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Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Thanks War and Sugar! Because classes don't start until Tues., she doesn't know who is in them. She doesn't have any friends taking the same classes that she is. That would have been great though! She did email all her profs last night and flagged as urgent. I am hoping they all get back to her quickly and say she'll be ok without the books. But then, I am worried that if she has to miss more than the first week, she should probably have the books.

War, we also have a Chevy Suburban that just sits in our driveway. It is too expensive to drive and now we only have insurance on it for fire and theft. It is more comfortable for sure, but I love the gas and insur. savings driving our little car. It even has a digital info. center that constantly keeps track of the the mpg. I hope I can get it up over 40! That is my goal. But even if I do, it will go back down once I start driving around the city again.

Oh, school and sports fundraising. I am sick of it! It's good for the kids to do, but my personal silent feeling is that I am sick of it. It just turns into people swapping money. It is necessary though and the programs couldn't exist without it. I don't mind event type fund raising like a pasta feed.

War, does he bring home fish for you to eat?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Happymom, after you find out what books your daughter needs, try calling the college bookstore and explain the situation. Maybe they can pull all the books for you (as long as you know the professor's name and the course title/section). You might be able to pay with a credit card over the phone or maybe they even have some sort of online payment place. If your daughter is out for that first week, there very well may not be books left for her classes. Either that or you'll be stuck buying new editions for every one, and that is ridiculously expensive! By the second year of issue, the books are at least a 1/3 cheaper. Most professors only use a particular book for 2 years, 3 at most.
Is there some sort of social worker type of department at her school? If so, maybe they can help you through this process, so you won't have to physically drive to the school or have them mailed to you.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Happymom, I don't like fish and can't stand to cook it, lol. Mostly he sends home what he catches with whoever he goes fishing with (his parents, his buddies, my bil.) When he does bring them home, he keeps a few for him and Kota (Caleb doesn't like them either) and bbq's them, the rest he gives to our neighbors.

We limit how many fund raisers the kidlets participate in. They do jump rope for heart, the food drive, and a new one for Caleb's school, the toiletries drive (deodarant, toothpaste, etc.) The little league raffle tickets aren't too bad at a buck a piece. The rest though are just too expensive. They did one last year where the cheapest item was $15 for some sugar cookie dough! The schools do other things now like the fall festival and book festival that we'd rather participate in.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, January 19, 2009 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Thanks Huk. She ordered her books online and paid by credit card. (and picked used! So, if there are used available, she'll get them.) So, they are sitting there waiting for her to just pick up. I am going to go get them since it is cheaper than shipping. Bonus...my mom is going to go with me! We will get about 8 hour of uninterrupted talking time! My daughter did check all the nearer CSU campuses and our JC, but no one is offering her language class. I was really hoping to not have to drive so far. But now I get my mom all to myself for awhile! But, maybe there is a chance that I won't have to go ... that social worker suggestion is a great idea! Thanks Huk! So my daughter will call tomorrow and see about that.

War, I don't like fish either and wouldn't want my house to smell like it! If he bbq's it, who cleans it? I wouldn't even know how to do that. The extent of my knowledge on that comes from Survivor! lol!

I don't mind as much when the kids actually do something for fund raisers like walk or jump rope, or the food drives,it's the buying stuff you don't need or want that bugs me! I just don't buy that stuff anymore ever and now I don't even feel guilty about it. (They go toward field trips and I just pay for those anyway, so, why should I feel guilty!) The toiletries drive is something I've never heard of. Who do they give all the toiletries to?

One way to save money that I recently read about is to not dry clothes in the dryer. I knew that it would save money and energy, but I never thought about the savings in that the clothes will last longer if they are not dried in the dryer, especially clothes with elastic in them. I will not stop using it completely, but I am going to try to air dry clothes more.

I am also a lot more concious about water usage especially re: the dishes. About 10-12 yr ago, we paid about $60 per month for water, sewer and trash. Now that bill is about $140-$160 per month. We were lucky for awhile because our city didn't have water meters. It went up right away when they did. I know the trash went up too. But this is just sooo much more. I'm not rinsing the dishes much at all before putting them in the dw. They are still getting clean. Milk glasses must be rinsed,unless I am going to run it right after loading them, so, now I only put a little in the first glass and use that to rinse the other milk glasses. If someone has leftover water, I'll use that to rinse the milk glasses. I am doing more things like that. I used to just run them all under the faucet. I also read online, just a teaser line, that one can save 40% by running their dw at night. I know that here in the summer, we can save by doing laundry at night, so, I may as well try to make it that way with the dish washer too.

Here in northern CA, our weather in the late morning to late afternoon has been unusually warm. Even though it has been 32 every morning, we still haven't needed a fire in the wood stove in many days! So we are saving a lot of wood and hopefully will have enough to make it through next winter too! and maybe even more than that!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 19, 2009 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yay on mom time and having company for the ride.

Darren's very considerate with fish guts, lol. He usually cleans them at the lake before bringing them home. On the rare occassions he comes home without doing it, he does it out in the driveway. It's a gross process that involves chopping off their heads and splitting them up the middle. We used to do a lot of fishing as kids and I'm fairly sure cleaning them (had to clean what you catch) is what turned me off fish.

A lot of the classes (not sure if it was school wide or just certain classes) were covering a unit on hygiene and the teachers asked them to bring in tolietries to donate. Someone or other heard about it and decided to make it a school wide drive. They collected everything from the trial size tubes of tooth paste and bottles of shampoo, to larger bottles and tubes, to kotex and diapers and baby soap. What they collected was sent to the local shelters. I like stuff like that...it gets the kidlets involved in helping others and it's something pretty much anyone can participate in, whether they have a lot of money or not.

Utilities/water in California are ridiculous. 11 years ago when we moved in the house, we would spend $30 on the water bill each month. That was with watering the front and back yards several times a week and having a baby and a toddler and constantly doing laundry/dishes/baths. We now have our water outside shut off (there's been enough rain this year we don't need it at all,) quick showers, less laundry etc and our bill is $60 at least. Using any major appliances during the day in summer costs a fortune.

We ended up with a bunch of free wood, but most is too green to burn this year. And yep, same here with the temps, I've lit one fire in the past two weeks and only kept it going long enough to warm up the front part of the house instead of keeping it going up til I went to bed.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, January 23, 2009 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
That's great that he cleans the fish himself!

I think that's great that the teachers tied the fundraiser in with a unit on hygiene. I think that is a really good fundraiser!

That is great that you got free wood! even if you have to wait until next year to use it. It's colder now, I think we'll have a fire tonight or tomorrow. It's not going to get very warm at least for the next few days. I'm so glad it's raining a little. Around here, so far, it just isn't raining enough to get any accumulation. We really need the rain.

I shopped at Costco yesterday and remembered my coupons! I saved over $10 on things I would buy anyway.

When I went to get my daughter's books at her college (so glad I did! She needs to stay home at least another week.), I stopped at Ikea and got some storage boxes. Now I am hoping to get our storage unit cleaned out and save all that money every month! It's about half empty and a lot of what is left will be donated. I think I finally have places to put the stuff that we are keeping that is still in there. It is $188 per month. It will be so nice to have that money for us every month. Also, the orthodontist is almost paid off! That is another $140 per month! So far, it looks like our youngest may not need braces, so, hopefully I will soon make my last ortho payment forever!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, January 23, 2009 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Woo hoo on clearing out the storage unit! Double woo hoo on no braces!!!

I was just on my way to get a cup of coffee (I know I know, biggest way to save money is to cut out stuff like buying coffee, but in my defense, I do it so rarely, maybe 1-2 a month, I can splurge, lol) and I was hit by a thought. We always pay our mortgage on Darren's last paycheck of the month (for the next month) and usually that's towards the very end of the month. The rest of our bills are sprinkled throughout the month which means that just as I finish paying bills for one month, the bills for the next month are starting to come in.

Darren's last payday this month though is today, so I paid mortgage as soon as I got up. I still have my trash bill to pay (will do that Monday) but after that, I don't have another bill to pay that has to be paid til Feb. 9. I'll pay utilities when my check comes, probably around the 1st...but if I wanted to I could wait a whole week to do that! That never happens where I have two weeks where bills don't have to be paid!

I really liked that fund raiser, Happymom. I know it's important schools raise money for stuff, but its more important kids are learning (or having it reinforced) that helping people who need it is something we should all do if we can. And bonus lesson for them...it really doesn't take much time or money to help someone else.

I'm not too worried about the wood. We still have a little left we can use and should only have another couple months of cold enough to start a fire nights. We'll probably have to buy a little more, but it shouldn't be much. Next year though, woo hoo!!! We might even be set another year after that. A friend of ours, who has quite a bit of land, lost several trees with the snow and wind storms last month. After having someone come and check, he also discovered he's got another six trees that are either going to have to be cut down or they'll fall down with the next big wind. So he told Darren and bil if they came out and cut it all up and cut those trees down, they could keep the wood. Worked for him cuz he doesn't have to do it and doesn't have to pay someone to do it, worked for the guys cuz it'll save both them and us money next year, lol.

Happymom, I hope your daughter is feeling better!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Thanks War, she is. But I don't know if she is going to be able to avoid surgery. She is on iv meds 24/7. We'll know at the end of next week if they have worked enough.

I also saw that our only car with car payments (0% interest) has only 7 or 8 more mos. to go! Seems like a long time from now, but that payment is $550 and it will be so great to get that paid off! I wish I could do it now, but I don't pay off 0% interest things unless we have no other debt besides the mortgage. And that hasn't happened in a long time and won't for a long time.

I feel like I am always paying bills too. I look at the bills and online banking usually at least once per day. Hubby is self employed and not real prompt about billing, I never know when or how much to plan for. I am so not like that and it drives me crazy! We've gone round and round for years about me doing the billing but it involves lots of parts and supplies and work I don't know much about and I can't just do it without him showing me how. Even his best friend tried to set him up with a program so that it would be quicker and easier for him, but NO...

The weather here has been some colder and rainy, but not as cold at night, so, not needing a fire yet! It is 69 in our hallway and we haven't had a fire in the woodstove in weeks nor have we had our central heat on! I have been opening the oven door after using it.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack, Happymom, I hope she doesn't need surgery. Though it does suck about the 24/7 iv meds. When Darren had the cellulitis on/in his knee, he was doing the iv antibiotics everyday for 90 minutes. That was a huge pain in the neck, especially the first couple days cuz it was so painful for him to walk, but much better than ending up in the hospital.

Yay on having such a short time left on the car payments! That will give you quite a money each month!

We have both cars paid off, and no plans to buy another one for a few years. Darrens is 11 years old, but he had the clutch and a bunch of stuff redone last year so it runs great and gets terrific gas mileage.

Hehe, I've been waiting a couple months to do this, but wanted to wait til it was DONE DONE DONE to say anything and I checked the bank this morning and noticed the money is gone so...yesterday I made the last payment on our only credit card. It was $100 a month, so from now on that's an extra $100. We'll probably just put it in savings since we've been dipping into that a little more than I like.

With the economy taking this downturn, we've had a couple pieces on not great news. First, Darren's company is still doing the 401k plan, but until the economy is better, they won't be matching the funds until then. That's not great for us, but not terrible. And then this week, letters were sent to everyone just above Darren's position (he's a lead man, in charge of his area,) that they won't be getting raises this year. Darren paused when telling me to see if I'd catch what he wasn't saying and of course I did...you're next! Again, not great news, but not terrible...he's still got a job, will have a job, and no raises for the higher ups might mean that those lower won't face lay offs.

Totally different note. Will someone please remind me on a regular basis that Costco is relatively cheap, lol?

During winter especially, I cook a lot of pots of beans. It's an easy and cheap meal, just throw them in the crock pot and let them go. Sis also cooks quite a bit (both of us once a week.) Since she lives with and cooks for my aunt, what I've been doing is buying a 5 lb bag every couple weeks and splitting it with her.

So we were going to Costco today for meat, mostly, and I told Darren I wanted to check and see if they had bigger bags of beans and how much they were. Cuz I didn't know where they were I wandered up and down the aisles. And the whole time I'm looking at stuff and commenting, "that's cheaper than at the grocery store!" Now, some things I knew...meat, toilet paper, snack foods, and cereal. But some things really blew me away. Their big box of bisquick was the same as a regular sized box at the grocery store. Pasta and rice were cheaper. I picked up a box of 3 different kinds of whole wheat pasta (7 boxes altogether) for 6 bucks! The beans...they had a 25 lb bag for 14 dollars. There was quite a bit more that I'm forgetting.

I told Darren my problem is the OMG factor. When I go to check out and see the total...omg. But, while walking through and adding it up...sure I'd pay much more than I would, but it's stuff that would last 2, 3, 4 times longer that what I'd get at the grocery store and in the long run, even at the end of the month, it'd be cheaper. And for things like the 25 lb bag of beans which are really too big for just my house, well I do my aunts shopping as well and can split it and the cost with her.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
OT. Wargod, I'll ask here instead of cooking thread. I like beans other than green string. Those -- ick. Do you get bag of mixed dried beans and cook them in a crock pot? How? Rinse first, etc.?

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I was wondering the same thing about the beans and crock pot. When I realized how much sodium canned beans have, I bought dried but still have never made them because they seem like so much work.

War, did Darren have to go somewhere to get the iv meds? like an infusion clinic? How long did he have to be on those meds? I hope not too long. My daughter has a portable pump that fits in a bag that she can carry like a purse or fanny pack. It runs on batteries. She has a central iv line. We are saving a ton of money compared to if she had to stay in the hospital. It is so much better that she is home. She did have 2 nights in the hospital. I hope those are the last two she ever has to have! (She spent 2 weeks there in 2007, ruptured appendix. They sent her home from the ER with it. (I'm still fighting with them about the $ for that.) I think she's had enough medical issues, poor kid! I feel so bad for her. But this is nothing compared to 2007! Hopefully they can do surgery laproscopically if they have to do it. We will know at the end of the week.) It is all so expensive and our insurance sucks. I am applying for new insurance. So, that is going to cost a lot more every month, but if anything else happens to our family medically, we won't have so much $$$$$ to pay. Also, peace of mind is worth some money even if no one ever gets sick or hurt again!

I buy so many things at Costco because it is a lot cheaper for that stuff. Actually Costco is my regular grocery store for fresh fruit (esp. bananas) and vegs (esp. romaine), cheese, meat, sliced bread (I bake the fresh kind), flour, bagels, eggs,waffles, nuts, oils, indiv. drinks for kids school lunches, chips, cookies (altho I am resolved to make them now), tortillas, canned fruit and veg and tuna. Lots more probably. Some cleaners. I don't buy the laundry detergent there though. It is too hard to handle the huge bottles of liquid HE type. Wrapping paper and greeting cards, computer paper. toiletries sometimes. cereal sometimes. I know what you mean about the check out factor. I just tell myself, all were good deals and I will use them all. (I do like that when I buy something like bar soap, that I won't have to buy that for a long time.) Those are all regular things that we use. The savings on not so often things like a sheet cake for a party or a dog bed or storage boxes or books are great too.

War, congratulations on getting your credit card paid off! What a fantastic feeling! So sorry about the 401K and no raise. That's rough. I'm so glad he still has a job. There is a big co. here where they just gave 10% pay cut across the board. They have also had layoffs for years. I really hope they will be ok. It is the largest or one of the largest employers in this area.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
We don't have Costco down here - we have Sam's Club and I love it. I love that I can buy a 14-pack of Dove bar soap for $11.00. That will last me anywhere between 6-9 months.

Happymom, have you seen the laundry detergent containers where you can rest it a ledge or counter and it has a "nozzle" that you can fill your liquid into the cap so you don't have to pick up the bottle?

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Yes, thanks Lexie! I have to keep the detergent in a cupboard or on the floor. Someday I hope to redo the laundry area and be able to have counter space for that. I was also wondering if those were messy. Do they drip?

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
No Mom, they don't drip at all. I love that I can now place the detergent on the shelf right above my washer and fill the cup, because the container was always too heavy for me to lift.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Color, normally I just buy dried pinto beans, but a few weeks ago, I bought some white beans by accident. If I could find the white in the big bags, I'd only get those...the kids and Darren loved them!

They are super easy to make, both pinto and white and probably any others though don't quote me on that. You rinse them really well, then put them in a container to soak overnight. Next morning, I chop up an onion and garlic and toss in the crock pot. Rinse the beans again and toss those in. I also throw in bacon (and once when I didn't have bacon a chunk of pork,) though you can put hamhocks in or no meat at all if you want. Then salt and pepper, however much you want and enough water to cover it all and let it go. I stir it a few times during the day, but that's about it. Karuuna suggested with the white beans using beef broth, because they are more mild in flavor and absorb the rest of the flavors. It is the best and easiest meal to make, takes maybe 15 minutes in the morning to toss it altogether then you can pretty much forget about it. It's filling and great for cold nights and it's relatively inexpensive. You can also take your left over beans and make refried beans, though I haven't done that and have no idea how (sis always has mexican food the night after making beans cuz she does.)

Happymom, we were pretty lucky that our urgent care has an infusion clinic. The first day I took him in, he spent close to 8 hours in urgent care, but after that day, we'd just go sign in at the infusion clinic and walk right in. He had a port cath? in his arm that once they were done with the iv, they'd clean it and wrap it, then when we went back, they'd unwrap, clean it, and insert the iv tube. That was five days if I remember right with that. It was....very expensive. We have pretty good insurance, $15 co-pays, $20 prescriptions, but we had to pay everytime we went to the infusion clinic and besides the iv antibiotics he was taking two oral, plus pain pills and then at the end of the week they gave him a second rx for one of the orals because they wanted him to double up on those. Heh, I don't mind saying we were sucking wind that week. Darren was out of work all week, we'd just paid bills, then the medical stuff (and a bonus...Caleb had to have an epi-pen before they would let him go back to school that I couldn't afford) and I didn't want to use savings because everytime we went in to the infusion clinic they would warn Darren he was very close to going to the hospital for a stay which would have cost us a $500 co-pay. Still sounds like it was cheaper than what ya'll have been going through! But with medical stuff its not something you can say you'll just wait til payday or you save money to take care of, which totally sucks.

Yeah, fruits and veggies are something I can split with sis and aunt too. Cookies was the one thing I saw...not that I buy many of those...that was very cheap compared to the grocery store. If I can just get past freaking out at check out I'd be good to go!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
War, thanks for the beans recipe. I too love white beans! Do you have the crock pot on low?

It sounds like Darren had the same as my daughter has. We're lucky that she doesn't have to go every day though. I hope it saves us some $! She does a lot herself, changes the iv bags and tubes and hooks up another med. that is in a pressurized type of bag. She takes care of the pump etc. She only has to go once a week for blood work (they draw it from one of the lines) and to have the dressing changed. At least we get to wait until they bill us. If we can't pay it all at once, hopefully they will work out a no interest payment plan with us. I do not want these charges on a credit card with interest.

Maybe after the checkout, your sis can pay you back right away in cash to mitigate the damages!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 12:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
You're welcome! I kinda freaked out when I went to make the beans and realized I had grabbed the white ones. I'd never made them before and wasn't quite sure how. I just took the chance on doing em like usual, then thought to ask Kar about it. We all loved them, they were so much more flavorful than the pinto beans.

Yep, I use low unless I get a late start and then I'll put it on high and keep a closer eye on it so it doesn't boil over.

If it's cellulitis, Happymom, or anything like it, it's freaking scary! Especially when they start throwing around the words hospital stay and surgery. It sounds like it's much easier for her to take care of it herself and yay on saving some money on the dr bills!

Heh, grocery shopping is complicated. My aunt and sis share that bill (sis pays more) and aunt gives me her half of the grocery money at the beg. of the month. Usually what I do when we split is let them know how much it was, then sis will buy some groceries for aunt when she's out shopping and aunt has me take my money out of her grocery money. I'm so careful to keep her money seperate from mine it's a pain, but its so nice to split the cost on some things.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 2:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
"You can also take your left over beans and make refried beans, though I haven't done that and have no idea how (sis always has mexican food the night after making beans cuz she does.) "

With Pinto beans, since they've been cooked to the smoushy point, all you do is pull out the old egg beater and beat the tar out of them. Warm them up when you're ready to eat them. THAT's refried beans, I was raised in a Hispanic neighborhood.

ETA: BUT when you start working with the egg beater, start off slow until the beans start breaking up a bit. Otherwise, they will be flying around the kitchen (not kidding).

ETA: While you're at it, if you've made a big pot, those refried beans freeze nicely. Pull them out another day to make burritos.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 2:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Is it really that easy Bisc??? I'll have to do that next time I make beans, especially since they can be frozen.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 2:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Absolutely, that's what we were raised on. If you've got bacon in there it just adds to the flavor as it gets beaten up into little pieces too. Kind of 'by guess & by golly', you leave the juice from the soup in when beating & I find it easier at room temperature or warm. Don't want it too wet (runny beans) or too dry (the smoushed beans need something or they would be too dry). If you miscalculate and they are too wet, can cook the moisture out when re-warming them.

Definitely cheaper, than buying cans.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 5:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
War, I have a bag of dried mixed beans that have been in the cupboard for...well...a few years. Didn't know just what to do with them. I'm going to cook them up according to your instructions. I like most any beans except green string. Ish.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
yay, beans!

I actually use fake chicken broth, since I"m a vegetarian; but the broth really does add flavor, so whatever kind you like is best!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
The dried beans I have is a lb. bag of 17 beans and barley soup mix. Beans are baby lima, black turtle, blackeye peas, dark red kidney, garbanzo, great northern, green lentils, green split peas, large lima, light red kidney, navy, pink, pinto, red lentils, small red, small white, and yellow split peas with pearl barley. Yum?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm not a fan of split peas, but it should be a good meal (or several.)

Oh, right, Kar, it was chicken, not beef broth...funny I got that wrong since I had bought two extra cans of chicken broth in case I didn't have enough and I just pulled those out last night for tonights dinner.


I'm going to have to try that Bisc. I have beans planned for later this week and oh! I think we're doing game night Friday (sis, bil, their girls, and a friend of ours come over) so I will need to make something easy, quick, and plentiful, lol.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, color, that is a lot of different beans but I bet it will be yummy!