Claire Alexander

That’s genius @Pearl!  I love the idea of pounding the posts in with the tops inward. I’m super tall and wondering if I can raise the panels—say 18”—off the ground on either side or if that would be too much pressure too high up.

Thanks for the ideas!

Hi Charity!  I just moved to the area--in Maurice.  We are on 5.8 acres and I would love to connect as I plan to start a food Forrest as well.  

Hi Ash!  I just moved to Maurice, La (from Ga) and I'd love to connect.  Not sure where you are in La, but my family meets with others on Sunday mornings for church and in south central La on Sunday afternoon for Bible study/hanging out/grilling, etc.  

This is great.  I love all things fermented!  New ideas are welcome.  And the cheese wheel looks so good. I'm reminded that I do want to try that as well.  I'm not sure how well that will work in south La with no place for a celler-like space?  A bit too hot, maybe?

This is great!

What fun!  I'd love to be a recipe tester!

I'm loving this thread!  We use them for drinking cups and the like, but they do break on a regular basis when taking in the go, so I'm super excited about the sleeve!!  I make yogurt in them by sticking them in the dehydrator. . . that's the only other thing I didn't see mentioned.  Thanks for all the ideas!

Anne Miller wrote:I hadn't heard anyone else say they are loud. that is rather unexpected.

Are they all loud?

They sound like a dehydrator, sort of.  So, not as loud as your stovetop hood, but louder than your (silent) oven.  It's similar to having a dishwasher going--it is distracting at times, but you normally don't notice it much.

We got the Ninja Foodie because I was so excited about the possibility of having a pressure cooker and air fryer in one.  It was more expensive because of this, but the pressure cooker function never worked properly, so I do think that having just an inexpensive air fryer would have been better.  Though I do LOVE the air fryer and use it nearly everyday!  I use it to roast chicken, cook meat from a frozen state in no time, "fry" butternut squash, sweet potatoes, acorn squash, cauliflower, etc.  You name it, it can pretty much get dumped into the fryer.  It really helps if you want to go lower carb and keep the family happy bc everyone loves fried things.  I usually save the grease that drops to the bottom from frying beef bacon or chickens and use that to slather over the veggies before cooking and it is so good (and I'm reusing it and getting more bang for my buck!)

I grew up on a rice farm in LA and we are sort of snobbish about how to cook rice.  As in , "bless your heart, you don't know how to cook rice" if you do it differently than the person you are talking to.  😁. Yet, everyone does it differently and it all comes out very similarly.  Here's my family's version.  Pour rice into the pot and rinse it.  Fill it over the rice to the first line in your forefinger when your finger is resting on top of the rice. Add about a T of vinegar and some salt.  Bring to a boil, then put the lid on it and lower the fire to low.  (But don't tell our neighbor because they would think that this was the craziest way to cook rice ever.  😂