Muffy1938 – How did the dehydrated carrots do in the muffins? Did they work as well as freshly shredded carrots would have?
OldMtWoman – Glad to hear your DH is feeling a bit better. Hope you will both be back at “top form” soon! I’ve been wondering, what was that percussion device you mentioned a few days ago that you used on your DH’s chest when he was starting to cough? Is it something that helps break up phlegm so the ill person can cough it up, or does it have some other function? I’ve never heard of that technique/device before – it sounds interesting.
Molly Malone – Congratulations on getting the door frame sanded! When you get the time, later on, to go back and sand the closet’s walls it will, hopefully, be easier now that you’ve gotten some experience using the sander.
I see that Daisy has already set up a new February Prep Every Day Check-in Forum thread for us to use tomorrow. I hope we’ll all be able to continue posting. It’s so interesting to hear how everyone is fitting preparedness activities into their busy lives – and it’s fun to exchange ideas on different ways to prep!
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Today I stayed inside to keep warm. The temperatures haven’t gotten too extreme in my area but it is still well below freezing outdoors. In the mail this morning I received a fermentation lid I’d ordered for wide-mouth canning jars, and a catalog from a company called “Seeds from Italy” that sells seeds for over 450 heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. I enjoyed flipping through the catalog and was interested to see several types of herbs and veggies that I’d never heard of before such as: Bolloso Napoletano (a Basil variety with leaves as large as your hand), Lettuce Leaf Basil (with leaves suitable for wrapping around slices of tomato and mozzarella), seeds to grow Capers, Erba Stella (a/k/a Buckthorn/Mutina), Sculpit, Senape Bianca (White Mustard), Cardoons, Rocquencourt yellow beans, Jaune du Doubs (yellow French carrots), Cipollotto da Mazzi (long, thin, white bunching onions), and Zlata (golden brown radishes), etc. Tomorrow, I’m going to check out their website, GrowItalian.com, to get more information about these interesting plants!