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  1. Wow, I actual knew what it was when I saw the picture. Don’t do that too often. My grandfather loved them and planted bunches of them around, same with tulip trees. Two things I can name right away.
  2. I would love listing of your favorite seed catalogs. Although I haven’t made a garden yet, I do dream about them.
  3. It is hard for me to make small meals each day for the two of us. I cook the original meal in the oven/stove top in solid ceramic/stainless steel/glass/cast iron pots, pans and containers. The ceramic ones are way cool but expensive. Have only two and took years to save up for. It took years to find the right porcelain, stoneware China set to microwave on and eat off of. Ill tell you you a funny story. In my first of many sick days with hubby, he wanted to make me one of my comfort food (canned cream of chicken soup) that my mom used to make me when I was sick with her. Great honey, thank you! He comes back so proud with it. He sets me up in bed with it. So when I ate it, it was lumpy and in the center of the lumps it was cold and with over hot liquid. Come to find out later, he just did know how to cook even soup. He really meant well. So you are right, even cooking in a microwave can be an art to it. Steamer is a great idea. I do not like to over cook/heat my food. I mention to restaurants all the time to not burn or over cook my food. Not embarrassed having them redo it over again. I’m the baby bear in the 3 bears story. LOL I want it just right.
  4. Ohhhhhh noooooo. Don’t tell me that. My husband and I run our own electrical company. We sleep with this stuff. On a serious note, I thought all melamine products had formaldehyde in it. I didn’t trust the food grade levels on any of it. I think how people get, sick does have a lot to do with your individual immune system. In my loves 66 years and I have been with him for 43 of them he has only been sick 3 times and hit by a car 4 times while bicycling. I am very sick and almost dying every year of my life that I live. He could chew the plastic off the wires for lunch every day and be fine. Me? I’m afraid just walking by stuff that might do me harm.
  5. Hi Linda, I have showed and breed Rhodesian Ridgebacks since early 80’s. Even though I feed top premium dog food, I still did always get the results I “wanted” for them to be at their very best. These were best of breed, group and best in show winners. So around the mid 80’s I switch over to feeding raw food. I feed for breakfast a ladle of ground up raw organic veggies with ground raw chicken meat. it is like a thick, green, mushy soup. They loved it. For dinner they would get one or two (depending on size, age and activity) organic raw chicken backs. I would once every 3-4 months buy 30-40lbs of chicken backs from the local organic free range chicken farm. I would then put it into daily bags and then freeze them. The dogs had their own freezer. Put out the night before to thaw out. It really wasn’t that much extra work or expense. They started having perfect shiny coat, perfect white teeth (never needed cleaning), clean ears, great skin, no allergies, perfect weight and never got sick till they were close to death at an old age. Poo was smaller, white, chalky, no smell, didn’t attract flies and only once a day because of the digestion of the bones. They smelled great and I just whipped them down if they got dusty. I would say the only “problem” I had was their nails were very healthy, strong and grew faster. I had to Dremel them more often. I do have to say there is a learning curve. You need to do your research on it. You can find a lot of info on the web on raw food feeding (barf). Size of your dogs does limit what you can give. There are raw feeding co-ops that you can get variety of different parts of different animals. Some people like changing up the type of animals they are giving and the parts. I did throw in organ meats into the breakfast meal like hearts, kidneys, liver, offal, tongue, etc. trying to reproduce more what they would have eaten in the wild. Meat, organs, bones and the ground up plant material in the intestines. As you can see you can take it small or big, what works for you and the dog. Even the easiest raw packaged meal is better than commercial dry cooked food. Of course this is just my opinion. I stopped showing 10 years ago after being baptized. Showing my dogs wasn’t important any more to me. Jehovah was. I have continued with the same type feeding schedule. In the long run with healthier dogs it is cheaper. They don’t get sick or have any trouble digesting the food. They don’t have human digestive systems. I haven’t gotten sick from handling all this raw food for decades even with me not being a well person. As long as you clean up counters, dog dishes and hands well you shouldn’t have any problems. Sorry if if I gave too much information. Honest Kitchen, Primal, and Merrick are some good raw food companies you might find at you dog food store. There is a lot more companies jumping on the band wagon. Even 5-10 years ago you didn’t have the choices you do now. Really research whatever you do. The proof will be in the pudding as they say. 💚🐕
  6. I haven’t chew up a melamine dishes or had a chocolate malted melamine milkshake lately as I don’t have a good constitution or the great teeth of a Klingon. At least not yet.
  7. I searched it seems all over the world. I can’t find just a store that carries a set but on amazon you can find some individuals pieces. Most of wh at I found were for kids. There is interesting Benito boxes and some kitchen stuff. Even found toothbrushes and soap dishes. Quite an interesting product. Here is a link to an 8 inch plate set. From there you can hunt down bowls, cups, cute small relish type bowls too. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MCSRTJW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_82UQCb515RWG1 Here is some more interesting articles on melamine. https://www.superfoodly.com/what-is-melamine/ https://labdoor.com/article/melamine-an-in-depth-look-at-the-toxic-chemical-in-our-kitchen I think it might be okay to place the food on that you will eat as long as you eat it up soon. They did find between people using melamine bowls with hot soup and who didn’t, excreted 8x more of the poison. I make big meals for the week and then use the microwave to heat them up individually so the microwave comes in handy to be able to reheat. I’ll keep researching and let you know if I find anything interesting.
  8. Hi Tuntun, This is an interesting question. I really didn’t know much about melamine dish ware and such except that you could throw it on a floor and it probably wouldn’t break. I can see the advantages of light weight for the elderly and the unbreakability for the kids. After reading about the disadvantages from not being able to use the microwave or anything really hot in them without the poison leaching out into your food and thus into your body, I wouldn’t for myself use them. It is really bad for children. Right now I have don’t have any of the products that contain melamine. I also don’t have kids or elderly (except for my hubby and I) to worry about. In the process of researching this, I found a lot of websites that lean more towards an organic lifestyle really didn’t like them in any way at all. They did mention several other products. Products made from bamboo and silicone but they also have their pros and cons. There is one product they mentioned that was made out of wheat straw fiber. It is non-toxic and healthy material, environmentally friendly, microwave safe, lightweight & very durable. They don’t have all the colors and patterns that you can get with melamine products but I like the plain solid colors. I found several different companies that sell plates, bowls, cups, and other utensils made out of wheat straw on amazon. I think that I might get a set for myself so that I can have some more durable/lightweight stuff if some company drops on by. Hope this helps out. https://www.fda.gov/food/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm199525.htm
  9. Those sounds yummy too. Didn't think of bacon. What could go wrong with adding bacon to the mix. I probably would prefer left over roast to the ground beef that is sometimes used out here. I don't care for the quality of stew meat and I haven't don't a roast in 30 year or so. There is only 2 of us. That is why I am trying the chili grind instead. I am also a mashed potatoes fan but thought that shredded potatoes sounded different. What sort of gravy did she make for the Cottage Pie? LOL Anything out here in northern California that had mashed potatoes on top would be considered Shepherd's Pie. I hadn't heard of a Cottage Pie or Shin Beef Pie. Thanks for all info! Linna
  10. Hi Chefs! I am making Shepherd's Pie for the first time. I need some advice on how to make it wonderful. Melt one cube of butter, put in one chopped sweet onion and 4 cloves of garlic. Cook until onions are translucent. In the same pan, brown 3 lbs of ground chuck beef until brown. (I am using chili grind chuck beef instead of ground chuck beef) add salt, pepper, chili powder to taste. 28 oz of diced tomatoes (drained) 2 cut of beef broth 2 Tbl of flour (to thicken) 2 cups of cheddar cheese 3 cups of fresh peas, corn, carrots (any other veggie you might recommend) Mix Well Shred 3-4 large potatoes Mix with melted cube of butter, oil, salt and pepper Cover the pan evenly with the potato mixture. then cover the top with parmesan cheese preheat oven to 425 and cook for 20 minutes. I am not sure how the gravy part of the mixture is going to come out. I am using shredded potatoes instead to make it different. Do you have any special Shepherd's Pie recipes that you would like to share. Welcome all advice. Thanks, Linna
  11. I have a few terra cotta cookware pots and some flat baking sheets. They cook great. I have been looking for one like the one you have. Round, not too tall that I can cook shepherd's pie in. My other pans/pots are Le Creuset type. They are good but can be very heavy. Good choice!
  12. Since I am cracking up, I decided to do some cracking myself. 2 double yoked eggs, scrambled with Pink salt Pepper Splash of cream Sauté : Gypsy yellow peppers, diced Maui sweet onions, diced Maitake mushrooms, chopped After sauté the veggies, put in your scramble mixture. Scramble and towards the end add some of your favorite cheese. I did Jack. Those maitake mushrooms are very flavorful with being too strong. This was very yummy and easy to make.
  13. Fiona, I feel the same way. When Starbucks move 2 miles from the house, I thought I would try some. I found that I could stand flavored coffee with breve and everything else in to hide the coffee. It costed 2 arms and a leg so I gave up. I did fall in love with their green without sugar and extra water. Tea all the way for me.

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    Linna
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    March 2009

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