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7-Up Bread
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Yield: 10 or more nice slices
This came from an old beer bread recipe that we did not like. So I changed it a little and made a better tasting bread.
* 3 cups self-rising flour
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 2 tablespoons honey
* 1 can 7-Up
Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all ingredients together. Pour into a lightly greased and floured bread pan. Batter will be lumpy. Bake at 350° for 45-60 minutes. Top will be golden brown.
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Give your furry friends a special treat for the holiday season, their birthday, or just because!
Canine Cookies
* 3 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
* 3 cups rolled oats
* 1/2 cup powdered milk
* 1/2 cup bacon grease
* 2 teaspoons cod-liver oil
* 2 eggs
* 1 1/2 cups instant beef or chicken bouillon, or chicken stock
Combine all the ingredients into a sticky dough. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 325 degrees F for 50 minutes. Cool on rack and store in plastic bag. Makes about 30 cookies.
Cat Crunchies
Find food-quality bonemeal, a good source of protein, at natural-food supermarkets or pet stores.
* 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
* 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk
* 1/4 cup wheat germ
* 1/4 cup bonemeal
* 1/2 cup teaspoon brewer’s yeast
* pinch of catnip (optional)
* 1/2 beaten egg
* 1 teaspoon vegetable oil or cod liver oil
* 1/2 cup chicken stock
* 5 ounces boneless mackerel or canned tuna, packed in oil; or chopped cooked chicken
Mix dry ingredients and catnip, if using, in a large bowl and add egg, oil, and chicken stock. Mash fish or meat with a fork and add to mixture in bowl. Blend well. Shape into dime-size balls. Place onto a lightly greased baking sheet and press to flatten. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 8 minutes, until golden, turning once. Let treats cool before serving. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week, or wrap in foil in packets of 10 and store in the freezer. Makes about 60 treats.
Cat’s Canapes
A feline digestive system needs plant fiber, though most commercial cat foods contain minimal amounts of meat and nary a single vegetable. This recipe can supplement kitty’s regular diet.
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
* 1-1/2 slices whole-wheat bread, crumbled
* 1/4 finely chopped broccoli or string beans, or grated carrots
* 1 teaspoon brewer’s yeast
* pinch of catnip (optional)
Mix all ingredients well, mashing with a fork or your fingers. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes. Cool. Break treats in half before serving. Store in an airtight container for up to 10 days, or freeze.Makes about 36 treats.
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Reader Comments
Comment from ann hicks on December 6, 2008
This is a variation on the Canine Cookies—
Barney’s Best Biscuits
3 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 2 1/2 cup rolled oats 3 tablespoons wheat germ 1/4 cup instant nonfat dry milk 4 tablespoons rendered chicken fat or bacon grease 1 egg 1 cup pureed carrots or spinach 2 cup chicken or beef stock 1 teaspoon salt
Combine all ingredients thoroughly. It will be sticky. Turn dough out on heavily floured board and pat to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out cookies with a dog bone-shaped cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Prick with fork. Bake in 325 degree oven for 60 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Makes 26 4 1/2 inch “bakers’ dozen” dog biscuits.
Comment from Beverly Daly on December 12, 2008
Homemade Dog Biscuits
3 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 2 Cups Oatmeal 1/4 Cup Wheat Germ 1/4 Cup NonFat Powdered Milk 1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
Toss together in a large bowl to blend thoroughly. Add:
1 1/3 Cup Water 1/3 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter l Large Egg (Measure Water in a large glass measuring cup, then add Peanut Butter to raise level to 1 2/3 Cups.) Stir well, then add egg and stir again.
Add water mixture to dry ingredients until well blended. (It will be thick - use hands!) Dough will be stiff, a little moist and slightly sticky.
Roll or pat dough to @ 1/2” thick rectangle. (Can be rolled thinner for small dogs) Cut out biscuit shape using a 3” bone shaped cookie cutter, or cut to desired shape.
Adjust oven rack to lower third of oven. Preheat oven to 275 deg. Place biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for @ 1 1/2 hours. For crisper, dryer biscuits, bake for an additional 1 1/2 hours. (Recommended 2 hours total)
Comment from Beverly Daly on December 12, 2008
NEW Dog Biscuit Recipe
1 1/2 Cups Flour 3/4 Cup Oatmeal or Quick Oats 1/4 Cup Honey Crunch Wheat Germ 1/4 Cup Peanut Butter 1/4 Cup Salad Oil 1/4 Cup Honey 1 tsp. Baking Powder 1/2 Cup Water
In large bowl, mix 1 cup flour and remaining ingredients with 1/2 cup water until blended. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup flour.
Preheat oven to 350 deg. With floured hands, knead dough on floured surface till it holds together. Roll dough 1/4” thick. Cut out with bone shaped cutter - as many as possible.
Bake on a large ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes. Turn oven off and let cookies remain in oven for 1 hour. Remove bones from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Makes about 20 dog bones.
Comment from Beverly Daly on December 12, 2008
MICROWAVE Doggie Donuts
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 1 Egg, lightly beaten 2/3 Cup Beef or Chicken Broth 3 TBSP Oatmeal 1 tsp. garlic powder
Place flour in a bowl. Add egg and broth, mixing well.
Blend in oatmeal and garlic powder. Shape dough into a ball and roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes. Re-roll scraps and repeat. Arrange on a microwavable plate, wax paper or parchment paper. Microwave on HIGH for 8 to 10 minutes or until firm. Let cool until hardened. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
Comment from Kim Burggraf on January 13, 2009
I don’t know if it’s that good for animals to have whole wheat or white flours, maybe brown rice flour or possibly cooked brown rice with the other ingredients.
Comment from Darlene Garrison on February 13, 2009
I have a wire hair dachsund and have been feeding her slliced raw carrots all of her life. She just loves them and almost every fruit and vege she can get. SHE EATS VEGE SOUP ON HER DRY DOG FOOD IN THE WINTER IF IT DOESN’T HAVE TO MANY TOMATOES IN IT. We have 3 dogs and three cats and the only one that is picky is Miss Puss.She is sort of finicky(?). She looks like Garfield, right down to the waddle when she walks. I’m going to try some of these dog treats recipes.
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Fennel Seed Bread
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
“A recipe that has been handed down for four generations. This wholesome whole-wheat bread is sold by the loaf at our inn.” —Lincoln House Country Inn, Dennysville, Maine
* 2 tablespoons dry yeast
* 1/3 cup warm water
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar
* 1 tablespoon salt
* 1/4 cup oats
* 1/4 cup cornmeal
* 1 tablespoon wheat germ
* 1/4 cup molasses
* 2 tablespoons Crisco
* 1/4 cup dry milk powder
* 1 tablespoon fennel seed
* 3 cups hot water
* 5-1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
* 3 to 4 cups white flour
Combine yeast, 1/3 cup water, and sugar in small bowl and set aside. In large bowl combine next 8 ingredients, add 3 cups hot water, and stir well. Add yeast mixture to large bowl. Add to this the whole-wheat flour and mix well. Cover and set in warm place and allow to rise to double its bulk — about 45 minutes. Pour onto floured board and knead in white flour for 10 minutes. Divide into 2 loaves and place in greased bread pans. Cover and allow to rise until double in bulk. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and brush tops with butter.
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Egyptian Pizza
Yield: Makes 16 to 20 servings.
What Minnie Biggs says about this spinach comestible is that it “looks like green rubber-soled shoes and tastes like heaven on earth,” We leave the shoe allusion to you but certainly agree that the end result is mighty tasty and, cut up small, makes a lovely hors d’oeuvre.
* 2 packages chopped frozen spinach, thawed (fresh chopped spinach or beet greens may be substituted)
* 1 cup onion, finely chopped
* 1 cup celery, finely chopped
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
* 2 tablespoons celery seed
* 2 tablespoons dried basil
* 1 tablespoon oregano
* 1 tablespoon dried marjoram
* 2 tablespoons dried coriander
* 1 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1/3 cup chopped garlic
* Salt and pepper to taste
* 4 to 6 eggs
* 1 cup grated stale blue or cheddar cheese
* Sesame seeds or poppy seeds or fine bread crumbs (about 1/2 cup)
Mix spinach and chopped vegetables together with the assorted herbs and spices. Add eggs and cheese and mix well. Spread in a 9x13-1/2-inch pan. Top with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, or bread crumbs. Bake in slow oven (225 to 250 degrees F) for 4 to 5 hours. The spinach mixture will dry out and become like crackers or biscuits. Cut the pizza into squares when cool, and freeze if desired.
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Jam Bread
Yield: 1 loaf
An old-time recipe for putting jam into bread. You can use jelly or marmalade as well.
* 3 cups flour
* 1 tablespoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 egg
* 1/2 cup fruit juice (cranberry, orange, etc.)
* 1-1/4 cups jam
* 4 tablespoons melted butter (1/2 stick)
* 1 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together dry ingredients. Beat in egg, juice, 1 cup jam, and butter. Stir in nuts. Pour into greased 9-inch loaf pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes. Spread top with remaining jam and return to oven to 5 minutes to glaze. Or, add all the jam to batter and frost with White Icing.
White Icing
* 2 cups powdered sugar
* 2 tablespoons warm milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
A simple frosting for sweet breads, coffee cakes, and rolls.
Sift sugar, add milk and vanilla, and blend until smooth. For a thicker or thinner icing, adjust amount of milk used. For colored icing, add a drop or two of food coloring. Makes 2 cups.
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Corn Salsa
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Yield: 40 to 50 servings
This recipe is very simple to put together and somewhat healthy.
* 1 can yellow corn
* 1 can white corn
* 1 can black beans (drained & rinsed)
* 1 can petite diced tomatoes (flavor of your choice)
* 1/4 cup of balsamic Italian dressing
Drain corn, drain and rinse black beans, do not drain tomatoes, add to bowl and stir together. Next add balsamic Italian dressing and combine. Let sit at least an hour in refrigerator and serve with Tostito Scoops or other favorite chip.
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[I think that I would have to play with this one, it needs chopped celery, onion and that leftover rice, or barley that is already cooked, or use noodles or macaroni.
granny]
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Stuffing Balls
This recipe was submitted by one of our readers and has not been tested by our food editors. We are not responsible for errors in this recipe, but if you find one, please let us know in our feedback form.
Yield: 23 to 25 stuffing balls
My Aunt Pat made these for our family’s Thanksgiving for many years. (This is half of the recipe we normally make and even this makes a lot!)
* 2 cups chopped onion
* 2 cups chopped celery
* 3 sticks butter, melted
* 4 14-ounce cans creamed corn
* 2 cups water
* 4 teaspoons poultry seasoning
* 2 teaspoons pepper
* 2 16-ounce bags Pepperidge Farm Seasoned Stuffing
* 9 beaten eggs
In a saucepan melt 2 sticks of butter. Add onion and celery and saute. Add creamed corn, water, poultry seasoning and pepper. Bring to a boil.
In a very large bowl, pour this mixture over stuffing mixture. Toss lightly then stir in eggs. Shape into tennis ball-size rounds. Place on a sheet pan. Brush with 1 stick melted butter. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 25 minutes.
Comments
To prepare in advance, omit brushing with melted butter. Place stuffing balls in fridge. When ready to serve, remove from fridge, then brush with melted butter, and bake.
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Double Chocolate Potato Party Squares
Yield: 24 to 36 medium-size squares
* 12 tablespoons (1-1/2 sticks) butter, softened
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 cup light-brown sugar, packed
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup mashed potatoes, at room temperature*
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
* 1 cup chopped pecans
* Confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10x15-inch baking pan and dust it with flour. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter with both sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Add mashed potatoes and vanilla; continue to beat until smooth. In a mixing bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. With the mixer on medium speed, add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beating just until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Scrape batter into prepared pan, smoothing the top. Bake in preheated oven 22 to 25 minutes, until the top is springy when lightly touched and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 20 minutes. While still warm, cut into 24 or 36 squares. Dust with powdered sugar before serving. These squares can be stored covered at room temperature for two days, or can be frozen.
*For this recipe you can use instant mashed potatoes, prepared according to package directions. Or, if you have them on hand, use leftover mashed potatoes. You can also use regular milk.
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Pineapple Bread
Yield: Makes 2 small or 1 large loaf
Tastes like pound cake and adds a fancy touch to any meal. The Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
* 1/4 pound butter
* 1 cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* Pinch salt
* 1 cup crushed and drained pineapple
* 1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped nuts
Cream butter and sugar. Beat eggs in one at a time. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Alternate adding flour mixture and pineapple to egg mixture. Add nuts. Pour into greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-60 minutes.
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Super Bran Bread
Yield: 2 loaves
A perfect substitute for the more traditional brown bread, this goes especially well with baked beans. It’s best made with bread flour, which contains more gluten than all-purpose flour.
* 2 cups All-Bran cereal
* 1/3 cup solid vegetable shortening
* 1 cup molasses
* 1-1/2 cups boiling water
* 2 eggs
* 2 cups bread flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8-inch by 4-inch loaf pans.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the cereal, shortening, and molasses. Add the boiling water and stir until the shortening is melted. Add the eggs and beat well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour into the prepared pans. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a tester inserted near the center of the loaves comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to finish cooling.
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Making Math Fun – Free Online Math Gaming Sites to Improve Skill and Ability
The ability to perform basic mathematical tasks is of the utmost importance for students of all ages. Engaging students can be an increasingly difficult endeavor as they grow older, especially if the basic skills required are not as solid as they should be. This is where we return to square one in order to get students back on track. Sometimes it is the method of delivery that needs to be changed.
Getting students to play math games in order to increase their abilities is fun and interactive, and helps to sharpen skills necessary to move forward with more difficult mathematical processes. What follows is a list of some sites where educational mathematical games can be found and played for students of all ages and skill levels.
Funbrain: Funbrain has games for students in grades K-12 that are fun and challenging. Students can expect to increase their abilities in basic math with the games available and have fun while honing these much-needed skills.
Aplusmath: The folks at aplusmath have a variety of games for students of varying ages and abilities. Java and non-Java versions of these games are available for play, and include games for basic multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction, as well as higher-level games for algebra and geometry.
Coolmath4kids: This particular website has games for math students of varying ages and includes on-screen flash cards and many other fun and interesting games to increase students’ math skills.
Math Playground: Math Playground is another fantastic website with many games for students of mathematics. Percentage games, algebra games, and basic geometry games are available, as well as games that help students with more basic math skills.
Gamequarium: For many practical mathematical applications, Gamequarium is a go-to website for math students. From money games and problem-solving games, to more adavanced math games, this site provides learners of all ages with many opportunities to learn while gaming.
Primary Games: The Primary Games website has fun and interactive games that help introduce younger math students to advanced problem-solving and logic, as well as basic math skills.
Of course, the use of games in mathematical instruction should be supplemental, and cannot replace the value of classroom instruction. However, try utilizing some of the games on the sites listed above as a fun way to help students to enjoy the learning process while honing skills and getting in much-needed practice at the same time.
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Peach Cuppa Cobbler
This recipe was submitted by one of our readers and has not been tested by our food editors. We are not responsible for errors in this recipe, but if you find one, please let us know in our feedback form.
Yield: 6-8 servings.
I got the basic recipe from my grandmother when I was just starting to cook. It was one of my first successes. I like it because it’s quick and easy to do and so easy to remember.
* 1 cup flour
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup milk
* 3 #303 cans sliced peaches
* Liquid or melted margarine
* Cooking spray
Combine dry ingredients. Add milk and beat until smooth. Spray a 13x9 baking pan with cooking spray. Pour mixture into pan. Add all three cans of peaches, distributing them evenly. Drizzle with liquid margarine.
Bake at 350 degrees or until top is golden brown.
Sometimes, I just dump equal amounts of flour, sugar and milk and use a couple of the large cans of peach slices. I’ve also used the same basic recipe with canned sweet plums and sweet cherries. It turns out great every time.
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1. Children’s Flip Flops Recalled by Alpargatas Due to Violation of Lead in Paint Standard
News from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2009
Release #09-137
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (888) 289-5306
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Children’s Flip Flops Recalled by Alpargatas Due to Violation of Lead in Paint Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Children’s flip flops
Units: About 210,000
Manufacturer: Alpargatas USA Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: Decorative paint on the sole of the flip flops can contain levels of lead in excess of the federal standard.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Description: Flip flops of the Havaianas brand containing decorative paint were sold under the following model names: Baby Estampas, Baby Pets, Kids Apple, Kids Fairy, Kids Flores, Kids Lighthouse, Kids Monsters, Kids Surf, Baby Letrinhas, Kids Sports, Kids Candies, Kids Fun, Kids Love, Kids Sereias, Kids Speed, Kids Lucky Bug, Kids Pets, Kids Rock, Kids Slim, Kids Wonder Woman, Kids Small Flowers and Kids Tropical w/Kit. A photo of a representative flip flop is provided below. Havaianas flip flops without decorative paint are not being recalled.
Sold by: Department and specialty stores nationwide from November 2006 through February 2009 for about $15 to $24 a pair.
Manufactured in: Brazil
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled flip flops away from children and return them to Alpargatas USA, Inc. to receive a replacement.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact Alpargatas USA at (888) 289-5306 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the company’s Web site at www.havaianasus.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recall product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09137.html
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2. Nautilus Recalls Bowflex(r) Home Gyms Due to Risk of Injury
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March 3, 2009
Release #09-138
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CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
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Nautilus Recalls Bowflex(r) Home Gyms Due to Risk of Injury
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Bowflex(r) Ultimate 2 Home Gyms
Units: About 78,000 (about 68,000 home gyms were recalled on December 6, 2007)
Importer: Nautilus Inc., of Vancouver, Wash.
Hazard: The home gym’s horizontal seat rail is designed to be latched in a vertical position for storage. If the seat rail is not manually latched, it can fall unexpectedly on the user or a bystander, posing a risk of serious injury.
Incidents/Injuries: Nautilus has received 18 reports of injuries caused by unlatched seat rails that have fallen, resulting in head and shoulder lacerations, some requiring stitches or staples.
Description: This recall involves the Bowflex(r) Ultimate 2 Home Gyms. The home gyms are equipped with pulleys, resistance rods, and other equipment, which allow the user to perform a variety of exercises. “Bowflex Ultimate 2” is written on the vertical part of the frame.
Sold at: Specialty fitness retailers nationwide and through direct Nautilus sales from June 2005 through January 2009 for about $2,300.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers may continue to use their home gyms for exercising, but should not place the seat rail in the vertical (storage) position until the repair is performed. Registered owners are being sent a free repair kit. Owners who have not received a repair kit by March 10, 2009 should contact the firm.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Nautilus at (800) 259-9019 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.bowflex.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recall product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09138.html
Movie Actor Jake Gyllenhaal inspects seedlings for the school garden
As a kick-off to their green school initiative, Global Green USA was joined by Jake
Gyllenhaal for Green Service Day at Manual Arts High School.
Gyllenhaal and Global Green CEO Matt Petersen inspected a garden, composting effort,
and other initiatives taking place at the school. The organization hopes to raise
money to help schools around the country become more sustainable and add programs
that teach green skills for future jobs.
Documentary Video in Five Chapters - Urban Agriculture - East New York - Local Farmers
Urban Agriculture: East New York is a documentary video in five chapters that explains
how East New York’s urban agriculture movement evolved.
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to one piece of a complicated process: a portrait of a veteran local farmer in her
garden; a trip to the East New York farmer’s market; a look at asset mapping analysis
by the Pratt Center; land transfers from HPD to Green Thumb; and the investment
in the neighborhood’s youth made by agricultural organizers and experts.
The Economist magazine - Victory Gardens - Digging their way out of recession
IN 1943 Eleanor Roosevelt encouraged a return to the “victory gardens” that had
become popular during the first world war, when the country faced food shortages.
Mrs Roosevelt planted a garden at the White House; some 20 million Americans followed
her lead, and by the end of the war grew 40% of the nation’s vegetables.
Now a grassroots movement wants Barack Obama to plant another White House victory
garden. The new secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, announced recently that his
department would create “The People’s Garden” out of a paved area outside their
building. And he won’t stop there. Mr Vilsack wants there to be a community garden
at each of the department’s offices around the world.
Next American City spoke with Despommier about what vertical farms would mean for
cities and for the globe.
The way skeptics see it, Dickson Despommier has a lot of explaining to do: He’s
got big plans for the future of farming. By 2050, the planet will have to feed three
billion additional mouths, and traditional farms, which threaten food security by
deforestation, the use of fossil fuels and ecosystem destruction, will not be able
to hack it. Dr. Despommier, an environmental health scientist at Columbia University,
believes the answer lies in the vertical farm, a glass-walled structure that can
be designed as tall as a typical skyscraper, and can be located inside city bounds
or around city limits.
1849 - Chartist cottage at Rosedene - Food garden plot under cultivation.
Vegetables growing in the garden at Rosedene the cottage in which early Chartists
lived, first occupied in 1849, County Worcestershire. Residents were given a plot
of land to cultivate fruit and vegetables to supplement their income, and diet.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/recipe.php?recipeid=248
Old fashioned Vinegar Rolls
Contributor : Added by Administrator
Tribal Affiliation : Cheyenne-Arrapaho and Cherokee from Oklahoma, terr.
Orgin of Recipe : Offered by Ruth Wilder Daniels ... who learned this from from my mother, lorena Hutton Wilder
Type of Dish : Contemporary & Traditional
Ingredients
* see below
Directions
Combine-3/4 cup cider vinegar, 11/2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, 2tsp. cinnamon. stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves. cook over med. heat 20 min. let set.
then mix 2 cups flour, 3 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp. salt.
cut in 1/3 cup shortening.
Stir in 3/4 cup milk with fork to form soft dough.
roll out into rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
combine 1/4 sugar, 2tsp. cinnamon and sprinkle over surface of rolls. dot with 2Tb. butter. roll up, cut into slices and place in deep baking dish.
dot with 2Tb.butter. pour hot vinegar mix over all. bake at 375, 30-40 min.
Note: my mother was forever talking about vinegar rolls and how her mother use to make them. she was descended from cherokee and cheyenne. She was born in okla. territory. One time she and my dad were going to visit me so I made this recipe. she just loved them and ate about 3 before stopping. all the time saying they were just like her mama use to make. I thought they were too vingery but she didn’t.
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Trappers Fish or Campers Fish
Tribal Affiliation : Cheyemme
Orgin of Recipe : Offered by Art Giles ... who learned this from My Granddad 1948 In the Big Horns of Wyoming.
Recipe Region : Plains ~ Plateau
Type of Dish : All Indigenous Ingredients
Ingredients
* Brook Trout
* Wild Onion
Directions
Clean Trout with head and tail on.
Put in any kind of pan add a spoon of lard and fry over any camp fire tell done. You’ll be going back for more Brookies and onions.You can catch Brookies with your t-shirt and two sticks.
This is away you cook them if lost put the onions inside and place fish on a green forked willow stick.Cook tell done.
Note: My grandfather was a Cheyenne. I’m 1/2 Cheyenne.Lived in the
Big Horns for Four years with three horses and a Dingo lab dog. I’m writing a book of my time in the Big Horns.
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Pottery & Clay
Pottery in Southern New England
Chronology of southern New England Pottery
A Catalogue of Reconstructed Pottery Designs
Preparing Clay
Temper Mixed into Clay
Making a Clay Pot
Tools Used to Decorate Pottery
Firing Pottery
A Photographic Tour of Firing Pottery
[This is the original, with a fire pit information, for making pots and the original cooking pots....granny]
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=769
Vacuum Cleaners Before Electricity
Vacuum Cleaners Before Electricity—And A Little-Known Inventor
By Mary Robinson Sive*
W.H. Hoover’s oft-told success in making electric vacuum cleaners a household necessity was of little use to the nearly 90% of American farm households without electric service as late as the mid-1930s. Yet a number of these more than five million homes owned vacuum cleaners. How could that be? Generators may have powered some, but most were operated manually. Laborsaving devices they were not, but country women were eager to keep up with the modern conveniences enjoyed by their city sisters, and so these cumbersome gadgets found a market[1]. Their existence is not widely known, nor is the role played by David T. Kenney, the holder of nine patents crucial to the growth of the vacuum cleaner industry in the United States.
continued, and I have to say there are several surprises here, so much that I did not know.
granny
[Appears to be 1877 letter]
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=215
How Members of Congress are Bribed
How Members of Congress are Bribed.
An Open Letter.
A Protest and a Petition.
From a Citizen of California to the United States Congress
by Joseph H. Moore.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/books.php?op=viewbook&bookid=46&pre=1
Women on the American Frontier
Title Page
Table of Contents || Preface >>
Women on the American Frontier
A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the “Pioneer Mothers of the Republic”
By William W. Fowler, M.A.
HTA Press, 2003
Table of Contents || Preface