Posted on 05/14/2015 3:43:34 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
Does the veg-o-matic Really Really work?
I’ve often wanted to buy one; the only thing like that that I’ve bought is a Joyce Chen spiral cutter.
Which model of the Veg-o do you have?
-JT
Re: wooden tool boxes:
It’s odd to me that in the Olden Days, when quality items took longer to make, and people took more pride in their workmanship, so many nice things were actually less expensive than they are today.
-JT
Not sure really. It’s really old - I have had it for a long time, and my oldest daughter originally got it at a yard sale. She brought it with her, when she moved back to get divorced, and left it when she moved out.
Since I was using it, she said to just keep it as she rarely used it.
I use it mostly for processing pickle slices. Sometimes to make a big batch of French fries. It works well for those purposes.
For super thin potato chips, I use a mandolin that came with a microwave plate to make chips in the microwave, but I usually just fry them in cocoanut oil.
Just a plain, old fashioned girl....in love with my old potato peeler. Really, would be lost without it. Just lost my 30+ year old microwave. Thought it was a luxury until it was no longer around. A new Sharp for less than $100 and breakfast is a breeze once more. The old Montgomery Ward appliance was much more than $100- and it lasted for over 30 years before giving up the ghost (so no complaints)
This site might help make useful some items in your pantry when you wonder what you might do with them. Wacky uses....alternative, unusual uses for some things you might have never thought of
http://www.wackyuses.com/
That’s so cool! I’d love one of those, too. I’ve never met a gadget or cooking tool i didn’t crave!! lol
once i get it, i don’t necessarily use it, but i HAVE it!
Memorial Day equals BBQ. A list of BBQ recipes cooked in smoker, crockpot/slow cooker, or on the grill
FAMILY COOKBOOK PROJECT
http://www.familycookbookproject.com/
http://www.familycookbookproject.com/bbq_list.asp
BBQ sandwich, chopped beef pulled pork, sweet relish, Tabasco on a bun and Freedom Fries....THE BEST
BQ plated, sliced brisket with mashed potatoes and the juices generated from the slow cooking. WOW! Time for a visit to Clarks Outpost BBQ in Tioga, Tx. Put on your boots, bring an appetite and best bring a napkin as well...lots of good eatin’ Let’s not mention their delicious Bread Pudding. (A downfall of many)
Still debating if this new cooking tool is a positive or a negative. The new links on google when searching for sites. The information popping up is at time overwhelming with soooo much included one might be lost for weeks. Love the photos included (especially those of the finished product) but at times it can be too extreme with so much that is really not what one might be seeking.
Logged into this site while searching for another only due to the site name as being so ‘out there’. Once on the site, sat drooling over the pics and had to look at some of the recipes.
http://www.cravingsofalunatic.com/blog
When the time is there, the new google surf is certainly a library of interesting possibilities to classify as a great tool.
Another interesting site with yummy looking recipe finds
OH BITE IT
http://www.ohbiteit.com/
This one for bacon, dough and cheese might be easy and it certainly looks very tasty.
http://www.ohbiteit.com/2013/04/cheesy-bacon-bombs.html
The Cici’s?? pizza ad for bacon wrapped pizza has been seen on tee vee locally all week. Decadent..but OMG it looks divine.
How does a butcher knife disappear? I have that same question. Twenty years ago, my daughter worked for cutco selling those expensive knives, and my Hubby bought me their big set with all sorts of knives, scissors, steak knives, kitchen utensils, knife sharpener.
Within 2 weeks the butcher knife was gone gone gone. Hasn’t turned up to this day.
I have a molinilla, bought it at the mercado in San Antonio. I never use except as a kitchen decoration. I too use a whisk for my hot chocolate.
My husband likes kitchen gadgets and whatnots. I just need a cutting board and my knife set. I have 2 food processors but never use them, preferring to slice and dice with my knife. My husband will go for the processor every time.
Was trying to catch up on my reading tonight, and saw this recipe. I made a copy to try. I have been searching for a really good whole wheat bread recipe to use with the wheat I grew and have been grinding as needed.
I also like to have it soak at least 8 hours, so this should fill the bill - all the other recipes have been too dense and heavy as well as tasting a little like sourdough.
Adding it to my stack of stuff to try - on the very top of the bread stack.
Yum, with strawberry butter!
Let me know how it works out for you. My prior WW breads, even those with some white flour in them, were brick-like.
How neat that you grew wheat! that’s something I want to do eventually. I have so much to do and learn, now that I’m in my forever country home.
Like adding extras to cornbread? This is good stuff. Not made it with Jiffy Mix but instead from a cornbread recipe. Hot dogs and onions added. (and jalapenos for DH)He ate with BBQ sauce; here, it was honey.
http://formulamom.com/corn-dog-casserole-recipe/
There are several variations on the web
Happy with cornbread, a bowl of beans or chili No need to add anything more.
The best cornbread recipe ever eaten was posted here some time back. The submitter said it was THE BEST....and she was absolutely correct. Just unable to locate where it was found at the moment. Made more than a few times...all those who eat it say it’s the best ever. Either they tell the truth or are just exceptionally nice and generous with their praise. Back to the search.
Thanks. I’ll let you know how it goes. I grow my wheat in the winter here in Missouri, mainly for compost, but it also gives me a little wheat to experiment with.
Check out our Weekly Gardening Thread. We have lots of people newbies and long time gardeners, and we post related issues, so it’s another source of info for your country home activities:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3290279/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3292628/posts
great idea! I have a ton of questions, now that my seedlings are doing well!
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