Anna K.'s Profile

Here's my question, for anyone who has chickens: How many eggs do you get (for how many hens), and is that figure year-round?

I have thought of getting chickens. My main--really my only--motivation would be the eggs, as we eat a lot of eggs in our household and having fresh eggs at hand would be amazing, but I'm not sure it's worth it. It would have to save me money, or at least break even, compared to the price of the local, farm fresh eggs I currently buy (2 doz/week @ $4-5/doz). I feel like I might be better off continuing to support the people in my community who already do this and deserve to get paid for their hard work. That said, I keep coming back to the thought of getting chickens. I may wait until I have kids that are old enough to do most of the work. :-)

I don't drink (Mormon dietary code) and, while I have no problem being at someone's home or a bar or restaurant where people are drinking, I feel weird about buying and serving it in my own home. I have a mix of drinking and non-drinking friends and I've never sensed that the absence of alcohol dissuaded anyone from accepting an invitation, but I could be wrong about that.

I do have a giant jug (mostly empty) of vodka in the pantry that I use for tinctures and DIY vanilla extract and that's not a moral quandary for me.

I'm also a vegetarian but I have no problem buying and even cooking meat for guests on occasion. I can't totally explain why I've drawn these lines where I have, but I suppose one has to draw the lines somewhere when it comes to these personal ethical issues, eh?

Nice Michael Scott, ohwoah!

@BUZZK - Thank you so much for posting that link! I'm not ashamed to admit that I made those cookies this morning (for breakfast) and they are FANTASTIC, and super easy. The only thing I did differently was toast the coconut for better flavor. So good! Thank you!

This sounds like a fantastic menu. I know it wasn't really, but that looks like BBQ sauce on top of the cake!

I would feel find using it. From what I understand, expiration dates often don't represent the date by which point the food will make you sick; rather, the date by which the food will be past its prime in terms of taste and appearance. For my part, I still try to stick to expiration dates but when something like that happens I don't sweat it. Don't throw away chocolate!

This is GORGEOUS. Great job, and I wish you many happy meals in that beautiful kitchen!

DIONE and CMCINNYC, that's awesome. I hereby commit to only wearing fresh mascara. Love the sample idea.

I've wondered that too. And while we're at it, do I really need to replace my mascara every 3 months as well? Wrong site, I know. :-)

Also not a huge fan of rosewater at this point, though I'd love to be proven wrong. I did, however, recently get something called licorice water at a Middle Eastern market. It was on the rosewater / orange blossom water shelf so I'm thinking it is also meant to be used as an extract but I have turned up very little information on the internet so far.

I also love anise extract but don't have any on hand. I know anise and licorice are different, but I wonder if I could use the licorice water and anise extract interchangeably?

Check out all the different flavors of water. I got the licorice one that's on the second page: http://www.ofdusa.com/store/waters/?page=1&lim=12&sort=