November 2010

How long do foods last?

30 November 2010

Some people I’ve talked just don’t know how long foods last. This is a problem as eating contaminated food and make you sick and even kill you.
The primary issue is temperature. The food industry calls the region between 40°F and 140°F the Danger Zone. The is the temperature region where bacteria can reproduce quickly enough [...]

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The TSA Distraction

29 November 2010

I am thinking that the kerfluffle with the TSA is a distraction from something else that is going on. I mean, come on, instituting enhanced scanners and pat downs right before the biggest travel season on the year?
Everyone pretty much knows that the TSA is security theater, not actual security, but we put up with [...]

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Turkey Stock

26 November 2010

One of the best things after thanksgiving is making turkey stock. That gives you several quarts of high-quality, great-tasting cooking liquid.  I made this for my nephews family last night as a thank you.
You do need a really big pot, we used their canning pot as it was big enough to hold the turkey carcass.
I [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

25 November 2010

For all the good blessings and all the hard lessons we have learned.
Let us give thanks to our Heavenly Father that gave them to us.

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Classic Green Bean Casserole

24 November 2010

This is the classic green bean casserole.
Classic Green Bean Casserole
Hardware

1 1/2 quart casserole

Ingredients

1 (10.75 oz) can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon soy sauce
black pepper to taste
4 cups cooked cut green beans
1 1/3 cup french fried onions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
In the casserole stir in the soup, milk, soy sauce, pepper, beans and half the [...]

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A Year’s Supply For Your Car

23 November 2010

In a time of inflation, it will be very hard to get lots of things. You use your car to stay working. Losing your car may also lose you your job or more. Do you have some simple things on hand to help see your car through?
Your car has certain consumables that it needs beyond [...]

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Easy Cranberry Sauce

23 November 2010

The canned stuff is fine but there is nothing like good fresh cranberry sauce.  The ginger beer give it some zing.
Time
20 minutes cook time
Hardware

Nonreactive saucepan (stainless steel or enameled cast iron or glass)
Nonreactive storage container

Ingredients

3/4 Cup ginger beer
1 Cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1 (12 oz) bag fresh or frozen cranberries

Bring the ginger beer, sugar [...]

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Stop shouting!: My Rebuttal to a Progressive who Admonished Me to Play Nice ….

22 November 2010

I am tired of being told to sit down and shut up.
Enough. I have had enough.
I am tired of being told what I can and can not say.
What is “acceptable”, while my ideas and values are mocked and trampled.
via Stop shouting!: My Rebuttal to a Progressive who Admonished Me to Play Nice …..
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Simple meals before the big one.

22 November 2010

Thanksgiving gets to be rather hectic, you’re cooking all kinds of good things for the big day but in the meantime everyone including the cook gets hungry. Have some simple meals ready to go like: pasta, pancakes, tacos, or our favorite, frittata.
Last year we were at my Sister-In-Law’s and we made a big, hearty [...]

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Free Special Report: Preparing for the Coming Inflation

22 November 2010

Have you noticed that your grocery bills have been creeping up?
Have your favorite products been redesigned? They may be the same price, but they are smaller.
Crop yields are down in Europe and Asia, so Russia has embargoed their exports.
Cotton prices are expected to rise sharply in the spring of 2011.
More of our corn is going into making fuel.
The Fed [...]

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