The Old Folks Home

[Bunnylady]

That's great bunny.

Bunny, nice to hear he recovered.

Bunny, YAY! Glad the horse is ok.

Glad she's better, I know too well how scary colics can be!

-Kathy

As colics go, this one wasn't really bad; I've seen horses that seem to throw themselves at the ground to try to roll, and one who got cast (stuck) up against a wall rolling and thrashing until he could get up. Probably, if I had given her a dose of Banamine when I first noticed that she was down, I could have saved myself a (rather expensive) vet visit. Oh, well - happy healthy horse; that's what's important, right?

 

[tntchix]

I hear you. I need to just unplug the dang thing and force the kids to learn how to use the stove. It's a lot harder for quick "junk food" they might actually eat better too. Maybe.

and glad to hear the horse is back up to snuff too.

 

[perchie.girl]

@vehve

For what its worth a crock pot uses less energy than the stove... even just a simple one has high medium and low and warm settings.

Depending on recipe food is cooked long and low and they are great for making just about anything you can roast in the oven. I have even done a turkey in a large crock pot.

So far I have had poor success with beans and chili though. But i have successfully made Chicken, Roasts, Apple butter, and soups in the crock pot.

You season less because the seasoning goes further.... You still sear beef or pork off before cooking in the crock pot with moist heat.

I have taken a solidly frozen chicken and put it in the crock pot with just a splash of water.... I season it with salt pepper and garlic and put in a bay leaf..... Startt it in in the AM like six am and come home from work to a pull off the bone done chicken..... I pull it out remove the bones and serve it like a chicken stew.

deb

 

[hennible]

Is that squirrel or guinea pig? Looks big for squirrel. Have you heard of 'meat eater'? It's a show with Steve Rubella...he eats everything,big hunter.

It's supposedly a guinea pig. I don't think I've seen that show... Our Rod and gun club does, I don't know what you call it, a wild game dinner every year... they had cougar last time and for some reason I don't have a problem eating rodents but I have a problem eating carnivores :/

As colics go, this one wasn't really bad; I've seen horses that seem to throw themselves at the ground to try to roll, and one who got cast (stuck) up against a wall rolling and thrashing until he could get up. Probably, if I had given her a dose of Banamine when I first noticed that she was down, I could have saved myself a (rather expensive) vet visit. Oh, well - happy healthy horse; that's what's important, right?

Yep that is what's important being an animal lover sure comes with a price tag

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Squirrel because the ears are upright.... Guinea pig ears are flat to their heads.... But I relaized for the squirrel to have its ears the skin must be in place.... How do you get the hair off for cooking like that.

deb

 

[hennible]

Good question

 

[vehve]

Deb, that's a good point about efficiency. Although, they do take up some space. And anyway, the excess heat the oven produces doesn't go to waste here, other than maybe 3 months per year since we heat with electricity.

Here's our power consumption for last year

You get to learn some Finnish too.
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[perchie.girl]

Deb, that's a good point about efficiency. Although, they do take up some space. And anyway, the excess heat the oven produces doesn't go to waste here, other than maybe 3 months per year since we heat with electricity.

Here's our power consumption for last year

You get to learn some Finnish too.
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Gawd we rarely use the oven because it heats the house up so bad.... Matter of fact most of the time I store pots and pans in the oven. More convenient than the crappy cubbords Grandma has... Builders grade put in because they were pretty But dang youhave to have monkey arms to reach the hidden corner where everything lands. The only lower cabinets gRandma has are corner cabinets... hate em wont have em in my new kitchen floor plan.... I would rather give up counter space than have ANY kind of corner cabinet.

deb

 

[vehve]

Deb, I don't have one myself, but the best kind of cabinets I've seen are the kind that you can pull out the whole thing, it's like a giant shelf on rails inside a cabinet. You can't of course install them in a corner, but they're super handy.

 

[tntchix]

I don't like them either, deb. Wasted space unless you have organizers in them and not everyone can do that. I have one upper and one lower and use them as a mini pantry with lazy susans in both.