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  1. how are you doing? i have been wondering about you.

  2. Oh boy! ohboyohboy! This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on the internet! Great idea for this forum!!! But wait! What? No cookwagon? (Back in the old days, did a wagon train have one of those?) If so, maybe I can get over this snakebite in time to rustle one up, if'n someone hasn't already beaten me to it. Y'all wanna hire an authentic Creole/Cajun cook? I can cook beans just as well as a Texan, I guarantee. And mais cher! Lookit the size of that beignet! I do Jambalaya and Gumbo pretty good too. Oh, I can hunt real well too. I might hafta bring my long range rifle, though. Me and this snakebitten leg won't be hauling nowhere far...
  3. Before you venture into these websites, notify your next of kin, because you may not come out for days...Between these two sites, there's a nice collection of 1,650,328 books written from 1620 to 1999...most of them are from the early 1800s and mid twentieth century. These old books and journals have been rendered into electronic form, and are free to anyone. The first link is agriculturally related, the second one deals with all things related to home and hearth.... http://chla.library.cornell.edu/ The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Scholars have selected the titles in this collection for their historical importance. Their evaluations and 4,500 core titles are detailed in the seven volume series The Literature of the Agricultural Sciences, Wallace C. Olsen, series editor. Current online: Pages: 1,011,930 Books: 2,047 (2,116 Volumes) Journals: 12 (510 Volumes) For a related collection of core texts in the disciplines of home economics, see Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History (HEARTH) at http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/ HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance. The first phase of this project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a small number of journals. Future phases of the project will include books published between 1926 and 1950, as well as additional journals. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site. This is the first time a collection of this scale and scope has been made available. Currently online: Pages: 638,398 Books: 1174 (1236 Volumes) Journals: 13 (401 Volumes)
  4. This is such a beautiful treasure! If'n you don't mind, I'd like to print this to put in one of my notebook binders, the one I call my Bedside Reader... ((((Stephanie))))
  5. I am growing my very first stevia plant...It's not very big yet, but as soon as it can 'spare' a few leaves, I'm going to experiment with steeping a few leaves in warm or hot water...and using the sweetened water to sweeten stuff with. Has anyone tried that? Maybe powdered stevia has too strong of an aftertaste, but the stevia 'tea' might not be so bad...
  6. Hi Sweetie -- I got kinda sick of the vitriol and skeedaddled. there are a few people I miss, and you're definitely one of them.

  7. (((((Judy & Arby!))))))) I had no idea...thank you for giving us a glimpse of the 'thorns on the roses'. Many hugs and prayers, Sharon
  8. awww, I loved this sweet story! Thanks for the smiles! As a toddler my mother learned to walk by holding onto the tail feathers of a Rhode Island Red chicken... I miss my yard birds! Way too many predators 'round here in this place I moved to, and they're bigger than I am. Fergit that mess. I'll just trade with Miz Blue Floopy down in the holler.
  9. You know those hot pepper sauce bottles with the screw/flip caps that have a tiny hole for shaking out drops of the precious elixir? I clean and reuse them. They are great for holding a manageable amount of bleach to keep handy in the kitchen or bathroom. You can sanitize stuff in a hurry. Grab the bottle, shake out a few drops and go! No more lugging the big bleach bottle for small jobs... I do the same with ammonia. A few drops sprinkled onto a sponge cuts grease in a hurry! A few wipes of ammonia makes short work of cleaning stovetops, too.
  10. Are you a seed-saver? Here's another use for junk mail envelopes: cut into half, they make dandy seed envelopes. Fold over the cut edge and seal it with that new-fangled removable tape.
  11. I save the comics for that. Wrap the presents with the Garfield side up!
  12. wow! whatadog! Would love to see pics as he grows... hattip to Westie and Darlene!
  13. Frugal uses for old newspapers, in austere times: Cheapo INSULATION to keep warm: Put layers in your shoes, and in your winter hats/caps. Put layers inside your coat or between the blankets. For summer and winter insulation: Stuff crumpled or rolled up newspaper under doors and around windows. Tape on bedroom windows to block intense summer sun or help insulate against winter cold. GARBAGE CAN LINER: Line the bottom of the can with few layers of folded newspaper to help absorb odors and liquids. Layers of newspapers can be used to wrap trash to be carried out for burial/burning/disposal. ODOR REMOVAL: Crumpled up newspaper stuffed into shoes or boots, smelly plastic containers and picnic coolers to help reduce odors. TOILET PAPER: >sigh< One day you might run out of the luxury stuff. Save your magazines, too. FIRE STARTER: A hand full of crumpled up newspaper topped with a few rolled and tightly twisted newspaper sheets can be used for kindling as a base for building a fire with. MOP / SPONGE / PAPER TOWEL: Crumpled up newspaper that’s just slightly damp in spots will help mop up spills and messes. GLASS & MIRROR CLEANER: Dampen a wad of crumpled newspaper with water and use to polish glass to a shine. HAVE FUN WITH IT: Reduce anxiety and “cabin fever” with mindless escapes like these: 1) Do a word hunt. Cross the words out. See if you can guess what picture the pattern of crossed out words can make. 2) Create a new sentence by circling certain words in an existing sentence. 3) Invent other silly word games. 4) Draw silly tattoos, beards, etc. on the beautiful models, and don’t forget your “favorite” politicians. 5) Roll up a section of crumpled up newspaper into a tight ball. Toss and try to catch it with a cup or a rolled cup cone of newspaper. 6) Make a bunch of newspaper balls, invent your own basketball type games with them, or try from a distance to toss them inside a circle. Award points for each score. The most points win. FIRST AID BANDAGE (for minor cuts and abrasions): If there is no clean gauze available, this tip could come in handy in austere times. This trick will also help stop the bleeding from minor cuts and abrasions. The innermost sheets from an unopened, unread newspaper are not clinically 'sterile' but can usually be considered 'clean' until handled. Tear off strips of newspaper large enough to cover the wound and apply with firm pressure. Select portions of the newspaper that has no printed matter on it (such as the folded middle of the sheet) for direct application to the wound. --PureCajunSunshine
  14. I like to stock up on PILLOWCASES. I compulsively raid discount stores, thrift stores and yard sales for pillowcases because they're so handy for many things. I consider a pillowcase a really good find, if it has a high 'thread count' of 300 or higher. If buying new, look on the package labeling for the thread count. If buying used, feel it. Usually, the thicker and smoother the fabric feels, the higher the thread count. High thread counts in fabric = more durability. Pillowcases make handy dandy storage sacks and tote sacks. They also last a lot longer than plastic bags... They also make great food coolers. During my infamous three year long primitive 'camping trip' with no electric, etc. (readying homesite for building) I used pillowcases as expedient food coolers. Here's how: I shoved terry-cloth towels between two nested pillowcases, then wet all of it thoroughly. Well-wrapped or bagged food went inside the wet pillowcase. I hung several in the shade to catch the breeze. (Of course if you were in a place with a cool creek close by, the same bag could be immersed in the creek and held in place by rocks.) Groceries stashed individually inside several smaller watertight containers cool much better than in one or two big ones. These pillowcase coolers worked well enough to keep butter and stuff decently cool. If you cook just enough for each meal, there's no leftovers to worry about having to keep cool. I always put few teaspoons of colloidal silver in the milk to keep it from spoiling so fast. Pillowcases lined with plastic or mylar bags make great expedient WATER BAGS. (Don't use garbage bags as liners. The chemicals used in manufacturing will leach into the water. Use mylar bags, or plastic bags approved for food use.) To tie the bag securely, so that water does not drip out, twist the open ended "neck" 'round and 'round, then bend the tightly twisted neck in half. Tie the folded neck together with rope or twine. Pillowcases, lined with plastic and filled with dirt or sand, make great NUCLEAR FALLOUT SHIELDS for expedient in-home fallout shelters. Fill them with sand and stack or pile them where needed... Pillowcases are super easy to make, and can be made from denim or any other strong fabric. --PureCajunSunshine
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