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the old fashioned way

Interesting. There used to be lots of apple orchards around here and there are remnants of them. That is most likely what I found. By natural I guess I mean it's just a tree in the bush, doing it's thing. No one is fertilizing, spraying, or looking after them in any way at all. There's spot on them which make me feel good. It's real, not any of that artificial perfect looking crap in the grocery store.

I guess it is artificial in the sense it is a bred tree but there's no chemicals involved.

vibr8tor said:
oh, this might count! in the winter i heat my house with a wood burning stove. i have a furnace, but it only kicks on when i'm too busy to keep the fire going. and last winter, the furnace was broke til around january, when i finally got around to ordering parts and fix0ring it.
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Wood heat is great. It's how we heat our house too. We have a furnace for the same reason as you. It kicks on when the fire is out because we're not there but when we're there the fire is always stoked. We have a large acreage of forest and there's more dead wood than we can burn. We never cut a live tree, there's so much natural death and it'll just sit there rotting, releasing CO2 and methane or it can be burned. It is likely one of the most environmentally friendly ways to heat your house. It's also very cozy :)

OH it's also super great when the power goes out! You'll always be warm if you have wood and a stove. You can also cook and heat water on it :)
 
uniter said:
This one's going to blow you all away.... I'm on dial-up. =D

There is no conventional broadband service where I live. You can get fixed wireless broadband which involves putting an antenna on your roof. I am thinking of getting it but the entire time up until then, I've been cruising around on dial-up.
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*looks blankly*

What is this "dial-up" you speak of?

:D
 
Sorry uniter, I meant Centuries, not decades :)

vibr8tor said:
oh, this might count! in the winter i heat my house with a wood burning stove. i have a furnace, but it only kicks on when i'm too busy to keep the fire going. and last winter, the furnace was broke til around january, when i finally got around to ordering parts and fix0ring it.
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What sort of timber do you guys use in your furnaces, stoves etc? The timber I always have my eye out for is Eucalyptus, or the iconic Australia Gum Tree. It's great, all the way from the small branches for kindling, to the big branches and trunks it is the absolute best timber in Australia for fires.

There are about 1000 species of Eucalypt in Australia. Scribbly Gum is the best wood for making Axe handles. Everything to do with fire and timber in Australia is so very, very relevant to my interests. Old fashioned Axes and Wedges for splitting blocks of timber. (I cheat and use a hand saw for the smaller branches)

Want to sit round a fire here with me one day Vibby? :)
 
uniter- I have apple trees on my property and made a couple sample batches of applesauce the other day-
I made one with orange spice tea and chai tea- DELISH.
Seriously tasty stuff- so if you still have apples left and plan to make more apple sauce, you may want to try a bit of chai tea in there:)

I crochet my own scarves......??
I'm never quite sure if these things are considered old fashioned....
 
uniter said:
^ Same. Lemon juice, water and sugar is the only way to make lemonade in my house. It's not like it's hard; I don't even see why there's a market for the fake powdered crap.
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Next time you are in the mood for some lemonade, try making a simple syrup. It tastes much better in the lemonade because the sugar doesn't clump. It's a 1-1 ratio. 1 Cup sugar, 1 Cup water. Boil until it comes together, and let it cool.

Use it instead of the sugar itself. It makes it 200% better :)
 
i love making my popcorn on the stove. i got a thingy awhile back that has a lid on it with a crank, which makes stirring the kennels super easy. and i think it is the only pot i have that has a match lid.
 
Klue said:
What sort of timber do you guys use in your furnaces, stoves etc?
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All kinds of deciduous hardwood. Oak, maple, ash, elm, birch, ironwood, hickory. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head that we have in the pile. We have a couple hundred acres of forest where a natural mix of stuff grows.

ocean said:
Seriously tasty stuff- so if you still have apples left and plan to make more apple sauce, you may want to try a bit of chai tea in there:)

I crochet my own scarves......??
I'm never quite sure if these things are considered old fashioned....
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I'll try the chai. I took a break from saucemaking tonight; exhausting day at work. I usually use cinnamon to spice, chai tea would be an interesting change.

Crocheting your own scarves would likely be considered old fashioned. My mom knits lots of things, mostly afghans and blankets. I have fond memories of cozzying up with those blankets on the couch on saturday morning as a kid watching cartoons.

purepremium said:
Next time you are in the mood for some lemonade, try making a simple syrup. It tastes much better in the lemonade because the sugar doesn't clump. It's a 1-1 ratio. 1 Cup sugar, 1 Cup water. Boil until it comes together, and let it cool.

Use it instead of the sugar itself. It makes it 200% better :)
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Cool, I'll try that too.

Sweet P said:
*looks blankly*

What is this "dial-up" you speak of?

:D
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You know that system that downloads things at 2.5 kbps :p

No youtube links on here get clicked, massive photos that people don't downsize (ie 2000x3000 pixels) tick me right off :X

The page stops on that photo until it's loaded, and some photos are massive 2MB files that take me 15 minutes to download. When one of those come up I have to block the hosting site so the browser just skips it and keeps downloading the page.

Normal (800x600 type) photos are fine, it's just those massive ones from 5+ megapixel cameras that people don't compress that get to me.

I lived in the city for 2 years and it's one redeeming quality was the internet connection but that is it. I could not wait to get the hell out of there. :)
 
Klue said:
What sort of timber do you guys use in your furnaces, stoves etc? The timber I always have my eye out for is Eucalyptus, or the iconic Australia Gum Tree. It's great, all the way from the small branches for kindling, to the big branches and trunks it is the absolute best timber in Australia for fires.

Want to sit round a fire here with me one day Vibby? :)
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:) ^ you know i dooooooooo!!!!!

i order the majority of my wood; it comes already split/quartered and it's usually a mix of different hardwoods. but i try to chainsaw up all the small stuff from my yard, and sort out the branches for starting the fires. it goes up pretty quick that way. never fails that i don't prepare enough in the fall, though, and then i end up falling back on buying those bundles of rough shim things from Home Depot. and last winter i caved in and got a few of those starter brick things, which are really weird cuz they have a kinda gummy feel to them, and give your hands splinters really easily. i need to go into squirrel mode soon and start building stick piles, since it's just about autumn here :)
 
I like to bake and make jams and chutney etc. I have a load of cooking apples that i'm looking for new recipes for. Going to make some chutney with them I think but there must be so much more to do that apple sauce and chutney..!
 
I make applesauce the old-fashioned way. Slice the apples in half, boil them, and then throw them and their skins in this:

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It's from the 40's. There are newer ones, but this was how my mumsy taught me.

I also never make hot cocoa from a powdered mix.

Basically anything foodwise, I'm a fan of old-fashioned. Including not owning an electric mixer for all the baking I do. Which is lots and lots. Do you think growing up near the Amish rubbed off on me?
 
I read real books. You know - those old fashioned things which you actually have to manually turn the pages of. Aah, the feel of paper. I also use a pen to write. Fancy that! And not just any pen, but a fountain pen!
 
I find my funny used t-shirts, and other ragged bohemian clothing items, by hunting for hours at actual thrift stores. I will never pay more than a couple bucks for one.

Call me a reverse elitist, or tell me I'm committing the same sins as the ones I denigrate, but I can't help but see hipsters who pay $40 for a t-shirt at a vintage clothing store as kind of pathetic, and incredibly fake. The hunt is a large portion of the fun, as is the satisfaction of saving money. If I'm going to pony up several hours' wages on an item of clothing, it damn well better be new and respectable, and it better be well made and last me a long time.

Then again, I'm not cool, and perfectly cool with that. =D
 
I make my popcorn the proper way as well, the oily-cooked flavor is unbeatable. When I'm lazy, I use my dry-air popper. add soem Olive oil and salt.mmmm


ok....hmmm

i use a landline phone more than my cell.
hand wash my dishes, but this is NOT by choice.
USED to listen to a lot of vinyl...
i start most of the plants i grow from seed, instead of buying already started ones at lowes
 
MyDoorsAreOpen said:
I find my funny used t-shirts, and other ragged bohemian clothing items, by hunting for hours at actual thrift stores. I will never pay more than a couple bucks for one.

Call me a reverse elitist, or tell me I'm committing the same sins as the ones I denigrate, but I can't help but see hipsters who pay $40 for a t-shirt at a vintage clothing store as kind of pathetic, and incredibly fake. The hunt is a large portion of the fun, as is the satisfaction of saving money. If I'm going to pony up several hours' wages on an item of clothing, it damn well better be new and respectable, and it better be well made and last me a long time.

Then again, I'm not cool, and perfectly cool with that. =D
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I know eh?!

I find it ridiculous how people go and buy brand new jeans that have premade holes in them, and then they pay top dollar for them. Jees!!

Just keep you jeans long enough and they'll form naturally!
 
I have not owned a car in seven years.

Occasionally, I make a kind of crude laudanum. A couple of weeks ago, my neighbor stumbled by and asked if i had any drugs. When I told him I had homemade opium tincture, his joyful response was "No way! Go on with your bad Victorian self!!" :D
 
Oh man, I just tried poppy seed tea for the first times recently. I felt very "19th century English" taking opium in it's natural alkaloid composition state. The extra effects on the GI tract it had (backed up! :\) makes me want to evaporate some of it to get a crude opium-ish extract, which I could then smoke. :)
 
^^ Haha you read my mind dude ;)
It's interesting and all but let's not get too carried away with it :)
 
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