| RE: What Vegetables Grow Well in Western Tennessee? |
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Hi Ellen, I live in Decaturville Tn and we have found that chert grows green beans, corn and tomatoes grow very well. We usually are over run with green beans ad tomatoes.Also cucumbers. ... View related article. |
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| RE: No Gardening Yet in Maine! |
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Now i know that I do not miss living there! we moved almost 6 years ago to Tennessee. We get snow but it's usually gone in a few hours. But, I remember those blizzards in southern Maine ... View related article. |
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| RE: White Bread Recipe |
This is from Bernard Clayton's Bread Book
Two Medium or three small loaves
Ingredients:
5 to 6 cups bread or all purpose flour, approximately
3 T sugar
2 t. salt
1 pkg dry yeast
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
2 cups hot water (120*-130*)
3 T shortening room temperature
Baking pans: 2 med. 8"x4" or 3 small 7"x3" loaf pans, greased.
In a large mixing bowl measure 2 C. flour,sugar,salt,yeast and dry milk. Pour hot water into the dry ingredients and beat by hand or with mixer to blend thoroughly. Add the shortening, continue beating.Add 1 c. flour and with a wooden spoon beat 100 vigorous strokes or with mixer 3 min. at medium speed.
If by hand continue adding flour,1/4 c. at a time and stirring with a wooden spoon until it becomes a shaggy mass. Work more flour into dough with your hands if sticky.
Kneading: If by hand turn dough out onto a floured work surface and begin to knead with a strong push pull motion. Occasionally bring the dough down hard against the work surface with a sharp whack! Do this several times during the process. If the dough becomes sticky add light sprinkles of flour.
First rising: Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap( all I do is place a dish towel over the bowl or use my tupperware fix and mix and put the cover on tightly).Leave at room temp. until doubled in bulk. Shaping Turn back the plastic wrap and punch down the dough. Turn onto a floured work surface and knead a moment or two. to force out any bubbles. Divide the dough into 2 or3 pieces with a sharo knife. Shape each piece into a ball and let rest on the work surface for 2 to 3 minutes. Form loaf by pressing the ball of dough into a flat oval roughly the length of the baking pan. Fold oval in half , pinch the seam tightly to seal, tuck under the ends and place seam side down in the pan.
second rising: Cover the pans with wax paper and leave until doubled in bulk about 45 min.
Preheat oven: 400* about 20 minutes before baking
Baking: Place the loaves int eh hot oven for 10 minutes then lower the heat to 350* for additional 25 to 30 minutes.
When the loaves are golden brown and sound hollow when thumped on the bottom crust they are done.
Turn out on wire racks to cool. If you want a tender crust brush the hot loaves with butter or oleo.
You can take a lot of short cuts with this recipe as you learn more about the bread. I leave my oven on 400* all thru the baking and it takes about 15-20 minutes to complete baking. This looks complicated but, it really is a simple recipe.
If you want more recipes just e-mail me and I will scan them for you. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Making Your Own Laundry Soap with Fels Naptha Soap |
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I'm having problems with the smell of the homemade detergent. Sometimes our clother come out smelling like vomit. We have fresh water not recycled, any hints on what could be wrong. It doesn't happen all the time. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Stye Remedies |
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Our family has always used a warm tea bag. Just heat up a cup of water and place the tea bag in it. Then use the moist tea bag on your eye. It doen't hurt and usually it's better the next day. This has come down through the generations in our family and it works. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Toning Down the Taste of Wild Game |
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When you are cutting up venison, have a clean cloth, bowl of white vinegar ready. As you cut the meat up whipe it down good with the white vinegar, it takes the gamey tase out and helps if the meat is tough. Also, with birds if you soak them in a solution of baking soda for a couple of hours then rinse the meat of good that also helps. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Recipes Using Potato Flakes |
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I make some instant up ahead of time and make potato doughnuts with them. I also add sour cream and chives and a dash of garlic salt to them for meals. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Coffee Can Snowman Craft Project |
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Soooooo, sweet. I love the sparkle in his eyes! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Dog With Blood In Its Urine |
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Yes, it's definatly vet time. It could be one of many things. ... View related article. |
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| RE: New England Travel Tips |
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The northern part of Maine is beautiful in late Sept. If your there when Fryburg fair is going on that I think would be a must, there is so much to see and do. Sebago Lakes region is beautiful and on a clear day you can see the White Mtns. in New Hampshire. Pine Point, Old Orchard Beach , HIggins Beach are all beautiful in the fall. Kennabunkport where Pres. Bush's house is, is beautiful to with the waves crashing upon the rocks. Just go and enjoy I lived there for 52 years. ... View related article. |
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