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Archive for July 18th, 2008

Done Friday

Got the pickles made.  Didn’t have enough cucumbers to fill the half gallon jar so cut up 4 carrots and added them to the batch.  Used apple cider vinegar and salt for the preservatives with some dill weed and garlic thrown in for flavor.
Cut up an apple and some of the tomatoes and put them [...]

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Poached salmon reconsidered « Dana McCauley’s food blog
Dana’s Coddled Salmon Tips
1. Bring the cooking liquid (court bouillon, fish stock or even clam juice will do) to a boil.
2. Add the fish and return to a gentle boil.
3. Remove pan from heat.
4. Cover tightly.
5. Let stand for 15 to 20 minutes or until fish is cooked [...]

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Mark Melchior’s Cigar Box Guitars | The Steampunk Workshop
These cigar box guitars are just all kinds of cool! Beautiful workmanship!

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Cooler-Friendly Picnic Recipes | Summer Entertaining Guide | Food : RealSimple.com
Some interesting recipes for picnics or just summer beat the heat eating. Several here I want to try.

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Got out and after spending nearly half an hour cutting stuff from around the bush on the hill started picking berries.  And picking, and still more picking.  Filled my container and still have at least that much left to pick.  Arms and shoulders are quite sore.  Problem with all these bushes is that the things [...]

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