Texas

[bnjrob]

I know you do a lot of baking and probably already know this trick but its something my mom has always done for pound cakes.

She separates the yolk from the egg whites and adds just the yolks to the batter. Then, once all of the ingredients are added and the batter is almost ready, in a separate bowl, she beats the whites until they are light and fluffy and make soft peaks. Once they are ready, you fold the egg whites into the batter, don't mix, then pour it into your pan and bake. Her pound cakes are amazing and still dense but not heavy, if that makes sense? I wish I had her recipe to share, because I sooooo would, but that's probably why she hasn't given it to me yet!

I read a lot of antique cookbooks, 1700s - early 1900s, and they all discuss getting better results by doing this for just about anything that calls for eggs in it. Pretty cool that kind of info got passed down to your mom.

 

[tjo804]

I was writing up a huge post and I got a text in the middle of typing it out so I pulled up my messages replied. Then came back to this site and my huge post has disappeared!

Anyhow I was introducing myself. Lol thank you to whoever sent me this way. I live in Belton. Just north of Austin about an 30-ish minutes.

Hi from Bastrop County Texas!
Love your Avitar

 

[kenmlang]

Thank you all for the warm welcomes.

Lovingmyhens- my sister lives in Katy. She loves it down there. We all have really bad allergies but down there she is allergy free.

Looks like we're getting a storm coming in...the clouds are getting dark and wind is kicking up.

Magpie- your DH is a keeper. I'm pretty sure--no, I'm positive my DH wouldn't even dream of touching the chickens.

Welcome from Cut-N-Shoot!!! Love the avitar!!!

 

[Cookie Crisp]

Good morning. Anyone else here have a 10 y/o girl that seems very hormonal? Ya, love hearing her get mad at her siblings and break down crying at 6 am!

On a happier note, my sons baseball team won his division championship.

Thank y'all for complimenting on my avatar. (Sp?) I think it was on my friends post on Facebook.
I need more coffee.

 

[A1momof3]

Has anyone else had people come by to purchase chicks and have to send food home with them?  This is the second person that has had NOTHING ready for their new chicks when they've come to get them.  I am selling them at around 4 weeks, off the heat and they've been outside for a couple of weeks already but just because we did the work to get them ready to be outside doesn't mean they don't need anything. 


I can't wait to get pictures of our newest additions to share tomorrow.  My husband wanted a goat.  We bought 2 last year but they never warmed up to us.  We sold them and told ourselves we would wait to buy a bottle baby or from the petting zoo that comes around Easter.  We want them to be pets and then to help with the grass, errrr weeds.  So, we went today to buy one and ended up buying 3 fainting goats!  

If they call about the chicks I would tell them that they need to purchase feed for the chicks before they pick them up. Lol funny you have to spell things out to some people. Lol

That looks so good!  I've never used frozen pasta.  I love anything cheesy and the chicken with it is a great idea.  Thanks.  Ok I'm hungry now.  I see a twinkie in my future.

I use the fresh pasta that you can get in the dairy section. It's much better. I always take a basic recipe and add to it here and there. Lol

This is actually why I keep an OPEN, UNSECURED guess wifi network. 1) available for guests. 2) if/when authorities come knock knock you can demonstrate that the network is open and available to anyone, so there's NO WAY TO PROVE YOU OR OR FAMILY DID ANYTHING NAUGHTY.

However, if you have a PASSWORD-SECURED wireless network it's going to be you who would have to prove you got hacked and someone unauthorized used your network for naughty stuff. Would a cop or jury believe you if you say someone must have hacked you vs you or or family having downloaded something naughty?

It's more about plausible deniability for any wrong-doing done across my wifi network. That, and when we first moved into this neighborhood I was very happy to borrow an open network from a neighbor to get email. Pay it forward kind of stuff.

My Apple wifi network router has a "Guest Network" feature. It allows you to have both a secured wifi network for family, printers, file servers, etc and an unsecured wifi network with access to no LAN computers, printers, etc, only internet access.

-Erik (near Abilene, TX)

Guess I'm not really worried about anyone here downloading anything bad or illegal. Lol and we don't really have to many hackers out here in the country. Lol

Good morning. Anyone else here have a 10 y/o girl that seems very hormonal? Ya, love hearing her get mad at her siblings and break down crying at 6 am!

On a happier note, my sons baseball team won his division championship.

Thank y'all for complimenting on my avatar. (Sp?) I think it was on my friends post on Facebook.
I need more coffee.

I do not miss those days!! Girls are VERY hormonal at any age!! Lol

 

[Skimamatootsie]

Hi ya'll!

I'm a newbie to BYC and chicken lovin but I'm totally head over heels in love with my girls and completely addicted to life with chickens! And I live in texas...so how much greater could life get??

im in Centerville and haven't perused all 900 pages but in the posts I saw I didnt see anyone very close to me.*sigh* But thanks to the world wide web I see I have lots of "neighbors" in the Texas chicken lovin club!

I have 6 laying hens and am adding 5 more (chicks) hens and a roo or 2 in the very near future. A very spoiled yorkie/chihuahua dog. 5 very wild children, 4 boys and 1 girl, 3 of them teenagers. And 1 exasperated husband.

Looking for a good farm dog/puppy to help herd kids/chicks/chickens and whatever other animal I can add without sending my DH over the edge! LOL poor fella.

Anyway, sooooo happy to have found ya'll!

 

[RustedOak]

I was writing up a huge post and I got a text in the middle of typing it out so I pulled up my messages replied. Then came back to this site and my huge post has disappeared!

Anyhow I was introducing myself. Lol thank you to whoever sent me this way. I live in Belton. Just north of Austin about an 30-ish minutes.

Welcome from just up the road in Waco, TX!

 

[RustedOak]

Hi ya'll!

I'm a newbie to BYC and chicken lovin but I'm totally head over heels in love with my girls and completely addicted to life with chickens! And I live in texas...so how much greater could life get??

im in Centerville and haven't perused all 900 pages but in the posts I saw I didnt see anyone very close to me.*sigh* But thanks to the world wide web I see I have lots of "neighbors" in the Texas chicken lovin club!

I have 6 laying hens and am adding 5 more (chicks) hens and a roo or 2 in the very near future. A very spoiled yorkie/chihuahua dog. 5 very wild children, 4 boys and 1 girl, 3 of them teenagers. And 1 exasperated husband.

Looking for a good farm dog/puppy to help herd kids/chicks/chickens and whatever other animal I can add without sending my DH over the edge! LOL poor fella.

Anyway, sooooo happy to have found ya'll!

Welcome from another newbie in Waco, Tx!

 

[tjo804]

Hi ya'll!

I'm a newbie to BYC and chicken lovin but I'm totally head over heels in love with my girls and completely addicted to life with chickens! And I live in texas...so how much greater could life get??

im in Centerville and haven't perused all 900 pages but in the posts I saw I didnt see anyone very close to me.*sigh* But thanks to the world wide web I see I have lots of "neighbors" in the Texas chicken lovin club!

I have 6 laying hens and am adding 5 more (chicks) hens and a roo or 2 in the very near future. A very spoiled yorkie/chihuahua dog. 5 very wild children, 4 boys and 1 girl, 3 of them teenagers. And 1 exasperated husband.

Looking for a good farm dog/puppy to help herd kids/chicks/chickens and whatever other animal I can add without sending my DH over the edge! LOL poor fella.

Anyway, sooooo happy to have found ya'll!

HI form Bastrop county
You will not know what you did with out BYC or BYC.com

 

[kenmlang]

Hi ya'll!

I'm a newbie to BYC and chicken lovin but I'm totally head over heels in love with my girls and completely addicted to life with chickens! And I live in texas...so how much greater could life get??

im in Centerville and haven't perused all 900 pages but in the posts I saw I didnt see anyone very close to me.*sigh* But thanks to the world wide web I see I have lots of "neighbors" in the Texas chicken lovin club!

I have 6 laying hens and am adding 5 more (chicks) hens and a roo or 2 in the very near future. A very spoiled yorkie/chihuahua dog. 5 very wild children, 4 boys and 1 girl, 3 of them teenagers. And 1 exasperated husband.

Looking for a good farm dog/puppy to help herd kids/chicks/chickens and whatever other animal I can add without sending my DH over the edge! LOL poor fella.

Anyway, sooooo happy to have found ya'll!

Welcome from Cut-N-Shoot!!