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Please watch the video I mentioned in Post #13, if you haven't already. This woman, a doctor, turned her symptoms around by changing her diet - and she was in a wheelchair when she started. You might be able to do even more, as you would be starting from a better position.

Marianne, the book I got this recipe from said that even many Asian cooks use the dried coconut to make milk these days for everyday cooking, rather than starting with fresh. She didn't even mention using canned ;). I haven't ever used the canned either, just because I always have dried on...

The only substitute milk I use is coconut milk when I am cooking something SE Asian. The recipe I use, from one of my Asian cookbooks is a little different from the OP's, and makes (from reading the recipe) a richer milk. Blender version: 2 cups unsweetened coconut shreds or powder 2 1/2 cups...

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I've never been in the position of having to run a generator to keep the freezer from defrosting (and, with luck, I never will be ;)), but I have read that it isn't necessary to run it all the time. I don't know the numbers off hand, but a web search should tell you. I think it was something...

Heather, you are so right about the Europeans being more open to "the old ways" than we "scientific" Americans are. My German sister in law (and her DH, of course) bought a retirement home in the Austrian Alps some years ago. When we went to visit she was all excited about her neighbour who...

Denise, sounds like a very scientific way to go about it, and if that is what you need to be comfortable using the herbs then I say "go for it, and have fun". I am a little more loose in my needs. For one, DH and I hardly ever get sick, so most of my research is done more from a theoretical...

Thank you Marianne for the link to "An Oregon Cottage" blog. I was having fun looking through it yesterday evening.

I am coming to the conclusion that these fir tips are meant to be a seasonal, fresh harvest. Drying them in the dehydrator really seems to be pointless; they go brown and lose all of the pine-y, citrus-y flavor. I've still got some drying (slowly!) without heat, and they seem to be retaining...

Thanks DD. That's kind of what I thought; I have always associated sassafras with the eastern states. Its not as if ginger is grown as a crop here either :lol:, but I can at least find it at the market. and I have grown some in a pot before; might have to think about doing that again, just...

:welcome I incubate my yogurt in a small picnic cooler. I fill a quart jar with hot water (I put the whole thing into the microwave for 5 or 6 minutes), put a cover on it (otherwise water will condense all over the inside of the cooler), and put the jar in the cooler (with the lid on) to...

I could be mistaken, but I don't think it grows in Oregon. Well, as I said, I'm not overly fond of sweet fizzy drinks anyway. I'll stick with homemade fermented ginger beer - I can increase the ginger, and lower the sugar (somewhat) to my own taste. And I only seem to want it on a really hot...

DH and I gave up drinking coffee several years ago (we both had major upper respiratory illnesses, first me, then him, and the coffee taste couldn't get through the congestion; it tasted like nothing, or maybe even worse than nothing. The tannins in tea were able to be enjoyed sooner than the...

I rather think the soda I had that day was not fermented. I seem to remember it was from a small company, but still commercial. I do make a fermented ginger beer sometimes in the summer. And it is definitely fizzy - not to say explosive!:lol: I wouldn't mind trying to make root beer one of...

I have never heard that. Thanks; I'll keep it in mind. :)

I once had birch soda (soft drink) at an historical site in California. That weekend they had people doing "old timey" things, and the old saloon was also open - though only for non alcoholic drinks. I remember thinking it was pretty good, though I have never been particularly fond of sweet...

:lol: You're right DD, "conifer" does seem to imply "cones", doesn't it? I tend to think of them more as "Nadelholz", which is the German word, and means "needle wood" --- and yew does certainly have needles :lol: Apparently spruce needle tips are popular among some foragers. When I was...

So far I've only tried the Douglas Fir (Psudotsuga menziesii). This is the main lumber tree here in western Oregon, but it is also quite decorative. The people who owned this property before had planted quite a few of them, so I have plenty to harvest from. There are other conifers on the...

Anybody use these? Last spring I saw all the new light green tips on the Douglas Fir (of which Oregon has an abundance), and nibbled a few, and thought that there has to be a use for these. But by the time I had a chance to check on it all those new, light green, slightly citrusy needle tips...

So, how are all these notebooks coming along? I have made a list of the herbs I have on hand, or in the garden, or growing wild here in the neighbourhood, and am taking them one at a time. First I do a google search - "health benefits of ....", and take a look at all that is offered on the...