Of washing dogs & peppers stuffed with potatoes
Volume III, No. 8
Copyright © Deborah Michelle Sanders 2005
O praise the L-rd.
Praise the L-rd out of heaven;
Praise Him in the heights.
Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His host.
Praise Him, sun & moon;
Praise Him, all you shining stars;
Praise Him, heaven of heavens,
& you waters above the heavens.
Let them all praise the name of the L-rd,
For He spoke the word & they were created;
He established them for ever & ever
By an ordinance which shall never pass away.
-- From Psalm 148
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
To keep drains from getting clogged if you have a dog to wash, stop up the drain with a piece of steel wool (a soap pad such as Brillo® is OK.).You may well save the high cost of a repair. (You can use the pad in the future for the same purpose – just squeeze out the liquid. Store it in a sandwich bag in the freezer.)
An old chamois can get a new lease on life. Put a teaspoon of olive oil in a bucket. Add warm water so that the container is about halfway full. Soak the cloth for 15 minutes. Stir the water thoroughly about 5 times as the chamois soaks.
In the wake of the Katrina tragedy, everyone should be careful to have stored at least 3 days’ worth of water (1 gallon per day per person) & food & medications.
Many people, including me, store much more, trying to have enough to get through a month or longer without having to pay price-gouging rates for black-market supplies. The tricks are to always purchase an extra item that you are buying on sale, & to rotate all of your food & water supplies, so that what you have is always fresh enough to retain its nutrients & good taste. (As to the water, refill every plastic jug -- that has a cap -- that you have with fresh water, & mark the date upon which you filled it, to ensure an ample supply.)
Did you ever yearn for a sanding block that would conform to all the curves of a piece of elegant furniture? Here’s how to stop dreaming. Take a deck of cards, wrap it with the sandpaper in your chosen grit, & you’re done! A flexible sanding block!
Save energy & nutrients when cooking veggies by steaming them. Add some herbs or a little citrus juice to the steaming water for a taste treat!
Are you a homeowner – or a renter with a yard – who wants or needs to move a shrub or tree? Use a shovel to sever the root ball (to a foot’s depth). This will cut the feeder roots. Do not move the plant for a week. The shrub or tree will suffer less shock if you move it in this way.
You can use your caulk again & again without the tube’s opening drying out. Just mosey on over to an electrical supply store or the appropriate aisle of a hardware store, & pick up a 10-gauge or 12-gauge wire nut. Thread it on the tip of the tube & you’re cooking with gas!
You can avoid the purchase of a new broom by the simple expedient of washing its straws by soaking it in a bucket of a little ammonia & water. Tie the straws together during their phase of being dried.
RECIPE:
Peppers Stuffed with Potato Pudding:
6 medium green peppers, tops cut off & reserved, seeds & ribs removed
6 medium or 12 small potatoes, unpeeled if you can bear it as all the nutrition is in the skins, mashed in about 1/3 c of their cooking water (no butter or milk is needed) – it is best to cook them in a Dutch oven, so that you can mix all the ingredients in it & won’t have to wash a large bowl.
3 eggs
¾ c flour, matzo meal, cornmeal – whatever you choose
¾ tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
¼ tsp ready-ground black pepper or freshly-ground black pepper to taste
1 large onion, chopped
1/3 c canola oil
1 tsp EACH sage & thyme
Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly. I find that the potato masher does an excellent job of this. Set upright the 6 green peppers (without their lids) in a 9x13” pan (sprayed with oil). Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using a large cooking spoon, place about ½ c of potato mixture in each pepper; then press down the mixture so that you can add more to each pepper. Replace the top of each pepper. With what is left over, use a round cake pan to bake a regular potato pudding.
Bake plain potato pudding for 30 minutes. Keep the peppers in the oven for an additional half-hour (for an hour in total).
The plain pudding serves 2 as an entrée. With the 6 stuffed peppers, you’ll get a total of 8 servings from this recipe.
Copyright © Deborah Michelle Sanders 2005
O praise the L-rd.
Praise the L-rd out of heaven;
Praise Him in the heights.
Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His host.
Praise Him, sun & moon;
Praise Him, all you shining stars;
Praise Him, heaven of heavens,
& you waters above the heavens.
Let them all praise the name of the L-rd,
For He spoke the word & they were created;
He established them for ever & ever
By an ordinance which shall never pass away.
-- From Psalm 148
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
To keep drains from getting clogged if you have a dog to wash, stop up the drain with a piece of steel wool (a soap pad such as Brillo® is OK.).You may well save the high cost of a repair. (You can use the pad in the future for the same purpose – just squeeze out the liquid. Store it in a sandwich bag in the freezer.)
An old chamois can get a new lease on life. Put a teaspoon of olive oil in a bucket. Add warm water so that the container is about halfway full. Soak the cloth for 15 minutes. Stir the water thoroughly about 5 times as the chamois soaks.
In the wake of the Katrina tragedy, everyone should be careful to have stored at least 3 days’ worth of water (1 gallon per day per person) & food & medications.
Many people, including me, store much more, trying to have enough to get through a month or longer without having to pay price-gouging rates for black-market supplies. The tricks are to always purchase an extra item that you are buying on sale, & to rotate all of your food & water supplies, so that what you have is always fresh enough to retain its nutrients & good taste. (As to the water, refill every plastic jug -- that has a cap -- that you have with fresh water, & mark the date upon which you filled it, to ensure an ample supply.)
Did you ever yearn for a sanding block that would conform to all the curves of a piece of elegant furniture? Here’s how to stop dreaming. Take a deck of cards, wrap it with the sandpaper in your chosen grit, & you’re done! A flexible sanding block!
Save energy & nutrients when cooking veggies by steaming them. Add some herbs or a little citrus juice to the steaming water for a taste treat!
Are you a homeowner – or a renter with a yard – who wants or needs to move a shrub or tree? Use a shovel to sever the root ball (to a foot’s depth). This will cut the feeder roots. Do not move the plant for a week. The shrub or tree will suffer less shock if you move it in this way.
You can use your caulk again & again without the tube’s opening drying out. Just mosey on over to an electrical supply store or the appropriate aisle of a hardware store, & pick up a 10-gauge or 12-gauge wire nut. Thread it on the tip of the tube & you’re cooking with gas!
You can avoid the purchase of a new broom by the simple expedient of washing its straws by soaking it in a bucket of a little ammonia & water. Tie the straws together during their phase of being dried.
RECIPE:
Peppers Stuffed with Potato Pudding:
6 medium green peppers, tops cut off & reserved, seeds & ribs removed
6 medium or 12 small potatoes, unpeeled if you can bear it as all the nutrition is in the skins, mashed in about 1/3 c of their cooking water (no butter or milk is needed) – it is best to cook them in a Dutch oven, so that you can mix all the ingredients in it & won’t have to wash a large bowl.
3 eggs
¾ c flour, matzo meal, cornmeal – whatever you choose
¾ tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
¼ tsp ready-ground black pepper or freshly-ground black pepper to taste
1 large onion, chopped
1/3 c canola oil
1 tsp EACH sage & thyme
Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly. I find that the potato masher does an excellent job of this. Set upright the 6 green peppers (without their lids) in a 9x13” pan (sprayed with oil). Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using a large cooking spoon, place about ½ c of potato mixture in each pepper; then press down the mixture so that you can add more to each pepper. Replace the top of each pepper. With what is left over, use a round cake pan to bake a regular potato pudding.
Bake plain potato pudding for 30 minutes. Keep the peppers in the oven for an additional half-hour (for an hour in total).
The plain pudding serves 2 as an entrée. With the 6 stuffed peppers, you’ll get a total of 8 servings from this recipe.
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