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- Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:22 am
- Forum: The Observation Lounge/ Cookbook Forum even Hot Topics
- Topic: Talk to me about: electric pressure cookers
- Replies: 14
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Re: Talk to me about: electric pressure cookers
I have an electric pressure cooker (the Instant Pot) and I love it! It is soooo handy and not only is good for making cheesecakes but can do a whole bunch of other stuff with it. Lately I tend to do a lot of hard boiled eggs and chicken. Typically though I'm not organized enough to thaw stuff but I ...
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:19 am
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- Topic: Talk to me about: electric pressure cookers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7292
Re: Talk to me about: electric pressure cookers
I have an electric pressure cooker (the Instant Pot) and I love it! It is soooo handy and not only is good for making cheesecakes but can do a whole bunch of other stuff with it. Lately I tend to do a lot of hard boiled eggs and chicken. Typically though I'm not organized enough to thaw stuff but I ...
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:37 pm
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- Topic: Day 1 of vacation, and THIS happens!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 22441
Re: Day 1 of vacation, and THIS happens!
I did a boxer's fracture on my right hand day 1 of summer vacation years ago and ended up in a cast, that was brutal! That one took a long time to fully heal and about a year before I could fully straighten out my hand. As a result of the injury though, when I close my fist or gather my reins (after...
- Mon May 15, 2017 11:22 pm
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- Topic: Ouch ... falling off sucks.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17820
Re: Ouch ... falling off sucks.
Owwww... those dang ponies can be so quick. Yeah, the different sorenesses take time to develop after a fall like that. Hope you're feeling better soon. That is one adorable pony though. Yeh they can be quick! I used to ride a Fjord mare and a Fjord gelding. Both despite looking rather chunky were ...
- Thu May 11, 2017 11:54 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: To shoe or not to shoe
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18633
Re: To shoe or not to shoe
Hi Guys, Bliss is barefoot and has been barefoot all his life with no issues. I trim him myself and this is his first abscess. The vet used hoof pinchers on his right front and said that his whole sole was super tender and painful. He recommended I put front shoes on for the summer and said that he...
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:57 pm
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- Topic: So, Meezer fans, we have a new family member
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22271
Re: So, Meezer fans, we have a new family member
What a handsome boy!! My old kitty man I think had some meezer in him...boy, what a set of pipes he had too! 

- Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:20 pm
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- Topic: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25480
Re: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
Canyon wrote: it make excellent CHEESECAKE (with the right recipe). I'm not sure the latter is really a plus, 'cuz I don't need to be eating CHEESECAKE, given the current state of my waistline.
Lol but it's just a 7" cheesecake so not a huge one

- Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:18 pm
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- Topic: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25480
Re: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
WheresMyWhite wrote:I'm still on the fence about my IP. It's still in the box it came in![]()
I haven't used my crock pot since I discovered how wonderful things come out in my dutch oven.
Yeh but the IP does cheesecake!!


- Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:17 pm
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- Topic: Major Jingles to Chancellor
- Replies: 44
- Views: 30456
Re: Major Jingles to Chancellor
Sending healing jingles too!!
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:21 pm
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- Topic: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25480
Re: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
heddylamar wrote:I've heard cheese cake is fantastic in the IP. A friend is experimenting with creme brûlée.
It is!! It's so easy and therefore, sooooo dangerous


- Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:04 pm
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- Topic: April 22 March for Science
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16907
Re: April 22 March for Science
Oooooh maybe I should go! Lol, maybe also bring some resumes too


- Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:01 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Would you be ok with this?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23604
Re: Would you be ok with this?
The pics in the March 17th post, those are 2 days after a trim? I would say not only come up with the exact way to tell him what you want done and insist she be trimmed that way but also be there when he's trimming. Those pics, if they really 2 days after he trimmed her, they don't even look like he...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: Tack, Apparel, Facilities and Transportation
- Topic: Best Half Pad To Put Under the Saddle Pad
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15324
Re: Best Half Pad To Put Under the Saddle Pad
Mattes does make half pads without the back roll.
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:24 pm
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- Topic: April 22 March for Science
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16907
Re: April 22 March for Science
I wonder if there's going to be a march for science in Boston 

- Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:06 pm
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- Topic: Zojirushi Rice Cookers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19224
Re: Zojirushi Rice Cookers
StraightForward wrote:Welcome to the cult...I mean club.
IP made us pork and beans tonight.

It also makes great cheesecakes!

- Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:56 pm
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- Topic: Installing wood laminate flooring
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9388
Re: Installing wood laminate flooring
My Dad helped me put in laminate flooring in my first floor and then a year or so later did my upstairs. My helping consisted of helping to rip up the carpet and all that fun stuff and then make sure he had plenty of beer :lol: I don't think it's particularly difficult but there's a lot of cutting &...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:06 pm
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- Topic: Turns out, I am done with chemo
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20110
Re: Turns out, I am done with chemo
Sending best wishes to you!
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:58 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Question - Elevated CPK and LDH lab report
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3489
Re: Question - Elevated CPK and LDH lab report
What did your vet say about the levels? I take it AST was normal?
- Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:43 pm
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- Topic: To shavings/wrap or not to shavings/wrap - Trailering debates
- Replies: 27
- Views: 21731
Re: To shavings/wrap or not to shavings/wrap - Trailering debates
I think I'll consider adding fly masks when I ship horses. I'd never even considered it, but even if a bit of dust comes through the front window (and screen), at least the fly mask gives their eyes that much more protection. It can't hurt! Yup, I've seen several times where other horses have had e...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:17 am
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- Topic: To shavings/wrap or not to shavings/wrap - Trailering debates
- Replies: 27
- Views: 21731
Re: To shavings/wrap or not to shavings/wrap - Trailering debates
I don't put on any shipping boots or wraps and I always use shavings. I do put a fly mask on though to give some eye protection.
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:08 pm
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- Topic: Recommendations for winter riding jacket?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17189
Re: Recommendations for winter riding jacket?
Ugh, sounds like a pita, hope you got your coat in the end!
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:21 pm
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- Topic: I know, I know but... is it just me?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15886
Re: I know, I know but... is it just me?
If you click on the details link it will take you to TOB but I noticed just now that when I did that, it said page not found. Hrm!
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:19 am
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- Topic: I have breast cancer
- Replies: 58
- Views: 41127
Re: I have breast cancer
I am so sorry to hear this! I'll keep you and your family in my prayers. Snuggle up with your pets!
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:10 am
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- Topic: Pasture Disaster Avoided...Talk About Thankful!!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 32360
Re: Pasture Disaster Avoided...Talk About Thankful!!
You mention he's a wooly bear and he's been itchy and rubby with the blanket on, maybe he's too warm.
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:06 pm
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- Topic: Recommendations for winter riding jacket?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17189
Re: Recommendations for winter riding jacket?
Well, I'm too late now but in case anyone else is looking, I highly recommend LLBean Rugged Ridge Parka http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/83435?feat=504735-plalander I ride at night and find this jacket awesome, tons of pockets, really warm but light. The hood is insulated, detachable, adjustable and i...
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:50 pm
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- Topic: YAY for the Brits
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3789
Re: YAY for the Brits
Yup, said he would continue to wear it because of tradition and would continue to do so until forced to wear a helmet. I think the helmets look pretty spiffy and to me, look better that the top hats.
- Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:40 pm
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- Topic: Damn Porcupine!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16541
Re: Damn Porcupine!
Moutaineer wrote:That's rural living for you. I no longer plant anything. I regard the wildlife as my yard decoration.
Like!!

- Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:28 am
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- Topic: Afraid of being bitten by a bat?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18235
Re: Afraid of being bitten by a bat?
Did we have a thread on the old UD, about some one afraid of being bitten by a bat. Well I bitten, my fault, trying to save a fallen bat. Sooo....umm....is the bat ok? ;) I do like bats, I'da done the same thing! The bat went to bat ER to be treated for human poisoning ;). It is recovering, but jus...
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:43 pm
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- Topic: Afraid of being bitten by a bat?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18235
Re: Afraid of being bitten by a bat?
Chisamba wrote:Did we have a thread on the old UD, about some one afraid of being bitten by a bat. Well I bitten, my fault, trying to save a fallen bat.
Sooo....umm....is the bat ok?

- Sat May 28, 2016 11:13 pm
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- Topic: Why do people...
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- Views: 18921
Re: Why do people...
Sue B wrote:The funniest 2 things I ever heard both happened in Costco when ds was a little guy. First was..."beautiful baby, did you adopt?" Like what? I'm so ugly I couldn't possibly have given birth to him???
Geez nice eh!

- Sat May 28, 2016 11:01 pm
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- Topic: The hair farmer has been harvested
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10508
Re: The hair farmer has been harvested
I love the first picture...reminds me of a Thewell pony pose 

- Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:34 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Trying to find a non soy diet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14275
Re: Trying to find a non soy diet
I also feed soy-free. My mare gets higher fat/low sugar diet from a free feed grass hay plus 3 meals a day of: -alfalfa pellets -coolstance (coconut copra)* -rice bran* -whole flax seeds* -camelina oil -vit/min suppl and other suppl. *Renew Gold is a nice product combining coolstance, rice bran and...
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:30 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Trying to find a non soy diet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14275
Re: Trying to find a non soy diet
I'm feeding Renew Gold with a multi vitamin with alfalfa cubes (adding camelina oil as well). StraightForward, what multi vitamin are you feeding? I used to feed Purina Ultium but he would go off it periodically and especially in the winter. Finally got tired of stressing about it and made the switc...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:51 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: It seems like horses always present you with something you haven't seen before.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13947
Re: It seems like horses always present you with something you haven't seen before.
SDH (Sorbitol dehydrogenase) is an enzyme in the liver. It's a very specific indicator of injury to the liver and liver disease.
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:46 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: It seems like horses always present you with something you haven't seen before.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13947
Re: It seems like horses always present you with something you haven't seen before.
I have always been told that each horse has something to teach us. Silly me. I thought they meant about horsemanship, not healthcare. :( I'll say... my horse presented with slightly high SDH enzyme but all other enzmes from the liver panel came back normal back at the end of January. He's been rete...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:20 pm
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- Topic: Perfect bread
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8579
Re: Perfect bread
You could try adding some herbs...I like to put in some rosemary and thyme. I've also added cheddar cheese and jalapenos as well...yum!! 

- Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:30 pm
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- Topic: Another coffeemaker post
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- Views: 8406
Re: Another coffeemaker post
I have a Hamilton Beach coffee maker (about 5 years old now) and I like it. I can actually pour from the pot and not have it dribble everywhere or drip. This is close to what I have (mine isn't red though) http://www.target.com/p/hamilton-beach-ensemble-12-cup-coffee-maker-43253r/-/A-10269645#prodSl...
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:29 am
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- Topic: Would you buy a trailer without a dressing room?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47452
Re: Would you buy a trailer without a dressing room?
I bought a 2-horse bumper pull (Kingston) with no dressingroom. I figured I'd trade it in later for a gooseneck but it's been about 12 years now so I highly doubt that's gonna happen :lol: . There are times when I thought a dressing room would be nice but the reality for me is that it'd likely end u...
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:42 am
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Talk to me about feline diabetes--now hyperthyroidism!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24726
Re: Talk to me about feline diabetes--now hyperthyroidism!
Unfortunately no, kidneys took him 

- Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:27 am
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Talk to me about feline diabetes--now hyperthyroidism!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24726
Re: Talk to me about feline diabetes--now hyperthyroidism!
My old kitty-man (Eggie) had hyperthyroid. Unlike most cats with hyperthyroid, Eggie's appetite absolutely tanked, that was so stressful. My advice would be to try the methimazole and see how the kidneys are (BUN and creatinine). Once the T4 is in the normal range, if the kidneys seem ok then I woul...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 9:24 pm
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- Topic: The first DDBB Get Together in lovely Princeton MA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15944
Re: The first DDBB Get Together in lovely Princeton MA
I think I can make this one 

- Sat Jan 02, 2016 9:23 pm
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- Topic: Freeway
- Replies: 41
- Views: 26017
Re: Freeway
Godspeed Freeway...he was lucky to land with Quelah. What a sad loss 

- Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:08 pm
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- Topic: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12325
Re: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
texsuze wrote:From the subject line, I thought someone's chook had become trapped under a building ....!
Me too!

- Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:05 pm
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- Topic: I am a 12 yr old boy inside or, unfortunate names
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22213
Re: I am a 12 yr old boy inside or, unfortunate names
Racetrackreject wrote:Did you see the story about the Asian man who keeps getting his account shut down on Facebook? His name is something like Phuc Dat Ho. It's his real name, he's sent them his ID and everything.
Heheheh, my poor kitties lol, they just went flying when I read this one

- Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:15 am
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
I had grilled cheese (thanks to the grilled cheese thread
). I made it with buttered bread, shredded habanero cheddar cheese and threw a slice of chicken in with it. It was yummy!

- Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:24 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Oat fiber - where to buy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19667
Re: Oat fiber - where to buy
Code3, you have a pm 

- Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:19 pm
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- Topic: Anyone dressing up for Halloween?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22510
Re: Anyone dressing up for Halloween?
Heheheh unfortunately no. I wish I did though!
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 9:37 pm
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- Topic: Anyone dressing up for Halloween?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22510
Re: Anyone dressing up for Halloween?
I once dressed up as an evil toaster, it was a cheap and easy costume. It was a big box and I had two slots cut out in the back and had to big pieces of foam (from when I moved) and shaped them into bread. I took some foil and covered the box with it and I took the foam bread had them so they were s...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:06 am
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- Topic: Should I have been embarrassed?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14006
Re: Should I have been embarrassed?
I got one. I was rushing to catch my train, grabbed my knapsack and was booking it across the parking lot and then I suddenly felt that the back of my pants was warm and wet. What the :shock: ??? Turns out the top of my travel mug popped open and spilled the entire contents into my knapsack . All do...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:16 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Hoof abcesses
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22212
Re: Hoof abcesses
I prefer to use a poultice over soaking, so much easier. The last time I soaked my guy it was a hind foot and in the mid of winter. Huge pita and when he kicked out sending everything flying I said that's it. Stick a fork, done!