Could you be a 'Hillbilly Housewife'

moanymoany

potsofmoney_(I_wish) wrote: »

Hi all,
I loved the site and wish I could do things like sewing, cross stitch is the closest I can get. Some of the recipes sound good. With the measurements is a cup literally a cup as long as you always use the same one or is there an easy conversion? Also has anyone had grits or know what they are? They sound fascinating if very unhealthy.

My husband brought some grits back from the USA. They were in a pack and were dried. When made as on the pack they were like flaked rice cooked with water and with salt. They tasted of nothing and must be a 'filler' up. He also brought a can of 'hominy' or 'homity' which is corn and also very strange.

Last year he spent several months in the US, on and off, he described the breakfast in the hotel as follows: biscuits - plain scones - with gravy. This looked like mushroom sauce grey and bits of darker grey, but it wasn't. He said it was also a bit tasteless. It certainly didn't taste like our idea of gravy. There was scrambled eggs - made from powder! He didn't eat that either.

He ate oatmeal, porridge to us, bacon and sausage if they had it. They also had waffles you made yourself. He kept away from those as he is a bit vain about his figure!

I do know that 'popovers' are individual yorkshire puds.

When I was young I imagined 'biscuits and gravy' as bourbon creams with gravy (as we know it) poured over it. Couldn't understand the appeal!

moanymoany

ceridwen wrote: »

Well howdy folks, I hope y'all have a nice day now.

Seriously tho' - these fundamentalist websites do hold a certain morbid fascination, as someone pointed out earlier on thread - havent come across the ones talking about kids being hit with sticks (crikey!). I am fascinated by how one lives in the modern world (or any world come to that) dressed in "modest clothing". Personally I do the housework in the nude and virtually everything else in jeans.

These sites appeal to my ironic sense of humour - and are useful for dirt-cheap eating ideas etc - so they have their uses, though I think we do have to remember not to romanticise them - I would imagine their life is far from idyllic - particularly for women.

Having said that - indulge me - has anyone compiled a list of these websites - I have only found a few of them so far. Please post your findings on here.

Exit stage left to the sound of country and western music!

http://www.uuworld.org/2004/01/feature2.html
compares the different fundamentalist religions beliefs

http://musings-of-a-mountain-mama.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-home-management-binder.html

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AHappyHome/

http://muchforgiven.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-i-dress.html

http://angel-servingthelord.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-housekeeping-binder.html

http://www.homesteadblogger.com/home.php

http://mycozylittlecottage.com/
this is the cutest website.

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/PlainJane/

http://www.homesteadblogger.com/shekinah/58996/My+Home+Management+Binder.html
This is an English woman, good site.

I'm feeling a bit tired today as I've worked hard for last three days. We have let one of our spare rooms and are looking for tenant for a second. This means GIGANTIC declutter and shift around. It is done now, so today I'm relaxing. I used myblessedhome as a starting point and I've had a lot of fun trawling about for these.

Enjoy:D

Have you noticed how many of the women wear boots?

I've just twigged why they are into self sufficient homesteading ... it is because they believe that the end of the world is nigh, these blogs are full of survivalist stuff.

thriftlady_2

moanymoany wrote: »

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http://musings-of-a-mountain-mama.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-home-management-binder.html

Thanks for those moanymoany -just had a look at this one and it has scared the life out of me :eek: especially the picture of the gun -don't think I share many of this lady's beliefs.

Chipps

potsofmoney_(I_wish) wrote: »

Hi all,
With the measurements is a cup literally a cup as long as you always use the same one or is there an easy conversion?

An American cup is 8 oz, so any measuring jug will do - just fill it to the 8 oz mark. Or you can get sets of American cups with useful things like 1/3 cup marked on.
Just make sure it is American cups though, cos British cups are 10 oz.
Our pints are 20 oz, but theirs are 16 oz, so a cup is half an american pint.

ceridwen

Thanks moanymoany - best of luck with the decluttering - do come back again with any more sites you have when time allows.

Now I sure must get me some vittles (is that how to spell it?) down me before I look them up.

ceridwen

Hi moany moany

Had a bit of time to start reading thru sites you mentioned - still on "musings of a mountain mama" - lot on that site. Tho' I have been scrolling straight thru the loads of biblical stuff! Shes certainly survivalist - thinking of someones comment - tho I shouldnt think they all are. Her music - I alternated between "oh dear, not again" and amusement when every time one moves around site "Glory, Glory Hallelujah" comes up again. I shall certainly revisit that site - I've not had the chance yet to read that great long book she appended on "If theres no doctor". Shame the one on "if theres no dentist" has been withdrawn by look of it - the state of NHS dentistry, I was hoping for some tips!

I am not going to condemn anyone for being "survivalist" - her little comment about "WSHF" at intervals is, after all, just one step down the line from "Lets hope the !!!! Doesnt Hit the Fan", which is where many of us are at.

ceridwen

PS For anyone wanting to read full-on survivalist info google "peak oil". eg

www.survivingpeakoil.com

which has transitioned I gather to

www.mountainsentinel.com

luxor4t

There's a great pattern for a pretty frock in the August Prima. You do have to phone up for the pattern, but it looks just the thing to wear once my pinnies are complete!