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Dogs were barking in the back yard about half an hour ago. They're usually barking in the front yard because of partying neighbors (at night, of course) and loose dogs. Went out to see, and there's a small opossum in one trap and a large raccoon in the other. No breach of chicken pens this time. We've gotten materials to reinforce the three pens that remain populated in that complex. Didn't check the greenhouse. They could get into it fairly easiy, but the inner pens would be hard to get into. Hopefully these two young dogs are getting braver and now and will patrol the yard for us at night.

We, too, are thankful for our brave service men who give up so much to keep us all safer.
 
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Talking about home made bread. Has anyone made the non knead version. Here is the recipe, easy, works great, a lot less work for the bread maker. It is called 1 hour yeast rolls.

2 1/2 cups warm milk
2 to 3 packages of yeast ( we use 3 )
salt
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup sugar
Flour to make a stiff dough
Put the warm milk, sugar and yeast in a large bowl. Let the yeast dissolve and start to bubble.
Stir in the salt and oil after the yeast/milk/sugar mixture is bubbly.
Stir in enoug flour to make a very stiff dough. ( we use wheat and white flour, sorry I don't ever measure the flour)
After you get to the stiff dough point, pour a little cooking oil on it and turn the dough ball over to coat it all the way around. Put a dish cloth over it and let it rise in a warm spot for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, punch it down and cover again, let rise another 15 minutes.
After it rises for the second 15 minute interval puch it down again and make out your rolls, bread loaf, cinnamon rolls, what ever you are goint to make out of it. Place it in a oiled or buttered pan and let rise for 15 more minutes.
Let your oven pre heat to 350 degrees during the last rise. Let the rolls bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees, loaves and cinnamon rolls take longer than rolls do.
You can adjust the salt and sugar to your liking, but less sugar gives you less browning.
This makes about 24 fairly large rolls.
 
So for the family dinner this weekend there was a double batch of the 1 hour rolls, pot roast, mashed potatoes and brown gravey, green beans, pinto beans and ham, cornbread and pineapple upside down cake. Fed 15 people with very little food left.
Was asked to make more rolls next time.
Whew !
 
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Seems to take longer than I thought, should of started sooner!

Never tried butter in the stand mixer, but use my food processor. Takes about 8-12 minutes depending on the cream. I have used cream off the top of fresh milk from a commercial dairy herd & that doesn't work as well -- those cows didn't seem to give good cream. When I use the cream off the top of milk from a pair of family farm cows seemed to work better. Never tried with store bought cream.

Did it work out ok in the stand mixer? I dont think my kitchen aid mixer would whip as fast as my food processor.


I will try soaking my seeds in buttermilk nankat, can't hurt! Especially sice I hae only ever gotten a handful of peas in my past attempts. Figure I will be lucky if the grasshoppers allow me to have any peas at all.

Lil'Sooner was shaking some in a jar & had butter before I did so I took it out & put it in a jar too. She didn't want me to post about it because she wanted too. I have more to do today. This is cream from fresh cows milk.
 
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It wasn't you it was dispatch!
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LOL, No worries, I finished cleaning up & watched a movie until it was time to pick up DS at work. He really should of got a job on the east side of town!
 
We made butter when I lived at home with my folks back in the mid 70's we had a 5 gallon crock churn and all us kids had to take turns on the handle and I'm pretty sure it took Forrrreeeevvvveerrrrrrrrrr.. LOL

I found this on FB a bit ago thought I'd share it some of it's pretty good
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Life Advice From an Old Farmer

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness doesn't just happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty [and that's not always bad].
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer and that sometimes doing nothing is the best action.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Letting the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.
* If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly...and Leave the rest to God.
 
Betsy glad you got those, hopefully it will start to slow down for you! We shot a opossum last night getting ready to have one of Lil'Sooners show birds for dinner. I had planned on cooking today but I think I will be working on the pens & doing some moving around. She has her first show next month.
 

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