Posts by kitchensqueen

Quote: Originally Posted by Hoopin' Mama  Hi,  Can you tell me more about this? What else did you add? I have a pork shoulder in the freezer from a share of a pig I bought. I didn't really enjoy most...

Our son is about 20 months and he'll ask "that?" quite a bit - he's been doing it for a few months now. He doesn't ask a whole lot of other questions yet though, and not really in a form that can be construed as a sentence. 

About the hitting, our son has recently started to experiment with this as well. He'll be two in September. I make sure we're on the same level and I say "please don't hit me" and then I explain to him that hitting hurts and it gives...

Threw together a bit of skillet meal this evening - smoked garlic bologna sausage, cubed potatoes and a couple of cups of sauerkraut. Cooked in beer and seasoned with dill seed, salt and pepper. Braised the whole shebang until the...

Baking today has worn me out, so I didn't even feel like making dinner. So I ended up pulling home made salisbury steak out of the freezer stash. Made some egg noodles to go with it. And the baking is almost done - brownies and...

Our main family meal today is lunch since husband works tonight, so we're having crockpot hot wings. I used chicken legs this time though so they're a little more substantial. Tweaked my recipe a bit this time - usually you just broil...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ragana  PS Where are the places to do proper backpacking in the Midwest? I would think you would have to go pretty far into MI, WI or MN to do that. I have done it only a few times - in OR...

I had an appointment this morning, then we were at a family birthday party all afternoon, and husband is working tonight so my dinner was pretty abysmal - fish sticks and tater tots. 

We've been on the go for half the day, so I knew crock pot would be our salvation today. This morning I threw in a pork shoulder with a bottle of beer, so tonight we're having pulled pork with home made barbecue sauce. 

Okay, I'm going to attempt to post our gear list, so be prepared for a novel.    Tent (we previously camped in a small Wenzel dome tent, but we will be upgrading to a larger family tent this summer) Sleeping...