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[kraftyladies]

That reminds me Chocolate Bacon Baklava
Ingredients:

1 pounds sliced lean bacon
2 cups whole blanched almonds, hazelnuts, and pistacios, coarsely chopped and toasted
2 cups mini-chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla extract (I have seen recipes with bourbon, but have not made it that way... yet - sounds yummy!)
½ of a 16-ounce box of phyllo dough
10 tablespoons (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1lb. jar good local wildflower honey (the quality of the honey can make or break this dish - use a good, flavorful honey)
Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In skillet, fry bacon in batches until crisp. Drain well and crumble. In food processor, finely chop the bacon with the nuts. Transfer to a bowl and mix in chocolate chips and vanilla extract.
Brush a 13-by-9-inch glass baking pan with melted butter.
Lay a sheet of phyllo in the pan; trim edges to fit and brush with butter. Repeat with 4 more phyllo sheets and butter. Spread about 1/3 of the bacon-almond-chocolate-chip filling evenly over phyllo. Repeat this layering of 5 phyllo sheets and bacon filling two more times. Top with 5 buttered phyllo sheets, buttering the top well. With a small, sharp knife, cut baklava into 1-½-inch diamonds.
Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and bake about 1 hour longer, until nicely browned. (Check after 45 minutes to avoid overbrowning.)
Meanwhile, in small saucepan, warm the honey to pouring consistency, but do not boil. Pour warm honey over hot baklava. Store in refrigerator.

Ty Walli! I forgot about this! Yum!

 

[cluckitall]

Don't rub it in!

. I have been thinking about that cheesecake ever since the picture was posted

Hee! I still need to work on my mailing technique -- that was the first time I'd ever tried so I just cut rectangular pieces that would fit in a tupperware container, and since I'd made it for here I hadn't used a cake round. I need to figure out a way to shrink-wrap a whole one!

 

[Sahwithchicks]

So can I do Safeguard the first time and the second time.  Or is it better to use Wazine first then Safeguard?  how long do I wait in between wormings?

I don't think you need to use wazine if you use safeguard. I never have .
I feed it to them via syringe. I think the only problem with bread is make sure everyone eats theirs and only theirs but I have heard a lot of people do this with good results

 

[cluckitall]

I think we have the same DH! Mine used to and occasionally still does complain. He said they'd never be able to hold their weight with all the money we spent on the coop etc. then I started selling hatching eggs and chicks etc. he doesn't complain too much anymore. Especially when I point out that dog food is more expensive and they don't bring in ANY money

Good point! They are good on the blind adoration thing, though Maybe that's why guys like them?

 

[cluckitall]

Best way to spend an evening.

Aww! And yep! I gotta agree!

 

[cluckitall]

That reminds me

Chocolate Bacon Baklava


Ingredients:

1 pounds sliced lean bacon
2 cups whole blanched almonds, hazelnuts, and pistacios, coarsely chopped and toasted
2 cups mini-chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla extract (I have seen recipes with bourbon, but have not made it that way... yet - sounds yummy!)
½ of a 16-ounce box of phyllo dough
10 tablespoons (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1lb. jar good local wildflower honey (the quality of the honey can make or break this dish - use a good, flavorful honey)
Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In skillet, fry bacon in batches until crisp. Drain well and crumble. In food processor, finely chop the bacon with the nuts. Transfer to a bowl and mix in chocolate chips and vanilla extract.
Brush a 13-by-9-inch glass baking pan with melted butter.
Lay a sheet of phyllo in the pan; trim edges to fit and brush with butter. Repeat with 4 more phyllo sheets and butter. Spread about 1/3 of the bacon-almond-chocolate-chip filling evenly over phyllo. Repeat this layering of 5 phyllo sheets and bacon filling two more times. Top with 5 buttered phyllo sheets, buttering the top well. With a small, sharp knife, cut baklava into 1-½-inch diamonds.
Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and bake about 1 hour longer, until nicely browned. (Check after 45 minutes to avoid overbrowning.)
Meanwhile, in small saucepan, warm the honey to pouring consistency, but do not boil. Pour warm honey over hot baklava. Store in refrigerator.

Oh yay! You posted it!!! I am SO printing this out, like NOW!

 

[madamwlf]

I don't think you need to use wazine if you use safeguard. I never have

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I feed it to them via syringe. I think the only problem with bread is make sure everyone eats theirs and only theirs but I have heard a lot of people do this with good results

It would be easier for me to do the bread method. Plus all of my girls are different so it wouldn't be hard to do. What is the wait period in between wormings?

 

[Lilwanis]

Just got home from taking the kids sledding for the weekend. We went tubing just outside of Park City, and then went further up the mountains and stayed at a nice spa. DH and I got to soak in a hot spring, which was nice since the temp ranged from 5 to -20 up there. Felt warm when we got back to the valley at 16 degrees. This was the first time that I left the chickens. They did just fine, though my buff Orpington girl apparently tried to attack my friend when he tried to collect eggs (that was one of the most absurd conversations I have ever had).

I hope that all is turning out for the best. Sounds like lots of chicks hatching and new breeder pens being built. I can't wait to start my projects and start hatching eggs.

I have a question for those of you in cold climates: do you heat your coops? I chose not to after reading many articles on the matter. I kept them locked in yesterday, we didn't get in the negatives in the valley, but it was a high of twelve. None of the girls seem the worse for it. No one is acting lethargic, and no sign of frostbite on the big combs (which is only my rooster and the blue Andalusian, her comb is as big as his). S far all seems to be fine without heat. Do you ever add heat if you don't use it? At what point would you add heat? And on that note, all y'all talking about 65 temps...I am so jealous right now.

 

[cluckitall]

I am single so no one to complain about how much I spend. But I board two horses so after that monthly expense a few chickens is nothing!!! I am very much looking forward to my chickens being old enough lay so they can start to at least start to pay for themselves!!!

One of the many huge advantages of being single, Herducks! I'm with ya

Plus no one to complain about my housekeeping, lol!

 

[Sahwithchicks]

I think it's 14 days before 2nd dose.


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