| Restorative [message #12093] |
Thu, 26 February 2009 19:13  |
 b_twin_1
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Restorative
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Restorative [message #12099 is a reply to message #12093 ] |
Thu, 26 February 2009 19:24  |
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and my brains are melting out of my ears.
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Earplugs?
Depending on the consistency, of course. Like cookie dough with runny apple butter and more flour? Or runny apple butter and the amount of flour the recipe calls for? If it's the batter kind, you might be out of luck.
Smooshes!
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| Re: Restorative [message #12107 is a reply to message #12093 ] |
Thu, 26 February 2009 19:48 |
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*sigh*
Those cookies sound SOOO nice. So I went looking for apple butter, and can't find it. BUT remembering your laments about being unable to find citrus oils over here, Robin, I've found a site that does pure orange, lemon and lime extracts, which might do the job. And they're free from evil additives. (and the site has all kinds of american goodies which are usually unobtainable over here - I'm planning a binge on peanut butter M&Ms at some point fairly soon.....)
anyway, the site is here - http://www.americansweets.co.uk/green-mountain-natural-flavo urings-192-c.asp
Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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| Re: Restorative [message #12117 is a reply to message #12093 ] |
Thu, 26 February 2009 20:45 |
skating librarian
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Cooky recipe sounds great! My family loves apple butter (Pennsylvania Dutch genes).
It is easy to make, and it includes cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Around here it is a way to use up windfalls, tho I'm sure regular "from the store apples" would work well too.
Linda's easy does it apple butter
Quarter your washed apples, and put in pot or kettle (depending on how much you want to make) with about half that amount of cider or water.
Cook until mushy (don't let it burn) and then strain to get rid of skin, seeds, etc. Here we use a food mill. A colander followed by a sieve may work just as well.
Measure your pulp and add a half cup of sugar for each cup of pulp. Simmer until thick. Add cinnamon, allspice and cloves to taste.
Generally one makes a quantity large enough to can (hot water bath), but a small quantity (for the cookies and a bit to try on toast or scones) could just be refrigerated.
In times gone by it was made outdoors in huge kettles on lovely autumn days.
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Restorative [message #12122 is a reply to message #12093 ] |
Fri, 27 February 2009 00:14 |
dances-with-needles
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Your description of counting for hand bells reminds me vividly of dancing Macedonian and Romanian line dances which are in 5/4 or 7/4 time while the arm swings go in 4/4. Or Swedish couple dances where what the guy is doing is off set a beat from what the girl is doing and the steps are entirely different...
Of course that takes only coordinating with another person or with your own two feet and arms plus the music. Bells sound more complex.
I tried making the cookies and I think they were good but I will have to ask my sons. They ate them while I was waiting for them to cool enough to frost.
Dances
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| Re: Restorative [message #12145 is a reply to message #12141 ] |
Fri, 27 February 2009 14:00 |
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O.k. This morning I decided that I'd skip a few yoga poses and instead try to figure out what change ringing really is. So looked up a few sites and tried out some ringing patterns on my harp.
It made my fingers feel like they were going cross-eyed and my brain twisted. However now I think something like that would sound good in a base line. Maybe I can work it into Paccevell's (Sorry I cannot spell his name) Canon in D-major.
Have fun with the ringing. Now that I understand how complex it really is you have both my envy and sympathy. 
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| Re: Restorative [message #12148 is a reply to message #12116 ] |
Fri, 27 February 2009 16:30 |
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| Robin wrote on Fri, 27 February 2009 01:37 |
SURPRISE ON *HANDBELLS*?!? WOMAN, HAVE PITY. Because, frankly, neither Niall nor Colin will. They're both already talking about Cambridge (your first surprise method, you may recall from recent posts. . Or rather,  ) It looks like I'm going to be hit with it from both sides, hand and tower, more or less simultaneously. See Famous Author Crushed between Rock and Hard Place!!
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Any woman who can single-handedly raise two male hellhounds can, I am sure, cope with Niall and Colin with one hand/bell tied behind her back.
"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."
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| Re: Restorative [message #12153 is a reply to message #12148 ] |
Fri, 27 February 2009 18:19 |
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| AJLR wrote on Fri, 27 February 2009 16:30 |
| Robin wrote on Fri, 27 February 2009 01:37 |
SURPRISE ON *HANDBELLS*?!? WOMAN, HAVE PITY. Because, frankly, neither Niall nor Colin will. They're both already talking about Cambridge (your first surprise method, you may recall from recent posts. . Or rather, ) It looks like I'm going to be hit with it from both sides, hand and tower, more or less simultaneously. See Famous Author Crushed between Rock and Hard Place!!
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Any woman who can single-handedly raise two male hellhounds can, I am sure, cope with Niall and Colin with one hand/bell tied behind her back.
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Don't you mean: ".. single-handedly raise two male hellhounds WITH ISSUES ...." !!
Those suckers have taken a LOT of candles over the last couple of years. No wonder they are so shiny!!  hehe
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Restorative [message #12161 is a reply to message #12155 ] |
Fri, 27 February 2009 19:50 |
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| Robin wrote on Fri, 27 February 2009 19:27 |
*I* was speaking METAPHORICALLY. YOU'RE the one decided to get all gross. :)
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I use the material I'm given. ;)
Smooshes!
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| Re: Restorative [message #12187 is a reply to message #12093 ] |
Sat, 28 February 2009 09:34 |
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No, this is how you make cider sound unappetizing (you have been warned.)
My mom used to work for an apple farm, and my parents live near an old-fashioned cider mill ( http://www.lakesidefarmscidermill.com/ )
They make excellent cider the REALLY old way, with their own press, and until recently it was unpasteurized. Then NY passed a law that all cider had to be pasteurized. Probably smart, but it does take some of the kick out of the flavor.
Or as my mom put it: "But we like it with the good crud in it!"
(They still have the best cider around short of homemade, though.)
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| Re: Restorative [message #12216 is a reply to message #12093 ] |
Sat, 28 February 2009 21:05 |
skating librarian
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Whilst on the subject of locally produced foods and cider, the Woods, up in Weathersfield, Vermont produce cider jelly. Basically they boil down cider (rather like making maple syrup) until what is left is the consistency of jelly. It is yummy ... think concentrated essence of cider to spread on one's toast.
www.woodscidermill.com/PRODUCTS/CiderJelly.html
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Restorative [message #12231 is a reply to message #12216 ] |
Sun, 01 March 2009 07:44 |
dances-with-needles
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About Cider. I have access to cidering equipment. I find that you can get the very best cider by hoiking the equipment in the back of a pick up truck and finding people who are not using their apples and knocking on the door and saying "Cider out your tree lady?"
I did my mom's tree. It took five hours, seven or eight people, and produced about nine gallons of first rate cider. It also produced about fifty gallons of thlup. That's more apple moosh than any compost heap can handle. The mill is a great attractant of people who like mechanical problems, as it needs working with and fiddling at.
Later on I heard about the apple jack drain cleaner. From what I heard, some college students were making apple jack in their dorm room and got caught with a surprise inspection. they dumped the four gallons of apple jack down the drain and cleared a sewer pipe that had been plugged for seventy years. Not only unplugged but polished the pipe and sterilized it. They became interested in the chemistry and got a chemist to analyze the stuff which contained aldehyde's and fusel oils. His comment was, " People drink this?" Further experimentation has confirmed that four gallons of Apple jack will clear just about any drain. I am unsure if I would drink it but I guess some people do. I think that Terry Pratchett wrote about it as Scumble. "Smelling of Apples and happy brain death"
Dances
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