Category Archive: Equipment

Apr 14

Banana Jam in the Bread Machine

bread machine

This is a recipe I adapted from the I Hate to Cook Almanack by Peg Bracken.  Her cookbooks are no longer in print.  If you see one at a used bookstore POUNCE on it!  Her recipes are good and she uses ingredients that real people have in their real kitchens.    What I have in …

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Apr 11

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Wheelbarrow

Take a look at the wheelbarrow. One of the handles broke off AGES ago. Erroll’s been using it, but as you can imagine it hasn’t been a very satisfactory experience. Erroll spotted this little beauty at Costco. Ahhhhh . . . . the joy of a two-handled wheelbarrow!!!

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Mar 20

I LOVE Thrift Shops!

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A few weeks ago I bought a snazzy new laptop.  (It’s a Sony VAIO.)  I’m still getting used to the new system and am in the process of moving my files. I was eager to take my new laptop to the local coffee place.  I longed to be just like the other cool kids who …

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Mar 01

GT Xpress 101

GT Xpress

One of my friends had a question after reading yesterday’s post.  “How do you make corn dogs in that shape?” My best friend gave me a GT Xpress 101 last Christmas.  Since then I’ve read reviews about them on the web.  It seems like one of those things that people either love or hate.  I really love …

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Jan 10

Digital Camera

Autumn Bush

I ordered some new equipment for the blog. Some might call it a toy, but I bravely prefer to think of it as equipment

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