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DH wanted cookies, so today I'm making chocolate chip, oatmeal, coconut cookies. He doesn't like anything with lemon.
We call those cowboy boy cookies.
I confess to using Krusteaz fat-free cornbread mix - it is so easy, just add water, and really quite nice for a mix. A little on the sweet side maybe, but nice with butter and honey.
I have been using deep-litter for several years. Last year the bitter cold came so suddenly I did not get the coop cleaned out before it froze up. Since it had no smell and seemed in good shape I left it for the summer, only scooping out the wettest material when it thawed in the spring. Today I cleaned out the almost 2 year old bedding. It was fluffy, dark brown, slightly moist and crumbly, with almost no odor, and should be perfect in the garden in the spring. I retained about an inch to seed the new bedding, similar to using sourdough culture I hope. Then new bedding, a dose of dewormer all around, and in 10 days a light - and done for the big chores until next year
I know I almost left it too late, as the bedding was starting to freeze up a little. But I wanted to wait to clean out until I dewormed, and waited to deworm until the birds were taking their fall break. Everyone is growing in beautiful new feathers, and looks fat and sassy.
Mary, I think even your old pictures are lovely.
I have been using deep-litter for several years. Last year the bitter cold came so suddenly I did not get the coop cleaned out before it froze up. Since it had no smell and seemed in good shape I left it for the summer, only scooping out the wettest material when it thawed in the spring. Today I cleaned out the almost 2 year old bedding. It was fluffy, dark brown, slightly moist and crumbly, with almost no odor, and should be perfect in the garden in the spring. I retained about an inch to seed the new bedding, similar to using sourdough culture I hope. Then new bedding, a dose of dewormer all around, and in 10 days a light - and done for the big chores until next year
I know I almost left it too late, as the bedding was starting to freeze up a little. But I wanted to wait to clean out until I dewormed, and waited to deworm until the birds were taking their fall break. Everyone is growing in beautiful new feathers, and looks fat and sassy.
Mary, I think even your old pictures are lovely.
I love them with chocolate chips!
My DW insists on the raisins and no chocolate chips. I often make them half with raising and half with chocolate chips.
I am making turtles and English toffee tomorrow.
Burp..... good beans... and the ham hocks fell apart... I never had them do that before. I am getting better at my timing.
Marie Calendars cornbread was pretty nasty. I used the Microwave instructions....
slap me up.... I am not a baker... making cake mix cakes is a stretch for me.
Like I said Hoe Cakes is the best that i do.
deb
Marie Calendars cornbread was pretty nasty. I used the Microwave instructions....
Like I said Hoe Cakes is the best that i do.
deb
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Consider yourself slapped.I used the Microwave instructions....slap me up....
@The Sheriff
Thanks.... Whew. I feel better. This is not my house and I have HUGE gaps in my Culinary training.... Mom used to burn the same pot of beans two or three times.... Burned pork chops were the norm. in our house.... So I learned how to cook off of TV. Ghraham Kerr I can still bone a rabbit.... or a chicken thought i havent done it in a very long time. But simple stuff like the chemestry of baking completely escapes me...
Roast it, Crock pot it, Fry it, Boil it... I have it covered.... but baking... erm I need lots of space because I get flour on everything... I dont even know where Grandma keeps her mixer....
Bread... Oh Heck no.... not in my lifetime.... Maybe if I had a bread machine.... pour all the ingredients in and let it go... i could do that.
Though I might like to try my hand at Soda bread. But not in this house.
deb
Thanks.... Whew. I feel better. This is not my house and I have HUGE gaps in my Culinary training.... Mom used to burn the same pot of beans two or three times.... Burned pork chops were the norm. in our house.... So I learned how to cook off of TV. Ghraham Kerr I can still bone a rabbit.... or a chicken thought i havent done it in a very long time. But simple stuff like the chemestry of baking completely escapes me...
Roast it, Crock pot it, Fry it, Boil it... I have it covered.... but baking... erm I need lots of space because I get flour on everything... I dont even know where Grandma keeps her mixer....
Bread... Oh Heck no.... not in my lifetime.... Maybe if I had a bread machine.... pour all the ingredients in and let it go... i could do that.
Though I might like to try my hand at Soda bread. But not in this house.
deb
While your recovering, take some online cooking classes. It is never too late to learn.
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