Sally's GF3 thread

[Sally PB]

Another 7 quarts of canned 'maters ready to go on the shelf.

 

[pertnear09]

Another 7 quarts of canned 'maters ready to go on the shelf.

Did you use some different lids other than Ball?

 

[Sally PB]

Yes! I've gone back to the lids I got from Filmore Container online 2-3 years ago. I think I've had 1 or 2 of those fail, and it was due to a tomato seed siphoning up under the rim.

 

[cavemanrich]

We went to Menards yesterday for more stuff for the bathroom remodel. We got the shower walls and basin, the sink, the faucet for the sink, drywall, drywall mud and tape. $3030. The shower was the biggest part, over $2600. We still need to get tile for the walls around the sink, and the shower door, which will be expensive.


We will like the bathroom when it's done. And I won't be embarrassed by it anymore.

I've mentioned that they guy who built the house was... less than the best builder. The ceiling of the first floor is the floor of the upper floor. No dead space between. The ceiling/floor is tongue-and-groove pine. He stained the ceiling a light amber color to match the walls. Ok, it looks nice. And the boards are substantial, so it's not sagging/warping.

He didn't put a vent fan in the bathroom, the most damp room in the house. The ceiling is covered with mildew. Which you can wipe off the walls, because they're sealed with poly. But not the ceiling.

So we are putting in a drop ceiling of drywall, primed and painted and sealed. And a vent fan. With a light over the shower.

I did have other plans for yesterday, but it was a good day to bring home drywall on the trailer. The roads were dry, and they won't be later on today.

Did you get the green drywall?? water resistant?? I always used that in bathrooms, because of the steam/moisture buildup from the shower running.

 

[cavemanrich]

@cavemanrich, PLEASE post your recipe for refried beans! I'd love to make some.

You ask,,, I deliver.
I have been using the 2 pound contents of beans.
Brand of beans does not matter. Dry Pinto beans are pretty much the same regardless of brand.

First, I pour beans dry onto a pan. I check for things non-bean, like possible small stones. This is an Earth product, so all things are possible. I usually don't find anything.

I then rinse beans well.

I soak beans overnight in plenty of water. They absorb quite a bit of the water.
Next day I do a second rinse.

I then fill with water so water level is about ½+ inch above beans.
I add my seasonings.
Here is a basic point to start.
1 diced onion
1 heaping tablespoon of Chicken bouillon, or 4 to 5 cubes.
1 teaspoon of Cumin
Salt to taste, Start with 1 teaspoon.
1 Jalapeño,, optional but tasty, and not overpowering hot.
Swig of Lime Juice. optional.

Once everything starts to boil, lower heat to simmer, covered, for about 1 hour. Test the beans for cooked/soft. (yes, taste)
At that point, there should not be much if any water covering the beans.

If you had to add some water during the 1 hour of simmer, then pour of some of that liquid, but save it. Don't discard, as that liquid carries the flavors.

Now you can add some rendered bacon fat if so desire. It is for flavor purpose. I skipped it in my making.

Take your potato masher, and start mashing the contents. Yes, it does get physical. If you see the mixture kind of dry, add some of the water/soup you saved if you took that route.
After mashing, the mixture does stiffen up when it cools.

Another option to mashing, is running it thru a meat grinder if you have one. I just thought of it now. I would run it thru twice, and then judge the texture. It may be easier than mashing, especially if you don't have strong arm, or gets tired. I used to use meat grinder to mash/process poppy seeds for poppy seed cake in previous ventures.

As you know, I do like to experiment. I like trying different seasonings.

This below is a winner in many dishes that I cook. Especially Rice.
Would add nice flavors to the refried bean as well. I would start with one envelope. Then if you like it, increase, or decrease, or eliminate.

Another one to experiment would be the below mix seasoning. I often use one envelope to 2 cup dry rice quantity. Then add 3 cups water, and use Rice Cooker.
I will try this next time with my refried beans.

Of course any other seasoning are worth a try. A couple or 3 cloves of GARLIC along the onion would fare well.
Any of those posted/pictured in the chili recipe are worth a try.
You can also go with half bag of Pinto beans, (1 pound) and halve the other seasoning ingredients if you are experimenting, or don't have that many hungry individuals around.

 

[Sally PB]

Thank you!!

 

[Sally PB]

Did you get the green drywall?? water resistant?? I always used that in bathrooms, because of the steam/moisture buildup from the shower running.

We got something called GoBoard to go behind the shower walls. The area around the sink will be covered with tile.

First thing we said we'd put in is a vent fan/light over the shower.

The drywall is going to get at least two coats of primer, and then at least two coats of paint.

Hubby is pretty sure he can do the plumbing part. He said he'll know when he gets the sink/vanity out of the way to see the current tub hook up.

We surmise that the builder was confident enough in his plumbing that nothing would leak before he moved out of the area. The tub/shower started a slow drip not long after we moved in. We never used the tub for a bath, so we we capped that off and put in a cut off on the shower head.

Once when I had a plumber in for something else, I asked if he could fix the drip in the shower...?

"Oh, yeah, that's easy," he said. Then he looked at the way it was installed and said, "Or not. Nope, not going to touch that."

The walls in the bathroom are tongue and groove. To access the water fittings, the sink has to come out and the wall pieces removed behind the head of the shower. There is no access panel to those fittings.

Also, the sink is resting on pieces of tongue and groove. The entire wall on that side has to come down. And, the walls were put in so that, unless you want to cut the pieces at the back corner (ensuring they'll never look as neat), the other two walls have to be taken down first because the corners cover each other.

I did say that the builder was an idiot, didn't I?

 

[Sally PB]

This is what I mean when I say the corners cover each other. The first picture is the tub side, the second is the wall side.

The tub side went up first, so it came down last. You can see in the corner/overlap more clearly in the second picture.

The plumbing is below the level of the sink. Hubby is going to build the new vanity, because he wants it higher. There will be an easy to remove panel for any future access.

 

[Sally PB]

In the first house I lived in as a child, the access panel to the tub plumbing was the back wall of the linen cupboard in the hallway.

One day my dad needed to fix something in there. I was 5?ish. All the sheets and towels were piled on the floor, and he was taking out that back panel.

I thought he'd found a secret passage to ... somewhere... It looked like I thought secret passages should look. Dark, weird things in there, cobwebs... spooky...

 

[fuzzi]

In the first house I lived in as a child, the access panel to the tub plumbing was the back wall of the linen cupboard in the hallway.

One day my dad needed to fix something in there. I was 5?ish. All the sheets and towels were piled on the floor, and he was taking out that back panel.

I thought he'd found a secret passage to ... somewhere... It looked like I thought secret passages should look. Dark, weird things in there, cobwebs... spooky...

My dad was handy like that, though he didn't do plumbing unless necessary. When we were living in a mobile home (ours) he did some minor plumbing for us, including adding an access panel to the main bathroom vanity. He did a nice job, and it wasn't obvious on the bedroom wall, easily hidden.