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The only thing I could find from elephant milking was that two R.N.s in Oakland devised a modified breast pump to feed a calf whose mama had rejected, from a female whose own baby died, but the upshot was they milked her 3xs a day, and added formula to make the 4 to 5 gallons the calf required. Surprised me, for sure. You gotta love eG. SO asked me what we were talking about, and when I told him milking pigs, his expression was akin to this

Damn, she could have at least donated it to that La Leche league, for people who can't breastfeed their own.

fifi: bison are on a definite no list. If they are contained and they reckon they don't want to be, they leave. Simple as that. they will run through pipe fence, wood siding, metal sheds, and, oh, yeah, people. I would think that as intelligent as an elephant is, and as long as people have been associated with them, it made some sense. Plus look how big a pail of product you would have.

Okay, I'm done with the brown paper bag.How about deer and elk? Bison are out, for you definitely would not want to go there. ELEPHANTS!!!

Speed milking!!15 second window of opportunity!! 14 tit machine!! Mean nasty mama hog!! 11080 hits for pigmilking!! I feel like I am halucinating!!Help!! I won't be signing on to do it, but I'll watch youall!!

I love this!!Tools can make you drool!!

Comfort Me, those cuisinista sound edgier than razor blades! I bow to your ability to gracefully put up with such silliness.

Hey, it could happen! Actually, the entire time I welded and torch cut, I very rarely sleeved up. Texas is usually so hot that teeshirt sleeves and gloves were adequate. Thermals in winter, only pure cotton, for the synthetic does melt to the skin in such an interesting way. Of course, I do have some interesting burn patterns now! I suffered for my art!! But yeah, there's never been a welder out on a job who had to eat a cold dinner. Best trick: wrap in foil, set it next to the machine exhaust.

hathor, I know. So many things I lost because in my childish stupidity I took for granted they would be forever. Raynickben, you are easy to please. We can find you a live John Phillip Souza concert for you to have your sprouts turn on when you make your grand entrance!!

I forgot one very important ingredient. My kitchen would be complete with both of my grams there to cook with, and listen to. Andrea, you would be required during raspberry tending to stand by with the bottle of 'monkey blood' (iodine). Are you up to the work? Damn Katherine, that's a way cool probe. 89 bucks is not too bad.

Alex, I like the tried and true methods of the millions of Mexican mamas who've come before us-I use one of those flat toaster things with holes in them over a small gas flame..a comal works, but I don't like to heat it dry like that. Assuming you have good ventilation, no problemo. This is for youall with the small propane torches. How much fire time do those bitty little cylinders give you? I'm used to Industrial strength acetylene, which is bought in considerably larger quantities. But I can say from experience that with a 'rosebud' tip, and slow heat, you can quite successfully char peppers and green corn, too. Certainly your only smoky flavor comes from the char, but then it's the same with a gas stove, no?

Okay, I guess we've gotten Dr. Pepper-Booze concoctions down to an emetic, a laxative, and a cough syrup. The Dr. Pepper cures for what ain't ailing ya!!

My hot and sour soup monster's been raising it's head for about a week. I can see China Buffet in my future. Like tomorrow for lunch. And my particular Nogales-style machaca. A tin of Argentinian corned beef,frizzled in a cast iron pan with onion shreds and some hot chile vinegar. When good and crispy, crumble some good queso fresco and stick it all in a fresh hot corn tortilla, the homemade blistery fat ones! Heaven!! Edit to add, my canines are nearly dripping on the keys. Have mercy!

Saint Francis of Assisi Crazy Horse Pope Leo X, or Clement Robert Mitchum

Confirmed in my belief that the first blessing is the meat, and the second is the bones. Can't get with the cartilage stuff, but the rest is very okay. Best babysitter ever invented.

Really! I mean we got all the rest of the States we could mess with!!

Well,you beat my Gin and Dr. Pepper at deer camp when everything else was all gone and we were waiting on resupplies. It was vaguely reminiscent of Castoria Children's Laxative. GACK, GACK, GACK!

I checked out a little cookbook from the Youth section at the library today, so I could creep out some little kids if we make it out to Crow Agency at Easter. It is "Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes", by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. It is a most excellent cookbook, and the stuff is really quite inventive. It's all recipes from Dahl books for kids:James and the Giant Peach, Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Rhyme Stew, and Witches. Any of you all with sprouts, or doing something like mags, this is cool. There's a bird pie from the Twits that has what looks like scrawny birds' legs sticking straight up out of the pie, Stink Bug Eggs,Crispy Wasp Stings on a Piece of Buttered Toast,Hansel and Gretel Spare Ribs, and Mr. Twit's Beard Food. 5 STAR.

So how come the boxes at the top are not advertising magic wands?

An old-fashioned kitchen sort of like the old days. Big ole walk-in pantry with all the tables and sinks and freezers we had when I was a kid. A massive kitchen with a long table and benches, a hoosier cabinet with enamelware pullout. An outside cooking room for hot weather, all screened in under some monster shade trees, for the hot summer work. Please eG Kitchen fairy, may I?Oh, and can't forget the furnace register where you warmed up the little babies born when it was too cold (animal babies, I'd better add.)

Lucybelle was always such a good sport. Whenever kids were around, I'd ask them did they think Lucybelle could do impressions? When they said "No,", I'd have her lay on her back, stretch her ears straight above her head, and pull her her lips back from her teeth, then say "There, Lucy thinks she's the Easter Bunny!" Kids loved it...

As far as my plate licking, I was brought up right. Scrub it up with your finger, then lick your finger. Actually, my mom would've had a stroke from that--you had to have a piece of bread. But I have been known to use the doggie dishwasher method when SO is on duty, and I'm home alone. SO YES.

Such beautiful veal! That's very intriguing with that cut. Ellen, the book will be awesome but we eGers will know what the general public will be missing! FG, how many sides of beef do they process in a day? Overall, that is.

Jet Lag, thanks for the hint. That's funny because I was talking it over with my dear FIL (73 & a genuine Hoot) and he was suggesting Wondra to mix with my corn flour. I bet that'd work if I whizzed Hell out of the corn flour, and then mixed in some Wondra. Thanks for that flour tip back yonder, too. FIL also said he likes soaking catfish in milk & Tabasco, like chicken. I'm going to try it.

I've two things to tell youall about that are fabulous! www.burpee.com/features/bigmamas.htl has those enormous roma that the old fellers call "sheep's cods"! Those grew so spectacularly that I despaired of ever finding them. They are a new introduction to Burpees, I believe. Now, one of the greatest plant catalogues I've ever gotten is from www.mountainvalleygrowers.com. This catalogue rocks. They are in Squaw Valley, CA, and they have plants we talk all the time about on in the Med. cooking threads, for instance. Angelica,Vanilla grass (which dogs love like cats to catnip)Greek Bay,22 different lavenders,Syrian and Greek Oreganos,Patchouli,Fo Ti, Vietnamese Cilantro,Clary Sage,betony,Moroccan mint,Egyptian mint.... I'm am now in severe soil withdrawal till we are situated. You lucky, lucky Garden Gulleters! They even had cardomom plants! Happy gardens, my friends!!