Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Dr HaHa]

Some of those old cook books have some great recipe's in them but your right about the amounts. About the only thing I can think of for less than exact amounts would be soups. That's a taste test thing. OK here's my stupid question of the day, well the first anyway. When you buy BOSS do you get cracked or whole seed? Don't know if it even comes cracked. To confess never made the connection between BOSS and Black Oil Sunflower Seeds. What a dummy head! Thought it was just a grain mixture. Peatwo's feathers are looking much better, really starting to fluff out. Poor lil buddy! Starting to look more like a live chicken instead of one ready for the oven.

 

[Terri O]

Good morning everyone! Welcome to all the new folks (or ones finally speaking up!

) The duckling I brought in is doing fine this morning...if it warms up sufficiently today I will reunite him with his mom and sibs. He's looking plenty comfy lounging under the heat lamp....really dont want a duck inside though...already did that--

Face it--I really dont need another duck AT ALL but I couldnt just let him die ya know...?
So this morning I get up and there is a very large man standing in my kitchen! I guess DH was waiting for his brother too...they are going down to Joplin to finish up and fetch all the stuff back home. He didnt want to sit down...said he'd be sitting for 11 hours in the truck. YUCK! The worst part is DH is the smallest one and he will be driving and one of the very large guys will have to sit in the backseat. It is only an extended cab not a king cab...
GTGMC...(got to get more coffee)
Let the dog out--it is NICE out there! 42 and SUNNY! Too bad I have to go to work today...I will miss the warmest part of the day.
FT I had a house roo for three winters. He went outside during the summers in his own pen with a doghouse to sleep in. He was the reason I found this site! That seems soooo long ago. There are stories on here about him too. Charlie the house chicken...I will look in the files and see if I still have his pick...nope, musta deleted it when I was "cleaning!"

So while I was away scrapping the DH put away lawn furniture and took the top off of the gazebo. Didnt store it like I would like but...at least it is off for the winter! This is the first one that has lasted all summer without blowing down and getting all bent up! I think they must be making them better or stronger or something. I cant imagine that our summer was less volatile than normal?...

I remember the first time I swore in front of my parents....I was looking through the newspaper for articles on Chile (we had a country assigned to us in Spanish class and were to bring in any artlicles....no internet then!) I said, "Every time I look in this Dam^ paper there are no articles!" I just stopped and looked over the paper at my Mom...she didnt say anything...but I was scared to death! Far cry from the kids now...OMG--the mouths on them! I know that when my kids were younger they swore outside the house...but that was never allowed at home. There are other words--get a thesaurus!
Well there was a ton I wanted to reply to...oh yeah--my Dad said you can dig horseradish in any month that doesnt have an "R" in it. S I guess that means dig in the cooler weather? We have some growing by the garage that DH put in years ago...I dont thik=nk it is there anymore though...choked out by weeds I imagine. I think I remember that you are supposed to dig fresh and when you are nearly out you dig out another one? Let me check my "wisdom book."
OK--newly wise on the ways with horseradish...Young leaves in spring are good on a sandwich. Harvest September until frost or just leave in the ground cause they keep best that way. Never heat--makes it lose it's flavor. TO grind it tearlessly: py vinegar in a blender jar and add pieces and grind. Keep adding pieces until the vinegar barely covers the ground stuff and pour into jars. Baby food size or half pints recommended. You can store harvested roots in damp sand at 40*--keeps 4-6 months. Plant 4" deep and to get straight roots; dig off top 3" of soil and cut off any side shoots then replace soil. Any litte piece of root will make a new plant so line planting area or plant in a place it doesnt matter if it goes rampant!
There you go! All (and probably more) than you ever wanted to know about the stuff!
While reading I also found out that you can eat the young shoots of hops like asparagus...I might try that next year! Also learned that the light green colored one is the female plant and the darker one the male...such a great book.
Well, better get moving now...have a great day! Later! Terri O

ETA: Ha Jim--thanks for the consideration!

THere was something else I was...oh yeah, now I remember...a vacuum seal wont work for potatoes or any fresh veggie cause they give off gasses that need to escape or they will rot. THe bags that Annie ordered are probably the kind that let veggie gasses out but not in. I got some cheapsish ones at the DG and they seem to work quite well! THe only roblem is that you can rinse and reuse and the fam keeps throwing them out!

 

[Raiquee]

Not much to report here...DH has shingles

He has these swollen lymph nodes and ended up a rash by his spine on his lower back. Didn't think anything of the rash due to him wearing new pants and throught he had a reaction to the material or something. So he goes into urgent care, and has shingles. Nice. RX is 250 bucks!!!

And go figure, all of a sudden his insurance card isn't fixed. So, called and called and I think I got it straightened out. Should be able to go get his script tonight after work. Poor guy

I have tomorrow and Wed off and I am soooo

cause I can finish my canning!! Make a real dinner!! Clean my house!! (Why do I keep doing the same things on my day off? Oh yeah, cause these are my "hobbies")

Still got apples to make into sauce, peppers to make into something, maybe make up a chili to get rid of some ground venzun. (Now i'm like Biggz) Jam to make. CHERRIES!! Sheesh. A woman's work is never done!!!

I've started christmas shopping early this year, so we aren't flailing at the last second to get gifts. Don't like to be stressed. I will be hosting Thanksgiving, and Xmas...well I don't know. We are doing it early this year, as I am unsure what days I have off. Not sure where its going to be. Wouldn't mind it at my place!!

Whats your holiday plans?

Light Switch

 

[FrenchToast]

Black Light (appropriate for halloween !!

) HaPPY HaLLOWeen Everyone !!!

Was someone looking for Pigeons?
http://wausau.craigslist.org/grd/2677189071.html

 

[tiki244]

Here you go FT


That picture is AWESOME ~~~~~~~~~~ Scarey !!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~


https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=69806

 

[tiki244]

Well I have thoroughly enjoyed all the posts everyone has made and had tons of comments but now I have lost everything from my brain.

So for now

~~~~~~~Have a Happy Day~~~~~~~

 

[tiki244]

O thanks for the link about pigeons. I like them, but then I would have to get a whole nother set up for them. I been thinking about it. I like the homers, but if i dont get them as squeakers then I have to keep the adults as prisoners or they will go back home.

I used to have them> so fun to take them to the store or wherever I was going and then release them and find them at home before I got there.

Well DrH thanks for clearing up the confusion. Wise choice for a screen name as it is easier than saying PhhdH .

KEN and DAS do you see a lot of the Great Gray Owls? or Great Horned? Or Gray? I cant remember. lol I hear that people from all over the world travelled to that area to photograph them.

I better leave the house, I keep coming back to the computer when I think of something

Bye now

 

[WIChookchick]

Wow I missed alot.
I have the day off today as well, I go tmy appts lined up and I am off to go switch the summer to winter clothes upstairs in the dressers and such.
I am making an ODD dinner tonight.. just because we like it..
Spam Red beans and Rice.
Peas and cheesy garlic biscuits.
This weather is toying with us... pick one.. rain, cloudy or partially with sun... come on!!
So what is up with the random words at the bottom of the posts..
Like "light switch"...and "traffic light"...

Well off to get biscuits started and laundry dealt with .
Carol

Formaldehyde

cuz I can

 

[tiki244]

Mr. Hyde

Hey its Halloween

 

[FrenchToast]

Quote:
Hey Carol, Enjoy your Halloween Day off !!! Are you dressing up to hand out candy ??
Check out this costume !!


https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7736173#p7736173

I personally would make a showgirl costume !!! Uses less feathers !!! LOL


Tiki Thanks for the diaper pattern !! Sparks is out again today ! Little rascal, spilt his food, I should have known, dah. Good thing I have old carpeting. To bad I don't have shag carpet, he is raking it !!!

Now he'll need slippers !!! (bunny ones

) Don't laugh, I saw someone makes them. To keep their silkies feathered feet clean. One thing led to the next and I think they even made duck slippers !!

Cute pictures ! I know he was special to you.

Hey don't look at me, I didn't make or buy them........... Yet !!!

The ramdon words at the bottom is a game (Keep a word Drop a word) that I thought would be fun to play here for anyone that wants to participate. Here is the original thread for it. If you notice one of the words is the same from the previous post !! Get it? Keep a word, drop a word !! lol
Jim only plays if he likes the words !!!! LOL
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=578603