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I have both mane and tail from Indy. She is the only horse I have had to put to sleep. I doubt I will ever do anything with it except keep it. I don't like most jewellery made with hair and I don't need to carry her around with me. Interestingly, while I do not like hair jewellery, I wanted to have ...

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It's August, so naturally i took out the frozen hunk of corned beef which has been taunting me from the freezer. Any ideas for an updated August version of slow cooker corned beef? Traditional in our house: cover it with water, add a splosh of vinegar (usually ACV, any will work), a few bay leaves,...

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Dinner last night and lunch today: roast chicken with pieces of roast pumpkin, sautéed onions and julienned broccoli stems, plus chilli, balsamic-garlic preserve, with pasta. Both versions were different, even though I used the same ingredients (leftovers from the Sunday night roast + fresh broccoli...

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Kyra's mom, I'm really glad you had the gas turned off. This happened in NZ a few weeks ago: https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/g ... 2aa4828751

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silk wrote:I FINISHED STUDY!

A- overall for my last paper. PHEW. DONE. DONEDONEDONE.

So happy!

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I use a portion of their daily feed allowance. I have hemp pellets (similar to flaxseed) which are treat-size. Or plain whole oats, though they are a bit small and generally a bit more of a pain.

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If I see em, I report em. Thanks for all that you do, Chance.

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Exudate is definitely a good reason to change dressings. When my mare's wound got drier, in order to get longer time between bandage changes, I just had to use more product to gain that lubrication factor ie extra lanolin on the paraffin gauze strips. Re: honey and deep wounds - you can actually mix...

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When I had to deal with a leg-vs-wire-fence injury, I had help from someone who worked in human wound research with honey. She helped me immensely as she was interested in how honey could help the horse wound. She told me that the wound takes 24 hours to come back to a healing state after being dist...

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Also! I booked my flights to Europe! My first holiday in forevvvvvvvvver - no horse-related events or training courses!

I'm quite excited, except by the ever-increasing costs, haha! International flights, domestic/local flights and trains, it just keeps going! But so worth it.

silk

There are some good relationship vibes floating around... I don't want to jinx it, but I'm happy, which is a nice change.

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I FINISHED STUDY! Such a huge relief. I loaded up all the assignments last Sunday (totally online learning) and have just done my presentation file, still need to upload it today and give the presentation over skype next Wednesday. Of course, I won't get my marks back for a few weeks, but I don't be...

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Your property taxes make me feel better about the NZ market! Our houses tend to be much more expensive compared with salary, however our taxes (rates) tend to be relatively low based on what's in this thread (and no other research, ha!). For my apartment I pay something like $1800 a year to the loca...

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Musical Comedy, you're welcome! I love my Mattes pads, too.

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I nearly died and went to heaven last night. Got home after an 11 hour day (ugh) and my new flatmate asked me what I was doing that evening. He had decided to cook for the flat! Side note: he's a chef. A very good one. So, we had a wonderful evening. First a platter of meats, cheeses, olives, bread ...

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Mattes, for sure.

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Cash iron, properly seasoned, will do the trick.

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I think strawberries in salad would be wonderful! I don't think it will matter whether you prepare the strawberries separately or just throw them in the salad then dress them with balsamic. If you are leaving them to macerate, the sugar will dissolve, but they are just as good (if not better) withou...

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The long, dry, Indian summer appears to be coming to an end. It's a little chilly and even rained this morning (we sorely need it, we have only had half the normal annual rainfall this calendar year). So, the fire is on, just slowly, to take the chill out of the house. I chopped one pumpkin, the sta...

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Impromptu "stir fry" - start with Spanish onion, add seasonings: thyme, salt, pepper, chilli seasoning (which is mostly paprika IIRC), throw in finely sliced carrot and small pieces of cauli, then a bit of chicken breast, stir a bit, add a splosh of water if needed to cook the veges throug...

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Rockabilly, have you ever tried strawberries with balsamic vinegar? You hull/chop/slice the strawberries as usual, into a bowl, a little bit of sugar if that's your thing (it is not mine), a teaspoon or two of balsamic, mix, and leave to macerate a while. The balsamic really intensifies the strawber...

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Love, love, love. I've been doing (nearly) weekly classes for close on 10 years now. It keeps me functioning through all the shit I give my body. My favourite Feldenkrais practitioner is also a physiotherapist. She is my go-to for any injuries as she can work absolute magic. A lot of TTeam/TTouch is...

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have any of you seen the roads in england and ireland that you might have to tow along to get to a horse show, you could not actually get a F 250 down the road and around the corners. We have the same kinds of roads. Some of them you are hard pressed to get one small vehicle up, let alone a large r...

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blob wrote:Thanks, all. The tow weight for the rover is 7,500 lbs. And the tongue weight is 500.

If I did this, I'd definitely look for a light trailer!

My trailer is about 3000lbs, plus two fat horses, another 2500 lbs, plus gear, water, etc... The "load" ends up about 6000-6500lbs.

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Y'all would be horrified to see what we tow with (disclaimer - I'm all about safety... but... much like the UK, we don't over-horse our towing capacity). It is most common to have 2h BP floats (usually straight, sometimes angle load). 3h are becoming more common, but are still not the norm. We would...

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I would soon be 400 pounds if I got anywhere near your cooking, Rockabilly - haha!! I love food, especially good, tasty food.

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I've done (large) spring rolls - very successfully. They are just time consuming to layer/wrap so you ideally need a production line

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Last night I made a large batch of Thai Massaman curry. Pumpkin, sweet potato, potato, capsicum, onion, Kaffir lime zest, lemongrass, garlic, Sambal olek for extra spice, and some slow-cooked lamb roughly chopped at the end and warmed through. Not sure the lamb was the best idea (it was delicious, b...

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My brother and his family have moved in. Thanks, mum, for trying to solve the world's problems. Hopefully only two months... Our previous boarders/housemates (paid) moved into their new-build home a week ago. My brother's new-build is scheduled to be completed at the end of April. They have been ren...

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You have my sympathy.

Pull out a bottle of your finest favourite drink. I prefer gin. Tuesday will arrive in no time!

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My nieces have 4 non-"grandma/pa"s. Their paternal grandfather (my dad) was already Poppa thanks to our ex-neighbours and their kids; mum HATED the suggestion of Nanna, so went to Nonna (her mum is Italian). Their maternal grandfather is Koody (sp?) and grandma, Imma (why, I don't know, I ...

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I have no idea how this would work with an IP, but, if you season your pork chops with salt, pepper AND paprika before frying (depending on thickness, probably about medium-high to high heat for 4-5 minutes each side, or, 2 min each side then finished in the oven to cook through)... delicious! if y...

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Tonight: zuchinni with zuchinni on the side.

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So I have a bunch of frozen slow cooker dump-meals in my freezer. You just put the frozen block into your slow cooker, set it for 8 hours and voila. I thought this was the ultimate in Lazy Cooking (my specialty). But NO! I CAN BE EVEN LAZIER! :lol: :lol: :lol: Last night I decided to experiment -- ...

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I've been eating a lot (a lot) of zucchini, as that's coming out of the garden prolifically (a lot). Also tomatoes, although not so prolific, but delicious. Lots of ratatouille, "zoodles" with meat (and maybe pasta and most likely tomatoes).

This week I didn't go to the supermarket. At all.

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I would feed them to my horses, or my chickens. Horses love them!

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Rockabilly wrote:
silk wrote:I thought google would help but Cook's Illustrated has more than one option:

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/articl ... lemon-bars
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipe ... lemon-bars

Yes, that is the recipe and well worth making.

Which one!!!!! There are two

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I thought google would help but Cook's Illustrated has more than one option:

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/articl ... lemon-bars
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipe ... lemon-bars

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I love silk (refer username, haha!) but haven't had the pleasure of sleeping under a silk blanket. I have woolen duvet inners which are amazing, but heavy. So much nicer than synthetic. Alpaca duvet inners are also available here. Cashmere is also amazingly warm but still incredibly light, however m...

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I LOVE HIM
SEND HIM TO ME, STAT!

xx
Silk

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We just binged Billions. Like Suits, on speed. It's amazing. I'm hanging out for S4 which comes out in March I think.
I need to get back to Suits to get through S7.

I don't watch a lot of tv/Netflix/whatever.

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I have done next to nothing with my horses this year. They are lucky to see me on weekends, and I haven't really been riding (combo of injury, weather, lack of inclination, stress/other things to do). The baby horse continues to grow. I need to do more with her, ie use that brain of hers so she isn'...

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I have Allbirds, pricey but amazing (similar to Mahabis), and a pair of sheepskin ones (kinda like Uggs, I guess, in that they are leather with sheepskin still attached). The fleece wore through on the sole, so I added a pair of felted wool inners. I might need to get a pair of the felted ones Baroq...

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Chisamba wrote:i go unless I am dead, and since i have not been dead yet, i go

I love this.

FWIW, I wouldn't go if I was feeling sub-par, unless I felt like going would make me feel better (sometimes, horse cuddles are the remedy).

silk

Oh and MyDarlingLemonThyme (dot com) is also amazing

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There's another one - Eleanor Orzich, Petite Kitchen. Her website appears to be down at the moment but if you google there is plenty online. Generally vegetarian or vegan, dairy, gluten and refined sugar free.
http://www.viva.co.nz/article/food-drin ... h-recipes/

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This is another great resource for simple, delicious, vegetarian fare: https://www.homegrown-kitchen.co.nz/

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I don't blanket. We are approximately similar climate to Seattle. We don't get snow where my horses live; about 30 miles south regularly has snow on the mountain, and approximately 100-130 miles south has mountains with skifields. We do get frosts, we are below 0 degrees C (freezing) perhaps 20 days...

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Mine turned into wine also. The bar tab didn't extend to spirits.
They did feed us a lovely assortment of finger food too.

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Gin and tonic

*clink*

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