Posted on 02/09/2009 12:36:11 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny
http://hoover.archives.gov/LIW/strawhat/activities_strawhat.html
This “straw” hat is made to resemble one that a boy might have worn on the trail west. It is fairly simple to construct with brown paper bags or kraft paper, and a small bowl for shaping the crown. However, an adult should make the pattern template ahead of time.
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http://hoover.archives.gov/LIW/sunbonnet/activities_sunbonnet.html
This little girl’s paper sunbonnet is fashioned after the cloth ones my grandmother used to make and wear when she worked in her garden. To make a pattern template that will stand up to repeated use, you will need a 12 x 16 piece of tagboard. Cut out the half pattern included with these instructions. Using the diagram on the half pattern as a guide, place half pattern on one side of the tagboard, trace around it marking the center with a dashed line. Flip the pattern over and trace around the other side. Cut out tagboard on outside lines - do not cut center line. Use a paper punch to punch holes where marked.
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Now, you pay for everything you take to the dump, get treated very rudely and some items they won’t take for any price, so what do the people do with it?<<<
Try to give it away on Free Cycle....?
There was a collection going on for some charity last month and it sounded to me as if they were collecting the things that we can’t dispose of, electronics and a few other things, ink cartridges also I think.
I figured they either had a spot to sell the stuff, or parts of it.
When Bill managed the auto wrecking part of a salvage yard, his boss would send him home with things for me to figure out a use for, or how to tear them up for the special metals.
One of the projects was a box car full of large radio tubes, as I recall about the size or larger than a quart milk carton.
There was one spot of metal in them that he could sell for a profit, but in the 1960’s the price of silver [?] was not high enough to pay someone to hit it with a hammer, avoid the flying glass and cut out the wanted section.
Bill timed me and offered suggestions, for speed and safety and even as fast as I was then, there was no profit in them.
Never did know what he did with them.
So pick a charity and get someone to ramrod a collection of the stuff no one wants, LOL, if you can find a buyer.
“We need water! We need water!” Then he left and proceeded to do nothing further.<<<
Get him out in the next election.
The takeover of our country plan, goes down to the smallest liberal on the street, who has no idea of what they are giving up for a useless fish.
“Your should have a state tree nursery, where $45-50 can buy houndreds of trees. “
I’ll put it on my “list” of things to find out about when we go down this weekend. :)
1-star rating
• Pacific Natural Foods - Buys soybeans from China and refused to disclose the name of the organic certifier in China. Refused to respond to questions about the certification of their “organic” soybeans. Cornucopia wonders whether Pacific Natural Foods is engaged in “a marketing gimmick” when it claims its products are “Certified to the Source.” (Certified by who?)
• Vitasoy USA - Buys soybeans from China.<<<
Organic from China, is something that I doubt.
Soy does not taste good to me, I tried it in the 1960’s and we did not like it.
Sure ruined a large number of loaves of bread, with that blasted soy flour, and poor Bill, never complained, just thanked me for making fresh bread.
I am not a fan of the Midland company, so don’t pay a lot of attention to it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251401/posts
Scorpion venom neutralized - A drug used in Mexico proves effective in Arizona test<<<
Very interesting, for we have them here too.
“A bit late for this year... I don’t have any more refrigerated cuttings. February and March are the best times to put those cuttings out unless they are kept refrigerated.”
Well, you know the “gardener’s refrain”: “There’s always next year.” I’ll keep you in mind. :)
Try finding it on line....I think we can even order from our on line. Orders must be in in the fall for spring delivery.
I love ducks.
Use their eggs to bake with, the baked product will be better than with common chicken eggs.
My duck and goose eggs were for baking.
That is a fantastic strawberry tower, I like that one.
Your bags are growing well, interesting the things we can use.
LOL, I still think my cat food sacks will work too.
It would be fun to watch your ducks, I am glad you let them stay.
The first Mallard ducks we bought, from a town maybe 50 miles away, hauled them home in burlap bags, and were so excited to finally have our own ducks.
All was ready for them, and Bill dumped the 2 bags.
Paul turned to Mabel and said, “remember, follow me, don’t give them another chance to catch you!!!”, he wandered off a few feet, with Mabel right behind and all of a sudden it was a full lift off and they were launched and away....
Never to be seen again.
I have always wondered if the man who sold them to us, laughed while he waited for them to come back?
Your flower pots are doing well, but you need more of them, lots more, for what is coming.
Thanks for sharing the photos, next we want to see the ducks and if you find more eggs.
Ziplock Ice Cream:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&as_qdr=all&q=Ziplock+Ice+Cream&spell=1
Kitchen Krafts
Nauvoo Ginger Cookies
“Kitchen Krafts,” Friend, July 1993, 23
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup water
1 egg
3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1. In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, molasses, oil, and water. Beat in the egg.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
3. Add the dry mixture in three parts to the wet mixture, stirring well after each addition.
4. Shape the dough into 1” (2.5 cm) balls and place them on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° F (175° C) for 8–12 minutes.
Johnnycake
(A favorite dish of the Prophet Joseph Smith)
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon molasses
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
1. Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients. Blend this mixture into the dry ingredients, mixing just enough to combine.
3. Put the batter into a greased 8” (20 cm) square pan. Bake at 425° F (220° C) for 25–30 minutes. Serve hot with Homemade Butter.
Homemade Butter
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon sour cream
pinch of salt, optional
1. Put both creams into a jar with a tight-fitting lid; shake vigorously.
2. After a lump of butter forms (about 15 minutes), pour off the remaining liquid (whey).
3. Place the butter on a plate and press it gently with a spoon to remove the remaining liquid.
4. If desired, sprinkle with salt.
Old-Fashioned Pickles
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 large cucumber
1 cup vinegar
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
pinch of pepper
1. Put the onion slices into a one-quart glass jar that has a lid.
2. With a fork, scrape down the length of the cucumber; repeat, going all around it. Slice the cucumber and add it to the jar.
3. Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl, then pour into the jar.
4. Cover the jar and refrigerate for at least 24 hours before serving.
[photo] Photo by Craig Dimond; setting courtesy of the Beehive House
© 2007 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Pioneer Recipes
Mormon Johnnycake
“Pioneer Recipes,” Friend, July 1978, 43
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons honey or molasses
2 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
Beat eggs until light. Add buttermilk and honey or molasses. Combine dry ingredients and stir into batter along with melted butter. Pour into buttered dripper pan and bake at 425° F. for about 20 minutes. Cut into squares.
Honey Candy
2 cups honey
1 cup sugar
1 cup cream
Combine all ingredients and cook slowly to a hard-ball stage. Pour onto buttered platter. When cool enough to handle, grease hands and pull until a golden color. Cut into pieces.
Pioneer Lettuce Salad
1 head lettuce
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cut lettuce into wedges or shred. Whip cream and blend with vinegar, salt, and sugar. Serve over lettuce.
Rice in Cream
3/4 cup uncooked rice
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Cook rice and salt in milk over boiling water until rice is soft and mixture is thick (about 1 1/2 hours). Add sugar and almond extract. Chill, then stir in whipped cream. Can also be served with berries.
Molasses Candy
1 1/2 cups molasses
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon butter
1/8 teaspoon soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
Combine molasses, sugar, and vinegar and cook to a hard-ball stage.
Add butter, soda, and salt; remove from heat and stir until soda is blended, then pour onto greased platter. When cool, pull between greased fingertips until white and stiff. Cut into pieces.
[illustration] Illustrated by Arlene Braithwaite
© 2007 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
“That’s when I learned not to name something I was planning on eating.”
LOL! That reminds me of one of our favorite “family stories”: My two young (then) sons, sitting at the dinner table with *city* company, calmly discussing whether they were eating “Red” or “Spotty”. ;)
Since it was instilled in them that “dogs and cats are pets (albiet “working pets”); everything else ends up on the table”, they thought nothing of it. The looks on our guests faces? “Priceless”. ;)
Pioneer Recipes
Buttermilk Doughnuts
“Pioneer Recipes,” Friend, July 1975, 40
2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
flour
Combine ingredients, kneading in enough flour to make a soft dough that’s not too sticky. Roll out and cut into doughnuts. Fry in deep, hot lard. President Brigham Young enjoyed this pastry.
Apple Candy
2 tablespoons gelatin
1 1/4 cups cold applesauce
2 cups sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon vanilla
Soak gelatin in 1/2 cup cold applesauce for 10 minutes. Combine remaining applesauce and sugar and boil 10 minutes. Add gelatin and applesauce mixture and boil 15 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add nuts and vanilla, and pour into slightly greased pan. Let set overnight in refrigerator. Then cut in squares and roll in powdered sugar.
Bread and Milk
Break whole wheat bread into bowl of milk. Stir in bits of crumbled cheese and cut green onion. Pieces of apple or little green grapes can be used instead of onions for variety. President Wilford Woodruff often fixed this dish.
Old-Fashioned Muffins
2 cups uncooked oatmeal
1 1/2 cups sour milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted shortening
1 well-beaten egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour
Pour sour milk over oatmeal and allow to stand a few hours or overnight. Combine sugar, shortening, egg, and stir in oatmeal mixture. Sift together remaining dry ingredients and blend. Bake in greased muffin tins at 425° for 20 minutes.
Horseshoe Cookies
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup shortening
4 cups flour
1 3/4 cup sugar
1 cup finely chopped almonds
1 tablespoon vanilla
Combine all ingredients then knead thoroughly. Form into horseshoe shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400° for 15 to 20 minutes. Roll in sugar.
Johnnycake
3 cups cornmeal
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons molasses
3 cups buttermilk
2 well-beaten eggs
Sift together dry ingredients. Slowly stir in molasses and buttermilk and mix well. Add beaten eggs and beat hard for two minutes. Pour into shallow, well-greased pans and bake at 400° for 30 minutes. A favorite dish of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Washboard Cookies
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup boiling water
1 cup shredded coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Cream together sugars and shortening and beat in eggs. Dissolve soda in boiling water and add to above mixture. Blend in coconut and vanilla. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and blend into mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet and flatten with fork. Bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
Toasted Spice Cake
2 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 separated eggs
1 teaspoon soda
1 1/4 cups sour milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Sift together flour, baking powder, spices, and salt. Cream shortening and gradually add 1 cup brown sugar and then add egg yolks in one brisk beating. Dissolve baking soda in sour milk and add alternately with flour mixture. Pour batter into an 8” square pan.
For icing, beat 2 egg whites until stiff and gradually add 1 cup sifted brown sugar. Beat until mixture forms peaks. Add vanilla. Spread over batter and sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped nuts on top. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes.
Pioneer Hardtack
Hardtack is an old-fashioned flatbread or sea biscuit that was popular with pioneers and sailors because it was lightweight, compact, tasty, and stored well. And it is just as delicious today and handy, too, for hiking, backpacking, or snacking.
Here is a recipe for hardtack:
4 cups flour (white, whole wheat, graham, rye, barley, or any combination of flours you like)
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups buttermilk, yogurt, cream, or sweet milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1. Preheat oven to 400° and measure into large bowl.
2. Mix well and form dough into a ball, then divide dough and roll out a small portion (about the size of a tennis ball) at a time.
3. Roll dough on lightly floured surface as thin as you can. The thinner you roll it, the better the hardtack will taste.
4. Sprinkle rolled-out dough lightly with salt if you wish, cut to any shape desired, and place pieces close together on greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake until edges begin to brown. Remove cookie sheet from oven, turn hardtack over, and bake until it is crisp and dry and lightly browned.
6. As soon as the hardtack is baked, put on rack to cool. Store hardtack in airtight container, and it will stay fresh as long as it is kept dry.
This pioneer hardtack is delicious served plain or with jam, peanut butter, cheese, meat spreads, or whatever you like. Try seasoning the crackers by adding onion powder, cheese, barbecue sauce, bacon bits, herbs, or spices to the dough.
© 2007 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/co/m/com57016.htm
Bed and Breakfast Inn
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Specialty Recipe
Horehound Candy
Ingredients
1 cup horehound tea
4 cups sugar
2 cups dark or light corn syrup
Boil horehound leaves to make a good strong tea. Drain, reserving 1 cup of liquid. Add the cup of tea to the other ingredients and boil until it just starts to caramel. Put onto a flat greased cookie sheet. Start cutting with kitchen shears or scissors as soon as it starts to harden on edges.
Note: Horehound tea leaves are available at a specialty tea/coffee shop in Manitou Springs. They should also be available in health food stores.
* You found this recipe on 1st Traveler’s Choice Internet Cookbook. (www.virtualcities.com)
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0180850.html
Molasses Candy (Old Fashioned Pull Taffy)
2 c. molasses
1 c. brown sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1/3 c. water
1 tbsp. vinegar
Pinch of baking soda
Boil all together until a few drops in cold water becomes brittle.
Pour on a buttered dish and allow to cool.
When cool enough to handle, rub butter on hands and pull (small portions at a time) until light in color.
Cut in small pieces.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0212815.html
Molded Pineapple Cream Cake
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple
1 pkg. vanilla pudding & pie filling mix
2 c. heavy cream, whipped
1/2 c. quartered maraschino cherries
Purchased orange chiffon cake or half of one baked from recipe in this book
Whole maraschino cherries (opt.)
Combine first 2 ingredients in saucepan and cook, stirring until clear and thickened. Cool; then chill well.
Fold in whipped cream and some cherries.
Break cake in about 1 1/2” pieces.
Line 2 1/2 quart oval dish about 3” deep with plastic wrap, allowing enough to cover cake when dish is filled.
Making 2 layers, pack dish, alternating cake and pudding mixture.
Tuck cherry quarters around sides of dish when filling. Spread any leftover mixture on top and add some of remaining cake.
Bring plastic over top and pat lightly. Chill well, preferably overnight.
Turn out on serving dish and peel off plastic. Decorate with a few whole cherries, if desired. Makes 16 servings.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0172730.html
Fruit Fly “potion”
1 c. vinegar (apple cider)
1 c. sugar
2 c. water
Boil, cool. Put into gallon milk jug or other plastic jug. Hang in apple tree to catch fruit flies and other bugs.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0020863.html
Blue Bugs in the Hen House
Blue bugs
Poultry
Banana stalk
Blue bugs are a kind of tick what would attach themselves to chickens and suck the blood until the chicken dies. These bugs reproduce rapidly and when invaded in the hen house, the bugs can wipe out an entire flock in a very short time.
Ask the merchant at the general store to save the banana stalk after the bananas were all sold. Place this stalk in the chicken house, and the bug will soon be gone.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0044100.html
Ant Trap Remedy
1 lg Sponge
Fine white sugar
Troublesome-ants
Procure sponge, wash well and press dry. This will leave the cells
quite open. Sprinkle some fine white sugar over it and put it close
to where the ants are most troublesome. Soon they will collect upon
sponge and take up their home in the cells. Dip sponge in scalding
water. Repeat and put in a new spot.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0036858.html
Ant Poison
4 tb Honey
1 tb Water
1 ts Borax
Blend all ingredients. Can be used indoors. Place near main ant roads, but keep out of reach of children and pets. Poisonous!!
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0036770.html
A Happy Home Recipe
4 c Of love
2 c Of loyalty
3 c Forgiveness
1 c Friendship
5 Spoons of hope
2 Spoons of tenderness
4 qt Of faith
1 Barrel of laughter
Take love and loyalty, mix them throughly with Faith. Blend it with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope, sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Serve daily with generous helpings
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0020617.html
Bleeding Remedy
Wet tea leaves
Scrapings of sole-leather
Flour/vinegar paste
Fresh cut
Apply scrapings of sole-leather or wet tea leaves to a fresh cut or apply a flour/vinegar paste. To stop bleeding from nose, bathe feet in very hot water, while drinking a pint of cayenne pepper tea or hold both arms over the heat.
Place a spider web across the wound.
To the wound, apply lamp black directly.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-home0003.html
A Sleep Inducing Bath
4 tb Dried chamomile
3 tb Dried lemon balm
2 tb Dried passionflower
1 tb Dried valerian
If you’re feeling agitated at bedtime, the right herbal combination can help you drift right off into the REM stage. Herbs that you might use in a bedtime bath include chamomile, hops, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, passionflower, sandalwood and valerian.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-home0002.html
A Bath To Help Varicose Veins
2 tb Dried ginger powder *OR* 4 tb Fresh gingerroot; chopped
4 tb Dried juniper
2 tb Dried rosemary
4 tb Dried lemon peel *OR* 1 Whole lemon; quartered
Although most often associated with women, bulging, enlarged veins can be a problem for both sexes. The condition is largely hereditary, but a case of varicose veins can be made worse by had habits; standing for long periods of time, wearing tight clothing, and sitting with the legs crossed. Hormonal fluctuations also can contribute to varicosity.
Herbal baths can help, although you should be careful not to take baths that are too hot (extreme temperatures can exacerbate the problem). Whole herbs that you can use in a bath to help boost circulation in the legs include geranium, ginger, juniper, lemon, peppermint and rosemary.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-home0001.html
A Bath for Emotional Balance
1/2 c Dried orange peel *OR* 1/2 Whole fresh orange; sliced
3 tb Dried jasmine flowers
2 tb Dried sandalwood chips
When everything seems just a bit too overwhelming, a bath can be extremely good medicine. This season, you might appreciate herbal remedies for feelings like nervousness, tension, anxiety or emotional fatigue. Try whole herbs like chamomile, jasmine, juniper, lavender, orange, rose, rosemary or sandalwood.
For a bath that’ll restore your sense of balance, make an infusion of the listed herbs; sit back and enjoy.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0057148.html
Boils or Infections
1 Part hog lard (pure lard at The store)
2 Parts quinine (from drug store)
Pure lard; more if needed
Sterilized square of old sheet
Bandage
Use a teaspoon hog lard mixed with 2 teaspoons quinine. Use more pure lard if needed to spread the salve easily.
Poulice: Sterilize a square cut from an old sheet with a hot iron. Spread salve over entire square and put it over the red area on the skin. Wrap loosely with a bandage to keep in place. Leave poultice on infected area overnight. Apply a second poultice, if needed.
Boils: Put a piece of very fat bacon or salt pork on the boil. Tie or strap it down. The infection will be drawn.
http://www.melborponsti.com/mel-0172068.html
Foot Refresher
Foot tub
Water
5 dr Essential oil of lemon or lavender; up to 10
OR camphor or peppermint or rosemary
OR juniper or eucalyptus
1/2 c Sea or table salt
Enough marbles to cover bottom of foot
Tub
Using either very hot or very cold water, fill up foot tub and add essential oil and salt. Add marbles, soak feet for 15 to 20 minutes while gently rolling then, back and forth across marbles. Occasionally grasp and release marbles with toes to stretch and relax the feet. Rub feet dry and apply a heavy moisturizer.
“Anyway, the pics of WV are just gorgeous. And with something like 80% of the state being forested, we figure that’s the place for us. (And the very reasonable land prices).
Well like anywhere else, there’s good parts and not so good parts. From what you’ve said I’m thinking you might want to check out the Upshur, Randolph, Greenbriar, Pocahontas, Hardy, Pendleton county area. If you aren’t related, stay out of Logan and Mingo. (not kidding) And if you’re really adventureous, awhile back there was some land for sale in Helvetia, a beautiful spot that actually boasts a 5-star resturant, the “Hutte”. Of course, “getting there” was an experience my husband still talks about. :) Who knows though, it’s been a few years since we drove through and there might be guard rails on the drop-off side of the road by now. :)
“I was rather hoping the people would have that can-do spirit you were talking about. The whiny liberal attitude I get here a lot is hard to deal with.”
Well there’s good ones and bad ones no matter where you go, and it always takes time to become a member of the “community” We’re “lucky” in that I grew up there and still have a father and brother that live there and my father is “loved” by a great number of people. (You get back what you give out.:) However, while there’s no doubt it’s a help, it’s up to us to build our own reputation that will fully admit us to the “community”. That will take time and we understand and accept that.
As for “liberals”? Oh they’re around. ;)
“Hopefully, he’ll adjust and learn to love the beauty of WV”
Oh I know he will. It’s just that some of “our ways” are a little strange to him. ;) Like calling the vice-president of the bank “Miss Vickie”.( a term of courtesy and respect) And getting hugged alot. ;)And the amount of “freedom” in comparison to where we live now.
“Seems like it has turned into ‘Byrd Land’ though. Lots and lots of Gov’t. projects and operations there now.”
Well I much prefer ‘Byrd Land’ to “Murthaville”. ;) And most of that stuff is along the I-79 corridor and we don’t have to deal with that. :)
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