Michigan

[fuzzybutt love]

Er... eggs being fertilized by sperm?

Quote:Originally Posted by keyt1969

I am one of those odd people who actually enjoy cooking........ You have to remember that i grew up super poor, my mom fed herself and 2 growing girls on $20-$30 a month, after a particularly bad divorce. She took away parental rights, so he couldn't bother us or know where we lived. It was tough, but we made it and are tougher for it. Now i visit with him once a year, but though he lies about what he supposedly didn't do, i still have very vivid memories. Little kids do know more than adults think.......... Next to my chickens, putting together recipies is one of my biggest joys. I am working on a fool-proof cookbook of old-fashioned cooking, which is why i get so happy when i find a good one! (I find ones that are almost as good as box-mix, then tweak them) I have been going through 2 1/2 years of crummy recipes to get to these ones!

Now on pickles and pie: pickles, sweet or dill?
Pie, oh no! That's not pie!!!! Even most resturants serve frozen pre-made pies nowadays, and it's not even close to the same! Maybe next year i will be able to attend chickenstock and show you guys, but my luck i will choke up and it will burn or something! lol.

 

[jrsckn]

PS fuzzybutt
I think those were zuchinni
I did think they were eggs with worms in them or something at first! LOL
But you were talking about batter... Mmmm Send some my way!... Zuchs not worms!

Come to my house, I've got so many zuccs and summer squash I can't keep up. If I don't pick every day, the zuccs are as big as clubs

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Fry batter, works for shallow frying too
(flour to coat whatever you are frying)
In the batter:
1 cup flour
2 Tb baking powder
1 1/2- 2 ts salt
1 cup water
1 cup milk
- toss zuccini in the flour to lightly coat, refridgerate for best fry. - heat oil. - when oil is ready mix batter, mixing the powdered ingredients first and then adding the wet and beating smooth. dip, shake off extra, and gently set in hot oil. Flip when lightly golden.

Sweet pickles ( the simplest recipe i have, but not the only)
Slice 6 cups of pickling cucumbers and an onion thin, put into sterilized pint jars
Heat 1 cup white vinegar, 2 cups sugar, 1 Tb salt, and 1/2 ts celery seed to boiling, boil 5 minutes
Pour marinade over pickles up to 1/4 an inch of the top, screw on lid. Refridgerate when cool or process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.

I also use a few grape vine leaves in the bottom of my jars when filling. I don't use the alum, because i am allergic to aluminum, so i don't want it in my food!!!

 

[mrshaggie810]

Yep yep. People have done it ! Also with trader joes. Lots and lots of.trader joes... And yes. They were left.out for 14 hours to reach room temp.

Wow! Neat! I have wanted to make the 45 min. trip to trader joe's for awhile now...i just might have to try that (even though I think it might be cheaper to just buy the chicks that I want...the sheer idea of it is just intirguing!

ACTUALLY NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, IF ANYONE NEEDS HATCHING EGGS AND DOESN'T CARE WHAT KIND OF CROSSES THEY MIGHT GET MY DAD PROBABLY HAS SOME! (He has some WLW (i think that's what they are) RIR, BR, EE's, Some Bantam breed. lol

Someone please, what is 4-H lol

An organization that educates and interests children in all things faming related as well as other activites.
hmm, this post disapeared when I quoted it so I don't know what I was going to put! lol! ...Maybe it was the post about pie? I bake pie from scratch too! I made strawberry rhubarb for the first time the other day, and it was DELISH! I would totally bring some homebaked goodness with me too if I get to make it to chickenstock!

Come to my house, I've got so many zuccs and summer squash I can't keep up. If I don't pick every day, the zuccs are as big as clubs

Oooh! I wish you lived by me! Mine are flowering, but none are growing! I would love some stuffed zucchinni right now!

Fry batter, works for shallow frying too
(flour to coat whatever you are frying)
In the batter:
1 cup flour
2 Tb baking powder
1 1/2- 2 ts salt
1 cup water
1 cup milk
- toss zuccini in the flour to lightly coat, refridgerate for best fry. - heat oil. - when oil is ready mix batter, mixing the powdered ingredients first and then adding the wet and beating smooth. dip, shake off extra, and gently set in hot oil. Flip when lightly golden.

Sweet pickles ( the simplest recipe i have, but not the only)
Slice 6 cups of pickling cucumbers and an onion thin, put into sterilized pint jars
Heat 1 cup white vinegar, 2 cups sugar, 1 Tb salt, and 1/2 ts celery seed to boiling, boil 5 minutes
Pour marinade over pickles up to 1/4 an inch of the top, screw on lid. Refridgerate when cool or process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.

I also use a few grape vine leaves in the bottom of my jars when filling. I don't use the alum, because i am allergic to aluminum, so i don't want it in my food!!!

Yay! I can't wait to try those! What do the grape leaves do?


Well, Duckies are having a bath/swim in tub while I clean out the brooder that is getting smaller and smaller for them every day! It will probably be at least another week before the coop is done. The weather is making me soooo unmotivated and I have a TON to do! I just finished a double batch of blueberry muffins, and they are ok, but not near as good as last time. Blah...can I take a nap yet?

 

[snowflake]

Keyt, it awesome that you are going to meet your brother. I hope that this story will have a happy ending. Big family get togethers etc etc... What kind of goosers?
My mom has not spoken to her oldest child in bout 15 years. She hunted ME down to find her. I guess I have one of those unforgettable names. Well anyway, she is in Omaha, wants my mom to go out for a visit. Um... No. Why? This broad told one of her perspective bunnies that she was in a nut house. Told my mom that everything was her fault. Don't get me wrong, my ma ain't innocent, but there is a point in ones life where responsibility comes into play. Then she had the nerve to ask how my ma could love my sisters kids, since they are half black, and my kids who are have Mexican. And says that we must live in. Dump since we do not have central air.

Nd she wants mom to go visit? Sad thing, if my mom doesn't do a will, this thing is her legal next of kin. Some people should never be found.
we had rain most the night. More today. I rigged some roofs over the feed stations. Hate dumping feed.
No coon in the trap this morning. Not even triggered. Another dead coon on the road though. Boo hoo.

why are you throwing out feed just because it is wet?? chicks seem to like it wet, sometimes I wet it so they will eat it faster and it doesn't get thrown all over. on the meat bird thread they are fermenting feed for their birds. I only throw it out if it has sat for more then a day and starts to smell, don't want it to get moldy

sorry, the reason for my story is that broad called last night. Ugh! Still mad. My house may be hillbilly, but it ain't no dump. And my kids are very love worthy. Except when they wake up in the middle of the night, walk in my room and pee on the floor... Yup... That was last night too.

I agree with the others, will and power of att. especially if she is starting to memory issues.

e) so they hang out under the coop all day. Fan is runnins. The little bantam hen was acting tough when the Marans hen came close to the chicks. The Marans hen said heck no and a chick fight was on. First I grabbed the Marans hen and tossed her (forced short flight). When she came back I sprayed her with some water and wow did that end things fast. She thought the bantam hen must have some super ninja power so she ran off.

uhhhummm much older ??? LOL I'm right between that age ( 58) hahahaha. But in all seriousness, growing up we were taught that family is always first in your life. If you don't have family then you don't have anyone. Mom always said that when no one else will be there your family will. And I have found this to be very true. I love my sister more than life itself and there is nothing I wouldn't do for her.

I have 5 brothers and a sister, they are not all GREAT, but I love them all. we are all in MI. and get together often.also E-mail or call
Love family hope my kids do the same....so far they all get along well

Oh this thread is awesome !!
Hiya. From west bloomfield MI
Recently I got into chickens . The only way I can keep them is if I hatch these eggs . So I'm hoping. Praying. Glad to see so many chicken owners in MI !!!!!!!!!

Welsome XxPandaxX, from Belding Mi. great thread,maybe you can make the fall N. Mi. chickenstock
we have aldi's and Save-a-Lot, no Trader Joe's or ? forgot the name of the others


gads, go away for a couple hrs. and 5 pags,,,,,got a goo 1" or more of rain here

 

[Juise]

Juise... I have missed my best friend!

How did your DDs B-day go! Did she like the fairies? (Who wouldn't)

Awww!

Went well! Let me see if I can work this picture linking from the web from my facebook... I think I said something on here before about how absolutely delicious frozen watermelon is? I cut watermelon into popsicle shapes, added a star to each that I made out of freezey pops in an ice mold, froze them, and shoved sticks in them. This isn't a great picture, but they were pretty cute, if I do say so myself, and they were a HUGE hit! And each kid is only ending up actually getting 1/3 a little freezey pop, and some fruit, bwahaha. I'm going to be making watermelon popsicles all summer long.

I ended up taking all the pictures of her birthday party and cake and all that on my mum's camera, so I don't have any of those yet. The girls have been having a lot of fun with the "fairies" and bowling. Oh right, I never put that up. Here's the mushroom bowling set I was talking about. Somehow my mum talked me into making one of them look like a cupcake...



Fuzzy - I love cooking, too. For soooo many reasons.

 

[XxPandaxX]

There's a chicken stock in fall ?! I've never been !! I wanna go so badly !! nd only trader.joes on the west.coast sells fertile eggs so for us Michiganites, we have.to buy the "cage free fertile" eggs from whole foods they are brown. So maybe some barred. Rocks or red stars

 

[chicken grandma]

Hey Y'all!

It's getting hard to wade through all the quotes that are being posted and reposted. Can some person who is real good on the computer explain to the new folks how to delete most of the post they are quoting and only reprint the one thing they are referring to?

Thank you!


Actually, I just did it. I clicked 'quote' then I backspaced over the text that I did not need to repost and I clicked on the photos and then pushed 'Enter' and the photos were deleted. See example in the next post!

 

[chicken grandma]

I cut watermelon into popsicle shapes, added a star to each that I made out of freezey pops in an ice mold, froze them, and shoved sticks in them.

Froze them first and then added the sticks?
How did you make and attach the star? Thanks!

p.s. This is what I am talking about - only reprinting what you have to reprint to make your point.

 

[Totalcolour]

. . . I hate that people stereo type other people. Just because he was Mexican didn't make him any different than any one else. He was still a good man.

I am so totally Prejudiced and stereotype everyone!

I absolutely hate bigots
I loathe liars
I hate bullies
Can't stand snobs
don't have time for cheats
Abhor laziness


I DO however love people who are:

Thoughtful
Caring
Sensitive
Honest
Hard-working


Yup, I got my prejudices
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