I’ve been thinking that we need to think on other things… you know… Philippians 4.8: “…whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are good, whatsoever things are of good report, whatsoever things are tasty; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things.” Well, so that’s what I’ve been trying to do today… think on *good things* instead of dwelling in the valley of dimness & despair. It’s cold outside today. Samuel swept the chimney, the boys filled the porch with stacks of wood and there’s a fire in the woodstove. Wood is the source of…
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Every day… every day… day after day, there’s the dilemma: what’s for dinner? Or… for many, the daily questions are more like: What’s for breakfast? When’s coffee? What’s for lunch? What’s for snack? What’s for dinner? Where’s the chocolate for me? Here are a few dinner recipes and you might also want to print up a couple of these… “Dozens of Dinners” dinner ideas and a page of “Bunches of Lunches” lunch ideas I wrote up for a cookbook a long time ago. As an aid for the kitchen sink ponderings as to what to have for dinner, I posted…
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I’m in the midst of canning, canning, canning… and I needed some pickle info… and so looked around and found my answer. Wow! What a great site I discovered. It’s full of many, many helps, illustrations, photos, recipes, tips and more. Here it is: pickyourown.org ! I think you’ll be so pleased – and if you’ve been looking for food preserving “how-to’s” and recipes, then this is the site for you! I particularly like that site bcz if there’s any question as to the type or appearance of the fruit or vegetable, there are *many* photos and illustrations! Go ahead……
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For several months I have been using ‘home-made’ laundry soap and have been very pleased with the results! In addition to the ease of making the soap, the dollar savings has been a great help to me/my family! This may sound terrible, but I’ve never attempted to be very thrifty in the laundry room. As a front-loader user and a Tide–Clorox–Spray’nWash–Oxi-Clean-Downey girl and mom of many, I’ve obviously bought large, washed large and $pent large. Now… after several months of still washing large but not spending large, it’d be pretty tough to go and spend $27. on a box of…
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Here’s that recipe for the best gingersnaps — well, to gingersnap lovers they are! Try ’em today… and with Nutella tomorrow or cheese and gingersnaps – yum! Yummy Gingersnaps Blend in the Kitchenaid or the Bosch mixer: 1 Cup Oil 1/2 Cup Butter 1 Cup Molasses (Can be half blackstrap and half sorghum) 2 Cups Brown Sugar 2 Eggs Blend and then mix into the above ingredients 4-1/2 Cups flour 3 tsps. Baking soda 1/2 tsp. Salt 4 tsps. ground Ginger 1/2 tsp. ground Cloves 1/2 tsp. ground Black Pepper 2 tsps. ground Cinnamon (Additional: Raw sugar for rolling cookies…
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As if the variety of the previous Cookies-Cookies-Cookies entry was not enough… here’s a great page (and so pretty, too!) of cookies for you! Here’s a neat page: a Cookie Jar by Susan Branch! Now, today’s to busy to actually use these links, but you’ll know where to look when you start your cookie baking. And… may I suggest that midnight is not a good time to start a baking project. Especially cookies. Usually.
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Sharon sent this remarkable list out! Just click on any of the cookie names and Snap! just like that, you’ll have the recipe! O, heart healthy? Uh, no. ;o) ***Cookies ~ Cookies ~ Cookies… just for YOU! 1-2-3 Cookies 7 Layer Cookies Allie Nelson’s Famous Snickerdoodle Cookies Almond Crescent Shortbread Amish Sugar Cookies Andies Candies Cookies Angel Crisps Angenets Applesauce Cookies Apricot Fold-Overs Aunt Edy’s Molasses Crinkles Auntie Linda’s Ginger Gems Bakeless Dream Cookies Banana Drop Cookies Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World Biscotti Biscotti Blueberry Cookies Boiled Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies Bronwnies Brown Sugar Shortbread Brownie Cookies Brownie…