The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in gardening, Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2013
Bright lights, big lettuce. The Damsel heard you could grow lettuce indoors under florescent lights and decided then and there she wanted to try it, because the Cottage By The Mountains was buried in snow, and spring seemed oh so far away. She yearned for soil, seeds, and sprouts. Jan. 26: She fetched a plastic [...]
Posted in cooking, Substitutions, Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2013
How to make oat flour: Real way: obtain whole oat grains, ideally by going into an organic field with a sickle, while singing Kumbaya. Grind them in a mill. Lazy/easy way: Put oatmeal (dry, uncooked, plain, old-fashioned or quick) in your blender. Turn it on. Watch it turn into powder, which you now name [...]
Posted in baking, Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2012
Pumpkin. So good. In the olden days, October was a time to pull those last bits of harvest in and finally take a deep breath after the year’s hard work. The humble pumpkin has sort of become a symbol of all that, even now, when the most we have to do with a pumpkin is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2012
If you’ve ever experienced the traumatic experience of being out of this: …you’ll be happy to know that you can easily make your own, from stuff you probably have in your cupboard. Along with its rescue properties, homemade chocolate syrup is considerably cheaper. [...]
Posted in baking, old fashioned, Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2012
Guest blog by Caleb Warnock, author of The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast: Breads, Pancakes, Waffles, Cinnamon Rolls and Muffins and the national bestseller Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers.© 2012 Caleb Warnock. The contents of this blog post are not in the public domain and may not be used without [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2012
Today, dear students, we are doing a chapter review on that fascinating substance, vinegar. Has there ever been a more versatile liquid? Websites abound that list hundreds of uses for the stuff, so the Damsel will restrain herself from duplicating that. But perhaps you’ve noticed there are several types, and wondered what the differences [...]
Posted in giveaways, Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2012
The previous post contained a broken link. It’s fixed now, but here is a corrected version of the whole post, for the benefit of those on email subscriptions. Hello dear students, Old School is turning 3! As part of the Old School birthday celebration, the Damsel has a great giveaway to offer. Birthday for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2012
Hello dear students, Old School is turning 3! As part of the Old School birthday celebration, the Damsel has a great giveaway to offer. Birthday for the Old School, presents for you. The kind folks at Emergency and Disaster Prep have donated your choice of two items: an Extreme Cold US Military Sleeping Bag rated [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2012
It’s hard to believe, but the Old School is turning three. Dig in. The Damsel would like to take a deep breath, pause, and thank you, dear students, for your faithful attendence. Students have been marked present about 350,000 times. She appreciates each and every one. To [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2012
The Damsel wants to make good attendance at class as simple as possible. To get that all-important “present” mark, there are several alternatives. You can subscribe by email, and Feedburner will deliver your Old School lessons to your email box. Just click the “subscribe” tab at the top of the page. You can add this [...]
