Q and A: Peeling fresh eggs and storing eggs
Peeling fresh eggs
I read with interest your post on using your "surplus" of eggs by pickling them. Do you have a secret to getting...
QandA: Preserving shortening and Homemade V8 juice
Preserving shortening
I've read you can preserve solid shortening, thereby extending shelf life by melting and pouring in jars and vacuum sealing. Do you know...
Q and A: Storing lamp oil and Chicken and dumpling recipe
Storing lamp oil
How long can you store bottled lamp oil before it breaks down and can't be used?
Meta Porter
Walkerton, Indiana
Years and years; I've never...
We had a quiet but very nice Christmas
Late Christmas Eve, Will's grandson, Drew, arrived after a long drive from Minneapolis, a five-hour drive on some not-so-nice roads at times. We sat...
When it’s raining outside, I’m working inside
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