Straight from the South

Botulism : The Scoop on Lethal Food Poisoning

Filed under Crazy About Canning

  Unfortunately, Botulism is the reason people scream gloom and doom where Canning is concerned. People are so terrified of it now a days, that they no longer Can foods the way their momma’s and Grandma’s did. Many people don’t Can at all. Because of that, I thought it important to write up a small “getting’ down to it” article on the subject. Something that might…

I decided to make succotash tonight because I had four cobs of corn left from the corn on the cob I cooked from the other night. I didn’t want it to go to waste. I also fried up bacon for my potatoes and instead of doing the “ham” version of succotash that everyone else does, I decided to roll with bacon. 

Ready? Let’s start with Succotash.

Ingredients:

4 ears of corn (If you want to use a can…

How to Make Great Iced Tea

When I warned ya’w that I didn’t dress up my recipe pictures for the sake of

taking pictures, I meant it! lol

Why do I put my tea in a pickle jar? From time to time, I buy those for the kids (when we run out of homemade pickles). I hate throwing those big ol’ jars away. So, this is how I recycle those since they are  gallon sized  jars.

Also, the trick to my tea comes in  three  things—how I…

Household Tips & Tricks #1

If you haven’t read the madness behind this category yet, please check out: Home Tips & Tricks.

Now, here goes  my first volume of tips and tricks. I’ll do ten this time around. Some of these, you will probably use. Some, you will probably giggle at if nothing else. I mean, in this day and age, not all will apply, but it will give us an appreciation of the day to day personal battles those ladies…

Bacon, Kale & Onions Recipe

I’ve been making this one quite a bit because my husband, eighteen year old son,  and I absolutely love it.  So, because of that,  I decided to post the recipe. I don’t have a picture yet of the actual finished dish, but I will be VERY thorough with the instructions. Let me know if you try it – how you changed it up, and whether or not you liked it.

Spirit behind the recipe– People seem to be on…

Wake em up, Bocephus

Bocephus is our Serama Roo. He is protector of our “Ladies” and absolutely in love with our “Fancy” – laced bantam cochin. Before I post today’s recipe, I wanted to show off pictures from this morning, as Bocephus crowed for me while I had my coffee. This little Roo has become so very dear to my heart.

DIY: How to Weather Furniture

Recently I posted an article called: DIY: Weathering Furniture

I know there are a lot of sites out there with a million different ways on doing this, but this is mine. For now, I’m just explaining what I did. Later, when I do some kitchen cabinets, I’ll show pictures (step by step). What You Need:

3 Shades of Paint– I used extra paint that I had lying around. One was a dark beige (Called Winter…

There’s a New Roo in Town!

Meet Bocephus, our new Rooster.

After placing ads, wishing and hoping, my husband got a call from a man saying, “I think I have what you’re looking for.”

Anxiously, we hurried to his farm. Expecting a giant of a Roo, he hands us a Serama Bantam – tiny little Rooster.

He brags, “This three year old boy has won a ton of Shows.”

I wasn’t too sure what those shows were about but I could sure see…

My husband bought this cabinet from some people who were moving. It was scratched really bad but that’s how I like them. After some dry brushing with different paints (Ill write something up later on what I did), I ended up with a weathered piece that I hope to pass down to my daughter or sons one day.

Unwanted Predators & Saying Good-bye to an Old friend

The past few weeks have been really rough. Something keeps grabbing my chickens and this time, it’s not the neighbors dog. (Although he wiped out his own share.) Now, something is nailing the Ladies house at night. No matter how secure we make it, it keeps finding a way in. I am down to five– and I let my efforts at security slip because also this week, we lost a member of our family, Chewy, the…

Baking Soda for Oily Faces & Hair

          There are a gazillion uses for Baking Soda and you will hear me rave on all of em time and time again, but since the weather is burnin with the fire of Hades, I wanted to touch base on one of the best uses of Baking Soda that I know of.

Oily heads and Oily or Combination Skin.

When you shower, mix some up with your shampoo. Oily Hair is caused by the sebaceous glands producing too much…

I was cruising a yard sale site and found this cage for 100.00. When my husband brought it home, I realized I had bought something big enough to house a few monkeys. A little overwhelmed,  fate seemed to do me a favor, because this thing was perfect to hold the baby chics that we stumbled onto.

My husband bought some sheets of thick Styrofoam that was the size of poster boards. He  then lined the…

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Taking A Drive In The Country

  By: Casey Harris

                  You have decided to go for a ride . . . in the country. The big city is draggin’ you down. You want to pack up the kids and better half. You want to put the world of cell phones, traffic jams and noise behind ya. You want to see the sights, breathe some fresh air, and maybe stop by one of those country stores or down home restaurants for a bite to eat or…

Happy New Year Everybody!!!!!!!

  Here’s hoping 2014 is a magical time for each and every one of you. New beginnings!

  I love…

The Truth Behind My Outhouse Obsession

And here is my latest, dedicated to my Grandma and that dang outhouse of hers that I hated with…