NewGig
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Almost all the substitutions there we do. Except this one: Paper towels/rags and cloths or repurposed newspaper sheets I do BOTH. Paper...

Chicken tacos with LO roast chicken, home-made salsa verde, lettuce and tomatoes from the share. And cheese. Possibly also green bean salad or...

We’ve always recycled. When we lived in a desert town, the only place to do it was on the local military post, so we hauled it out there. In college...

We bought the fridge we wanted by looking at every appliance dealer within about an hour of here. We ended up buying a floor sample, because it was...

Bought some stuff at the last auction that included our outgoing furniture & stuff: a small spring scale, a drawer full of kitchen tools ($3, it has...

Jame, thanks for the info! I wish they were here, but they aren't yet. I did let a few neighbors know about them, so maybe we can change that...

I decided that what I wanted to keep was the quantity I wanted as an immediate store, and one back. That was the minimum where I felt I had "enough."...

Took a box of books to the auction house yesterday then worked in the storage. Sorted 5 boxes out for the bookstore fellow to look at in October and...

I've decided that I just have to menu plan if we aren't going to run out of some things before winter is over and have too much of others. The stewed...

Do they sell "leg quarters"? Leg quarters = drumstick +thighs.

I have chronic PTSD and I'm glad I can say that both my parents and my spouse's parents were much older than most of our contemporaries. That means...

I know of an author whose companion/caretaker "acquired" the rights to all her books, a healthy backstock of industry standards, reprinted again and...

Catherine, I absolutely get that, being in New England. When we were heating with wood only, it was 4 cords... We finally got the 2 cords I bought...

I was all set to buy more TP, thought I must have given away more than I thought... found a carton I'd packed because I didn't have room in the...

Thanks Catherine!

I think tipping should be optional, if... If there's a mandatory bigger minimum wage. Too many places have the laws set up so that the tipped...

Personally, I would love to be able to get someone to review our finances and help us make a plan, because we don't have anything set. When do i...

I've gotten used to the idea that people may not be able to eat whatever I usually make. My dad, when I was young, had a heart attack and couldn't...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1007958911/vintage-swedish-16-piece-canister-wooden? Sorry, it was Etsy, not Ebay. This is what I'm going to buy,...

Stuffed mushrooms or jalapenos. Jalapenos are stuffed with panko, butter, and monterey jack (could do vegan alternatives as needed). Mushrooms...

I was going to use old commercial food tins. I just couldn't find the right size with graphics that I liked. Also, they have to be lined with...

I freeze blocks of stewed tomatoes, salsa verde, sauteed onions, and an onion "melange" I call it. At the moment, I have 16 quarts of tomatoes, 3 of...

RedSpruce said what I usually do! Or, if you have a dehydrator, dry/sugar them and add them to granola, top yogurt, put in a chicken dish...