farmgirl19
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I avoid all of the frustration. I threw out the lights and never replaced them! :laughing: :cool2:
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I avoid all of the frustration. I threw out the lights and never replaced them! :laughing: :cool2:
NativeSon
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Jim- We would grill the rabbit much like you would grill a chicken breast. I found it a lot sweeter than the chicken. I once had a Chef in a high-end restaurant that made a Rabbit Pate. It was amazing but he said he would never do it again as it was too much work boning out 5 rabbits.
Charlie
Bird
Rest in Peace
Dennis, I know my youngest brother wouldn't claim to be an expert, especially with the big planes, but he did own a single engine Piper, worked as an airplane salesman, and ferried a number of planes of different makes and models, and that's exactly what he said after the crash in San Francisco.
When I was commander of the police helicopter section, two of my police officer pilots had been helicopter instructors at Fort Wolters during the Vietnam war. They had some interesting and comical stories about training Vietnamese helicopter pilots.
Brandi,
I suppose you and Jim are right about your solutions.:thumbsup:
We didn't get stuck in a snow mess this time, but one is predicted for tonight.
We live about 18 miles from retail civilization and only go there every two weeks or even less if we can get
away with it. My wife was decorating the tree and the lights go on first by her method so it was easier to spend 10 minutes fixing the bad strings and she was going to throw the old bulbs out. Didn't cost anything this way and TBN was in a dull no post time period, so I took the easy route. Spent another 30 minutes touching the bulbs across 3 volts without having to put the correct fitting bottoms on them to fit a string on the tree. She has some delicate hand made decorations on the tree that I don't get close too. I'm sort of like a bull in a china shop around breakables.
It is kind of a philosophy thing. My parents were both mid teenagers during the depression and back then you scrounged for everything as members of the common class. My dad never got over it, even though he made good money during my upbringing and my mother didn't have to work outside the home.
I grew up before the US population developed a "throw-away" attitude and learned to fix things as a child on up.
He always told me I could tear anything apart as long as it worked right after I put it back together and there were no parts left over
He also told me to look at the total cost of something; meaning how much gross money I had to earn and pay taxes on, plus the cost of the item I wanted with sales taxes to boot. Whether your in a minimum or maximum tax bracket adding your income tax percentage to the total cost of an item often convinces, me at least, that I don't really need it.
Well, during my previous dissertation I was busy multi-tasking making Ron's Chile Soup complete with potatoes.
Only used a third of the sausage.
Very easy and ready to eat tonight and tomorrow if we have a power outage and have to heat it in the micro.
Only used a third of the sausage.
Very easy and ready to eat tonight and tomorrow if we have a power outage and have to heat it in the micro.
farmgirl19
Super Member
YUM!!!
This weather has got to let up, so I can fly the RV6 up there!
This weather has got to let up, so I can fly the RV6 up there!
The soup was great.
And tonight at snack time....homemade pecan pie :licking:
My wife believes in the saying, "Nothin says you love em, like somethin from the oven" :chef:
I agree... at least for starters.:jump::jump:
farmgirl19
Super Member
Pecan Pie is my very favorite!! :licking: I don't make it, because it will sit around and call my name, until I have eaten every last bite, and they are rich! I used to buy the little Bama mini pecan pies. They weren't quite as good, but were a small serving with no leftovers. I don't recall seeing one in a long while. Maybe I can find homemade pecan pie by the slice, this season!
Pecan is really my favorite too, but all her pies are great.
When we were in CA we lived across from an old lady that's husband was a railroad engineer who ran trains from Roseville, CA
up through the snow tunnels at Donner Summit and down to the coast. He was often stranded in the snowstorms and when he got home she always had his favorite pecan pie ready and waiting along with a good dose of love and affection.
She taught my wife the secret to making super light pie crusts and great pies.
We even fight over the little scrap pieces of dough that are baked on a pizza pan with some sugar sprinkled over them
while they are warm, just out of the oven, while the main crust is baking.
The pie is very rich so we split a 4th each night for 4 nights. It is really not so much what you eat, but how much you eat that makes the difference. Of course good food is hard to portion small so we usually eat too much and it shows.
bindian
Super Member
Brandi,
I suppose you and Jim are right about your solutions.:thumbsup:
We didn't get stuck in a snow mess this time, but one is predicted for tonight.
We live about 18 miles from retail civilization and only go there every two weeks or even less if we can get
away with it. My wife was decorating the tree and the lights go on first by her method so it was easier to spend 10 minutes fixing the bad strings and she was going to throw the old bulbs out. Didn't cost anything this way and TBN was in a dull no post time period, so I took the easy route. Spent another 30 minutes touching the bulbs across 3 volts without having to put the correct fitting bottoms on them to fit a string on the tree. She has some delicate hand made decorations on the tree that I don't get close too. I'm sort of like a bull in a china shop around breakables.
It is kind of a philosophy thing. My parents were both mid teenagers during the depression and back then you scrounged for everything as members of the common class. My dad never got over it, even though he made good money during my upbringing and my mother didn't have to work outside the home.
I grew up before the US population developed a "throw-away" attitude and learned to fix things as a child on up.
He always told me I could tear anything apart as long as it worked right after I put it back together and there were no parts left over
He also told me to look at the total cost of something; meaning how much gross money I had to earn and pay taxes on, plus the cost of the item I wanted with sales taxes to boot. Whether your in a minimum or maximum tax bracket adding your income tax percentage to the total cost of an item often convinces, me at least, that I don't really need it.
Ron,
I bought the Light Keeper Pro to fix the shunts. Testing bulbs and plugs was the job of my ohm meters before the getting the Pro.
hugs, Brandi
Bird
Rest in Peace
Me, too. My wife made two Thanksgiving; one for me and one for our son-in-law.:laughing:
Bird
Rest in Peace
When we lived down in Navarro County, our nearest neighbors and best friends there always had a big 4th of July BBQ. They had two good sized trailer mounted smokers; naturally always had lots of chicken and beef brisket, one year we included one small goat, and one year, I added 8 of my rabbits and every bite of the rabbits was eaten.
I know Brandi
I tried my ohm meter first. The tiny wires were a bit hard to see with my old eyes and by the time I got the little miniature clip adapters for my probes
on each of the wires while trying to hold the tiny bulb and wiggle it a bit to get continuity I got frustrated. So after a couple minutes of that I just ran 3 volts through the bulb to see if it lit.
Letting the shunts complete the path is ok for a couple but the idea is to have colored lights aglow. Plus if you get too many shunts completing the circuit you will burn out a lot more bulbs. The shunts don't have as much resistance as the bulb filaments. Remember E=IR and the bulbs are in series
so there total resistance can handle 120 volts. At least that's what my wife says
I have a neighbor farmer a few miles from here that that raises rabbits. He is also our Nutrena feed dealer so we have a good source of properly
raised rabbits. Rabbit is sold frozen in the market we go to as well, but who knows where it came from.
bindian
Super Member
We fed our bunnies Albers Rabbit Food or was it Albers Rabbit Ration? They also printed pamphlets on how to raise rabbits.
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
NativeSon
Veteran Member
Ron- this is a pecan pie recipe I use to use at the restaurant.
Jack Daniel's Chocolate Pecan Pie
Rich pie with a touch of kentucky bourbon to enhance an already amazing pie. Chocolate and nutty, this is a great pie for serving to guests and family, especially during the holidays.
Ingredients -
1 (9 inch) Pastry Shell
3 Extra-Large Eggs
2 Extra-Large Egg Yolks
2/3 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Dark Corn Syrup
5 tablespoons Butter, melted
1/4 cup Jack Daniel's or Whiskey
1/2 cup chopped Bittersweet Chocolate or SemiSweet Chocolate Morsels
1-1/4 cups Pecan Halves or pieces
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Place pastry dough into pie plate.
3. Trim dough even with the plate edge.
4. Place the pie plate on baking sheet.
5. Combine eggs, egg yolks, and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk together until well mixed.
6. Fold in the corn syrup, butter and whiskey. Blend well.
7. Dust 1/3 cup of the chocolate pieces over the bottom of the pastry crust.
8. Pour in the pecan pie mixture.
9. Dust 1/2 cup of the pecans over the filling.
10. Dust remaining chocolate over pie filling and top with remaining pecans.
Lou may like this one.
Charlie
Bird
Rest in Peace
I fed Purina Rabbit Chow, and since I had no idea what I was doing when I started raising rabbits, I bought a very good book on the subject at Tractor Supply Co. The book was published by the American Rabbit Breeders Association.
Brandi,
Your too young for the era back when animal feed used to come in pretty printed cloth sacks.
Maybe your lucky that way.
Moms and grandmas used to make their daughters pretty little blousesfrom the feed sacks.
Here is a little bunny raised on Albers
Rabbit feed is very basic compared to calf manna, but I'm surprised it has no Lysine.
We used to supplement our young horses with calf manna. It really helped them fill out.
We have a cat now that we got as a freebie at the animal shelter a couple years ago when they
had a free give away cat day. Within 2 weeks she had the sniffles and was sneezing out flem stuff.
Anti-biotics, Lysine and other goodies at the vet keep her breathing well for about 6 weeks with us using a childs vaporizer
next to her bed 2-3 times a day. We even make salt water nose drops to clear her up.
Some free cat :thumbdown: She is costing a bundle, but is the most loveable cat I have ever been around.
Most cats are like our barn cats, they could care less about people except at feed time.
The little bear in the second picture is made from cookie dough. One of my wife's associates made it and gave it to her
at Christmas time over 30 years ago.
sseelhoff
Veteran Member
That sounds like it would be AWESOME. Thanks for posting that recipe.
Bird
Rest in Peace
It wasn't just blouses for the girls. I was the oldest of 5; had 2 brothers and 2 sisters, and there were times when whichever kid needed a new shirt or blouse would go with Dad to pick out the feed sack(s) he/she wanted it made from. It seemed like my Mother was always sewing on something. I was given things such as white "dress" shirts for church for Christmas and/or birthdays, but I still remember the first time I ever went into a store and bought a shirt. I was 15 years old and was going to Dallas to the Stamps Quartet School of Music in the Summer of 1955 and I went and bought 3 new shirts to take with me.
Now who can remember the name of the material that was popular in 1955; almost see through for shirts?
