3 tablespoons milk, room temperature
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Butter or spray with a non stick vegetable spray, a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, and vanilla extract.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, with the paddle attachment (or with a hand mixer), place the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar) and mix on low speed for about 30 seconds or until blended. Add the butter and half of the egg mixture. Mix on low speed until the dry ingredients are moistened. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat for about one minute to aerate and develop the cake's structure. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Gradually add the remaining egg mixture, in 2 additions, beating about 30 seconds after each addition to incorporate the egg and strengthen the cake's structure.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake for about 55 to 65 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If you find the cake browning too much as it bakes, cover with a piece of lightly buttered aluminum foil after about 30 minutes.
Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely on a lightly buttered wire rack.
The Pound Cake can be covered and stored for several days at room temperature, for one week when refrigerated, or it can be frozen for two months.
Makes one 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf.
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Rnd 2 - 2sc in each sc, join
Im not enclosing the whole pattern here because its pretty simple. When using round knitting looms they recommend that you use 2 or more strands of yarn. To make a lighter weight summer beanie just use 1 strand and knit loosely.
Being of limited energy and limited finances frequently, I have resorted to doing what I refer to as "ghetto laundry". There was really no pride lost when I thought about all the generation before me who washed their clothes by hand or the people in other parts of the world washing their clothes a river. Our apartment here is very small, thusly so is our bathroom. Way back when I lived in an apartment in Mass. I use to use my bathtub. Not having a bathtub, only a small stall shower, I had to become inventive. I put my clothes in a milk crate, put the crate into a storage bin, the storage bin goes into the shower. I use whatever laundry soap I would use for that amount of clothes then fill the bin with hot water. Usually, I'll let it set/soak for a little while, then I'll go in, elbow deep in hot soapy water, and use myself as an agitator. I'll lift the crate out then empty the bin of dirty water. How many times I refill the crate/bin, agitate, then empty just depends on how dirty my clothes are. I keep doing it until the water is clear. I'll then take the crate out, set the bin aside, letting the clothes drip dry for an hour or so. Long ago, I had picked up, rather cheaply at Walmart, a adjustable plastic curtain rod. I hang that in my shower, put my clothes on hanger to let them dry more in the shower with the fan on.
1 1/4 cup Butter/Margarine softened (2 & 1/2 sticks)
An extra trip to Price Chopper market was needed to get some of the remaining ingredients for the freezer dinners. All together, between the two stores, the bill came to just about $90. The cost per meal is about $6, each meal serving 3 to 4 people making a serving around $2. As soon as I got home I started by separating what was husband's lunch stuff, what was general groceries and what was for the freezer dinners. You'll see that I got generic freezer bags. I dont recommend it! You will not see the meats because those went right into the fridge. I started with the poultry recipes, cleaned off my surface, washed up the dishes, then took a break before moving on to the beef recipes. Just the meal prep too me about 4 hours. It could have taken less time had I bought different meat but the beef I bought need some butchering to remove larger pieces of fat. I suggest that people plan their freezer space ahead better then I did. We have a fairly small freezer so there was a lot of finagling that needed to be done to get everything in the freezer. Because I didnt get the best quality of freezer bags I had to stand a couple up in a casserole dish until it was hard frozen. I made sure to write on the bag in Sharpie not only what it contained but also how long to cook it in the crock pot on what setting and if a side dish was needed. (You'll notice the large quantity of pot pies. Husband loves them every day for lunch at work. And I mean EVERY day at work)
