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Miss y'all. Where is everyone tonight?
------------Hi m1279, How the h*(( are you??? I hope your are doing ok now ,all over your pneumonia. We are glad to have you back. Take care. :loveyou:
Miss y'all. Where is everyone tonight?
There are several sellers of moss, and I found one site that said Irish moss grew where stills for making beer or wine were. Did your granny make any rheumatism medicine?
Just found a giant dead stink bug in one of the overhead vents for Central Air. I was trying to put in some filter thing as it blows right on my face at night. So gross! Wonder if that is why it stinks when the heat comes on? (Other than all other apartment bathroom stink smells, ugh!)
My daughter called me one day and said she had stink bugs on the house. I had no idea what a stink bug was, so, she sent me a picture of one. Well we had them also on the deck. I guess since the weather was getting cold they were trying to make their way into the house. My daughter said not to squash it because the have a foul oder. She found out because she killed one. I heard the odor they give off is like the smell of cilantro.
Wondering if you have a special cookie recipe you bake for the holidays. I baked anginettes an Italian favorite my grandmother use to make. Also, Russian Tea Cakes, which come in different names such as Italian Wedding Cookies or Mexican Tea Cakes. Go figure that one out. Gingersnaps are a favorite of my daughter and grandaughter and this year I am trying Peanut Butter Blossoms. I use to bake a much bigger selection of cookies but I have given that up. So, whats your favorite?
I did not know until just now that Irish Moss is used in home-brewing! :floorlaugh: What was that show where the sisters still made moonshine, put it in teacups, called it "The Recipe" and knew no better as dad taught it to them and the cops just let it go? My love of mason jars is showing, lol.
One example:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/irish-moss-1-oz.html
Good grief, I grew up in moonshine state. No one ever talked to me about it, although I do know where some stills used to be. I left that state 30 years ago though.
The plant itself, I have purchased. I think it was through Michigan Bulb Company, it didn't make it, but neither did anything else. I was renting in a building that must have poured salt on the silt, lol. (They offer great freebies with every order, so does gardensalive.com. Look for coupon codes when ordering things online. I have yet to find a good source for online living plantings though.)
Rumpot, sounds like brewing up some strong and tasty FRUIT CAKE SOAKER! Yep, mom and dad made homemade fruitcake. In October, in a giant galvanized tub thingy, soaked it until Christmas in whatever flavor of liquor, or liquer, for that year. Wrapped in torn old white sheets, set in a cool room, usually in the China Cabinet. Until candied fruit and nuts got too expensive. Then dad would go gather nuts - good grief the lovely taste of fresh gathered black walnuts - and made applesauce nut cakes.) How lucky was I? Believe me, homemade fruitcake with a recipe from centuries ago, is not like that sugary thing you get in the store. No where close. The only alcohol ever in the house was for the weekly soaking of cakes for 2 months. Never hurt us. Only loved it!
A different topic, what browser does everyone use? My fave just changed to a Chrome mimick and I keep getting those drop downs, pop ups that are attackers....
I don't bake cookies, I just eat them. I will be glad to be your cookie taster.