Did you ever notice that often cuts of meat are sold in pieces far larger than are reasonable for the size family of today. twenty pound turkeys and hams just leave great quantities of left over meat that must be consumed or frozen. So much better to cut it into portions for a couple of meals and pr...

I have been trying to make chili for about forty years and finally I got rid of all of the recipe cards and applied myself to the problem. A. Chili is made with chilies! Not chili powder. Therefore I need to use chilies to make a proper chili. So I take my self to the store and buy one chili of each...

If the surgeon has his doubts I would respect them. The ankle and wrist are pretty complex compared to a hip joint.

just for what it is worth: http://www.a1spiceworld.com/

Some of the spice that we use to flavor sausage can be grown easily in a small garden. Fennel makes a good vegetable and if allowed to go to seed produces much seed. Coriander is also used as cilantro, pick the leaves for one flavor and collect the seed for the coriander, Parsley is in the same fami...

We can now get repair parts for bodies. Hips and knees are rather common' can't say about ankles. My hip had gotten so bad I had to lift my leg with my hands to get into a car. Had it replaced and now I can carry a load up or down stairs.

That looks yummy even at 7 in the morning.

is to be absolutely certain that you never allow the facts and truth to get in the way of a good story. If you ever slip up and let the facts take away from a good yarn you will be marked forever as an amateur. I had a brother in law that fought in every battle in Korea even though he was never in t...

Sometimes there is no substitute for a good stew. http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k48 ... ew0005.jpg

Crushed peppers or chili paprika. About every three years I buy one each of all the different varieties of dried chilis that they have in the store. It is usually about ten varieties. I break off the stems and shake out the seeds and put the pods in the oven at about 200 degrees until they are as dr...

be careful and watch your step the chest high waders really hold a lot if you stumble. they can protect or trap.

I was suprized to learn that sausage is perhaps the most universal food style that we have.
I found this web site some time ago and scrolling down the countries of origin for the different sausages is humbling. http://lpoli.50webs.com/Sausage%20recipes.htm

All of the jobs we have had and all of the places we have lived serve to make us what we are today. In the words of the song, "I know I'm nobody's idol, but at least I've got a title and I take a lot of pride in what I am."

My son worked as scrub nurse at shock-trama for two years. He said to me one day , " remember how I used to beg you to let me have a motorcycle? I said yea. He said now I know why you wouldn't allow it. But I bet they would be fun for a while.

Steelchef, A friend told me that he can cut fresh green wood with very little wear on his chain saw but dry seasoned wood is hell on it. When I first started my schooling as a machinist we lubricated the head stock bearings on the small lathes with what was called lard oil. I have since learned that...