Two or more ingredients makes a recipe. But some are so involved, you wish you never began cooking them. The ingredients go on forever. Some are as easy as stirring two ingredients together, and others require a lot of concentration, coordination, and even some imagination if you do not have the proper cookware.

A lot of serious cooks have certain ingredients that they always have on hand. It is actually the flavor of many dishes they prepare. It could be a certain kind of onion, or other vegetables, certain herbs or types of pepper, and a collection of signature spices for their dishes. Then there are always the few items that were purchased for a special meal and never used again. In fact, they will probably never be used again, but it is difficult to make the decision to throw them out because the specialty ingredients are usually a bit expensive.

When you are ready to be daring and try recipes from other countries, you may find that you enjoy the challenge. Or you could just try to prepare something Cajun you might find in New Orleans, or a Tex-Mex meal.

When it comes right down to it, the biggest difference in cooking meals from other regions is the spices they use. Greeks like to sweeten their meat with nutmeg an cinnamon, while East Indians use a lot of turmeric. And an Italian meal would not be Italian without basil, garlic and oregano.

Cook books can, of course, help out when it comes to cooking French foods, or Mexican, and so forth. And you can add to this collection with so many other kinds of cook books, as well. There are those for just appetizers, and those for entertaining, there are barbeque cook books, books on how to cook fish, or how to cook on the grill, and the list goes on. And as far as magazines, there is no shortage of magazines about cooking, either.

There are entire encyclopedia type collections of cook books. And some people join clubs and get them monthly, putting them into a binder they also received as a bonus. You can find these sometimes in thrift stores, and at garage sales. There is nothing wrong with buying a second hand or used cook book. The only problem is that the best healthy recipes have the dirtiest pages. Then there are people who collect certain ones and then put them on four by six inch index cards. Although this could drive a person crazy, at least they do not need to worry about a cook book closing by itself while you are trying to follow a recipe.

One can fill entire shelves, and yes, even entire rooms with recipes. You will eventually have one on every kind of meal for every occasion. It is funny, though, that the cooks with the most talent never use them.

Healthy food can be hard to find these days. Eggs are very healthy and nutritious for breakfasts, and are extremely easy to prepare, especially with these online healthy recipes.

The first year, I just want to have a garden. Then each year, I want to get a different type of animal. I would do everything all at once, but I’m going to run a boarding kennel for dogs, and I want to make sure I can handle everything, plus all the animals I’ve ever had is cats and dogs. Well, fish too, but they don’t really count.

I want to live as self-sufficient as possible eventually, so that means I want to grow my own food, raise my own meat, and get butter, milk, and eggs from the animals. It’s okay if I don’t do all this right away, though.

Basically what animal is easiest to take care of, which is the most useful, and which one would you think would be the best animal to raise first? Oh, and which is funnest?

Please pick one of these:
Goats
Chickens
Cows
Dogs (as a pet)
Cats (pet/mouser)
Horses
Rabbits
Pigs
Anything I forgot that you can think of

I guess this isn’t really agriculture, but I figured people who are interested in agriculture might know something about this.

The first year, I just want to have a garden. Then each year, I want to get a different type of animal. I would do everything all at once, but I’m going to run a boarding kennel for dogs, and I want to make sure I can handle everything, plus all the animals I’ve ever had is cats and dogs. Well, fish too, but they don’t really count.

I want to live as self-sufficient as possible eventually, so that means I want to grow my own food, raise my own meat, and get butter, milk, and eggs from the animals. It’s okay if I don’t do all this right away, though.

Basically what animal is easiest to take care of, which is the most useful, and which one would you think would be the best animal to raise first? Oh, and which is funnest?

Please pick one of these:
Goats
Chickens
Cows
Dogs (as a pet)
Cats (pet/mouser)
Horses
Rabbits
Pigs
Anything I forgot that you can think of

The first year, I just want to have a garden. Then each year, I want to get a different type of animal. I would do everything all at once, but I’m going to run a boarding kennel for dogs, and I want to make sure I can handle everything, plus all the animals I’ve ever had is cats and dogs. Well, fish too, but they don’t really count.

I want to live as self-sufficient as possible eventually, so that means I want to grow my own food, raise my own meat, and get butter, milk, and eggs from the animals. It’s okay if I don’t do all this right away, though.

Basically what animal is easiest to take care of, which is the most useful, and which one would you think would be the best animal to raise first? Oh, and which is funnest?

Please pick one of these:
Goats
Chickens
Cows
Dogs (as a pet)
Cats (pet/mouser)
Horses
Rabbits
Pigs
Anything I forgot that you can think of

Can you describe these farms,
if you remember seeing one?

My grandparents had everything
covered, milk, tobacco, fruit,
vegetables, game meat, lumber,
firewood, eggs, beef, pork, chicken,
cold water from the well and
their wellhouse was their cold
storage, sauerkraut, smoked
stuff from the ‘smokehouse.’
A root cellar. It was not fancy,
but it was complete.
Could we live like that now?
Indeed, before long we may HAVE to!!

Grow/Raise your own food like veggies and meat (or if you’re a vegetarian just veggies) enough for the whole year

make your own butter / milk / collect eggs

Run your own business from home

homeschool your kids

don’t have many modern things like cell phones and TV and video games

Would you ever consider living like that?