The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in term research project on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 10:51 am GMT -6
What is baking soda? Calling it a mysterious white powder isn’t as fun as it used to be. Baking soda is a nickname for sodium bicarbonate. It’s made from soda ash, also known as sodium carbonate. To make the stuff in the orange box, soda ash is mined in the form of an ore called [...]
Posted in term research project on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 12:34 pm GMT -6
Sometimes you do old-school stuff because it’s satisfying, or you want to learn a self-reliance skill. But sometimes you just want to save some money. Sometimes it’s easy to figure out if using an old school tactic saves you money. Thinking only of monetary cost, if you buy a thrift shop sweater for $2, unravel [...]
Posted in term research project, wheat on Sunday, July 26th, 2009 08:54 pm GMT -6
In an effort to be more self-reliant, maybe you’ve considered buying and storing wheat. After all, it’s one of the basic foods for most Western people. But what kind is best? When you go wheat shopping, you’re likely to run into a few confusing terms. Hard, white, red, soft, winter, spring . . . what [...]
Posted in cooking, term research project, thrifty on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 12:49 pm GMT -6
When the Damsel ponders things Grandma used to make from scratch, a few dairy items come to mind. The sour cream we made, for example. There’s yogurt. There are also a few soft/farmer style cheeses we could learn. But in order to do that, there’s a couple of things to be clear on. Some of [...]
