Potpourri for January 2012

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:47 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Tie the door shut before transporting(preferably at least one county away)!

YEAH WITH A COAT HANGER.

swampgator · Post by **swampgator** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:48 pm

trainguytom wrote:I think I still have every cut off of every board I've ever used...even tiny pieces. That's getting to be my biggest problem. I see no solution for this problem. Each time I use a cut off, I end up with a smaller cut off, which I save.
If I need a big board to start, I get one from my stash, and the cycle of ever shrinking pieces begins anew. Help me...

If they are hardwood peices, you could use for gluing up into bowls, pens or other items such as that. For pine, I make little toy cars and give to boys and girls. Far more fun to see their faces than burn it. YEs, I have plenty of smaller unuseable parts that help to burn my important and personal papers. While some folks use a shredder, I simply use a firepit.

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:16 pm

billmeyer wrote:I have been putting out a live trap to rid myself of a raccoon that has been tearing up my heat ducts. I caught it twice now, but it lets itself out before I can a long ways from my house. I caught a squirrel in it once and watched it to see if it would get out. It would work at the cage a little bit, then go back and eat my bait. It did this 4 or 5 times before I let it loose in the yard. A squirrel can sure jump a long ways before it hits the ground leaving a cage!
Bill

Here in Virginia, the law says that if you trap a pest/varmit on your property, you are not allowed to release it alive off of your property. They recommend filling a trash can with water and submerging the trapped animal. Of course, if you are outside the city limits, you may also shoot it.

I recommend checking your local laws before releasing trapped pests. My understanding is that here in Virginia, the law exists partially to help prevent the possible spread of disease, and partially so that the pest you release doesn't become someone else's problem.

And yes, a squirrel can certainly jump a long way when leaving a cage! I was flabbergasted the first time I saw that!

rlkeeney · Post by **rlkeeney** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:54 am

The only thing squirrels are good for.

FRIED SQUIRREL

1 squirrel
Salt
Pepper
Flour
Cooking oil

Make sure all the hair is cleaned off the squirrel. Cut it up. If it's old and tough, put it in the pressure cooker for about 15 to 20 minutes. Salt and pepper it. Cover with flour and fry in oil in a cast iron skillet on a medium fire until brown and tender. This is a real sweet meat. Cook it just like fried chicken.

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:23 am

I've never tried squirrel fried. Being raised a Yankee, I always cooked them in a crock pot with potatoes, carrots and onions.

I married a good Southern girl from TN, and she fries chicken the way you describe. I'll have to try that with a squirrel.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:40 am

Culprit wrote:I've never tried squirrel fried. Being raised a Yankee, I always cooked them in a crock pot with potatoes, carrots and onions.

I married a good Southern girl from TN, and she fries chicken the way you describe. I'll have to try that with a squirrel.

Careful! Next thing you know she will be setting out traps for possums!:D

What 'shortning' does she use?;)

billmeyer · Post by **billmeyer** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:38 pm

Actually I never got that far with it. It got loose before I could go outside and get it. I had some spring clamps out there to clamp the cage shut, but never got to use them, yet. I really doubt if he will go in the cage again, but I will try again this weekend.

We don't have any local laws about transporting him.

I have never eaten squirrel. My wife has, but I wouldn't be able to eat those in our yard, she wouldn't permit it. I made a squirrel deck which is just a shallow box that I screwed to it's favorite tree so my wife can put out some food for it and watch it. She thought it would keep the squirrel out of the bird feeder!

Bill

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:34 pm

[quote="JPG40504"]Careful! Next thing you know she will be setting out traps for possums!:D

What 'shortning' does she use?]

I have no idea about most of the things she does in the kitchen, except that I love the results. I do know that she uses real lard in pie crusts, buttermilk in pancakes, and that her cornbread does not come in a box that says Jiffymix - and it is cooked in cast iron seasoned with bacon grease.

Possum... I might have to draw the line there.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:49 pm

Culprit wrote:I have no idea about most of the things she does in the kitchen, except that I love the results. I do know that she uses real lard in pie crusts, buttermilk in pancakes, and that her cornbread does not come in a box that says Jiffymix - and it is cooked in cast iron seasoned with bacon grease.

Possum... I might have to draw the line there.

Correct answers all!;)

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:26 pm

Well, it isn't as warm as it has been, but still warm enough to work out in the shop. Spent the afternoon planing down some rough walnut and selecting boards for a birthday present for the eldest daughter. Didn't actually fire up either of the SSs but am at the point that they are next to be used.
Making shavings!!
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