Text 19007, 121 rader
Skriven 2009-01-02 23:42:30 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 18878 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

> -> > Jim Weller has it, eh?
> ->
> -> LOL
> ->
> -> I don't know if it's been around THAT long (just kidding Jim!, she made
> me say
> -> it haha)
> ->
> No she didn't.  Janis did it all on her own! (ducking)
> (Quack)

hahaha.. ok, I said it all by myself, but you were definitely involved ;)

> -> whatnot, or additives in my garden. Just lots of peatmoss <grin>..Geez,
> -> hardly water my garden sometimes (grin).  But that's just out of having
> days > -> when "things don't work", and I know you know what I mean :)

> I haven't had a garden in a few years.  Right at the moment I'm having a
> hard time with steps, so going after weeds is right out anyway.

Don't have to worry about that for a bit yet anyway, but steps can indeed be a
major PIA.. :(  This week my legs got really bad because of this lovely flu I
got just after Christmas ... I took some baclofen I had in my medicine cabinet
(another drug that at the time I got it, did NOTHING for me at all..) and even
my balance is better now.. kind of shocking to me.

> -> > Not I.  I can't afford to go 100% organic or even close.  My cats get
> -> Understand.. haven't looked at the price of dog food at the health food
> store
> -> yet.. I know what IAMs cost though...  The problem is, if Priscilla

> You don't want to.  The thing is, my cats won't eat the cheap junk, but
> also won't touch some of the high end stuff.

Definitely cat-like :)

> -> lose some major weight soon, she WON'T fit through the dog door which is
> -> already for "larger Dogs" and built into our screendoor.. OUCH :)  So
> I'm just
> -> thinking about it.. For us, though, the price of organic vegetables is
> probably
> -> not much more (or the same) than we'd have to pay at Wegman's in their
> -> "organic" section.. It might even be cheaper, because we get really good

> That I don't doubt; organics can be expensive no matter what.

Yes, that's true.  Well, luckily with the veggies I've canned and (mostly)
frozen from the garden, we don't have to buy a lot anyway..

> -> normally we get $5.00 off every purchase (that's not so great, but it's
> better
> -> than nothing at Wegman's).

> I could do a lot with $5.  You should see what I pull at CVS every week,
> playing by their rules.  It's different with groceries than HBA, but every
> little bit helps.  Some people here still put soda cans out for recycling.
> I've been known to stop and snag a bag, because they have a nickel deposit
> on them; that discarded bag = $1 off my groceries.  I was raised by
> Depression kids; you don't pass up free money.

Yep, that is so true.. Over here, we do leave a bag with just refundable cans
separately for our neighbors.. they can use the $$, and we sure don't mind
doing it... if it helps them, that's good.

> -> did nothing for her.. so she stopped eating it anyway.. what a waste..
> tried
> -> another one, and she's still being finicky haha.. that's a cat alright
> :)

> Yep!  One of my cats loves canned Friskies, but won't eat some flavors of
> the expensive little cans.  Go figure.

I bought Tina canned food once, that I remember.. she turned her nose up at it
;)  so back to dry stuff for her.. I attributed her taste to the difference
between canned food and 'fresh bird' she probably survived on before we took
her in :) :)

> -> then my blender died from me dropping in the sink (well, the jar died,

> I still have the one my mom got as a wedding present.

Yeah, I was kind of surprised at this one cracking.. and the sink over here is
stainless, not ceramic or cast-iron.. I guess it just hit "wrong".

> -> food processor attachement hahaha.. so THEN we looked at the manual and
> of
> -> course it said, "DO NOT IMMERSE IN WATER" oops LOL  We must have really
> soaked
> -> it :)

> OOps.  Expensive peanut butter.  I'd have resorted to my good old meat
> grinder, most likely.  Solid metal.  It requires some hand power, but it'll
> tackle just about anything.  I've even ground raisins with it; try that
> with a food processor and you'll just gum up the works.

Sounds neat :)  I have a meat grinder attachment for my KitchenAid mixer, but I
mostly use that for grinding hamburger, that kind of thing.. I started doing
that rather than trust hamburger products at Wegmans.. who needs MadCow? :)

> -> Yeah, I think that was it ... certainly noticible difference in the
> cookies,
> -> that's for sure.

> The homemade peanut butter wasn't pasteurized like the commercial stuff;
> that can have a major effect too.

That's true!

> I've known a very few kids who didn't like peanut butter.  They were weird
> kids. ;-)  Allergies are another story, but most kids like the stuff.

Very true.. so do dogs.. I've always thought it was funny to see a dog love
eating the stuff :)

Take care,
Janis

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