Christy

Better take a therosflask with hot tea. This is one for the long haul. Great find PCS.

The green beans shrivelled to next to nothing. Made some ginger syrup yesterday (2,5 liters) and the ginger is rolled in sugar. It's not as dry as I'd like it to be. So in a moment I'm going to harvest the smal pumpkins here, cook them and dehydrate the puree. One tray will be sugared ginger, the rest pumpkin puree.

Got a 2 liter jar full of mashes dehydrated potatos now. Colour stayed well and dry as anything. Blanched 3kg of green beans already and they are drip drying to go into the dehyrator. They'll make good mals in pouches with spices and saucepowder.

Drying tomatos and mashed potatos right now. The house smells great from the tatters. Found a backpackers site that suggested dehydrating potatos or mash and mixing in a ziplock with other dried veggies, seperate baggie of broth-cube and/or sauce powder. Even a baggie with a big of milkpowder if the need arises. All to do is add water, place i ncosy to keep warm while rehydrating and voila, ready meal. Could have smacked my head at this one! We have all those mylar (grades harder than the foil stuff, really sturdy ones) and I've just dehydrated leek or something and sealed them. Now I'll make ready made dehydrated meals in one pouch that can be sealed and stay well for 10+ years. Just went to the market at closingtime and scored 5kg of green beans. Part to be dehydrated, part pressure canned.

Purdy, it's caustic soda. What we'd use to unblock a kitchensink that is clogged up wiht fat etc. Not that it is a good idea to use it for that cos it could form a large fat-ball further down the drains...

Hello Lavenderflowers, welcome to the house of fun. What are your favorite oils to use? Ladies, in Germany I found schmaltz in the supermarkets. Not sure from which animal it is but pig is a fair guess. Could this be used instead of lard to make soap? Lard is so incredibly hard to come by here.

Originally Posted By: Shurleen Certainly something to think about. Good thing Violet and I are here, so that we can protect all of you from yourselves. Shurleen luv, you are surrounded by Counsellors, wanne talk about it?

Did the test again, to see if answers would differ if I feel different the next day. Still: distinctively expressed introvert 67 moderately expressed intuitive personality 38 moderately expressed feeling personality 38 moderately expressed judging personality 56 Few percent down on the judging (yesterday was a day from hell which involved police against a man that threatened me in front of my house so that coloured my answers probably) but still the same type. Stightly more introvert but no surprise there either.

Originally Posted By: PureCajunSunshine I scored INFJ, "The Counselor" INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden. They often are found in the wake of an emergency, rescuing those who are in acute distress. INFJs may fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the defenseless. The concept of 'poetic justice' is appealing to the INFJ. Grin PCS, I'm the same type. No surprise there eh?