Advice, Problem solvers and How To's...... 1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto!...
Jeannie A Travis
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Aug 13, 2003 9:38 pm
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When I was a little kid...approx 1942...a draft notice came in the mail for my Daddy.......Mama told us to go up there where he was disking a field and tell...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 1, 2003 2:15 am
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When we lived in Southern Illinois, around Salem, we always knew when bad weather was coming in from the North....Skeins of geese would come honking over the...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 2, 2003 1:26 pm
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We have a young black walnut tree that volunteered up behind the tool shed, and it finally has a crop this year...about 20 nuts I must try to beat the...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 13, 2003 3:40 am
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Oh no ! That Carson is such a GREAT writer I hate to hear that he isn't doing so well....Yes please, everyone add this talented man to your prayer lists, we'll...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 13, 2003 1:16 pm
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Have any of you had the great good luck to wander through an old abandoned orchard, and sample the wonderfully flavorful old apples....biting off chunks of...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 20, 2003 1:21 am
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I ALMOST got flogged by a mean rooster when I was 4 or 5 years old.......Ma had this really hateful white Leghorn rooster that loved to jump on kids and spur...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 21, 2003 11:02 pm
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Aren't winesaps and sops of wine the same thing? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ...
Jim, when I was growing up, a plain cake was called a pudding....I used to sneak in the kitchen when Mama was gone to town on one of her rare shopping...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 25, 2003 3:45 am
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... No, they asre entirely different. The Sops Of Wine is an antique apply, while winesap, although not a "new" variety is a standard variety grown in many...
Following the thought of those wonderful apples, the wife and I started fixin' another CrockPot® of apple butter today. Used to be it was a big job to make...
What a totally interesting letter ! And also thanks for sharing the apple butter recipe...Our Golden Delicious are all gone for this year, but I'll definitely...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 26, 2003 5:22 am
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The Smokehouse apple fascinates me...Would give a pretty if someone would sell me a couple to try....Postage and all.....Wondering if someone sold it to a big...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 26, 2003 5:41 am
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Hi Jeannie, Well let's see, I been reading your columns ever since you substituted on "Country Survival". Went back and read every one you have posted. The...
Thanks for the fast reply....I'm still sitting here answering mail instead of in there having my hot tea and reading the Sunday funnies ! Will surely take a...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 26, 2003 1:58 pm
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This is a fleshing out of a short article I wrote earlier......Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I saved the pips from...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 26, 2003 9:04 pm
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Sometime Woes, Sometimes Joys The other day I received a little story in my e-mail that hit pretty close to home. The writer told of this elderly couple that...
Thanks for sharing your anniversary story , Frank.......You have indeed had a blessed day....AND...the joke you started it off with will come in handy next...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 27, 2003 4:19 am
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So many of the old traditions are being lost , and sometimes even large families don't have a member that is willing to take the time to learn the old crafts...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 27, 2003 5:25 pm
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Well Jeannie… … your "Lost Crafts, Traditions" really strikes a chord. Younguns now- a-days often haven't been told the tales and traditions that have come...
Jeannie, we have sassafras trees growing on our property. While I did love the tea when I was young, I have found I no longer like it.........isn't that...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 28, 2003 3:01 pm
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From: chilipepper5454@... Ground Bolonga Recipe 2 #'s ring bulk bolonga 6-8 hard boiled eggs 2 large dill pickles sweet pickles (since they are smaller I...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 28, 2003 3:01 pm
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Sourdough,Or How To Get Your Yeast For Nothin' Now there is nothin' wrong with making delicious breads, etc. using commercial yeast. I do it all the time and...
In a message dated 10/28/2003 9:20:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, franks-tale@... writes: If you use your starter shortly after you first make it, it will...
ANYTHING with strawberry jam ! Will share a little tale with you.....When I made that trip up in the mountions of NC with friend Vivian I decided to go on a...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 29, 2003 12:06 am
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Jeannie T., I think you love wildflowers since I saw your photo in the flower bed. I just posted four photos from 1999 when we grew wilflowers at various...
In a message dated 10/28/2003 4:10:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, askgranny@... writes: After I'd admired that awhile I began to look around, and found all...
I'm wild about wildflowers, and finding one that I have never seen or heard of can just make my day, even if the curiosity almost gets me before I can get home...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 29, 2003 5:18 am
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Oh these were definitely wild strawberries....Have you ever seen them growing ? Look just like regular strawberries but the fruit is much smaller , and good ?...
Jeannie A Travis
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Oct 29, 2003 5:18 am
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Frank, that was one great article on making your own yeast ! I will definitely try it next summer...I assume you have to do it in the summer ? Looking forward...
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