Food preserving - If hard economic times hit....
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Thanks for the posts.
I just bought a food dehydrator and have tried it a couple times on fruit. So far pineapple has turned out the best.
Another good tip is lemon zest. Peel some lemon zest onto a mesh tray and when it dries, grind it up for lemon powder for seasoning.
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I mentioned before, maybe, that I tried Gala and Jonagold apples. They were mild...
the great apple results so far, are Granny Smith and Pink Lady, the Pink Lady is slightly less
tart, but they both keep well as apples, and make very excellent chips.
I have dehydrated sliced bell peppers/green tomatoes, ripe tomatoes... and use them in soups and chili.
I make home made soup with dried veggies, a quart of canned tomatoes (still good from a year and a half ago),
browned lean hamburger (or yankee pot roast if all the bills are paid GGG), chopped veggies out of the garden, or
a frozen bag or two of store bought veggies sometimes, a few beef coullion sp? and a can of mushroom soup.
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HOWEVER, what I really wanted to post, was one of our favorite stores. It is Lehman's hardware, in Kidron Ohio, Amish country.
This huge store is kinda very famous in these parts. We're going to their huge auction Sat.
Lehman's Hardware
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Lehman's Hardware is a retail store located in Kidron, Ohio. Originally specializing in products used by the Amish community, it has become known worldwide as a source for non-electric appliances. The 32,000 square-foot facility bills itself as a "Low Tech Superstore" and a "Purveyor of Historical Technology." It is also a popular tourist destination. Lehman's also maintains a smaller, more traditional hardware store in Mount Hope, Ohio, where their Amish customers may shop with less interference from curious tourists. In addition to the two stores, there is also a catalog and online business.
View of the Lehman's Hardware campus from the main entranceContents [hide]
1 Location
2 History
3 Physical expansion
4 Manufacturer and distributor
5 Relationship with Amish community
6 Tourist attraction
7 Non-electric products
7.1 Traditional or historical
7.2 Contemporary
8 Motion pictures using period merchandise
9 References
10 External links
[edit] Location
Lehman's Hardware is located in Kidron, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio. It is located in a tri-county area of Northeast Ohio that is home to the nation's largest population of Amish, some 56,000 in number.[1] Its location made it a natural place from which to do business with the area's Amish population, and its proximity to Ohio Route 30 has also made it a popular stop among tourists who are visiting Amish Country.
[edit] History
Jay Lehman, an area businessman, founded Lehman's Hardware (called simply "Lehman's" by locals) in 1955 with the intent of selling non-electrical products to the Amish community. He began the business by purchasing a combination hardware store and gasoline filling station that had been in business since 1915.
The store did a modest business, with a mild boost from tourism, until the 1973 oil crisis. As domestic supplies of oil began to dwindle, people began to look for low-tech equipment to help them deal with the shortages. According to Jay Lehman, "The oil embargo put us on the map."[2] The oil crisis secured the store's reputation, with each new disaster or potential disaster bringing in new customers. Other events that increased Lehman's customer base include the Year 2000 problem, the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the northeast blackout of 2003."[3][4]
As a result of this change, there has been a marked shift in the demographic makeup of Lehman's customers. In the early years, the Amish community accounted for 95 percent of Lehman's sales. Now it makes up between 6 and 8 percent.[5]
Besides the Amish, tourists, and jittery citizens, the store is a resource for homesteaders, missionaries, environmentalists, survivalists, and doctors in developing countries, to purchase items needed for simple living. Lehman's also counts among its customers the American Red Cross,[6] Peace Corps volunteers, and Hollywood set designers also use the store to find historically accurate items for decorating period sets.
[edit] Physical expansion
The Lehman's Hardware store added a number of expansions over the years, often in a piecemeal fashion. However, in 2007 the store doubled in size to 32,000 square feet - about 1/4 the size of a typical Target store.[4] Lehman's built most of this addition inside an 1849 barn moved from Orrville, Ohio and reassembled at the store site, using the original hand-hewn timbers and wooden pegs.[4][6] Lehman's asked an Amish staffed construction company to perform the deconstruction and reconstruction to honor the store's Amish heritage and give the structure the same integrity as it had when first built.[6]
[edit] Manufacturer and distributor
As the store did business, it often found it difficult to find suppliers of certain items as manufacturers quit making the obsolete technology or went out of business. This forced Lehman's to look other places to develop new suppliers or become their own supplier.
In the case of cast iron wood-burning parlor stoves, the Amish only accept the product in black, so Lehman's arranges special manufacturer runs, typically buying a three-year supply at a time.[2]
Lehman's also deals in replacement parts for many of their products, tracking them down from individual manufacturers, or at times reverse engineering them. When there is a lack of manufacturers for needed parts, they often obtain the casting parts and hire out the work, or do the manufacturing themselves, frequently without regard to profit.[7]
[edit] Relationship with Amish community
Many Amish served by the Lehman stores are now vendors, building 40 to 50 of the products that Lehman's sells.[2][8]
Lehman's ability to tap into the Amish tradition of craftsmanship came from its decades-long commitment to providing the Amish with the goods they needed to maintain their lifestyle. In turn, now Amish craftsmen provide Lehman's with exclusive lines of products that would otherwise vanish.[2]
The needs of the Amish community still remain a priority at the store, and Lehman's often refuses to defer their needs to meet those of fad or panic buyers.[7]
[edit] Tourist attraction
Besides their line of products and their location in Amish country, tourists are also attracted to Lehman's because of the museum-like quality of the store. Actual period pieces are on display throughout the store. There is a small theater where workers demonstrate the use of old-fashioned tools, and the Lehman's bookstore shows films on Amish life for visitors.
Lehman's popularity has made it an important tourist destination in Northeast Ohio's Amish Country. Some 4,000 visitors come on a typical Saturday,[4] while the annual figure is around 500,000.[3]
[edit] Non-electric products
Lehman's claims they are the world's largest supplier of Non-Electric goods.[4] The items offered range from traditional or historical items, such as a selection of 30 different axes or the Victorio strainer, which is used to make apple sauce and tomato juice, to more contemporary emergency items such as crank powered radios and flashlights.
[edit] Traditional or historical
Apple Peelers
Bottle Cappers
Brass cowbells
Cast Iron cookware
Crank butter churns
Foot pedal sewing machines
Graniteware
Grist mills
Hand crank ice cream machines
Hand driven washing machines
Hand water pumps
Kerosene lamps
Pitchforks
Water pump
Wood and coal cook stoves
Wooden barrels
Wooden buckets
[edit] Contemporary
Composting toilet
Crank powered flashlights
Crank powered radios
Gas powered washing machines
Propane powered refrigerators
Lehman's also has employees whose job is to teach customers how to use their new low-tech acquisitions.[8]
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I mentioned before, maybe, that I tried Gala and Jonagold apples. They were mild...
the great apple results so far, are Granny Smith and Pink Lady, the Pink Lady is slightly less
tart, but they both keep well as apples, and make very excellent chips.
I have dehydrated sliced bell peppers/green tomatoes, ripe tomatoes... and use them in soups and chili.
I make home made soup with dried veggies, a quart of canned tomatoes (still good from a year and a half ago),
browned lean hamburger (or yankee pot roast if all the bills are paid GGG), chopped veggies out of the garden, or
a frozen bag or two of store bought veggies sometimes, a few beef coullion sp? and a can of mushroom soup.
*************
HOWEVER, what I really wanted to post, was one of our favorite stores. It is Lehman's hardware, in Kidron Ohio, Amish country.
This huge store is kinda very famous in these parts. We're going to their huge auction Sat.
Lehman's Hardware
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Lehman's Hardware is a retail store located in Kidron, Ohio. Originally specializing in products used by the Amish community, it has become known worldwide as a source for non-electric appliances. The 32,000 square-foot facility bills itself as a "Low Tech Superstore" and a "Purveyor of Historical Technology." It is also a popular tourist destination. Lehman's also maintains a smaller, more traditional hardware store in Mount Hope, Ohio, where their Amish customers may shop with less interference from curious tourists. In addition to the two stores, there is also a catalog and online business.
View of the Lehman's Hardware campus from the main entranceContents [hide]
1 Location
2 History
3 Physical expansion
4 Manufacturer and distributor
5 Relationship with Amish community
6 Tourist attraction
7 Non-electric products
7.1 Traditional or historical
7.2 Contemporary
8 Motion pictures using period merchandise
9 References
10 External links
[edit] Location
Lehman's Hardware is located in Kidron, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio. It is located in a tri-county area of Northeast Ohio that is home to the nation's largest population of Amish, some 56,000 in number.[1] Its location made it a natural place from which to do business with the area's Amish population, and its proximity to Ohio Route 30 has also made it a popular stop among tourists who are visiting Amish Country.
[edit] History
Jay Lehman, an area businessman, founded Lehman's Hardware (called simply "Lehman's" by locals) in 1955 with the intent of selling non-electrical products to the Amish community. He began the business by purchasing a combination hardware store and gasoline filling station that had been in business since 1915.
The store did a modest business, with a mild boost from tourism, until the 1973 oil crisis. As domestic supplies of oil began to dwindle, people began to look for low-tech equipment to help them deal with the shortages. According to Jay Lehman, "The oil embargo put us on the map."[2] The oil crisis secured the store's reputation, with each new disaster or potential disaster bringing in new customers. Other events that increased Lehman's customer base include the Year 2000 problem, the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the northeast blackout of 2003."[3][4]
As a result of this change, there has been a marked shift in the demographic makeup of Lehman's customers. In the early years, the Amish community accounted for 95 percent of Lehman's sales. Now it makes up between 6 and 8 percent.[5]
Besides the Amish, tourists, and jittery citizens, the store is a resource for homesteaders, missionaries, environmentalists, survivalists, and doctors in developing countries, to purchase items needed for simple living. Lehman's also counts among its customers the American Red Cross,[6] Peace Corps volunteers, and Hollywood set designers also use the store to find historically accurate items for decorating period sets.
[edit] Physical expansion
The Lehman's Hardware store added a number of expansions over the years, often in a piecemeal fashion. However, in 2007 the store doubled in size to 32,000 square feet - about 1/4 the size of a typical Target store.[4] Lehman's built most of this addition inside an 1849 barn moved from Orrville, Ohio and reassembled at the store site, using the original hand-hewn timbers and wooden pegs.[4][6] Lehman's asked an Amish staffed construction company to perform the deconstruction and reconstruction to honor the store's Amish heritage and give the structure the same integrity as it had when first built.[6]
[edit] Manufacturer and distributor
As the store did business, it often found it difficult to find suppliers of certain items as manufacturers quit making the obsolete technology or went out of business. This forced Lehman's to look other places to develop new suppliers or become their own supplier.
In the case of cast iron wood-burning parlor stoves, the Amish only accept the product in black, so Lehman's arranges special manufacturer runs, typically buying a three-year supply at a time.[2]
Lehman's also deals in replacement parts for many of their products, tracking them down from individual manufacturers, or at times reverse engineering them. When there is a lack of manufacturers for needed parts, they often obtain the casting parts and hire out the work, or do the manufacturing themselves, frequently without regard to profit.[7]
[edit] Relationship with Amish community
Many Amish served by the Lehman stores are now vendors, building 40 to 50 of the products that Lehman's sells.[2][8]
Lehman's ability to tap into the Amish tradition of craftsmanship came from its decades-long commitment to providing the Amish with the goods they needed to maintain their lifestyle. In turn, now Amish craftsmen provide Lehman's with exclusive lines of products that would otherwise vanish.[2]
The needs of the Amish community still remain a priority at the store, and Lehman's often refuses to defer their needs to meet those of fad or panic buyers.[7]
[edit] Tourist attraction
Besides their line of products and their location in Amish country, tourists are also attracted to Lehman's because of the museum-like quality of the store. Actual period pieces are on display throughout the store. There is a small theater where workers demonstrate the use of old-fashioned tools, and the Lehman's bookstore shows films on Amish life for visitors.
Lehman's popularity has made it an important tourist destination in Northeast Ohio's Amish Country. Some 4,000 visitors come on a typical Saturday,[4] while the annual figure is around 500,000.[3]
[edit] Non-electric products
Lehman's claims they are the world's largest supplier of Non-Electric goods.[4] The items offered range from traditional or historical items, such as a selection of 30 different axes or the Victorio strainer, which is used to make apple sauce and tomato juice, to more contemporary emergency items such as crank powered radios and flashlights.
[edit] Traditional or historical
Apple Peelers
Bottle Cappers
Brass cowbells
Cast Iron cookware
Crank butter churns
Foot pedal sewing machines
Graniteware
Grist mills
Hand crank ice cream machines
Hand driven washing machines
Hand water pumps
Kerosene lamps
Pitchforks
Water pump
Wood and coal cook stoves
Wooden barrels
Wooden buckets
[edit] Contemporary
Composting toilet
Crank powered flashlights
Crank powered radios
Gas powered washing machines
Propane powered refrigerators
Lehman's also has employees whose job is to teach customers how to use their new low-tech acquisitions.[8]
I mentioned before, maybe, that I tried Gala and Jonagold apples. They were mild...
the great apple results so far, are Granny Smith and Pink Lady, the Pink Lady is slightly less
tart, but they both keep well as apples, and make very excellent chips.
I have dehydrated sliced bell peppers/green tomatoes, ripe tomatoes... and use them in soups and chili.
I make home made soup with dried veggies, a quart of canned tomatoes (still good from a year and a half ago),
browned lean hamburger (or yankee pot roast if all the bills are paid GGG), chopped veggies out of the garden, or
a frozen bag or two of store bought veggies sometimes, a few beef coullion sp? and a can of mushroom soup.
*************
HOWEVER, what I really wanted to post, was one of our favorite stores. It is Lehman's hardware, in Kidron Ohio, Amish country.
This huge store is kinda very famous in these parts. We're going to their huge auction Sat.
Lehman's Hardware
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Lehman's Hardware is a retail store located in Kidron, Ohio. Originally specializing in products used by the Amish community, it has become known worldwide as a source for non-electric appliances. The 32,000 square-foot facility bills itself as a "Low Tech Superstore" and a "Purveyor of Historical Technology." It is also a popular tourist destination. Lehman's also maintains a smaller, more traditional hardware store in Mount Hope, Ohio, where their Amish customers may shop with less interference from curious tourists. In addition to the two stores, there is also a catalog and online business.
View of the Lehman's Hardware campus from the main entranceContents [hide]
1 Location
2 History
3 Physical expansion
4 Manufacturer and distributor
5 Relationship with Amish community
6 Tourist attraction
7 Non-electric products
7.1 Traditional or historical
7.2 Contemporary
8 Motion pictures using period merchandise
9 References
10 External links
[edit] Location
Lehman's Hardware is located in Kidron, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio. It is located in a tri-county area of Northeast Ohio that is home to the nation's largest population of Amish, some 56,000 in number.[1] Its location made it a natural place from which to do business with the area's Amish population, and its proximity to Ohio Route 30 has also made it a popular stop among tourists who are visiting Amish Country.
[edit] History
Jay Lehman, an area businessman, founded Lehman's Hardware (called simply "Lehman's" by locals) in 1955 with the intent of selling non-electrical products to the Amish community. He began the business by purchasing a combination hardware store and gasoline filling station that had been in business since 1915.
The store did a modest business, with a mild boost from tourism, until the 1973 oil crisis. As domestic supplies of oil began to dwindle, people began to look for low-tech equipment to help them deal with the shortages. According to Jay Lehman, "The oil embargo put us on the map."[2] The oil crisis secured the store's reputation, with each new disaster or potential disaster bringing in new customers. Other events that increased Lehman's customer base include the Year 2000 problem, the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the northeast blackout of 2003."[3][4]
As a result of this change, there has been a marked shift in the demographic makeup of Lehman's customers. In the early years, the Amish community accounted for 95 percent of Lehman's sales. Now it makes up between 6 and 8 percent.[5]
Besides the Amish, tourists, and jittery citizens, the store is a resource for homesteaders, missionaries, environmentalists, survivalists, and doctors in developing countries, to purchase items needed for simple living. Lehman's also counts among its customers the American Red Cross,[6] Peace Corps volunteers, and Hollywood set designers also use the store to find historically accurate items for decorating period sets.
[edit] Physical expansion
The Lehman's Hardware store added a number of expansions over the years, often in a piecemeal fashion. However, in 2007 the store doubled in size to 32,000 square feet - about 1/4 the size of a typical Target store.[4] Lehman's built most of this addition inside an 1849 barn moved from Orrville, Ohio and reassembled at the store site, using the original hand-hewn timbers and wooden pegs.[4][6] Lehman's asked an Amish staffed construction company to perform the deconstruction and reconstruction to honor the store's Amish heritage and give the structure the same integrity as it had when first built.[6]
[edit] Manufacturer and distributor
As the store did business, it often found it difficult to find suppliers of certain items as manufacturers quit making the obsolete technology or went out of business. This forced Lehman's to look other places to develop new suppliers or become their own supplier.
In the case of cast iron wood-burning parlor stoves, the Amish only accept the product in black, so Lehman's arranges special manufacturer runs, typically buying a three-year supply at a time.[2]
Lehman's also deals in replacement parts for many of their products, tracking them down from individual manufacturers, or at times reverse engineering them. When there is a lack of manufacturers for needed parts, they often obtain the casting parts and hire out the work, or do the manufacturing themselves, frequently without regard to profit.[7]
[edit] Relationship with Amish community
Many Amish served by the Lehman stores are now vendors, building 40 to 50 of the products that Lehman's sells.[2][8]
Lehman's ability to tap into the Amish tradition of craftsmanship came from its decades-long commitment to providing the Amish with the goods they needed to maintain their lifestyle. In turn, now Amish craftsmen provide Lehman's with exclusive lines of products that would otherwise vanish.[2]
The needs of the Amish community still remain a priority at the store, and Lehman's often refuses to defer their needs to meet those of fad or panic buyers.[7]
[edit] Tourist attraction
Besides their line of products and their location in Amish country, tourists are also attracted to Lehman's because of the museum-like quality of the store. Actual period pieces are on display throughout the store. There is a small theater where workers demonstrate the use of old-fashioned tools, and the Lehman's bookstore shows films on Amish life for visitors.
Lehman's popularity has made it an important tourist destination in Northeast Ohio's Amish Country. Some 4,000 visitors come on a typical Saturday,[4] while the annual figure is around 500,000.[3]
[edit] Non-electric products
Lehman's claims they are the world's largest supplier of Non-Electric goods.[4] The items offered range from traditional or historical items, such as a selection of 30 different axes or the Victorio strainer, which is used to make apple sauce and tomato juice, to more contemporary emergency items such as crank powered radios and flashlights.
[edit] Traditional or historical
Apple Peelers
Bottle Cappers
Brass cowbells
Cast Iron cookware
Crank butter churns
Foot pedal sewing machines
Graniteware
Grist mills
Hand crank ice cream machines
Hand driven washing machines
Hand water pumps
Kerosene lamps
Pitchforks
Water pump
Wood and coal cook stoves
Wooden barrels
Wooden buckets
[edit] Contemporary
Composting toilet
Crank powered flashlights
Crank powered radios
Gas powered washing machines
Propane powered refrigerators
Lehman's also has employees whose job is to teach customers how to use their new low-tech acquisitions.[8]
ha your down my way in good ole amish country. you ever been to millersburg? thats where i live. just down the road from berlin the capital of amish country
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Sure, been to Millersburg and Berlin.
I forgot to go to the maple syrup thing....
so much to do....
we'll have to get a group in our area together sometime.
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Sure, been to Millersburg and Berlin.
I forgot to go to the maple syrup thing....
so much to do....
we'll have to get a group in our area together sometime.
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Survivalist frenzy is a boon for business
Thanks to “teotwawki,” terrorists and tectonic shifts, companies and consumers are getting in touch with their inner survivorman. Are you prepared to profit from them?
By Eleanor Beaton
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Story Tools Related articlesYour Next Big Thing: 2010 opportunity guideYour Next Big Thing: Generation YGrowth Markets: Where to find franchise fortunesThe previous decade saw its share of disasters and near misses: Y2K, 9/11, the South Asian tsunami, the Northeast Blackout of 2003, Hurricane Katrina. And if the forces of terrorists, tectonics and power grids weren't enough, the global economic meltdown sealed 2000s' fate as one of the most disaster-prone decades in recent memory.
The result, according to Gerald Celente, director of the Kingston, N.Y.-based Trends Research Institute, is the rise of neo-survivalism. Neo-survivalists, also known as "preppers,"prepare for the worst, be it environmental catastrophe, war, famine, disease or various other scourges. Think Lost meets Robinson Crusoe meets The Day After Tomorrow.
A recent hash of books and movies predicting teotwawki — "the end of the world as we know it,"in survivalist shorthand — give cultural credence to the trend. American novelist Cormac McCarthy's best-selling book, The Road, and the movie of the same name tell the story of a man and his son fighting for survival after an apocalyptic event destroys modern society, while disaster flick 2012 focuses on the end of the Mayan calendar.
But don't let the bad news depress you; where there is potential crisis, there is opportunity, says Celente: "As the neo-survivalism trend grows, the survival business will boom."
The trend is picking up extra steam south of the border, where natural disasters such as hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, earthquakes and forest fires in California and twisters through the Midwest have been particularly prevalent. The American Red Cross had 160,000 more volunteers in 2009 than it had in 2008 — a dramatic rebound from the drop of 82,000 from 2007 to 2008.
Jim Rawls, the Moyie Springs, Idaho-based editor of SurvivalBlog.com, saw his readership double in the past 12 months to 220,000 unique visitors each week. What's more, his readership has gone mainstream. When he launched in 2005, readership surveys suggested mainly conservative Christians were visiting his site; today, surveys show his average reader is just as likely to eschew the Bible and drive a Prius. "This trend crosses the spectrum,"says Rawls, a former army intelligence officer.
Rawls points out that although the market for emergency-preparedness kits is filling up, there are still lots of opportunities in the sector. For example, "People are completely clueless about long-term food storage,"he says. Companies that can provide "survival foods,"such as nitrogen-packed edibles with long shelf lives, could tap into this trend, Rawls says, especially if they can also educate their customers about how to store them.
Michael Baruch, president of American Family Safety Inc., a Toronto-based survival-kit distributor, recommends focusing on school boards, governments and businesses. "They've been the biggest drivers in our business,"says Baruch, who founded his company in 2003 following the blackout that left much of Ontario and a chunk of the U.S. without power.
And for organizations, disaster expertise is in short supply, says Adrian Gordon, president and CEO of the Burlington, Ont.-based Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness. "Awareness levels about the need for preparedness have gone up, but people still aren't sure where to begin,"he says, adding that the need for expertise is especially great among smaller companies that can't afford to hire a major management consultancy to develop a preparedness plan. Gordon cites a recent American Express Small Business Monitor report, in which 58% of the 500 businesses surveyed said they were not prepared for an emergency. "They know it'sneeded, but need help getting it done."
Chuck Wright, director of the Toronto-based World Conference on Disaster Management, says there are also opportunities for firms that bring personal and organizational preparedness together. More and more of the CEOs who attend the annual conference are looking for personal preparedness plans for their employees, he says.
Rather than the more common company-wide preparedness plans — which create a blueprint for how companies should deal with server breakdowns, ammonia leaks, power outages and the like — personal plans are tailored to individual employees and lay out how they'll carry out their job function in the event of a disaster. Wright says such plans address personal concerns such as having adequate food and water, and care for children.
Another opportunity, according to Celente, is to create schools and courses that provide training in self-defense and close combat. Scary? Perhaps. But when it comes to teotwawki, any preparation is better than none.
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I've been saving my nail clippings since I was 8, I heard it makes a good stew.
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Now that's just plain awful. @@
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