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Mama's Nut House: Making do in a small living space

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Friday, January 7, 2011. Making do in a small living space. Some things I've done to maximize space:. Gotten rid of a lot of stuff and am continuing to purge. The kids had to come get their belongs, if not.their stuff went to someone whom wanted it or to the trash. Things I'm keeping have to do double duty. Duplicates are going. (Do I really NEED 3 BOXES of cookbooks? Uhmmmm.don't I look on-line when I want a new recipe or to check the cooking times on things? Then I can throw AWAY the originals (You nee...

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Mama's Nut House: Darlene's Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup

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Monday, January 10, 2011. Darlene's Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup. Darlene's Pressure Cooker split pea soup. Made about 1 1/2 qts of soup. 6 Corelle-ware cereal bowls full. This method is different from most pressure cooking methods. We're not just dumping and pressurizing, so READ THE INSTRUCTIONS all the way through! By follow instructions pressure canning/cooking is VERY safe! THINK about what you're doing and pressure canning/cooking is VERY safe! Preparing your pressure cooker:. Reminder: Even with...

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Food Storage In Vernonia: March 2011

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Food Storage In Vernonia. Saturday, March 26, 2011. Availability of Freeze Dried Foods. As you may know, it's difficult to purchase freeze-dried food in #10 cans these days. The websites I've been to all have some or most of their #10 cans on backorder, both Mountain House and Provident Pantry. I assume the same is true of other brands. Apparently, the demand for freeze-dried and dehydrated foods is increasing faster then the supply can respond. Here's what Mountain House says about it. I recently joined...

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Food Storage In Vernonia: Protecting Fruit Trees From Deer

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Food Storage In Vernonia. Sunday, April 25, 2010. Protecting Fruit Trees From Deer. I've tried the garlic clips. I've tried the rotten-egg/garlic spray. I've tried hanging a bar of soap from the branches. None of it has kept the deer off my fruit trees. My poor little Honeycrisp apple tree is no bigger than it was when I planted it 4 (or was it 5? Years ago. To be honest, I'm amazed it's still alive, what with the way the deer "prune" it every year. It sounds like I'll be growing fruit trees, cane fruits...

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Food Storage In Vernonia: Guilding My Gravenstein

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Food Storage In Vernonia. Sunday, May 8, 2011. My Gravenstein apple tree is going to bloom this year, for the fist time. I'm very excited. I'd be a lot more excited if the tree I got to pollinate it, my Liberty apple tree, were going to bloom also! Up until now I've just been mulching around my apple trees. But I've decided it's time to get serious about making an apple guild. So here's what I got, and why I got it. 65279;I transplanted a couple sprouts from the black-eyed susan in my front yard. I s...

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Food Storage In Vernonia: June 2010

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Food Storage In Vernonia. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. How Cool Is This? I was just reading the most recent post from the Totally Ready Blog (the link is on the right), and saw an ad for cardboard can organizers. They look like they work similarly to the Shelf Reliance Cansolidators, but they're made from cardboard, so they're much cheaper. Paraphrasing Captain Steve Hiller from. I have GOT to get me some of these! Here's the link, in case you're interested: http:/ www.thecanorganizer.com/. For those who ma...

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Mama's Nut House: Cheater Potato Cheese soup

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Friday, December 31, 2010. Cheater Potato Cheese soup. And I DO have cheese. Humm.I think I have an idea. Oh, nuts. 4 cups of water. 1 package Idaho 4 Cheese instant potato buds. 3/4 cup plain potato buds. 1 Tbs bacon grease. 4 oz medium sharp cheddar cheese (four 1/4" thick slices from the end of a brick of cheddar cheese). 1/4 cup feta cheese. Put the water into a microwave safe bowl and heat until it's "boiling" temp. Break up the cheddar into small pieces. Add it and the feta and stir again. Since WH...

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Mama's Nut House: Sauces, white, otherwise and gluten-free sauces

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Sauces, white, otherwise and gluten-free sauces. We make "white sauces" quite a lot and sometimes don't even realize that this is what we're doing. That's a browned white sauce. Ever thickened soup with flour? Sauces in general are nothing more than a fluid that has been thickened and has had some spices, for flavor. Then you can brown it or not. You can add other ingredients such as eggs, cheese, mushrooms, or other herbs. Are your seasonings out, lids off and ready to go?

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Mama's Nut House: Cake in a mug (or bowl)

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Friday, December 31, 2010. Cake in a mug (or bowl). OH, my stars! Do you REALLY want me to teach you this trick? Ok, here goes. There's 2 ways of making cakes in a cup/mug/bowl. One requires a boxed cake mix and a small box of instant pudding. The other is completely homemade. 5 Minute Cake in a Mug. Large Mug; or small bowl (Make sure it will hold 1 1/2 cups liquid because if it's too small it will spill out.). 4 Tbs flour (that's plain flour, not self-rising. 2 Tbs baking cocoa. 1/s tsp vanilla extract.