For instance, a poster and I were discussing how long canning lids last. In my heyday of prepping, I bought 2 cases of Ball lids. I also bought a lot of tattler lids and have been enjoying learning how to use those. BUT I don’t know if I should be using up the Ball lids or if they will last.
And the rings on the tattlers, not sure about those either.
Nor how to best store any of them. I LOVE mylar and oxygen absorbers! But I don’t know if that’s the best way, or perhaps a foodsaver, or if they should be in my moist cool basement or in the drier, warmer house….
This subject doesn't really fit on any of the other weekly or subject-oriented threads that I know about. Sorry if I am stepping on any toes here.
Anyway, that’s the sort of thing I could ask on granny’s threads and get 5-50 responses! We could bounce around ideas and share any experiences we had.
So…here we go!
(I hope someone else will join me here, LOL!)
BTW, I’m now an East Tennessee Appalachian granny, so I figured I could start this thread – in memory of nw_arizona_granny.
BTTT
BTTT. Thanks for doing this.
Starts with some simple decorative presentations, the outdoor cooking is in the middle. Schools gathered around a wood fire receiving instructin.
Starts with some simple decorative presentations, the outdoor cooking is in the middle. Schools gathered around a wood fire receiving instructin.
(Hope this is seen - I have had various results with the ‘all’ posting ;-)
I have a question about mint. I want to grow it this year; will start it in my Aero thingie, and then put it on the balcony.
The plan is to dry some, and chop and freeze some in ice-cube trays for use in Tabbouli - we eat a lot of quinoa tabbouli year-round.
But I don’t know what variety of seeds to buy. We’ve so far bought mint for this purpose both in the ‘clamshells’, and as plants, at the supermarket. Some of the mint we’ve gotten has had a very different flavor from other bunches. Some of it has been too ‘candy-like’, not the clear, sharp mint flavor.
Does anyone know the type/variety that is generally used in Indian/Middle Eastern cooking?
THIS TIP FOR ALL THE LADIES who read this thread.
Ladies, when sending your significant other to the market to pick up a sack of flour which you might have forgotten in order to make that special birthday cake...or other tantalizing treat, make certain you do this!
Please relay to him the type of flour you will be needing. There have been numerous times while in the baking section of a super market when a male approaches and asks
“Sorry, but can you help me? I’ve been sent on an errand to buy flour but unable to decide on what kind she needs.”
He is asked what she might be making: cake, bread, etc. Sometimes he will know, but 1/2 the time no clue and he receives the answer ‘if not baking bread, cake, an all purpose flour should do.’
They need information in detail to arrive home after the hunt, successfully!
They try to please :-)
The Depression - Aunt Clara’s stories and recipes
This is the addy for Dear Aunt Clara’s You Tube library of videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRKls2LLMqU-uK2csT6FOKw
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For those who detest recipes and the quantity of sites found on the net, please disregard this post.
Others might remember grandmothers/great great aunts speaking of a cool summer drink called “SHRUBS” Rumor has it this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Bush family, but was a beverage made with vinegar. It was claimed to be delicious and refreshing.
For some reason, this memory (like the proverbial light bulb) was switched on this morning and, a true explorer, took a hike to find how to make one.
This was found.
https://food52.com/blog/13831-how-to-make-shrubs-aka-drinking-vinegars-without-a-recipe
When TSHTF our sodas, soft drinks will be ka-poot. Though there might be water, eventually there will be no KOOL-AID envelopes to open and use.
Are there any here adventurous enough to try it? If so, please share your experience and give us the results of your taste test.
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LAWN MOWERS AND MOTORS
Time to bring out your mowers, weed eaters and such. They’ll do little good sitting in storage. Don’t run at the moment? Good excuse but still not valid.
Taryl is at times a bit weird looking and strange However he is an apt, knowledgeable instructor and has helped this household to make necessary repairs. His video library:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Cd9kKYXFakV7ChvU_rjKw
CB,
Continuing thru the list of interesting links, one found which includes recipes, hints, and chit chat from earlier times 50, 60, 70s.
TWISTED CANDY
http://www.twisted-candy.com/index.html
AMISH RECIPES
http://marymae.tripod.com/amish.html
COOKING WITH HERBS
http://organiclifestyles.tamu.edu/herbs/herbcooking.html
PLANT ANSWERS and recipes for ‘from your GARDEN foods’
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/recipes/recipes.html
For those who cook ‘simple’ and have simple, country tastes, the “TASTE OF HOME” magazine was a favorite. Their site here:
https://www.tasteofhome.com/
https://www.tasteofhome.com/taste-of-home-community
TIP JUNKIE find numerous tips, cleaning recipes of all types.
https://tipjunkie.com/
18th CENTURY COOKING
https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson
1840s FARM
http://1840farm.com/
ALL THINGS FRUGAL
http://www.allthingsfrugal.com/
HOMEMAKING
http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/homemaking/index.html
BACHELOR COOKING
http://bachelorcooking.us/
https://bachelorrecipe.com/
http://www.thebachelorskitchen.com/recipes.asp
RETRO FOOD
http://www.badanduglyofretrofood.com/
*FANNY FARMERS COOKBOOK*
http://www.bartleby.com/87/
Searching for Fanny, finding the all the above which might
be of interest to someone.
As Fanny has been found, off to the races, later ....byeeeee
This is hardly essential, but women, no matter what the year might be, still think of themselves as wishing to be the object of beauty
Some time back this site was found which includes info from 1930-1960 fashion W/tips and suggestions.
GLAMOUR DAZE
http://glamourdaze.com/
Link to the FARMERS ALMANAC
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/almanacs/2018
Another link entitled:
Botantical
http://botanical.com/
- A Modern Herbal
- Recipe Index
- Plant & Herb Index
- Poisons Index
- Measures Converter
- Shorter Medical Dictionary - Poisons & Antidotes
Unable to linger long. Do want to share this site for those who miss the loved “good ole days”
FOUND IN MOM’S BASEMENT
http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/
VINTAGE RECIPES
http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintagerecipes/
HENRY FORD RECIPES AND COOKBOOK
https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/recipes-and-cookbooks/
A CAKE BAKES IN BROOKLYN
http://www.acakebakesinbrooklyn.com/
NOTE: There are so many new paths branching off the main road. To travel them all and viewing the sights will take forever.
Enjoy.
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