Popular Post collinb Posted February 16, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 Wife needed some shelves for her canned goods. She would have been happy with a 2x4 solution. But I just couldn't. You understand. So I measured and cut and routed and dadoed and glued and screwed and even filled in the excess dado with some leftover cutoff pieces. Also made the shelf extend to fill in the gaps between the 2x4s Just a few finishing touches left for tomorrow. And cleanup. The moral of the story is that even white lumber can be made to look nice. Utility need not be ugly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 Nicely done solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Very well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Well done, Colin! I appreciate the attitude, too. No reason to slack off, just because your materials aren't "premium". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Sheer genius on the design! I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPBart Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Love this comment: "Utility need not be ugly. " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 @collinb, what does your wife can? We put up tomatoes but process them and put them n zip locks and freeze them. Have been doing that for years successfully until about 7 weeks ago when I came out and found that the fridge/freezer in the shop went out. Lost about 33 quarts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted February 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 11 hours ago, K Cooper said: @collinb, what does your wife can? We put up tomatoes but process them and put them n zip locks and freeze them. Have been doing that for years successfully until about 7 weeks ago when I came out and found that the fridge/freezer in the shop went out. Lost about 33 quarts. She does tomatoes, apples, blackberries, and pumpkin. Some years when we find sweet corn cheap enough she will blanch/freeze that. Blackberries obviously become preserves. I've learned from her that most any pumpkin will do. The "pie" pumkins are simply a different flavor & sweetness. She will bake the pumpkin, hollow it out and then can the goods. One canned item I never enjoyed that my mother's mother did was to make tomato preserves. But my Dad loved them. (As long as you use a sweet tomoato.) A food of past generations that has been forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 We use our tomatoes to make tomato gravy to go over biscuits for breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted February 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 42 minutes ago, K Cooper said: We use our tomatoes to make tomato gravy to go over biscuits for breakfast. Yes, but Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 8 hours ago, K Cooper said: We use our tomatoes to make tomato gravy to go over biscuits for breakfast. In Tennessee, its called Ketchup. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 This somewhat like a creole sauce. Imported from Louisiana to Texas. I don’t who’s thread I hijacked. Sorry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 If its got some heat, I'd eat that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 Somewhat that of Rotell tomatoes, maybe more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 6 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: If its got some heat, I'd eat that! For a little heat with good flavor added, try Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning. Available in most big grocery stores. Add it to anything and it just gets better. I've an old friend that use to add it to a bowl of cereal. But then he was a touch crazy anyhow. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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