More boneheaded plant representations from Hollywood

...te world, no one needs to know the name of any plant to get by day to day (food plants excepted), but if a person ever intends to go outside (optional, I know) they’d better know how to identify local plants which cause contact dermatitis. Like poison sumac. Poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix) is a shrub or tree which grows in wet spots in the Eastern parts of the U.S. and Canada. It looks nothing whatsoever like a fern. Or a pansy. It is apparent...

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How to Make Your Own DIY Instant Oatmeal

..., remove oats from the oven and grind some portion of them in a blender or food processor. I leave half whole and process the other half until some of the oats turn to fine meal while others are still partially intact. The finely ground bits make the oatmeal more “milky” and cohesive. This is a personal preference thing–everyone likes their oatmeal in certain ways–dry or wet, lumpy or smooth. (If you’re using quick oats, this step unnecessary beca...

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Easy Scandinavian-Style Bread

...of bread, as a matter of fact. Fluffy bread doesn’t really seem like real food to me anymore, and white fluffy bread tastes like cotton candy. Of course, I’m spoiled because Erik is a baker, so he makes me delicious, black hole-dense loaves of sourdough rye. Or at least, he used to. Now he’s on crutches, trying to recover from a bad case of Plantar fasciitis. This means he’s not doing anything in the kitchen anymore, and my bread supply is gone....

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Announcing Our New Solar Cooking Initiative

...cially for an unknown quantity. Would they really work? Could we make good food in one? I certainly didn’t want to spend a couple of hundred bucks on an oversized rice cooker. Wait! I almost forgot. We do have a solar oven in our garage! And if I don’t mention it, the Internet will make me a liar. Erik posted on it back in 2013. He was gifted a Sundiner, which is a 60’s era solar oven. We never use it because, being a product of the 60’s, it has a...

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Weekend Tweets: Strawberry Season, Air Plant Therapy and Trees Eating Things

...ou needed some ideas! https://t.co/EFAz5WrKIf pic.twitter.com/DbfnVpFvIz — Food in Jars (@foodinjars) May 6, 2016 Cashew Butter with Honey and Cinnamon https://t.co/xQd0vZk8zk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2016 How to Revive a Sick Air Plant via @Garden_Therapy https://t.co/7aQVr93hl8 pic.twitter.com/E5KQLjMyW0 — Fairy Tale Gardens (@JennasFairyTale) May 4, 2016 Trees “eating” things https://t.co/gjgBwqMo54 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 4,...

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