The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in thrifty on Friday, July 24th, 2009 04:13 pm GMT -6
Sometimes tragedy occurs and vegetables lose their crispness. This carrot was pulled rudely from the ground and left on a hot patio, and well, it’s not what it once was. A bit droopy. Carrots will do that, especially if they still have their green tops. The Damsel believes it has something to do with the [...]
Posted in clothing, thrifty on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 06:21 pm GMT -6
Here are two ways for patching jeans when the objective is “cute” rather than “wow, you can hardly tell.” The first is a type of applique, which is a fancy French word for “sewing a piece of material on top of another.” You can put a patch on just for decoration, or to actually cover [...]
Posted in cooking, thrifty on Sunday, July 5th, 2009 07:47 pm GMT -6
Some things are better the newfangled way. For example, flush toilets. But some things are better the old-fashioned way. The Damsel is here to tell you that after using up many a Costco bag of Krusteaz pancake mix, she has seen the light. Don’t misunderstand. The pancake mix-type pancake is not “awful.” Those pancakes are [...]
Posted in thrifty on Friday, June 26th, 2009 05:20 pm GMT -6
A month ago, the Damsel made peppermint oil and put it in a dark cupboard for the specified time. The Damsel hates waiting, but the time has come. Click here for the original post. The Damsel was excited.. She’s not the kind of girl who opens presents early. So this morning she anxiously looked to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, clothing, thrifty on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 11:05 am GMT -6
The Damsel is bemused by the word “unravel.” So what’s “ravel” then? They seem to mean the same thing–to untwist, pull or rip out some yarn work. (by the way, the current term for pulling out knitting is “frogging” because you rip-it, rip-it, rip-it. Don’t be a hater. The Damsel did not make this up.) [...]
Posted in cooking, thrifty on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 10:32 am GMT -6
The Damsel hopes you will forgive her if she confesses she has tried to make yogurt many times. It worked occasionally, but most of the time, it turned out pretty runny. She tried to convince the husband it was “drinking yogurt” like he had when he lived in Denmark but he had a crush on [...]
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 [...]
Posted in gardening, thrifty on Monday, June 8th, 2009 01:31 pm GMT -6
The Damsel has a few rose bushes at her cottage. She loves her pink one, and her yellow one, and her minature rose, and her old-fashioned rambling rose. Of course she loves the old-fashioned one. But her red one, an Abraham Lincoln, is the only one that really has a nice rose scent. Apparently, when [...]
Posted in cooking, thrifty on Friday, June 5th, 2009 02:28 pm GMT -6
The Damsel’s mother has long sung the praise of homemade mayonnaise. Making her own is an especially useful skill while on a mission to Spain. Apparently a person can’t easily buy it there. It’s nice to know that when Armeggedon comes and the grocery stores are emptied, we can still have mayo. Whew! Provided we [...]
Posted in gardening, thrifty on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 08:09 pm GMT -6
The Damsel went out to her herb garden and shook her head in dismay. As usual, the peppermint was out of control. Why can’t the cilantro grow like that? The Damsel can think of many delicious solutions to an out-of-control-cilantro problem. But what do you do with peppermint? The Damsel has used a leaf or [...]
