Chicken Scraps

Another building project is done for now.....what to do with all the scraps? Hmmmmmm so many scraps, so little time until Christmas.  Maybe I can cross one gift off my list.   I will make my good friends a chicken basket and put some     homemade raspberry wine    Private Label Estate Wine   in the basket.
 They will soon enter the world of eggs and poop and you can't have one without the other. We used to have a   poop coop,   ahem, chicken coop.  Collecting eggs was a daily chore along with feeding them of course.  I used to search for a basket for collecting eggs. One can never have too many baskets.    Anyways,  I don't even know why I have trailed off, as this basket wont be much use for collecting eggs but it will nicely hold a bottle of fine estate wine.

Here we go.

Step one is to cut any kind of wood you can scrounge . I am using my scrap  3/4" plywood as I hate to waste wood.

Material List

2- 6"x 9 1/2" pieces for sides

2- 6"x8" pieces for sides

1- 8"x8" piece for bottom

1 10"x10" for the head and tail
* I used 3/4 inch plywood.  If you use another width of
wood you must adjust your measurements accordingly*

Cut out the chicken head and tail with a scroll saw.  Cut out the 4 side parts and 1 base piece, with a table saw or circular saw.

Sand all edges smooth.  Your friends don't want slivers for Christmas. Silver maybe, well for sure they would want silver, but not slivers.

Glue and screw head and tail onto the sides that are 6"X8" as shown in photo.   This will be the front and back piece.

Countersink screws.

Drill two holes for your wire handle on the two big sides as shown  (the pieces without the head and tail).

 

I glued, nailed, and screwed all my sides and bottom together to make a square box.

Cut a piece of heavy wire 3 1/2 to 4  feet long.  Bend it in half.  Place one end in a drill and the other end in a vise or clamp it so that it will not move.  Turn drill on and twist wire until desired amount of twist is in it.  Bend each end so that it will stay in the holes you drilled in your side pieces.  If you find the handle too long, simply cut it to desired length.

Fill all your screw holes with wood filler, and this is where I have left  off.  I will show it completed when I figure out what color I need to paint it.  ....... Stay tuned for part 2 of Chicken Scraps.

Have A Great Day
Oonga
Sisterkins

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Tumbling Blocks Quilt

 I saw a tumble blocks quilt while blogging

and thought it was just an amazing pattern,

so here is the quilt I did. It was tricky to make,

but thanks to a youtube video, it made the directions alot

easier!  Click Here for the link.

Have A Great Day!

Bessy Boo

Sisterkins

Well off to the big city for a bit of retail therapy.   Yes, I made out pretty good. I found some wire thingys for making thingys for Christmas, Ahhhhhh Yes!   You wait until you see these thingys in all there glory.  These were 25 cents each.

  They are actually for preventing leaves from going in your downspouts.  But if you turn them over, they look like flowers or candle holders. 

The reuse store is an amazing plethora of goodness. I scored some chalk for snapping chalk lines.  $2.00 per jug. 

  

Ah yes, 20 pounds, one can never have too much chalk.

Our land will be straight to the world after I get done ensuring all the dirt and gravel is lined up perfectly. I also found these Stanley chalk lines which will be stocking stuffers for my son and son in-law.  They were $4.00 each.

Of course each one will go with a jug of chalk.   Lifetime supply is what I say.  Hmmmmm, do I need to make bigger stockings to house the giant chalk bottles?

Have a great day!

Oonga

SISTERKINS

Making OMG Toffee

Oh My Gosh toffee is a long process but it's worth every turn of your wooden spoon.

OMG Toffee Recipe

3 Cups Brown Sugar Packed

1 Cup Butter (do not substitute)

1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 Cup Corn Syrup

Put all ingredients  in a large heavy saucepan.

 Bring to a boil over moderate heat and cook to 290 degrees (hard crack stage).  Stir constantly. STIR STIR STIR.  This will take a long time, probably about 45 minutes.  Candy will burn very easily so you must STIR CONSTANTLY.

Pour into large buttered pan in a thin layer and cool and break into pieces.  Note:  If you prefer your toffee chewy rather than brittle, cook to 245 degrees.  Toffee may be flavored with vanilla or rum extract and poured over nuts if desired.

Have a Great Day!
Oonga
SISTERKINS.

BESSY BOO'S BREAD

I have been to bake sales over the years and I've always 

wanted an easy butter horn recipe!  Well here it is! 

 Start with 3-1/4 teaspoons of yeast and sprinkle over 2 cups of fairly warm milk. 

  Let the yeast bubble.Add to that 4 eggs, 1 cup of instant potato flakes, 

1 cup of butter,1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon salt.

Beat for a bit than add  7 to 8 cups of flour and beat for about 5 minutes.

Let rise in a greased bowl for about a hour.

Punch dough down and turn onto a lightly floured surface.   Divide into thirds.

Roll out each ball into a  12 inch circle or you can roll

 out a long rectangle and cut into triangles. 

Roll up like a crescent roll.  Place onto a greased 

cookie sheet, let rise for about 30 minutes. 

Place in a 375 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

When they come out of the oven and  have cooled,

 leave some plain and ice the rest with a thick mixture of  milk, 

icing sugar and almond flavoring. Then add slivered almonds 

over top of  these tasty treats.  Enjoy!!

Have a Great Day.

Bessy Boo

Sisterkins

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Witch Cookies Oh My

Jumping on the band wagon here.  These are so cool and so much fun to make.  I got the recipe from this awesome blog.....SEE IT HERE!

      RECIPE

• 4 drops green food coloring
• 25 to 30 blanched almonds
• 2 eggs (1 separated)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup softened margarine or butter
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 3/4 cups flour

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°.  Grease two cookie sheets
2. If using whole almonds with skins, boil gently and remove skins.  They should just pop out of the skins if boiled long enough.  Soak in green food coloring.  If the almonds break in half, this is good.  If they don't, they are still usable.
3. Separate 1 egg. Set aside the white. 
4. In a bowl, with an electric mixer, combine margarine, icing sugar, granulated sugar, and salt. Beat on medium speed until well combined. Add eggs, but not the egg white.  Beat until smooth.   Add the flour and mix.  If dough is too soft, you can refrigerate for 15 minutes.
5.  Make a ball out of about 1 tbsp of dough.  Roll it in your palms like a tube.  Place on cookie sheet and pinch the dough in two places to form the knuckles.  Score each knuckle lightly with a sharp knife. 
6. When all fingers are formed, brush lightly with egg white. Place almond nails. Push into dough to attach.  I pushed them in so that the back of the nail was kinda buried in the dough.
7. Bake for about about 12 minutes. Cool and enjoy. OH MY!
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

Have A Great Day

Oonga

Sisterkins