Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
This is almost a book on breadmaking and sour dough starters, information on all parts of it:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/food/sourdough/faq
This is a large collection of bread recipes and sourdough starters, it is not the common on the net type of recipes, these bakers go all out to understand what they are doing.
Also sourdough cakes and other sourdough recipes:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/food/sourdough/recipes/part1
Bread making, beginning to make bread and recipes:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/food/sourdough/basicbread
Answers your questions on Sour Dough starters:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/food/sourdough/starters
Sour Dough recipes, muffins, cakes, pancakes, waffles, and many more.
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/food/sourdough/recipes/part2
I see I'm about 3,000 posts behind! OMG you've been a busy bee! I'll have to catch up, and catch YOU up on the latest from here back at the Ranch! Right now am conspiring with Judy on getting a new garden plot for this Spring... going to expand what we have by at least another acre. Gotta scrape the clay off about a foot down and truck in some decent soil... last years garden was a disaster due to poor prep and knowing what's coming we are going to be ready for it this time!
http://www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/recept/us/plum-casserole.html
MARTHA’S PLUM CASSEROLE
Simple beef casserole with plum and tomato
This is a delicious sweet beef casserole. I got it from a radio talk-back show a few years ago; it was a listener’s old favourite.
Ingredients
(serves 4)
* 3 lbs cubed beef
* 3/4 cup plum jam
* 1 cup tomato sauce
* 1 cup Worcestershire sauce
* flour
Procedure
1. Roll the beef cubes in the flour, and place them in an ungreased casserole dish.
2. Mix together the other ingredients (plum jam, tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce).
3. Cover the beef with the sauce mixture.
4. Bake at for 1 hour.
Rating
Difficulty: easy.
Time: 5 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking.
Precision: no need to measure.
Contributor
Michael
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/cooking-faq
Almost a dictionary of food information, interesting and educational.....
You will be surprised at how many are here that you did not know.
http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~croehler/sourdough.htm
Interesting page that shows how the different ingredients in bread affect the final loaf.
http://groups.google.fm/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_thread/thread/15f43e3694bfd41d#
HEALTHY HERBAL SPICE MIX
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground sage
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon Accent if available
Combine these dry ingredients in a bowl, store in an airtight container, and use whenever you would normally use salt. Great in salads, on roast
chicken and hamburgers.
http://groups.google.fm/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_thread/thread/aab4bd03a5fdec85#
BEEF ROAST WITH TOMATO-WINE SAUCE
From: Better Homes and Gardens Low-Carb slow cooker recipes . Pg 100
2 to 2 1/2 pounds beef chuck pot roast
1 tablespoon cooking oil
2 medium turnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (2 cups)
3 medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (1 1/2 cups)
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
1/4 cup dry red wine or beef broth
3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 pound winter squash, peed, seeded, and cut into thin wedges or 1 1/2 to 2-inch pieces (2 cups)
Trim fat from meat. If necessary, cut roast to fit into a 1 1/2 to 6-quart slow cooker. In a large skillet brown meat on all sides in hot oil. Drain
fat.
Meanwhile, in the cooker place turnips, carrots, tomato sauce, wine, tapioca, salt, allspice, and pepper; stir. Place roast on top of vegetables.
Place squash on roast.
Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 10 to 12 hours or high-heat setting for 5 to 6 hours. Transfer meat and vegetables to a warm serving platter.
Skim fat from sauce. Pass sauce with roast.
Serves: 6
http://groups.google.fm/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_thread/thread/2441cfe46a3cfde6#
LIQUEUR CAKES
Published in: Barefoot Contessa
4 Cakes
8 eggs
2 2/3 cup sugar
3 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla bean OR 1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup melted butter — cooled to room temperature
Syrup:
3 cup sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 1/8 cup water 1 3/4 C liqueur of choice (see below)
Optional Liqueurs & Toppings:
1/3 cup toasted almonds (for Amaretto cake)
2 tablespoon grated orange zest (for Grand Marnier Cake)
1/3 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts (for Frangelico cake)
rum and brandy while not really liqueurs — also work well in these cakes
Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour 4 loaf pans.
Split open vanilla bean and scrape seeds into cream. Drop pod into cream and heat until scalding. Let cool.
Whisk together the eggs, sugar and salt until well blended.
Sift the flour and baking powder together. Whisk the sifted dry ingredients into the egg/sugar mixture just until blended. Remove (and discard) the
vanilla bean pod from the cream, and whisk cream into the batter. Gently mix in the melted butter, pour batter into the prepared loaf pans and bake for
50-60 minutes or until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean.
While cake is baking, prepare syrup by combining sugar, water and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan. Stir mixture over medium-high heat until it comes to
a simmer. Continue to heat (WITHOUT FURTHER STIRRING or your finished product will have sugar crystals!) until mixture comes to a full boil. Cover
(also important to avoid those nasty sugar crystals) and continue to boil until all sugar is dissolved and liquid is clear, about a minute. Remove from
heat and let cool for about 5 minutes. Stir in liqueur.
After removing cakes from the oven, allow them to cool in pan for about 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the pan and turn cakes out, then
immediately return cakes to pans. Use a thin wooden skewer to poke numerous holes into the cake, about 1 inch apart. The holes should go all the way
from the top to the bottom of the cake. Pour 1/4 syrup mixture over each cake and, if desired, sprinkle with optional toppings. Let cool until the
cakes have absorbed the syrup. Remove from pans.
Recipe Notes: If giving these cakes as gifts, use disposable aluminum foil loaf pans and give the cake in the pan.
My Notes: I also added 1 teaspoon lemon zest to the cake batter. When finished and almost cooled, I made a Lemon glaze to drizzle over the cakes.
(juice of one lemon and 1 cup confectioner’s sugar whisked together)
These cakes make wonderful gifts or are great to serve to guests in your own home. You can store them up to two weeks in a cool place. They also freeze
exceedingly well, which is a good excuse to make extra so you can have them anytime.
Makes 4 Loaves (8 inch X 3 3/4 inch)
http://www.terryanddave.com/Terry
http://groups.google.fm/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_thread/thread/87377e6eef809e24#
LEMON PUDDING CAKE
Mary Englebreit’s Sweet Treats Dessert Cookbook - Pg 76
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
3 lemons
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 1-quart casserole.
Using a grater, grate the zest of 1 lemon. In a food processor, mix the melted butter and lemon zest until combined.
Squeeze the juice from the 3 lemons and strain into the butter mixture. Add the yogurt, sugar, eggs, and flour and process for 3 minutes.
Pour the batter into the prepared casserole and bake for 50 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges and springs back when touched. Transfer
the casserole to a wire rack and let the cake cool slightly. Serve warm.
Serves: 4 to 6
http://groups.google.fm/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_thread/thread/b03c40f6cf8a944c#
EASY PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE
2 containers of ready-made white icing (any brand)
4 heaping Tablespoons of creamy peanut butter.
Microwave all ingredients for 4 minutes. Take out and whip with wire wisk till creamy. Spray a cake pan with Pam. Pour mixture into the pan and
refridgerate for 1-2 hours.
Pull out, slice and enjoy.
This recipe is fool proof anyone can make it. My family has been enjoying this since last Christmas.
http://groups.google.fm/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_thread/thread/ef7c59a0103dde0c#
Cornmeal Biscuits with Blackberry Butter
From: Paula Deen’s - The Deen Family Cookbook
Blackberry Butter:
6 Tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, softened
2 Tablespoons blackberry jam
1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
Biscuits:
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
2/3 cup coarse-ground cornmeal
1 Tablespoon sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 Tablespoons (1 stick) butter, chilled and cubed
3/4 cup sour cream
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet. To make the blackberry butter, stir together the softened butter, blackberry jam, and
lime zest. Refrigerate, covered, until needed.
To make the biscuits, in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to combine. With a pastry
cutter or fork, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in the sour cream and pull the dough together into a ball. Turn the
dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat it into a 3/4-inch-thick round. Using a 3-inch cutter, cut as many rounds as you can, then reroll the
dough and cut out the remaining biscuits.
Transfer the biscuits to the baking sheet and bake until light brown, about 15 minutes. Serve the biscuits hot, accompanied by a good dollop of
blackberry butter.
Makes: 6 to 8 Biscuits
The Easter Egg,
My new book for Spring is published! Time for rabbits to decorate
eggs for the Easter Rabbit. This year Hoppi is old enough to join in, and
if he can just make the winning egg, he will be the one to help the Easter
Rabbit on Easter. But Hoppi hasn’t decided what kind of egg to make. And
as he hops along and sees one fantastic egg after another, he begins to
wonder how he can compete.
~ The EASTER EGG all about letter. Make a flower pot cover for Spring.
http://janbrett.com/activities_pages_newsnotes.htm
~ The original live animal charaters in my new video,
http://www.janbrettvideos.com/video/video_main_page.htm
~ Win one of 500 free copies of THE EASTER EGG
http://www.janbrett.com/contest_2010/free_book_contest_spring.htm
~ Easter Egg Coloring Page
http://janbrett.com/easter_eggs_coloring_page.htm
~ Easter Parade Coloring Page
http://janbrett.com/easter_parade_coloring_page.htm
~ Hoppi Coloring Page
http://janbrett.com/hoppi_coloring_page.htm
~ Order THE EASTER EGG on line from your favorite bookstore
http://janbrett.com/bookstores/easter_egg_book.htm
It’s a pleasure to be in touch.
Sincerely,
Jan Brett
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Think tomorrow I’ll bake that cherry pie I’ve been putting off, so there!<<<
Think of me while you enjoy it, for I love cherry pie with vanilla ice cream......
Let me know how your cheese pie turns out......sounds good to me.
Gotta scrape the clay off about a foot down and truck in some decent soil... last years garden was a disaster due to poor prep and knowing what’s coming we are going to be ready for it this time!<<<
Sounds like the gardens around here, you compost and fertilize them and the wind blows it all away, quickly.
You are way behind, do take time to check this page, for I did not ping you to all the bread making posts, several links that one of these days you will want to check out.
As long as you and your Lady are doing ok, it is alright for you to work hard....LOL
Note, I said you not her could work hard.....
Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED
Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance
of food.
TED Talk
February 2010
Transcript:
Sadly, in the next 18 minutes when I do our chat, four Americans that are alive
will be dead from the food that they eat.
Lush Lots: Everyday Urban Agriculture
Tomatoes always seem to taste better when you are acquainted with the person who
grew them, especially when that person is you. Many Americans have never tasted
a “real” tomato, vine ripened no more than a day or two before being eaten. Corn
tastes best when you get the water boiling minutes before you pick it. The joys
of fresh produce, along with those of saving money and building community, help
explain the recent growth of farmers’ markets and of the fascination with urban
agriculture.
City Farmer - Adventures in Urban Food Growing
City Farmer celebrates the new ways that urban dwellers are getting closer to their
food. Not only are backyard vegetable plots popping up in places long reserved for
lawns, but some renegades are even planting their front yards with food. People
in apartments are filling their balconies with pots of tomatoes, beans, and basil,
while others are gazing skyward and “greening” their rooftops with food plants.
Still others are colonizing public spaces, staking out territory in parks for community
gardens and orchards, or convincing school boards to turn asphalt school grounds
into “growing” grounds.
Iron Age Roundhouse construction at Heeley City Farm
The Iron Age Roundhouse activity day will take place from 11am to 4pm and people
will be encouraged to roll-up their sleeves and use a mixture of clay and straw
to help finish the walls of the farm´s constructed Iron Age Roundhouse - a very
early form of housing in Britain.
The reconstruction of the Iron Age Roundhouse forms part of a partnership with the
University of Sheffield´s Department of Archaeology and the University´s Archaeology
Society. Academics and students have offered advice throughout the project and will
be on hand to give assistance, information and work on the Roundhouse.
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All stories here:
City Farmer News [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103073945846&s=1304&e=001wBn30i5eVgHWxZJyOrX8KY0LAwa9CT84Aw2yIP3pwN-7o9Bci9HJ7bhvO-qvnWWWGcIesnpYD1HDjXxASZbe0BI9rL95VUxhS74CeN94U9hwER-gdX-vJg==]
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
1978-2010
I will be cheese AND SPINACH pie. I love spinach. Often have just a bowl of chopped spinach with a can of bean soup mixed in (no water added) as my main meal of the day. ... Just call me Iron Man.
My 92 years young Mother loves chocolate ice cream on Cherry Pie. I used to make it for her when she lived close by.
This is a page all about cooking contests, I did not check the dates, but there are many listed:
http://www.vatlas.com/weather/directory.php?c=/Recreation/Food/Contests/
How I envy you, working in a greenhouse***
Coolest thing in the world! You can go out first thing in the morning and there will just be a little curl. By afternoon, the little plant is half an inch tall and has two leaves. Makes you belive in miracles for sure!
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