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Galena, IL

Who: Donnie V. (my significant other of 14 years) and I
What: Valentine's Day get-outta-the-tinyhouse
Where: Prairie du Chien, WI-Dubuque, IA-Galena, IL
When: We took off the morning of Friday the 13th. I have been volunteering for the Rivers and Bluffs Animal Shelter (coalition-they are raising money for a permanent shelter) and before we left town, I dropped off some cupcakes and signs I had made for a bake sale they were holding that weekend.

One more homemade recipe

20 crumpets
Ingredients

* 4 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 2 tablespoons dried yeast
* 2 1/2 cups warm water

Directions

1.Sift together the flour and salt.
2.Mix the yeast with a few tablespoons of the warm water.
3.Whisk three-quarters of the remaining warm water into the flour and then add the yeasty liquid.
4.Cover and leave in a warm place until the mixture has risen.
5.Once risen, check the consistency.
6.If the batter is very thick, loosen with the remaining water.
7.The batter should now be left to stand for 8-10 minutes.
8.Warm a non-stick frying pan on a low heat.
9.Butter some crumpet, egg or small tartlet rings.
10.Place the rings into the frying pan and pour in some of the batter until half-full (1/4 to 1/2 inches deep).
11.Cook on a low heat until small holes appear and the top has started to dry.
12.The bottom of the crumpet will now be golden and it can be turned over and cooked for another minute.
13.The crumpets are now ready for lots of melting butter!

Note: The crumpets can be cooked without turning - simply cook until the tops are completely dry.

Web Wenesday - coming soon!

Wednesday is the day I usually allow myself to putz around on the web and update my numerous pages. But sometimes, I just want to bop onto my blog and post some random web-phemera.

Today I looked up "Homemade Drain Cleaner" and found this -

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup baking soda
• 1/2 cup vinegar

Directions

1. Pour baking soda into drain.
2. Follow with vinegar.

I also looked up "Homemade Taco Mix"
I'll let you know how they turn out!

TACO SEASONING MIX
2 tsp. instant minced onion 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. chili powder 1/2 tsp. corn starch 1/2 tsp. crushed dried red pepper 1/4 tsp. dried oregano 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 tsp. instant minced garlic