Elevate Your Cooking – CotC Episode 28

Today we talk about different seasonings that can enhance your cooking. These range from standard salt all the way to Angostura bitters.

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Monday Managerie 3: Episode 27 COTC

Join Jessica and Charlie as they talk about various topics ranging from childhood ailments, remedies, charlatans, bonfires, Marshmallows with blue food dye, Russians shooting down UFOs, Jessica and Charlie’s Trivia night, the game: Whist, Poker dice and more.

What’s up with Pink Eye?

Crunchy options:

Colloidal Silver, Breast milk, Chamomile??

Our pink eye story

-first Bella

-Paw Paw

-Jessica

-Caspar’s Left eye

-Joseph

-Caspar’s Right eye

-Adelaide

Camp Dixie

Marshmallows blue die

Russian shooting down ufo

Denver Airport Nazi Murals

Trivia Night for youth fundraiser

Charlie wants to learn Whist

Poker dice

-Yahtzee is based off it

Small engine repair

How did you get started doing small engine repair?

Charlie started working with his uncle as a young teen. He worked with him part time on the weekends

What are the most important things to consider when owning a small engine?

-A good place to store it.

-plan for maintaining it, how easy is it to reach items to maintain?

-can you get/store fuel for it?

What goes wrong most often on small engines?

-Bad gas

- could be bad stablizer

What should I do if I have a no start situation? What's my first course of action?

Look at the spark plug, and look at gas- drain tank and the carburetor and put in new gas then it should start

When it comes to maintenance what is most important?

-Make sure the carburetor is easily accessable

-Check the ease of use of change the blades/string?

-Do not let your engine run out of oil-especially true for mowers-check every time you use the machine.

-Install Fuel shut off switch

How often will I need to count on changing the blades?

When I'm going to maintain my own equipment, what are the most important tools that I would need?

-a good socket set with both in and millimeter sets

-Dewalt driver set/screwdriver

-for handheld appliances theres carburetor adjustment tools

to help unbolt

-adjustable wrench

-Ballistol, gibbs, Penetrating oil

What should I do when I'm done for the season and I'm putting my mower up for the winter?

-Drain the carborator

-Shut off the fuel shut off switch

-Sharpen the blades

clean it

oil it all up

Use a stabilizer for gas

Don't buy $2,000 Homedepot mowers, chose a dealer that can help you

The perfect gift 10mm socket

Coles on the Coast Episode 25- Sustainability in Everyday Life

What is sustainability? “in the broadest sense, sustainability refers to the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time". Investopedia.com

Sustainability should be an everyday thing.

Area where you can become more sustainable.

Kitchen

Bathroom

Laundry

Kitchen

Replace disposable straws and other items with reusable.

Move to heavy duty glass cups and dishes and away from disposable.

With canning use bulk pectin and reusable lids.

or learn to cook fruit with natural pectin.

Lint free towels instead of paper towels.

napkin alternatives.

Bathroom

Razors – switch to a safety razor or to a modern double edge razor.

Leaf

Henson

Supply Co

One Blade

Swap toilet paper for a bidet.

Reusable feminine hygiene products.

Cup, Disk, cloth pads/underwear

Cloth diapers

Cloth wipes

Laundry

Wool dryer balls instead of dryer sheets.

Use concentrated bulk cleaners.

Make own laundry detergent from simple ingredients.

Vinegar for all purpose cleaner and fabric softener

mending

Join Jessica and Charlie and they talk about different ghost stories from around Alabama. From places like Sloss Furnace to Saraland, Alabama.

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Join us as we talk about various subjects including:

Our eggs, the Chickens are laying as many as 10 eggs a day!

Pickling Okra

Why we never recorded a new podcast last week and had to air a Bonus Episode instead… *whisper- It’s Charlie’s Fault*

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A new game, Sum Swamp, Jessica bought the kids to learn addition and subtraction Link here to buy: https://amzn.to/3sm0s2s

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Dice and their math probability

Our thoughts on the game Settlers of Catan. Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HMCXW9P/ref=as_sl_pc_as_ss_li_til?tag=colesonthecoa-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=5be12f3f5f903a85f694eeff9e8b3966&creativeASIN=B08HMCXW9P

Black Solder Flies in Alabama and the want to grow them.

Charlie’s strange yawning and fidgeting

Jessica’s idea for homemade wood tokens for reviewer of the week.

As well as Charlie’s information on Wooden Nickels and Wooden Dollars.

Laser-etching jobs that we currently have going.

Charlie’s smelling things. Anytime Charlie picks up something

New he smells them.

Raspberries and how neither of us grew up eating raspberries.

Our sad persimmon tree.

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Episode 22: Homestead Happenings

Livestock

Chickens

Getting green eggs

Three Roos in the Freezer

Worms are doing better

Family

AR ahead on math; violin camp

C starting to be vocal about tummy

AJ Cutting a bunch of teeth

Jess lessons ramping up

Charlie going back to days

Beach trip

Finances

Working extra

Managing air Bnb

Garden

Mostly dead

Still get some peppers

Muscadines

Jelly coming soon.

Minivan

Took to transmission place

Kitchen

Liver pate pucks to add to food

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Title: "Exploring the World of At-Home Fermentation"

Introduction

Welcome and brief explanation of what fermentation is.

Introduce the hosts and their interest in fermentation.

What is Fermentation?

Definition and explanation of fermentation.

Lacto Fermentation is when lactobacteria convert sugars into latic acid.

Not the same as Fermentation for making win or beer.

Overview of its historical significance in food preservation and flavor development.

Made it easy to store vegetables that would normal go bad.

Salt, water, and the vegatables made a simple recipe that would keep for several weeks.

The finished product can also be waterbath canned to further extend the shelf life.

Benefits of At-Home Fermentation

Discuss the advantages of fermenting food and beverages at home.

Tasty foods.

Make Pickles without Vinegar or sugar.

Only three ingredients unless you want to experiment.

Highlight health benefits and potential cost savings.

Full of probiotics.

Costs a lot less than premade.

Getting Started with At-Home Fermentation

Essential equipment and tools needed for beginners.

Mason jars

Fermentation Weight

Fermentation Lids – To let the gas escape

Tamper to pack the food into the jar.

Safety guidelines and best practices.

Always wash your hands and clean your equipment.

You can sterilize your jars by steaming for 10 minutes.

Wash you vegetables before cutting to avoid introducing bad bacteria into the mix.

Use a high quality sea salt

Popular Fermented Foods

Explore a variety of fermented foods from different cultures.

Saurkraut

Kimchi

Pickles

Discuss the uniqueness of each ferment and their flavor profiles.

Step-by-Step Fermentation Process

Walkthrough of a basic fermentation process.

Emphasize the importance of cleanliness and hygiene.

Troubleshooting and Tips

Address common fermentation problems and how to avoid them.

Provide tips for achieving successful fermentations.

Creative Fermentation

Encourage experimentation with flavors and ingredients.

Share innovative and unique fermentation ideas.

9. Fermented Beverages

Explore the world of homemade fermented drinks (e.g., kombucha, kefir).

Scoby

Blacktea with sugar

Vinegar Soda.

Discuss the process and benefits of probiotic beverages.

Probiotic bacteria and fungus

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