Month: October 2010
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Kirk Branding Day Dinner Featured on Toque Magazine
Five and a half months after my family and I had our branding day dinner videotaped for a series called What’s For Dinner America? the final cut was revealed on the cooking site called Toque Magazine on October 14, 2010. The following is the video that I wrote about in my column this week and…
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The Pringle Poacher Car
The 2010 opening weekend of elk season began on Oct. 1st for hunters with bull elk tags. In true Pringle Poacher fashion, Saturday, October 2nd was the night of the Pringle Poacher Party. As part of Pringle’s sense of humor, the town commemorates the tongue-in-cheek organization called the Pringle Poacher Association. It’s mostly an…
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The Cowboy Book
About twelve years ago, before my husband and I moved into the house he grew up in, his dad had an attic cleaning day to clear out what had been stored away for years. My sister-in-law spearheaded the cleaning project and found this book in the attic. She remembered it being one of my husband’s…
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Column Drafting Preferences
When I sit down to write a column, I start here: Some writers head straight for the computer keyboard but I start out with a pen and notebook. That’s why I buy a ton of these. I’m not particular or very specific; I like variety and will use a different style notebook every time I…
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Recipes From My Cookbook
Tuesday, I posted about my personal cookbook. Here are the recipes I promised. Kristie’s Taco Dip 8 oz. cream cheese 8-16 oz. sour cream 1 pkg. taco seasoning (I use my homemade taco seasoning) ½ c. mild taco sauce (I substitute salsa sometimes) Beat first 3 ingredients together. Spread in 9×13 pan Spread sauce/salsa on…
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Harvesting Ivory in South Dakota
My husband collects teeth. Not just anybody’s teeth, but elk teeth. He doesn’t do anything with them he just likes keeping them and will get them out occasionally to show the kids, relatives, friends, or just look them over. Elk hunters know what I’m talking about and probably do the same thing. My dad inlaid…
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A Quoteworthy Book
This is my purple quotes book. I love quotes that inspire me, make me laugh or make me think. I used to jot down on a slip of paper a quotation that I liked or that I read in a book whenever I came across one worthy of remembering. It never failed that when I…
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My Family Cookbook
I got this blank recipe book as part of a wedding gift that I almost put on a yard sale. I had a revelation as I thumbed through it before putting in a box of stuff for the sale. I decided it would be the perfect book for keeping all of my favorite recipes in…
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Meet Scarlett
Five years ago, I was a real skeptic about getting chickens. I was concerned about getting stuck with one more chore to do because I knew the novelty of finding the eggs would wear off with my kids, which it did eventually. My husband kept bringing up the idea until I finally caved in and…
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Dress Her Drawers
If you check a cowboy’s drawers, you’re likely to find a pile of silk scarves and bandanas in at least one of them. Cowboys keep their neck warm with silk scarves and use bandanas as hankies or rags. My cowboy gets both types of these simple fabric squares as gifts a lot because they are…