Shelley Botts

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Fun fact about guinea pigs, they are one of a small club of mammals that cannot produce their own vitamin C, and can therefore get scurvy.  The other mammals include great apes (That's us, chimps and gorillas) and some fruit bats.  Their feed, if you're buying for pets, is more expensive than rabbit food because it has to have vitamin c added.  Or you can figure out how to get enough vitamin in their diet naturally.  This might be a consideration in northern areas where they need supplements in the winter.  Summer fodder probably contains abundant natural vitamin C.
2 years ago
You can never go wrong with Turkish Red Lentil soup.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6p8qHs8WGA
Ingredients:

► Turkish Lentil Soup Recipe
2 Tbsp olive oil
1-2 Tbsp butter, up to you
1 onion, diced
3 cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 potato, peeled and diced
200g of any lentils you like, red or yellow lentils are traditional
1l water or stock
salt & pepper to taste
1 tsp dried mint
sprinkle of msg ✨ (optional)
LEMON SLICE!
paprika oil
parsley for garnish
dollop of yoghurt (optional)
3 years ago
In addition to maple trees, you can tap birch, walnut, and box elder to make syrup.  Timing is essential.  My walnut sap ran in the month of February when night temps were below freezing and daytime was above freezing.  Boiled it down inside and it heated and humidified the house.  Great in coffee.  The yeild ratio is reportedly abut 40:1, though I didn't measure.  Would recommend using as syrup and don't risk ruining a batch trying to get it to sugar stage.  Recipes can be adjusted to use syrup instead of sugar.
4 years ago