an incredible selection of seeds and plants BUT, because of our opposite growing climate it is best to order seeds from them — there is a limited window in spring (May) and fall (October) where plants will survive OUR temps during transit. Their customer service is super!
http://www.richters.com/source.cgi?source=6147885.16643
http://edibleherbsandflowers.blogspot.com/
KITCHEN
The following three-tier recipe set can be used in many other ways, experiment and have some fun with the concepts — these are from my book “101+ Recipes From The Herb Lady.”
MIDNIGHT EGGS
A poached egg over mixed greens is a midnight snack idea suggested on returning from a night out. The fennel seed condiment (see third recipe) was inspiration for a snack worthy of a stellar post-performance meal, and a nice ending to the Christmas season.
3 cups mixed baby greens
3 poached eggs (see poaching tip next page)
Sliced tomatoes
Warm Herb Yogurt Sauce (see next recipe)
Place one cup of greens in the middle of plate—creating a nest. Slice tomatoes and arrange attractively around the ‘nest.’
Poach eggs (you can do this ahead of time—chill and re-warm by gently placing in hot water for 15-30 seconds). Place a poached egg in each greens nest, pour sauce over egg and serve.
Poaching Tip: If you are like me and your poached eggs are not stellar in appearance, an egg poacher is a life saver (the microwave kind work very well—just remember to put some water in each bowl and prick the egg yolk to permit steam to escape).
WARM HERB YOGURT SAUCE
1 cup of plain yogurt, gelatin-free
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1-2 teaspoons corn starch
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons of Fennel Parsley Condiment (below)
Place yogurt in a sauce pan and very, very gently warm—stirring regularly (using a double boiler may be easier). Add in lemon juice and olive oil. Mix corn starch and water together and pour slowly into warmed yogurt—stirring to desired thickness. Add condiment and stir in well.
FENNEL/PARSLEY CONDIMENT
1 teaspoon fennel seed, ground
1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons water
In a mini-processor or with mortar and pestle, mix fennel and parsley, add oil, and add enough water to make a paste. Store in refrigerator for up to 1 week. Use in following recipes.
Other Uses: As a sandwich spread with sliced chicken; make tuna salad with 1 tablespoon Fennel/Parsley Condiment, 6 oz. tuna, mayo and a bit of salt and pepper; toss with 1 cup chopped tomatoes and a bit of salt and pepper if desired; 1 tablespoon mixed into scrambled eggs.
CILANTRO LIME SODA
With limes and cilantro in season, serve this sparkling homemade soda and toast the end of the 12 days of Christmas. (Coriander/cilantro is one of the Biblical herbs.)
1 1/2 cups of fresh lime juice
1/2 cup rinsed and dried cilantro
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup boiling water
4 1/2 cups of sparkling water, club soda, or seltzer
Sprigs of cilantro for garnish
Add sugar to boiling water and stir until sugar is dissolved, add cilantro and let steep until cooled. Strain into lime juice. Add sparkling, chilled water, stir and serve with a sprig of cilantro in each glass.
Option: By the glass — Stir and dissolve sugar in lime juice, add cilantro and allow to sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Strain, and use chilled still, water, club soda, seltzer or sparkling water. Ratio is 1/4 cup of lime syrup to 3/4 cups of water.
ORANGE FENNEL SALAD
A sunny salad with lots of flavor and good for you (and seasonal) ingredients.
2 oranges, peeled and sectioned (make sure to catch any juice)
6 red radishes, shredded or thinly sliced
1/2 cup fennel leaf “feathers” (loose packed)
2 tablespoons almond oil
1 tablespoon cider or rice wine vinegar
Pinch of salt
Use the ‘feathery’ leaves from bulb or leaf fennel — reserve bulb for other meals. Blend oil, vinegar and salt. Gently toss with orange, radish and fennel. Serve immediately.
MARINATED TOFU
Tangerines are in season now and add a lovely sweetness to this recipe. The challenge for most folks with tofu is its blandness, but that is what is great about it, because it picks of the flavors it is cooked/mixed with. You always need a pinch of salt with tofu
1 cup cubed extra firm tofu
½ teaspoon dried savory (or 1 teaspoon fresh)
Zest of 1 tangerine (or orange)
1 tablespoon tangerine juice
1/4+ teaspoon salt to taste
Olive oil
Place cubed tofu in bowl, gently toss with zest, savory, juice and half the salt. Take a clean 12 oz. jar and pour a little olive oil in bottom. Pile mixed tofu in jar (being sure to scrape bowl juices and spices into jar), and add rest of salt to top. Cover with additional olive oil, cap tightly and turn jar to mix well. Turn several times over one hour and serve or refrigerate — will keep for approximately 4-5 days. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
Serve over mixed greens, or on crackers or slices of apple.
TOFU TIP: Press extra liquid from extra firm tofu by placing in a bowl, covered with plastic of flat plat weighted down with a 1 lb can, then cube.
Subject: Hedgie’s Treasure Trove for March 9th
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Projects and coloring pages especially for Saint Patrick’s Day.
~ Saint Patrick’s Rainbow Coloring Page
http://www.janbrett.com/saint_patricks_coloring_rainbow.htm
~ Hedgie Leprechaun Coloring Page
http://www.janbrett.com/saint_patricks_coloring.htm
~ Saint Patrick’s Day Coloring Placemat
http://www.janbrett.com/place_mats/happy_st_patricks_coloring_place_mat.htm
~ Saint Patrick’s Day Email Postcards
http://www.janbrett.com/vcards/gbrowse.php?cat_id=9
Leprechan takes a Hedgie Ride Coloring Page
~ http://www.janbrett.com/leprechaun_takes_a_hedgie_ride.htm
Bookmarks for Saint Patrick’s Day
http://www.janbrett.com/bookmarks/bookmarks_saint_patricks_day.htm
Also new this week is the Jan Brett Blog. I hope that it will be a
place where book lovers can meet and share information. ~ http://janbrettsblog.com/
It’s a pleasure to be in touch.
Sincerely,
Jan Brett
I know I missed a lot of Dela Where’s friends, but I did try.
Dela Where’s daughter is ill and in the hospital.
Freeper prayers are called for, they are powerful and important to many Freepers and never more so, than for this child and the family.
Your prayers are needed now.
granny
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202469/posts
HR 875 The food police
campaign for liberty ^
Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 7:32:17 AM by modhom
HR 875 The food police, criminalizing organic farming and the backyard gardener, and violation of the 10th amendment
This bill is sitting in committee and I am not sure when it is going to hit the floor. One thing I do know is that very few of the Representatives have read it. As usual they will vote on this based on what someone else is saying. Urge your members to read the legislation and ask for opposition to this devastating legislation. Devastating for everyday folks but great for factory farming ops like Monsanto, ADM, Sodexo and Tyson to name a few.
Prayers up, Granny!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/09/hospital.hazmat/index.html?eref=ib_us
updated 2:22 p.m. EDT, Mon March 9, 2009
*
Acid spill forces hundreds from Denver hospital, school
* Story Highlights
* Chemical spill produces fumes at school for children with breathing difficulties
* Nearly 500 people evacuated from the school and an affiliated hospital
* At least 35 adults, kids sent to other hospitals for treatment, police say
* Police: Hydrochloric acid spilled during pool cleaning and reacted with bleach
[snippet] This is a Denver School.
The spill happened at an indoor pool of the Kunsberg School, a learning facility for children with breathing problems who cannot attend a regular school, according to school spokesman William Allstetter.
The Kunsberg School, which teaches kindergarten through eighth grade, is affiliated with the adjacent National Jewish Health, a medical facility that specializes in treating patients with breathing disorders.
A pool worker reported two 15-gallon drums of hydrochloric acid spilled into the pool during routine maintenance early Monday, according to Champagne. The acid came into contact with bleach, and the interaction created hazardous fumes that spread throughout the campus through a series of interconnected tunnels.
continued.
Thank you.
Longmont Chicken Permits In High Demand
City Requires Permits To Hold Chickens In Back Yards
POSTED: 6:08 pm MDT March 9, 2009
UPDATED: 6:54 pm MDT March 9, 2009
DENVER — On the first day Longmont residents could apply for a permit to keep chickens in their back yards, about a dozen people were waiting outside the front doors of the Development Services Center waiting for staffers to open up.
By 11 a.m., half of the 50 permits were already taken.
continues.
Sending prayers for Dela’s dear daughter.
God provide her with healing and comfort.
U.S. - Currently the United States is in the midst of one of the largest food recalls in American history. As Americans dig through their cabinets and refrigerators to remove potentially contaminated food associated with the recent peanut recall, FEMA would like to also remind citizens to open and check their Emergency Preparedness Kits to remove any potentially harmful items from these also.
Because peanut products are often recommended as staples in Emergency Preparedness Kits due to their long shell life and because they are a good source of protein, we encourage all kit owners to look at their kits to ensure food products are not on the peanut recall list. Please keep in mind that the peanut product recall extends beyond peanut-flavored products. The following are some examples of foods also included in the recall that may contain peanuts:
* Granola
* Snack bars
* Crackers
* Cereal
* Trail Mix
* Cookies
* Noodles
* Dog treats
A full list of recalled peanut products and what individuals should do with recalled items can be found on the Food and Drug Administrationʼs Web site, http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm .
In addition to checking for peanut-related items, please be sure to check for other items in your kit that may have expired, including medications, food and pet food, water, and other recalled items. The U.S. government provides information on unsafe, hazardous, or defective products ranging from consumer products, food, medicine, and cosmetics at www.recalls.gov .
Ensuring family and neighbors are prepared is an essential step in helping communities during and after an emergency. Families should have an Emergency Preparedness Kit in all locations that are frequented often, including homes, offices, schools, cars and day care facilities. These kits should hold a variety of essential items that are needed during a disaster, such as a flashlight, radio, cash, clothing, protective equipment, medicines, and of course food and water. For a complete list of Emergency Preparedness Kit recommended items, please visit
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/supplykit.shtm
Thank you.
I updated my browser Firefox [or is foxfire?], and now it will not connect to the internet.
I am using Explorer and it stresses me to the limit, I could clean the house, while it changes pages.
So if I disappear, you will know why ....
I don’t know enough about computers to uninstall the uploaded material.
There are a few processes you could perform but I would never want to suggest something that would make your system puke. I run firefox 3.0.4 and explorer 6 so that tells how much I despise change (little humor there)
hopefully some other suggestions will be posted
you could remove firefox , reinstall firefox or if you have the famous xp system restore and it's active, you could restore your system back to the day before firefox was updated. ..
If you have someone you TRUST with a broadband connection they can do a logmein remote control, but if they are not familiar with that then by all means forget it..
again I would not act on anything I suggested until some other suggestions are posted....
a slow connection is better than none and we don't want you to disappear..
prayers as always.
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