Cleaning WIndows - Vinegar

My mother always made me clean, she was a maniac with the sweeper and dust clothe.  Whatever she told me to clean whether it be my room, the bathroom, the computer desk she would come in to check it when I was through!!!  

Guess what?  She always found something wrong, if she couldn't find something wrong she would make it up.  Just so I had to go back and do it over.  Obviously I would always think of getting even with her.  


One day I asked her, why do you spend money on glass cleaning spray, "Vinegar in a spray bottle works just as well and the cost is 1/5 of your normal spray".  Of course an argument ensued.  

Do you have a empty spray bottle?  Fill it with 4 parts vinegar and one part water.  Wipe you windows clean, wiped glass tables clean.  Dry your windows and glass off with newspapers.  Save money both ways, on spray cleaner and paper towels.  Also, don't you think that spray cleaner could possibly have harmful chemicals in it?  Vinegar is natural, it was first discovered from sour wine.

Clothes Still Smelly After Wash

If you didn't know this already your washing machine does get dirty.  This sounds a little counter-intuitive...  Isn't my washing machine made for the purpose of getting my clothes clean?  Doesn't all that detergent I use automatically clean the washing machine?  How does it get dirty?  What detergents do is make the dirty and grim on clothes soluble in water, meaning it lifts the dirt and grim off your clothing and into the water.  The detergent doesn't destroy the dirt and grim, detergents just remove them from your clothing.

What you are left with is dirty water and clean clothes.  The dirty water is drained out of the machine through the tubing but some of the dirt is bound to get deposited in the tubing as it exits and some also deposits in the basket of the machine.  Eventually your washing machine becomes dirty and results in your clothes not being as clean and fresh as they could be.

What to do?

There is a simple way to clean your washing machine this will get rid of the dirt and soap scum that has deposited in the hoses and basket.

This is very simple to do, every couple of months pour two cups of vinegar into your machine and run a normal cycle (with no clothes in the basket).  If you have a very dirty machine now, you can do this every week until you feel satisfied.  This will not hurt your machine.

Venison Burgers

Venison Burgers - Wild Game Recipes

Venison is a much healthier to ground beef.  See the comparison.  It's leaner than beef however most ground venison does contain a small bit of beef fat for taste.

Some people or actually many turn they nose up when you mention eating venison but one more than one occasion I have secretly include venison meat into meals and never heard a complaint.  Many times I was told how tasty the meal was.


My Venison Burgers - Recipe

Ingredients:
    1 lbs. ground venison
    1/4 of a large red onion (minced)
    1 teaspoon white vinegar
    1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
    1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
    1 beaten egg
    salt
    pepper
  
 First mix venison, onion (minced), vingar, garlic, parsley.
 Sprinkle in pepper and salt to your preference amount
 Mix
 Preheat grill to medium-high heat (frying pan).

Shape the meat into 4 patties

Grill to your desired doneness.

Don't be afraid of venison, said to taste gamey but you will never notice this in a good cut.

Venison Meatballs - Cooking Wild Meat

This recipe is based on one pound of ground venison, if you are using 2 pounds double everything else, if you use 1/2 pound half everything else.  Have a good time Hunting this year and be safe!!!

Required Ingredients:

1 lbs. Ground Venison
1 cup of your favorite breadcrumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs (beaten)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons bacon bits or your own fried and cringed bacon
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 cloves of minced garlic

A bottle of your favorite marinara sauce


1. Combine your venison, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, milk, eggs. 
    -In a seperate dish mix: salt, black pepper,olive oil, bacon, parsley, garlic.
2. Mix both combinations well.
3. Combine mixtures and further mix.
4. Refrigerate four 1/2 hour
5.  Remove from frig and form golf ball-sized meatballs.

6. Add oil to your cooking pot, let oil warm on medium heat.
7.  Once oil is warm add your venison meatballs
8.  Turn Meatballs so all sides are brown, cooking time 5 minutes.
10. Pour bottle of marina into the pot with meatballs, cover and turn down heat to simmer.

Cooking time is around 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
let cool.
Can be eaten as a snack or served over pasta.

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Venison Backstraps on the Grill - two times marinated

This non-gamey tasting, but delicious venison recipe requires marinating twice, wrapping the venison chunks in thick bacon and grilling until crispy. 

Prep time 25 minutes

Cook time 20 minutes

Total time 5  hours (because of marinating)

Ingredients

Serves - 4

• 2 lbs. of venison backstraps
• 1-1/4 quart apple cider
• 1 pound of thick bacon
• 2 Medium sized Apples (sliced)
• 12 oz bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce. 

1. Cut venison backstraps into roughly two inch chunks.
2. Slice each apple  into 6 chunks
3. Place venison and apple chunks into baking dish.
4. Pour in apple cider
5. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. 
6. Remove apples and apple cider.
7. Add your barbeque sauce refrigerate 2 hours. 
8. Remove form frig.
9. Wrap each venison chunk with a slice of bacon, use a toothpick to secure. 
10. Preheat Grill
11. Grill for 15 - 20 minutes make sure to turn occasionally.
12. You want the bacon to become mildly burnt bacon
13. 15 to 20 minutes should get the job done. 

Delicious tasting.  Eat this and you will want it again and again.

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