Ambergris

Amazon is having a sale on Rancher's Cut.

Update? Amazon seems to be having a sale on Rancher's Cut right now.

Okay. Thanks!

I tried someone's canned hamburger meat, but the texture was an issue. Could I make thin patties, fry them hard, then can?

For my granny we took the seat off a ladderback chair and slid an enamel pot (a chipped one) between the leg braces. I'd guess you'd have to experiment to find the right sized pot. It has to be secure without being difficult to remove for cleaning, and it can't be too far from the seat because that guarantees splash.

Write or Die is software. You can use it free online or download it ($10) for more options.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/health-coronavirus-who-idUSL5N0EM2SB20130610?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssHealthcareNews&rpc=43 The last line caught my attention: haj season is coming in October. How many of us have felt keyed up and anxious and on "overdrive" as far as preps go, every October for the past few years?

I heartily recommend Write Or Die by Dr. Wicked. It really does "put the prod in productivity."

I've pawed some hemp fabric. While most of it is coarse stuff, some is finer and softer, rather like mid-weight linen.

(((CarlaJ)))

I missed #9.

13/13.

Honeyville code good for five days starting May 27 is KITCHEN. 10% off.

Note the 2011 date. #1 AFB cannot be cured or mitigated. The only defense for other bees in the area is scorched earth--you burn everything. #2 He said he did not have AFB. He can't prove this because the evidnece was seized from him and it disappeared. #3 AFB has virtually disappeared in the US along with the wild honeybees that were so often its vectors. Only two of the bee people I've spoken to have ever even seen AFB.

I've spent a good chunk of the day doing yardwork and burning the cobwebs around the shutters. The cats have flattened and dug up my front-yard garlic, which had been looking great. So much for the garlic. The ginger, galangal, and turmeric still look great. I gave away the kiwi vines and the feijoa, since only DX had a real passion for them. Tomorrow, if I can get myself and one of the boys up early enough while it's still cool, I hope to put the blueberries in the ground. We've nurtured them in pots since they were cuttings, and it's time for the ultimate up-potting. But it's too hot to suit up and work that close to the beehives right now. Earlier today, though, I was able to use the weedwhacker right up against the hive stands and between them, with no trouble at all.

A Thai lady I knew washed them, cut them into fillets (they are unbelievably easy to fillet), and cut the fillets into thick cubes, which she dredged in spiced cornmeal and fried with the skin still on. I could not believe I was eating catfish skins, but they were fine. Skin it, gut it, cut the head off, rinse it, and cut it into fillets, skeleton slice, and wing-slices (actually belly flaps, but wing slices sounds better). Cut the fillets of a very large fish into smaller sections you can handle easier, and that have more or less uniform thickness. My grandpa kept a study hook on a door post at the smokehouse. He hooked the fish up by its gills, cut little horizontal slits under the skull line, grabbed the slit edge of the skin with pliers, and yanked the skin off in long strips. Make a little slit at the base of the tailward end of the long fins, grasp firmly with pliers, and yank headward (while holding the tail--trust me on this part). Do not step on any housecats, yardcats, barncats, or feral cats while you're doing this. Do not trip and break your fool neck while trying to step between the cats. If you have trouble peeling them with pliers, then fillet them, flip a fillet, and slide a knife between the skin and the meat. This is easier with bigger fish. Wash the meat, salt it, pepper it, dip it in buttermilk, and dredge it in spiced cornmeal (or a fifty/fifty cornmeal and flour mix). Then bake or fry. Do not throw away the skeleton slice. It fries up just as well as the rest, and it tastes mighty good. The tailfin crunches delightfully. For what you can't eat today, get a quart sized freezer container. Layer as many raw fillets as you can get in it. Fill in the interstices with lightly salted water. Freeze. Thaw these blocks under cold running water when you want more fish. There are fancy recipes for farm-raised catfish. These tend not to work well with wild-caught catfish, which have a stronger flavor.

I've never refrigerated winter squash. I just set it on the floor of the utility room and on shelves in the shade house (when I had a shade house) or the pantry.

Hire a friend, John. It will be cheaper than the alternative.

Just don't let it get bruised. I've had excellent luck storing it for months and months, unless it got bruised.

Marinating some chicken thighs in salad dressing and have some potatoes in the slow cooker outside. This would be a good day for salad, but there isn't any left after yesterday.

Probably. They also do well on the pantry shelf.

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