Sarah

Welcome.

Hmm... Not available to me, for ethnic reasons, but does somebody have a recipe for 'vienna' sausages to work from? I know the 'english' style of making 'pate' and then casing that, can be canned and jarred. Isn't that what your standard dogs are, pate? Our sausages are dryed and hung. Think 'headcheese'. Sorry. Sarah

Crabgrass, let me punch that into the online card catalog at the Librum... 41 bingos. Surprising few recipes. AGGG AUDELS GARDENERS AND GROWERS GUIDES 1928 XXXVII Blueberry. 339-344 Blueberry, soil for, 64, 155, Volume I A full section on blueberrys? That is promising. FCOA FARMERS CYCLOPEDIA OF AGRICULTURE 1911 BLUEBERRY 233 Blueberry, 233 Blueberry, Barrens, Burning Over, 233 Blueberry, Cultivating Pine Barrens, 233 Blueberry, Harvesting With Rake, 233 Huckleberry (See Blueberry), 233 Well, OK. Might be some helps in that. FF FOXFIRE 1-12 Berries and fruits:high bush black blueberry, 03:289 Berries and fruits:high bush blueberry, 03:289 Berries and fruits:low blueberry, 03:289-90 Blueberry cobbler, 03:291 Blueberry crisp, 03:291 Blueberry dessert, 03:29t Blueberry fritters, 03:291 Blueberry juice, 03:291 High bush black blueberry (Vaccinium atrococcum), 03:289 High bush blueberry (Vaccinium coryntbosunt), 03:289 Hot blueberry sauce, 03:291 Low blueberry (Vaccinium vacillans), 03:2890 Oh, the typos! Three! Gotta have a word with a certain proof-reader. The 03 indicates the third volume. And yes, if you have a PC, all three have the unlimited 'trial' (exe) versions online for free. And you might want to take a walk in the ICSArchive's (icsarchive.org) cookbook section. No index for those, though. Sarah

Amusing. FYI, as the Fed/State change the rules every year, the enclave/community brings in H&R. It has been this way every place I have been. These take on a carnival like atmosphere. This year, one of the 'agents' was a young handsome german speaker, he had to leave, he could not stand all the 'moon eye'ing. On the storage question, You get the paper dupes, and the scanned paper on mini-cd. Original paper is filed. Answer me a question, please. This year we had difficulty with PayPal not sending the 1099s for the Librum's disk sales. We had to go online and search. Very poor privacy protection, I might add. I knew that Fed/State already knows everything for a 'wage earner', but I did not realize just how accurate the 'estimated' is. They can send you this! So why do you have to file? Is 'big brother' just lazy? Sarah

Yes on seed, No on book. Sorry.

Understand. Sorry.

Raspberrys? Blue? Wild straw? Goose? As for muscadines, we do wine with those.

Do you have a water hose? A mini water jet drill head, ($30?), hose attached, on shovel T handle. That is how we 'probe' for possible locations.

Common here. They arm twist you, or spouse, etc, into signing a 'I will cover all overages' paper, then go to the moon with padding. One of ours is deathly alergic to a type of insulin. Wife took him to emergency room for DKA. He did not recieve the incorrect insulin, but it showed on billing, after a lot of hassle trying to get a cost breakout. Insurance company gave the breakout to our patient, not the hospital. He blew the whistle. Worse, for every shot, he was charged for a whole vial. Sad thing is that he still has to pay the overage, about $5000, as she signed the paper. Judge was simpathic, but... Signed Contract. Sarah

Mt Rider, When it comes to acorns and tannin, which process used depends on the size of the material to be tanned. For small scale, like rabbit skins, the oil extractor is the way to go. This process also allows one to also salvage the 'log' for consumption. Yes, on 'many waters'. (Scratching my head, I know that you can use an old style coffee perculator to do this, but can not remember where that reference is. There is a recipe for the filter material you put in the grounds hopper.) For large scale, like full sized cow hides, the process is large container simmering, cooking down the water to 'liquer' which gels when cooked down enough. A 55 drum will produce about three half inch cubes. Two cubes will do a full hide. The problem with this process is that it makes the remaining 'log' more bitter, almost impossible to rid the tannin. In other words, if you want acorn meal, boiling/simmering is not good! But it is a good cottage industry, those cubes sell! As to having to work to get it, I agree it can be labor intensive. The sieving out the shells is the hard part. Sarah

Mt Rider, the heating is to increase extraction amount, not to get the machines to work. Not with the ones here, anyway. And you are thinking 'hemp' for the straining... There is another use, often overlooked, acorns. To extract tannin for leather tanning. Then take the 'log' and toss in a cotton sock or equivalent. Throw sock in springhouse, flowing water leeches out the last remaining tannin. Do you like soft granola bars? Sarah edited to add: Cotton is used to strain gasoline, and remove much iso alchohol.

ScrubbieLady, Hmm... I did not realize that the USPS mylars were that expensive. I see your point. Most of our outbound is paper or disks. So the PMFR is actually cheapest for us, when you add in tracking/insurance/etc. If I were looking to 'gear up' with standard boxes, such as for your store, I would be looking at ULines multidepth boxes. Uline.com. They used to carry the brown paper, and mylar in rolls and sheets. (It's been a while...) Have you considered using a/the zip-in-zip-in-zip trick? Folded content in smallest, press out air, put in middle bag, press out air, put in third, press out air. (I have access to a shirt press)(zip/mylar self seals and opagues in it... ) Slap on weight label. You know package size from zip size, look up on chart, and away it goes... (Sad thought, I do not have updated charts. Gotta order some more... ) Sarah

There used to be, probably still is, the 'mylar' pm envelopes. Not the pillow packaging ones. Now there is a first class version. You might want to check that out. We recieved a large lot of alpaca samples, football sized, that way. Less than $3 each.

But you do have UPS and FedEx, so count your blessings. We can't even get the USPS to pickup. Frankly, my heart goes out to the rural carriers, they are being whipsawed, especially in gifting times. For us, paper, the only 'safe' way is to Priority Mail, Flat Rate. For disks, ditto. Those the USPS will pick up at our little PMO. But this year, the USPS has a lot of red faces with the number of such going 'awry'. Oh, and in case you missed it, PM used to be guaranteed to make the date. If you did a PM, and it was two day, you could file full value if not delivered on time. Not anymore. You only can get back the postage. And another heads up, the first class envelope thickness standards are changing also, apparently to block out the useage of disk mailers, as PMFR would be cheaper.

Printed? You 'lost' me there. I do not think I want to know. Future? Umm... I would say present. OK, I know I should not be reviewing trends, and should be sanitizing the statistics, but some are so 'jump into your face' that I can't help but notice. We see a lot of hits for folks looking to find alternates to 'modern' stuff. Examples: caffeine, crystal sugar (useage ratios of honey, sorghum, stevia, etc), nicotine (herbal alternates), poly glycol... I love my 'job'. Sarah

Amusing. It is that time of year, where I have to do the statistics. Then I see this post... I saw a lot of hits for people searching for 'soda' via the online search engine on the public accessible section of the Librum. I wonder how many of them is from people who have those machines, and are looking for more economical means. For those interested in making their own 'soda' water and syrups, grab a 'checkout' copy of MFE, it's free. Monograph on Flavoring Extracts, 1891. Not to drum up sales, just the opposite. Amazing how tastes have changed over the years. Some of those are 'yucks' to me. Sarah.

Hmm.. Forum lost my reply. Daylilly, I agree, I have never encountered this stuff before though. We have it now. DH grabbed a can of 'brush cleaner' at Ace. Sunnyside is the brand. It works. I have about two dozen left to do. Thanks Sarah

Thanks, folks. I will try some of these. The WD-40 especially (here, hubby, hubby, hubby...). Peanut butter? (hmmm...)(thinking maybe that olive oil lamp fuel would work). Sorry, I do not have hand sanitizer (too English). Now rolling in flour to de-sticky, so I can handle them. Also on the attempt roster is paint brush cleaner. Sarah

Not sure of just which section I should ask this in, so if I missed, please move... We have a LARGE group of pyrex/glass jars, of various types, primarily square, which will take standard jarring lids. The problem is that they have that <censored> hot melt adhesive for the labels. Sure, the labels soak off, but the gum, for lack of a better word, remains. I can not find anything to cut the gum. Soap, Dawn, goo-gone, spray bumper sticker remover, acetone, finger nail polish remover, brillo, steel wool, green pad, etc. Any ideas other than my DH's suggestion of a propane torch? Sarah

The deodorant rocks are also called 'Thai stones'. There are various ones. All are of mineral salt composition. I seem to remember a brandname of 'Crystal'. Not for everyone, some people react to them, but they can last a LONG time. Also under the Crystal brandname were lotion, and roller-ball applicator packaging. Sarah

Army, and MtRider, Not a lost skill, but amoung our peoples, not much used in the traditional ways. It has evolved into more of a 'end use' skill, even amoung the master level craftsmen. We have one here as instructor. He no longer teaches the barrel making/setting/banding/shocking. No demand. Umm... (checking the schedule...). His next cycle he has two shingle making and one slab making hands-on courses. As I thought, it is production of 'arts and crafts' materials for market. This cycle, he had one course, wood steaming, where they can bend odd shapes to seal, but also used in various furniture making, think 'rocking chairs'. What are you wanting to do with the skill? That is how I would approach the research. Also, I would check out the 'rustic' carpentry works out there. Also 'steamed' wood work. Also wood joint references. Also 'wax work', as the barrels are parafin wax or lard sealed for use. Also alternate 'tanning', such as acorn tannin, which is used with the wood swelling to seal, as wood barrels are still considered the best container for such work in small scale DIY. And as always, our 'check out' references are avaiable for you to smorgasbord here at the Librum. Also, references on iron work, to make the hoops cheaply and DIY. Have fun! Sarah of the Librum.

Be careful what you wish for! 'Never too many books', eh? (checking...) Yes, 677 cookbooks that need ATOCI indexing. Over two dozen in the main section. Seventeen in the 'chute'. Are you volunteering with cookbooks? And now tasked with the Popular Mechanics archive work.. Sarah of the Librum.

The 'english' word that comes to mind is 'deviled', which means cooked (usually boiled), ground, and re spiced. The respicing was the deviling. Get modern store bolagna and that is what you get. And can you say 'vienna sausage'? But not 'spam', as spam is not precooked, but cooked in the can. As a child we had a lot of 'corned beef' spread, which was crock pot cooked with spices, and then ground, and respiced, and metal or glass canned. I remember many a late 'comfort meal' of taking a half filled can, filling with water, and simmering on the stove, think 'condensed soup'. Or instead of water, left over mashed potatoes. Using the VERY old fashioned 'iron ration' mini trays/boxes, men would take this to the field. I would NOT recommend such practice today. I have sometimes thought of getting some of that 'vegetable protean' and experimenting with that. I think 'you' people are going to drive me back over to the ICSArchives public cookbook section. I do remember sections in those books about 'light lunch meat spreads' and how to make them, back in the days before refridgeration. I wish the indexes were better though. As always, never enough volunteers. Sarah of the Librum

Perhaps I can toss one in here for additives. One of my little ones halves a bullion cube into the milk. She likes hers soupy. And sunflower nuts for some crunch. My other one says 'yuck!', but sometimes uses craisins. Sarah

Update. He loved the labels for the sockets. But they have some sort of 'contact' adhesive, must be air exposed for a bit of time. He did not care for that, so he shellaced them too. It was so funny to watch him scrape off the Avery labels, wearing butchers metal mesh gloves, fumbling a lot of them. Some of the sockets are small!. I found another use for the magnets. One inside the blouse, one outside. Holds my pen. No more rewinder/chain/behind-ear/etc. And am replacing some buttons by sewing magnets in. I am not so sure that is safe though, considering the strength of these things. And while I know it is past the season, I now have another 'stocking stuffer' idea for next year. Dremel reinforced cutoff wheels, in fifty packs. And he got me back. Needles and pins. Of every type and description. Thousands of them! And of course I would drop the stocking, scattered them everywhere. Sarah