These recipes are for Grandpa and his family. This category includes recipes from magazines, TV shows, newspapers, and other sources where I don’t have permission to republish the recipes, but still feels they are recipes that he may want to cook for himself at a later time.
Ingredients
½ cucumber (peel/deseed & chunk ½ moon)
½ tomato
strips green pepper
strips red onion
salt/pepper
black olive (calamata)
feta cheese
oregano
olive oil
red wine vinegar
Toss in dressing then arrange.
Title Greek Salad
Ingredients
Instructions Handwritten notes to this recipe are scanned in PDF document at
http://www.xml3.com/family/Recipes/Greek_fest.pdf
Title Greek Salad
Ingredients
Romaine lettuce
1 pt cherry tomatoes/halve
8 oz. Feta cheese
½ red onion-slice strips
lg cucumber (remove seeds)
Kalmata olives
Red wine vinegar
3 tbl olive oil
garlic
oregano (dried and crushed)
Instructions
1. Halve lettuce longwise, cut into 1” segments and float in water.
2. Mix tomatoes, red onion, cucumber and kalamata olives.
3. Mix with dressing
Special Steps Dressing; red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic, oregano, shake injar to emulsify.,
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1. Roll pie dough flat on floured surface
2. Roll to approx 11″ disk – use cover as template
3. Put into pie tin
4. Parchment paper over crust
5. Be sure to DOCK bottom of crust – not too many
6. Insert metal pie tin
8. Make rim “roll under” for crust – glass
9. Make decorative edge (See Additional Note)
10. Glaze edge
11. Prebake crust 375 degrees 10 minutes
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12. Carefully pour in filling
13. Bake pie for 45 minutes
14. OPTIONAL: Top with pralines or toasted pecans
15. Cool at least 5 minutes before cutting
This recipe can be used with any fruit; cherry, rhubarb, strawberry rhubarb, strawberry, blueberry, etc.
PUMPKIN PIE FILLING
For pumpkin pies; instead of buying a can of pumpkin puree, try making your own.
COOK PUMPKIN PUREE
Notes DECORATIVE EDGE
Cut narrow triangles with leftover pie crust trimmings
Roll to create little curls, then chill
Apply to edge with egg wash (egg and water)
Refrigerate shell 1 hour before putting in filling
Cut pumpkin in half – remove seeds – cut into 1-2 inch pieces
Cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour
Mash roughly with potato masher
Drain overnight in cheescloth strainer in refrigerator or pie will be very watery
FILLING
2 CU pumpkin puree
1/4 CU dk brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp clove
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1 CU heavy cream
Ingredients
1 CU chicken stock or broth
1 stalk chopped green onion (chives)
2 cloves garlic – finely chopped
1 egg raw – stir into broth
2 TBL mushrooms
2 TBL shredded meat
2 TBL corn starch (dissolved in 1/4 CU water)
1 TBL grated ginger
1 TBL cayenne pepper (or 1 packet red peppers)
1 TBL soy sauce
1 TBL sesame oil
1 TBL rice vinegar
1 TBL fresh water chestnuts (optional)
1 tsp Tabasco
1 tsp red wine
Instructions
1. Saute dry ingredients in the oil for two minutes
2. Add remaining ingredients (except cornstarch and egg)
3. Bring to a boil
3. Cook ten minutes
4. Stir beaten egg lightly into the soup
5. Add cornstarch and stir until it thickens
Ingredients
New York or Sirloin strip steak
½ head Chinese cabbage
½ head romaine
2 tbl baby lima beans
2 tbl red bell (J)
2 tbl carrots (J)
1 cu jicima (J)
½ cu shitake
½ cu bean sprouts
1 cu fried egg noodles
8 oz. Koun chun diluted red vinegar
soy oyster sauce
fresh chopped ginger (skinned)
kikoman soy
cooking wine
mitshu
chicken stock
2 tbl sugar
2 tbl lemon juice
2 oz. Scallions
Instructions
1. Salad- ½ head Chinese cabbage, ½ head romaine, 2 tbl lima beans(baby), 2 tbl red bell (J), 2 tbl carrots (J),
1 cu jicima (J), ½ cu shitake, ½ cu bean sprouts, 1 cu fried egg noodles.
2. Mix w/ desired amount of dressing and toss.
3. Steak-very hot wok & oil, cook strips of steak with wok sauce. Wok sauce-kikoman soy, mitshu, cooking wine, soy oyster sauce, chicken stock. Top salad with steak strips.
Dressing
1. 8 oz. Koun chung diluted red vinegar, 4 oz. Kikoman soy,1 tbl fresh chopped ginger (skinned), 2 tbl sugar, 2 tbl lemon juice, 2 oz scallions.
Step by Step
1. Mix all together, and that’s it!
Better if mixed and allowed to sit overnight.
Notes This is as easy as it gets to make what easily passes for salsa made from scratch. It’s a bit on the warm side, so if you wish, eliminate the Tabasco.
The Optional Ingredients add a great fresh taste to the salsa, but are not necessary.
Instructions
1. Cut potatoes, squash, etc into bite-sized pieces and toss in oil
2. Put tab of butter on vegetables (peas, beans, onion, etc)
3. Put in metal or pressed aluminum bowl – the kind you get from restaurants.
4. Cover with foil, then bag for freezer
To cook
1. Cook on lowest heat (covered) 1 hour
2. After 1 hour, turn up heat to about 250 C
3. in ten minutes, remove foil and baste meat and toss vegetables
4. Cook uncovered 10 minutes more
Instructions *Simply mix together. At first it does not appear like it will mix but keep at it just a bit longer and you have Hoisin.
Letting it rest does not appear to improve the taste noticeably.
Fish Sauce
Hoisin Sauce
Oyster Sauce
Mirin is rice wine sweetened with a large amount of sugar
Soy sauce is naturally fermented and aged up to two years.
Variations *EXPERIMENT! Now you have control of the taste. Lighter for chicken and pork, stronger for beef and game. Sweeter for Dim Sum.
*The commercial recipe is presumably the black bean paste. I presume they are the same as Mexican/Spanish black beans.
*Different types of soy, molasses, some of the oil being hot pepper oil,other styles of pepper sauce. All kinds of variations. However, with light soy and honey, the taste of peanut dominates.
Notes
*The original without the variations stolen by Matt Giwer from AP Recipes credited to Dee Wang who advised peanut butter.
Mix all ingredients together
Add 1 C of your broth and mix to incorporate
Add more broth 1/2 cup at a time, until your batter has the consistency of cookie dough.
Save left-over broth for your own soups, spaghetti sauces, etc.
Cover cookie sheet with greased waxed paper or parchment paper.
Roll dough out thickly on a cookie sheet
Cover the food with another sheet of GREASED waxed paper
Use a second baking sheet to press the mixture flat
For TRAINING TREATS: Score the dough into sticks about 1/4 inch wide and 1/2 inch long making them easier to break apart after baking
For HEALTHY DENTAL TREATS: Score the dough into sticks about 1/2 inch wide and 1 – 2 inches long making them easier to break apart after baking
Cook at 300 degrees for 60 minutes
Take out of oven, let cool, break apart and put back on cookie sheet upside down.
For TRAINING TREATS: Cook another 30 minutes at 300 degrees
For DENTAL TREATS: Cook another 60 minutes at 300 degrees
Keep in mind: the following foods are TOXIC to dogs. For a complete list, visit THE ASPCA WEBSITE.
These foods are bad for dogs: Grapes and raisins, onion, chives and garlic, avocado, citrus, raisins, wine, salt, chocolate, aspirin, all nuts except peanut and peanut butter (however peanut butter with Xylitol is toxic) plus any dough made with yeast (including pizza crust).
This post was set to private for my own personal use, but it is good information if used carefully. I am not a doctor. I am not a vet. I am a cheap bastard with a strong background in chemistry. This is for my use alone. Please read carefully, and proceed at your own risk.
Fleas and Ticks
Frontline Plus is used for Flea and Tick Treatment. A few drops are put between the shoulders on the back of your dog.
It contains Fibronil which kills adult fleas and ticks.
It contains (S) Methoprene which attacks flea eggs
There is a separate product for cats. DO NOT use this recipe for cats.
Reapply every 30 days whenever your pet visits an area where fleas and ticks are a possibility.
After treating, do not touch the treatment area with your hands for 48 hours. Also, during this time, do not bathe the dog, or let them go into the water.
Tick control can alternately be done with 5% pyrethin or 8% carbyl dusting solution
Use only in high-tick and flea season. Give your pet a break so they can cleanse their body of the buildup of chemicals and avoid toxicity.
FIBRONIL: You can use this link to visit Amazon. PLEASE NOTE that the same Topical Product for larger dogs is the same price as for smaller dogs – and it has half or less of the product. If AND ONLY IF you are good with chemistry, consider buying the larger dog product and mixing with a bit of canola oil to help preserve it. Store it in the fridge, and use it the following month. Don’t store for over a month, or it may lose effectiveness.
(S) Methoprene: Here is another Amazon Link. Note before you buy that some products will have BOTH Fibronil and Methoprene contained in them for “one treatment” options. Read ingredients carefully.
Tapeworm and Heartworm
30 mg Pyrantel Pamoate (Ivermectin) is used internally to control Tapeworm, Roundworm, Hookworm in a 75 pound dog. Optionally, take with 30 mg Praziquantel. Do not give to puppies under 4 months. Give whenever worms are present in fecal matter, but not more frequently than once a month; or monthly as a preventative.
This is a great review left by a customer on Amazon about flea and tick infestations.
So I’m going to leave a detailed review in hopes I can really help some people out there who are looking to find flea relief without wasting money on high dollar pet flea topical or pill products monthly just to find they dont seem to be working out too great. Due to prices…alot of people don’t seem to consistently use flea products until they start noticing a flea problem. Which is understandable… But by this time…it may already be too late to be able to rely on a pet flea product alone to fix your problem. Which is usually why you wonder “why does my pets flea medicine not seem to be working?!”
First of all….this Product Actually works as it should …but you most likely won’t notice good results unless your home and yard is treated as well, which is something some people don’t tend to realize . Some people just think you give your pet its medicine and everythings good to go and that all fleas disappear. But nope.
This even goes for the most high dollar flea pet application out there. It doesn’t matter what you buy.
Lets start by saying we must Remember…this is not a magic liquid that turns your dogs fur into bug zappers. this won’t keep a flea from hopping on. Sadly..there is no flea medicine that just keeps fleas away the same way bug spray will keep a mosquito away from us humans, but if a flea hops aboard Your pet…the flea will only die as long as it comes in contact physically or by blood ingestion of a lethal amount of the insecticide within the medicine…but won’t just die instantly. It can take several hours or up to 2 days or possibly even longer for the flea to finally kick the bucket, and meanwhile, it’s possible they can still end up laying eggs before they die.
So This is mainly just a preventative measure to prevent a flea infestation if your pet, home, and yard has no current flea problems but somehow your pet comes into contact with a stray hitch hiker Joe Flea….say from a stray cat or dog swinging through the neighborhood , etc.
Now… the insecticide within the medicine itself basically only kills an adult flea. It won’t usually kill a flea egg. But the insect growth regulator, that’s also within the medicine, is capable of penetrating the egg and doing damage, but it’s not a 100% guarantee all the time. Eggs can still tough it out and end up hatching, but luckily if the egg survives….the larvae that hatches from the egg won’t stand a chance with the growth regulator and never be able to mature. That’s if it comes into contact with the growth regulator. Flea eggs don’t attach themselves to pets hair like a lice egg on a human will. Once a flea lays them…the eggs can fall off your pet into the yard or into your carpet or down into couch cushions or small cracks in hardwood flooring…. just about anywhere. The egg may have not even stayed on your pet long enough to get enough contact with the medicine to even try to damage it. Which is why it is important to treat the home and yard as well.
Insecticides alone usually don’t do anything to flea eggs, so for inside the home (besides vacuuming thoroughly daily and washing all bedding and whatnot) use a safe indoor insecticide mixed with a insect growth regulator around the home anywhere you can possible. This will hopefully target any eggs or larvae and prevent them from ever getting into adulthood along with killing any adult fleas that may be running rampant .
Now lets say you haven’t started treatments yet… and you already have larvae that have matured into the next stage of life (when it turns into the pupae stage… which is when it forms its cocoon before hatching into a jumping adult flea) … insecticides nor insect growth regulators will do damage because they can’t penetrate the cocoon of the pupae. Once they get to the pupae stage… basically you have a biting, egg laying adult flea on its way to hatch and there is nothing you can do. Which is why even after doing treatments in the past you may have noticed a couple days later it seemed as though a million fleas came back.
This leads to me say that if you already have fleas and you don’t treat your yard or home…this product will not likely show results on its own in any reasonable manner.
Also, fleas need to have a blood meal in order to lay eggs… but it doesn’t have to be the blood of an animal. They can bite us humans as well. If your pet is treated…. great… but it doesn’t mean any fleas roaming rampant inside your house will encounter your dog first. Of course some will…but others may encounter you first…..and then lay eggs, and of course we don’t wear flea collars or flea medicine, so unless this same flea does happen to encounter your dog or come in contact with treated areas inside your home to get a lethal dose and die before laying its eggs….the next thing you know you got a happy flea who avoided death plus a bunch of babies along the way unless treatments destroy any eggs or larvae before they can mature. So the cycle can become hard to break if you don’t properly treat and clean your home to rid of them.
As far as treating the yard ….in my opinion ….its the biggest thing. Because fleas thrive off of warmth and humidity. But as far as treatment. Use liquid. And obviously this means you have to use a sprayer. But you need a good one that can really saturate through the grass and down to the dirt. Them little small sprayers that people use for weed killing products and whatnot won’t do you much good.
For yard treatment…don’t use bug killing granules that say they kill fleas. They will. But only the adult fleas and do nothing for the other flea lifestyles, so they do no good for fleas. Also, liquid flea branded yard sprays….don’t waste your money. They are garbage. I use Bifen XTS Insecticide. And mix it with Tekko Pro…which is the IGR (insect growth regulator).
Make sure you are consistent with initial treatments. You can do 2 or 3 once a week back to back treatments of this at first to really fight back and then just maintain it routinely once a month and you should find yourself flea free in the yard.. The products I use are a bit more expensive. But its for a reason.
Once you get your yard and home under wraps … then this topical product you apply to your pet will do its job and keep hitch hiker Joe Flea from re infesting your property or your home. And it will save you money compared to buying the high dollar topicals or pills the vet wants to overcharge for.
Hopefully any info I’ve given can be helpful to anyone interested in buying this looking for flea relief that lasts.
You purchased an entire syringe, but that is for a horse. DO NOT give the entire syringe. to your pet. Please read carefully or you could overdose your dog, which will kill it.
The tube contains just over 6 grams. This is 6,080 mg (milligrams) (or 6 million micrograms). This is for a horse that weighs approximately 1,250 pounds (or 570 KG)
The dosage is approximately 0.01 mg per KG. (10 mcg per KG)
100 pounds = 45 KG = 450 mcg = .5 milligrams
The “high” recommended dosage for heartworm prevention for a 50 KG (110 pound dog) is 0.5 grams monthly which gives us 12 doses per tube
For a 50 pound dog, it would be 24 doses per tube
Most of us have smaller dogs, so let’s do our calculations with a 20 pound dog, which gives 60 doses per tube. We will go with dividing the tube contents by 64. The reason for this will appear later.
FRONTLINE INFO – Product per dog weight
10 pound – 5 kg – 0.05 mg = 50 mcg (128 potential doses)
20 pound – 10 kg – 0.10 mg = 100 mcg (64 potential doses)
25 pound – 12 kg – 0.12 mg = 120 mcg (48 potential doses)
50 pound – 23 kg – 0.25 mg = 250 mcg (24 potential doses)
75 pound – 34 kg – 0.30 mg = 300 mcg (20 potential doses)
100 pound – 45 kg – 0.5 mg = 500 mcg (16 potential doses)
125 pound – 57 kg – 0.6 mg = 600 mcg (12 potential doses)
150 pound – 70 kg – 0.7 mg = 700 mcg (8 potential doses)
1,250 pound – 570 kg – 6.08 gm = 6,000 mg = 6,000,000 mcg
REFER TO DOGS BY WEIGHT ABOVE
There…
You might have used this on your dog for many years, and they may never have had heart worm, but then again, they were probably never been hit by a car, or died in a parachuting accident. If you decide to do this, use at your own risk. CHEMICALLY it is fine, but as I said before… PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Peak pest season is June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov. Based on the article below, consider using protective flea and heart worm measures during that period of high heat and high humidity. DISCONTINUE IT outside of those months.
Information from: http://www.vetinfo.com/side-effects-fipronil-frontline-dogs.html
Concerns about Ivermectin
Ivermectin is a medication used to treat parasite infections in animals. It works by interfering with the nervous system of parasites to ultimately paralyze and kill them. Ivermectin is a dewormer used to treat many types of intestinal, lung, and external parasites. It can also be used in heartworm-prevention medications for dogs. Ivermectin comes in several formulations, including injectables, oral solutions, pastes, topicals, pour-ons, chewable tablets, pills, and more.
While ivermectin is prescribed for dogs, toxicity can occur when dogs ingest more ivermectin than they should. This can occur if a dog is administered a dosage that is intended for larger animals, such as horses, or if a dosage for a greater weight/size of dog is inadvertently administered to a smaller dog. In these cases, the excessive ivermectin from overdose begins to interfere with the dog’s own nervous system and can cause life-threatening symptoms, such as seizures and coma, and can even lead to death.
IT IS BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, GIVING TOO LITTLE, RATHER THAN TOO MUCH. If it is administered on a once-a-month basis, the smaller treatment will do its job.
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Concerns About Fipronil
While the typical side effect to Frontline is skin reactions, its active ingredient, fipronil, lists other potential concerns when used on canines.
Skin problems – As stated earlier, fipronil can cause irritation to your dog’s skin. This irritation can go beyond simple itching as the scratching can cause ulceration and open sores.
Nervous system damage – Fipronil is a neurotoxin, causing damage to the fleas’ nervous system. It can have the same effect on your dog, causing symptoms such as convulsions, body twitches, loss of appetite, unsteady gait and other effects.
Carcinogen – Fipronil has been shown to cause thyroid cancer in dogs. Because of its carcinogenic qualities, it is important for the person applying the Frontline product to thoroughly wash their hands with soap and warm water to adequately remove the product from their skin.
Organ damage – Autopsies have shown an accumulation of fipronil in canine livers and kidneys, causing an increase in organ weight. Fipronil has also been shown to alter the levels of hormone secreted by the thyroid gland.
Infertility – Fipronil has also been shown to have an effect on a dog’s fertility. Its use has led to smaller litter size, difficulty in conception, decreased litter weights and increase in litter deaths.
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While Frontline products have had successful use in the control of flea populations, there have been negative results seen when dogs have been maintained for extended periods on the products. The fipronil builds up in your dog’s body, giving it the chance to cause problems. If Frontline is your choice for flea control, consider taking a 3 to 6 month break during low flea infestation periods (December through May) to allow your dog’s body to rid itself of any toxic build up that may have occurred. This will help to avoid the potential of any problems arising from the fipronil.
Grandpa’s musings only… not medical or veterinary advice, nor something that I intend to do… Technically it’s illegal to do this, so I would never . . .
Read the text about Ivermectin Toxicity in dogs before proceeding.
InverCare for horses is 1.87 % Invermectin paste. The box says that it is good for treatment of horses up to 1,500 pounds. I have a dilution table showing how you MIGHT divvy up the tube. Use the dropdown instructions that match the approximate weight of your dog
HORSE
DOG
Whole tube is for a horse
1,500 pounds – already infected
Use 1/4 of the tube and throw the rest in the trash. Then mix it with peanut butter
Heaven help you if your dog is as big as a horse. I am including instructions for 150 pounds, 100 pounds, 65 pounds, 50, 25, and 10 pound dogs.
PLEASE NOTE: Make damn sure your peanut butter does not contain xylitol, which is EXTREMELY TOXIC to dogs.
10 pound – 5 kg – 0.05 mg = 50 mcg (128 potential doses)
20 pound – 10 kg – 0.10 mg = 100 mcg (64 potential doses)
25 pound – 12 kg – 0.12 mg = 120 mcg (48 potential doses)
50 pound – 23 kg – 0.25 mg = 250 mcg (24 potential doses)
75 pound – 34 kg – 0.30 mg = 300 mcg (20 potential doses)
100 pound – 45 kg – 0.5 mg = 500 mcg (16 potential doses)
125 pound – 57 kg – 0.6 mg = 600 mcg (12 potential doses)
150 pound – 70 kg – 0.7 mg = 700 mcg (8 potential doses)
1,250 pound – 570 kg – 6.08 gm = 6,000 mg = 6,000,000 mcg
REFER TO DOGS BY WEIGHT ABOVE
We will end up discarding some of the Ivermectin, because the medicine has a shelf life of two years. Refrigerate it between seasons. After two years, you will want to discard the medicine, and buy more. Enough is enough. How much of a cheapskate are you?!?
When you are done, you will give your dog one dose at the beginning of each month starting in June, and ending in November. DO NOT give any medicine in December through May. Resume again in June.
You will need 8 doses out of the tube
Put the tube out onto parchment paper and mix with an equal (or more) amount of peanut butter – One Dose
Scrape into a long tube or or snake or stream – whatever you want to call it.
Cut the resulting stream of Ivermectin in half – Two Doses
Cut both halves in half again – Four Doses
Cut each of the four snakes in half again – Eight Doses
Wrap each separate dose in waxed paper, and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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You will need 16 doses out of the tube
Put the tube out onto parchment paper and mix with an equal (or more) amount of peanut butter – One Dose
Scrape into a long tube or or snake or stream – whatever you want to call it.
Cut the resulting stream of Ivermectin in half – Two Doses
Cut both halves in half again – Four Doses
Cut each of the four snakes in half again – Eight Doses
Cut each of the eight snakes in half again – Sixteen Doses
Wrap each separate dose in waxed paper, and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
DO NOT USE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS
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You will get 24 doses out of the tube, however, since the shelf life is only 2 years or so (we can squeak by to three years if if you really need to) and you only give it for six consecutive months, we will end up discarding some of the Ivermectin. You only need 18 doses over a three year period.
Put the tube out onto parchment paper and mix with an equal (or more) amount of peanut butter – One Dose – The reason we mix it with PB first is to make it more precise to divide.
Scrape into a long tube or or snake or stream – whatever you want to call it.
Cut the resulting stream of Ivermectin in half – Two Snakes
Cut both halves in half again – Four Snakes
Discard one of your Four Snakes – Three Snakes remining
Cut each of the remaining three snakes in half again – Six Snakes
Cut each of the six snakes in THREE SEGMENTS – Eighteen Snakes
Wrap each separate dose in waxed paper, and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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Put the entire tube out onto parchment paper and cut the snake in half. (2 Snakes)
Discard one of the snakes or pass them it to another dog owner with a link to this web page – better yet, mix it for them.
You now have one Snakes again, which is 24 doses
Combine your remaining snake with an equal (or more) amount of peanut butter – This is enough for 24 doses. We will only need 18 to treat for three years, so we will be discarding another snake soon.
Scrape into a long tube or or Snakes or stream – whatever you want to call it.
Cut the resulting Snakes of Ivermectin / PB in half – Two Snakes of 12 doses each
Cut both halves in half again – Four Snakes of six doses each
Discard one of the Snakes
You will now have three Snakes with a total of 18 doses – 6 doses per Snake
Cut each snake in half again – 3 doses per Snake
Cut remaining snakes in thirds – 18 doses total
Wrap each separate dose in waxed paper, and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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If you have a little yapper dog, you will get 128 doses out of the tube, however, since the shelf life is only 2 years or so and you only give it for six consecutive months, we will end up discarding most of the Ivermectin. You only need 12 doses. Alternately, you can give it to friends on April 27, which is National Little Pampered Dog Day. Yes really!
Put the entire tube out onto parchment paper and cut the snake in half.
Cut both snakes in half again. You now have four snakes.
Cut them in half again. You now have eight snakes. Each snake contains 16 doses, so either discard SEVEN of the snakes or pass them on to other dog owner with a link to this web page.
This leaves you with one snake that is good for 16 doses. Mix your remaining snake with twice as much peanut butter – One Snake
We are going to vary a bit from the percentages because little dogs are more fragile. Let’s target for 18 doses.
Cut your snake in thirds.
You will now have three Snakes with a total of 18 doses – 6 doses per Snake
Cut each snake in half again – 3 doses per Snake
Cut remaining snakes in thirds – 18 doses total
Wrap each separate dose in waxed paper, and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
You might be better off buying Heart Guard at the pet store, unless you like chemistry.
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If you are really good at Chemistry, this might be something you can try. If you pretty much majored in gym and bong usage, you might want to skip this process. An easy mistake could kill your dog.
This was originally posted by AllCopyCatRecipes.com so I will keep their title, although I have modified the ingredients a bit to make what I feel is a tangier dip that has a bit of a kick on the back of the throat.
This can be a dip for vegetables and chips, a salad dressing, a sauce for seafood or a sandwich spread.
Oh man, I loved these! These would just complete any meal really. Pasta, soup, salad…you name it. Make these when you get a chance. Make sure you serve them hot out of the oven.
*These are a little more dense than Olive Garden’s. But the flavor is incredible and pretty right on with the garlic butter. I also updated the picture, because the other one was too dark. Enjoy 🙂
Dough:
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 Tbs sugar
1 Tbs yeast
1 Tbs salt (yes, the recipe calls for 1 Tablespoon, which I use every time and they turn out great.)
2 Tbs butter, softened
4-5 Cups flour
For the dough, pour the water into a stand mixer with the sugar and yeast, let that sit and froth for about 10 minutes. Add salt, butter, and 2 cups of flour. Mix the dough on low. Add the rest of the flour a half cup at a time, until dough scrapes the sides of the bowl clean. Mix the dough about 5 minutes on medium speed, until its soft and easy to work with.
Let the dough rest in the bowl until doubled in size, about 1 hour and then roll it out. Roll the dough out into a long log, spray a knife with cooking spray and cut the dough into 12-14 pieces. Roll those pieces into about 6 inch long snakes. Spray 2 large cookie sheets with cooking spray, ( I usually only use one) and lay the breadsticks out leaving about 2 inches between each one.
Place them in the oven with the temperature turned to 170 degrees. Let them rise for about 15 minutes, or until doubled in size.( I have also let them sit at room temp until they are doubled in size and then bake them in the oven)
Once risen, brush them with the 1 1/2 T of melted butter and sprinkle them with salt. Now preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake them for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. While they are baking combine the rest of the melted butter with 1 tsp garlic powder. When the breadsticks are golden brown, remove them from the oven and brush them with the butter/garlic mixture.
Grissini Bread sticks are thin crisp bread sticks, rather than the chewy ones shown above.
Good flavor enhancers and combinations for this type of bread stick (from Greatest British Cooking Show) follow:
Nigella seed and Parmesan cheese
Poppy seed, caraway seed and Kalamata olives
Lemon and rosemary
Ras el hanout is a flavor from Africa
Garlic, Parmesan cheese and Bleu cheese
You can also entwine two different colors
Knead your dough until you achieve the Window Pane Stage, where it can stretch so thin that light goes through it.
A slow bake will drive out the moisture, making it crispier.
Grissini
1 1/3 C water (warm)
2 tsp yeast
Let rest 5 minutes
1/4 C EVOO
1 C AP flour – whisk to combine – this removes lumps
2 C more flour
1.5 tsp sea salt
Put on Kitchen Aid with paddle attachment
Change to dough hook
Add 3/4 C more flour
Mix 3-5 minutes with dough hook on medium-slow speed
Finish on counter, kneading by hand
Stretch dough into a rough rectangle
Put dough on surface oiled with EVOO
Continue to stretch until it is relatively flat
Roll using rolling pin to about 1/2 inch thickness
Brush the top with sesame oil
Cover with plastic wrap while still on counter
Cover plastic with a towel for about 90 minutes
You will have only one rise
OPTIONAL: Sprinkle with sesame seeds or caraway seeds
As time nears, oil a large baking sheet with sesame oil
Cut into half (lengthwise) with a pizza cutter
Cut dough about the width of your fingers and move fingers to the baking sheet, stretching to width of baking sheet
OPTIONAL: Stretch far, then twist into a spiral breadstick
Potato, tomato, garlic
Chicken stock
Cut top off entire head of garlic, nest in foil, and drizzle with olive oil
Use fork to poke numerous holes in potatoes
Sprinkle tomatoes with olive oil and salt and thyme
Turn oven to 450°F
Garlic will roast 10 minutes
Potato will roast 45-60 minutes
Tomato will roast 45-75 minutes . Cook until skins burst
Remove flesh of potatoes. Use skin for an appetizer at another time
Squeeze garlic cloves into the potatoes
Mash tomatoes in a colander, keeping the juice and meat separate
Add 2 tablespoons butter and tomato juice to potatoes and garlic and mix well
After mashed together, add basil leaves and meat from tomato
Add chicken stock to desired consistency
Heat on low heat 20 to 60 minutes
2 large poblano peppers (plus 1 below)
1/2 CU chicken (cooked and chopped) – Leftovers work well
1/2 CU Monterey Jack cheese (grated)
1/2 CU Cheddar cheese (grated)
1/2 sweet onion (chopped)
1 egg
BATTER
2 Eggs
1 CU milk
1 CU flour
Panko bread crumbs (see special stsps)
SAUCE
1 can Macayos red enchilada sauce
1/2 sweet onion (chopped)
1 Poblano pepper (minced)
Put combined sauce ingredients on stove at very low simmer while everything else is going on.
1. Cut slit into peppers and remove seeds and veins
2. Combine chicken, egg and grated cheese
3. Stuff into pepper (Any leftovers can later be used for Chicken Cakes)
4. Secure pepper seam (if necessary) with toothpicks
5. Pour batter into a vessel that is narrow, but still allows the poblano to be dipped into it
6. Put Panko crumbs into heavy duty paper bag
7. Dip Poblano pepper into dipping sauce, remove and let drip 10 seconds.
8. Put into paper bag and shake
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8
10. Place on baking sheet and bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees
11. Remove from oven and sprinkle more cheese over the top
12. Put back in oven for 10 more minutes
To serve, ladle sauce onto bottom of plate and set cooked chili on top.
Panko Bread Crumbs
1. Cut 4 pieces of french bread into thin slices
2. Place on bread rack overnight
3. Next morning crush as fine as possible
4. Put through medium sized sieve
5. Recrush anything remaining in sieve
6. Repeat until bread crumbs are all crushed to fine crumbs.
Serve with Easy Bean Dip (see recipe) and taco chips on the side
Add a fresh touch with a small salad topped with shredded cheese, fresh sliced tomato and mandarin orange slices.
5 LB picnic shoulder (ground – see note)
2 LB veal shoulder chop (ground – see note)
1 tsp marjoram
1/2 tsp allspice
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
Grind meat with electric or hand grinder.
Do not, under any circumstances, trim the fat.
If necessary, put through a meat grinder twice.
Mix with all other spices by hand to taste.
Add more spices if you like a real flavorful brat.
Stuff into hog casing and twist to segment.
Stuff the meat into intestines. Gotta go to a butcher that sells enough meat that he has enough trimmings to make his own sausage. I use a meat grinder attachment on my Kitchenaid mixer with a sausage addition (really just a tube off the end that you feed the casing over) tie a knot on the end of the casing and run the ground meat mixture through the grinder and out the tube into the casing. You don’t want it too over packed because you twist the sausage every 8″ to make the individual links.
2 large eggs
1/2 pound ground grass-fed beef
1/2 large onion, any kind (julienned)
1/2 pound spinach (chopped leaves only)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs
2. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Set aside.
4. In a large, heavy skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium- high heat.
5. Crumble the beef into the pan and cook, stirring, until some of the red is gone but not a minute longer.
6. This will take only a few minutes (keep it pink).
7. Pour off the excess fat and transfer the meat to a bowl.
8. Set aside and keep warm.
9. Turn heat to medium
10. Add the remaining olive oil to the pan
11. Add the garlic and onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 3 to 4 minutes.
12. Add the spinach and cook, stirring occasionally, until it wilts and is tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
13. Season with salt and pepper.
14. Return the meat to the pan
15. Add the oregano, and taste and adjust the seasoning.
16. Reduce heat to low.
17. Add the eggs, and cook, stirring constantly, just until the eggs are set, another minute or two. Be careful to NOT overcook the eggs.
18. Top with Parmigiano-Reggiano and serve with English Muffin
A little bit of red pepper gives this a good “heat”
Serve with cinnamon apple wedges or hot spiced applesauce
1 cu whole-wheat pastry flour
½ cu granulated sugar
½ cu brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp. Baking powder
¾ tsp baking soda
1 ½ cu peeled and grated carrots
4 large eggs
½ cu canola oil
2 tsp pure vanilla
1 cu (8oz) canned crushed pineapple in juice (not heavy syrup)
½ cu chopped toasted walnuts
powdered sugar, for garnish
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9X3 inch round cake pan and line the bottom w/ parchment paper.
2. Combine the flour, sugars, salt, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl. Stir until well blended.
3. Combine the carrots, eggs, oil & vanilla in a large bowl.
Whisk well, then whisk in the pineapple and walnuts.
4. Add the dry ingredients and stir just to blend. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake in the center of the oven for 55 to 60 minutes, until the top feels firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Cool in the pan on a rack. Remove cake from the pan and dust the top with sifted powdered sugar just before serving.
5 large jalapeno peppers
1/4 LB cream cheese
2 eggs (beaten)
2/3 CU self-rising flour
1/2 CU cornflakes (crumbs)
1 TBL onion (minced or powder)
1 tsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic (minced or powder)
Dash paprika
1. Remove stems from jalapenos and slice lengthwise
2. Remove seeds and inner membrane
3. Wash hands with lots of soap, paying attention to under nails
4. Poach jalapeno halves in boiling water 10-15 minutes
5. Drain and cool and an hour
6. In separate bowl, mix eggs 1/4 tsp salt, (minced garlic), (minced onion) and the oil
7. In a second bowl, mix 1/4 tsp salt, (garlic powder), (onion powder) and paprika
8. In a third bowl, mix cornflakes and crush well
9. Repeating for each… Spread cream cheese into each jalapeno half
10. Dip stuffed jalapeno into egg bowl then in flour
11. Dip again in egg mixture, and again into the flour
12. Dip again in egg mixture, and this time roll in corn flakes
13. Set on waxed paper on baking sheet
14. Go back to step 9 and repeat until you’ve processed all the peppers
15. Put in freezer for at least 2 hours. This will keep breading from falling off, and cheese oozing out.
16. Heat fry oil to about 370 degrees. Use enough oil to cover peppers.
17. Fry for 3-4 minutes, or until golden brown
18. Set on rack over paper towels to drain
19. Serve hot with sour cream on the side
Instead of frying, you can bake these at 450 degrees for 15 minutes, about 5 minutes per flip
2 CU soft white flour
2 CU durum wheat flour
1 tsp salt
6 eggs (room temperature)
approx 1/4 CU water
EVOO
Special Steps HARDWARE ASSEMBLY
1. Fix machine securely to a table using clamp provided.
2. Insert handle into roller and set to widest width.
Variations Combine 1/2 CU cooked spinach with eggs before Step 8.
Notes PREPARE PASTA DOUGH
3. Put flour in a large mixing bowl (or on counter)
4. Create a depression in the middle
5. Separate whites from 3 of your eggs.
6. Crack and mix 3 eggs, 3 extra yolks and 1 TBL EVOO
7. Pour into depression
8. Mix using fingers, kneading until homogenous and consistent
Instructions for ATLAS PASTA MACHINE
– Add water if necessary, but not too much at a time
– If it gets too wet, add a sprinkle of flour to dry
– A good mixture should never stick to your fingers
9. Pour onto floured surface and continue to knead until well mixed
– When the right consistency, wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour
PROCESSING THE PASTA DOUGH
10. Set machine to Position 1 (widest setting)
11. Pass pasta dough through machine, turning handle
12. Fold in half, and repeat setp 11 – DO THIS ABOUT 6 MORE TIMES
13. When dough has assumed a regular shape, reduce to Position 2
14. Reduce Postion by ONE NUMBER and continue until dough has the thickness you desire. Position 9 is approx 0.2 mm
15. With a knife, cut dough into strips about 10 inches long
16. Move handle to cutting rollers
17. Turning slowly, feed dough through cutting rollers
NOTE: IF DOUGH WILL NOT CUT, IT IS TOO SOFT.
If this happens, sprinkle with flour and go back to Step 9
NOTE: IF DOUGH WILL NOT FEED, IT IS TOO DRY.
If this happens, sprinkle with water and go back to Step 9
15. Let pasta dry on table cloth 1 hour
16. Bundle or wind into nests for storage
17. Let dry overnight
DO NOT USE WATER TO CLEAN YOUR MACHINE. WIPE OFF ONLY WITH A BRUSH OR WOODEN ROD (CHOPSTICK)
2 eggs
Chopped Veggies (Onion, Pepper, Tomatoes)
Dashes of Marsalla, curry, ground chili, turmeric
cream
Dashes of Corriander and Basil for top
1. Saute the peppers and onion, then add other veggies and spices
2. Beat eggs – add a bit of cream at the end
3. Pour egg mixture into hot skillet
4. Be careful NOT to overcook.
5. Top with corriander and basil
