Substituting Normal Oats for Quick Oats in Baking Recipes?
Yes. The difference is mostly in texture. Old fashioned oats are larger, whole pieces of rolled oat, while quick oats have been cut up into small bits. You will get more texture from using old fashioned oats and a smoother texture from using quick oats. Measurements...
Painting Drawer Pulls?
If they are metal, use paint made for metal, such as Rustoleum. I had antique brass looking pulls (of cheap white metal not real brass) and I painted them with hammered gold Rustoleum. That was four or five years ago & they are wearing well.
Windowbox Gardening
Ive been growing parsley in a container in my kitchen all winter. Next winter I will keep an indoor garden of greens so that I can have a nice, fresh salad every few weeks. (I have an outside garden about 8 x 3. I read someplace a quote from a California lettuce...
Selling Homemade Food Products in Stores?
You can have your home kitchen approved by the local health department. Call them and ask what you need to do to accomplish your goals. Public health people are very helpful and usually nice (unless they expect a hard time, then they can be not nice).
