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I’ve been mulling over how to send you some nutmeg. You have a micro planer and that’s the biggest expense. I think they are somewhat circular, they wouldn’t really fit in an envelope very well.

Now I wonder about using fresh ginger and baking recipes. It seems that’s never done, it’s always the ground stuff. To me it has a very harsh flavor about it. Maybe it works better for baking. While the fresh stuff is used in conjunction with garlic a lot, kind of the opposite use! I think the fresh stuff has a bit of heat to it, and maybe that dissipates with the powdering.

No, I imagine fresh ginger wasn’t available on the Prairie! Is it tropical? I think cooks back then had to make do a lot. When my mother came over here in the 50s, there wasn’t much available for an Italian correct. Parmesan in a can, no risotto or polenta, and now that stuff is commonplace.

I wonder if I could use fresh grated nutmeg in place of ginger? I think I might try it, in a cookie and see how it goes. If I can’t send you the nutmeg, I can at least post a picture of how it looks with the kernel half graded. I just think it’s the prettiest thing. But right now I’m just laying on the couch. I got up at 3:30 to take happy to the airport. He’ll be gone for two weeks so I get to do anything I want. Except for tomorrow, then I have to go to the dentist :-(

Well, we’re not exactly living off the grid or in a bunker! But we did move here with self-sufficiency in mind. Actually our house is very nondescript. From the outside it just looks like any other around here. And in California our gun and ammo supply would be seen as an unusual, but in talking to neighbors it is common place here. Although we have to remodel the inside extensively and it looks really nice. It’s probably the best house I’ve ever had, although it is quite a bit smaller than the last one and quite a bit older. But we didn’t want to stand out as different from the neighbors so we’re keeping the outside the same.

And although our plan was to be self-sufficient, we are really living no different then other people around here. They have been self-sufficient for generations! So I am learning a lot about gardening and “putting up” produce From them. The only thing different is I have some food storage for long term. Other than that, they are very like-minded. When we first moved here I was surprised by two neighbors in two separate conversations talking about having to defend the holler in case of economic or government collapse. They really belong on free republic! Anyway I didn’t bring up the subject at all, because we came here to be incognito and do everything under the radar. And surprisingly, people around here are thinking the same way but preparing openly. I pity any group that tries to take this area over.