Monthly Archives: November 2011

Food for Fines

It’s the time of year when no one wants to think about coming up with extra cash, so the last thing you want to acknowledge is a library fine. Am I right?

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Today’s Recipe: Dried Apple Pie Rings

We had a bumper crop of Granny Smith apples this year, more than we can eat over the winter. Our solution? Dried apple pie rings. We dipped them in a a mixture of sugar, cinnamon, and powdered milk. Huge hit with everyone!

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Great Find: Do you celebrate no-shave November? SOLD

Never nap alone again! These pillow cases, made by Miss Wilma of Kentucky, would look great adorning a settee on your front porch when the 4th of July rolls around next year. This is a Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) hand-embroidered product. $12 plus shipping ($12 for all three). All pillow cases are 10 X 10. For the men in your life that celebrate no-shave November, these could bring encouragement. (Did you know November is no-shave month?)

 Introducing King Edward of England:

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Skulduggery

Love, love, love SAYING this word … in addition to the fact that it fits certain behaviors. (You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout. Hmmmm, there’s skulduggery in the world?) Skulduggery. A type of crime? Or maybe a ship from The Pirates of the Caribbean? The kids in The Goonies sure get into some skulduggery on their way to finding buried treasures.

The Goonies movie poster, by Drew Struzanl. Courtesy of Wikipedia. Klow

Say it with me: Skulduggery \skəl-ˈdə-g(ə-)rē\ noun. Underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.

Those kids were up to nothing but skulduggery. (I’m sure you have at least once instance of skulduggery you can cite.)

Ms. Manners!

Ladies, since we’ve hung up our corsets, bonnets, and petticoats, are basic manners going extinct also? Here’s a beginning list of manners. Can you add to them?

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A doily joy!

Sister Rose Washam in southern Idaho just sent me a collection of her mother’s doily books and magazines. Feeling inspired, I posted a doily photo-of-the-day on Wednesday. You all had quite a lot to say about these petite art-forms and seeing as how the comment box doesn’t allow pictures to be posted, I just had to share a pattern from one of the books and Eileen’s doily! If you have a doily you would like to share, email ace@maryjanesfarm.org and I’ll post them up here! How gorgeous is this?

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Honoring Veterans

Did you know that two-thirds of family farmers are close to retirement? The federal Department of Agriculture wants to see 100,000 new farmers per year over the next five years.

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Today’s Recipe: Chicken Thighs with Buttercup Squash

What to do with all that squash? Here’s a delish recipe that’s different from all the rest.

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