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Here are a couple of recipes to make your summer picnics even better. The first puts a hot dog into a whole other world of delicious! All you need is a charcoal grill, your favorite hot dog or sausage, strips of your favorite cheese and two slices of bacon per an average size hotdog. First split the hot dog open and stuff a strip of cheese inside. Then take your two slices of bacon and wrap them tightly around the hot dog so that when the cheese melts it does not run out. Toothpicks work well for the job of holding the bacon on the dog but...
Whether you rent or own the residence where you live, it is very important to be aware of the link between you and your family’s health and your housing. There can be common housing issues that may affect the health of you and your family. Monitoring and maintaining a healthy home can alleviate or prevent many health-related issues such as allergies, asthma, falls/accidents, contamination/exposures and many more. What is a healthy home? A healthy home is: - Dry - Clean - Pest-Free - Safe and Accessible - Well Maintained - Contaminant-Free - W...
Here are 10 fast facts about Memorial Day, a holiday honoring American soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country: • Even though numerous communities had been independently celebrating Memorial Day for years, the federal government declared Waterloo, N.Y. the official birthplace of Memorial Day. Waterloo first celebrated the holiday on May 5, 1866. • Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30 for decades, but in 1971, Congress established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May and a federal holiday. • Memorial Day originally honored...
Dryland Alfalfa Questions and Answers What is an economic stand for alfalfa? We like to see at least 3-4 plants per square foot in an irrigated field, and 2-3 plants/ square foot in dryland. Or you can also do a mean stem count, and once you get less than 40 stems/ square foot, we recommend renovating (Emily Glunk, 2015). Should I inoculate my seed? If not already inoculated when purchased, inoculate alfalfa seed with nitrogen-fixing bacteria Rhizobium meliloti, specific for alfalfa. Even when planting on land that has already grown alfalfa...
Gifts and flowers are a nice way to show mom you care on Mother’s Day. But this year, consider adding deeper meaning to the holiday (which falls on May 8) with these ideas: Volunteer Together After breakfast in bed is wrapped up, spend the day working side-by-side with your mom on a local volunteer project. Whether you take advantage of the spring weather and participate in a park clean-up, or you serve lunch at a local soup kitchen, you and your mom will enjoy quality time together, while also feeling good about helping the community. Gifts t...
About the only thing I learn when cooking is that I can make a dish better than the one I just made. For instance I have been making Shrimp Creole for forty years at least. Recently I learned how to make it much better than I had made it before. First, I had always made it to go with rice. I learned I like it much better if it is made to go with wide noodles and there is a meat market in the vicinity that carries very wide and long noodles. If you cannot find wide noodles and want to make your pasta dish with them, just cook up a batch of...
Morning coffee at the Bear Paw Bakery requires the mettle of a Montana driver The car acts like a drunk on the dirt road Sloppy as a warm chocolate bar I relax the steering wheel the way I learned at 14 to let go and give in to invisible great forces Press the accelerator in my vintage Lucchese boot to ten m.p.h. with no braking To keep from sliding into the roadside parade of young pheasants behind their mother Down the road a cottontail wasn’t so lucky In polite farmer protocol its flattened body has been moved to the far side of the road A...
Keep an eye out for Grass Tetany Grass tetany is a metabolic disease of cattle associated with grazing lush, green pasture. The condition is caused by low blood concentrations of magnesium, which is a required mineral for cattle. When pastures are growing rapidly in the spring, grass may not contain adequate amounts of magnesium to meet requirements. High potassium and crude protein concentrations found in rapidly growing forage complicate the grass tetany issue, because both interfere with the absorption of magnesium from the rumen. Magnesium...
Hill County Electric Cooperative (HCE) has announced that it will be mailing out capital credit checks to current and former cooperative members. HCE’s Board of Trustees has authorized a general retirement of capital credits totaling over $106,000. This general retirement is comprised of 10% of the remaining capital credit balances for 1984 and ½ of 1% of the capital credit balances for the years 1985 through 2014. The amount of each check varies based on how much business the member did with HCE during the years being retired. Checks will be...
Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum This year’s Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum, “Challenges and Opportunities of Cow Herd Expansion,” will be held April 19-20 in Bozeman at the GranTree Inn, 1325 N. 7th Avenue. Speakers will cover a wide variety of topics, including the US cattle cycle and cattle prices, reproductive management considerations for herd expansion, heifer development, cattle temperament, veterinary feed directives for feed-grade antibiotics, and approaches to animal health in a limited antib...
Compost As soon as it warms and dries a little we can finish cleaning the flower beds and put leaves and stems in the compost pile. Any thatch and grass clippings can also be used as compost or as mulch. Any weeds or trimmings can be added. Mix everything together and add a few shovels full of good garden soil as you are mixing it to get started working. In a few months you will have pure garden gold. Lawn care We are beginning to hear lawn mowers and garden tillers. The soil is still wet but by the middle of this week, it may be good and ready...
It is fun to watch my 2-year old boy eat. Anything with frosting or sauce is immediately spread all over his face, shirt, pants, and anything within arms reach. When we visit restaurants, I often want to put down a tarp to catch his crumbs and splashes. Imagine if my boy, covered in food, were to turn to me and complain that I had a speck of food in my beard. It would be funny, largely because a child did it. The same messiness in an adult, with the same acknowledgement of food in my beard,...
Montana Certified Seed potatoes are available in Chouteau County Planting Montana certified seed potatoes in your garden is an important way to protect Montana seed potato farms from the importation of damaging pests and pathogens. Montana seed potatoes are grown at the highest standards with very stringent tolerances for disease and quality. In addition, Montana growers have an amazing range of varieties that have outstanding and novel culinary qualities. Available varieties include: Russet varieties; fingerlings, including French Fingerling,...
I cooked a ham for Easter and even though it got overdone, I made two casseroles with the leftovers that really turned out well and the over dry ham when it went swimming in the sauces turned out very moist! The first recipe was one my mother made with leftover ham. You will need: 2 cups of cubed ham 1 dollop of yellow mustard 1 onion chopped Butter or oil to sauté in Any leftover glaze sauce Any leftover pineapple slices and cherries Brown sugar to taste Salt and pepper to taste Sauté the chopped onion and the ham in a frying pan. When browned...
High sodium consumption raises blood pressure which is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Blood pressure begins decreasing within weeks on average when salt/sodium intake is reduced. Although we all need a small amount of sodium in order for our bodies to work properly, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggests less than 2300 milligrams (mg) per day. Other possible benefits of reducing your sodium intake that are still being researched are: reduced risk of gastro-esophageal cancer, reduced left ventricular mass and preserved...
April birthdays include Mary Gibbons, Linda Rutledge, Connie Green, Krystyl Kulbeck, Larry Geyer, Nora Grubb, Helen Richter, Gloria Godfrey, Kelly Rutledge, Margaret Grubb and Lil Foussard. A grand sashay around the ball room floor while Lawrence Welk plays “A String of Pearls” and the champagne bubbles float around for Todd and Paula Amsbaugh, Jim and Tammy Houle, Ken and Barbie Martin and Pastor Joel and Melissa Skindlov who are all celebrating anniversaries in April. April events include a board meeting on April 12, retirement party for Hel...
Q: Why did God make me such a shy person? I want to make friends and be accepted by people, but whenever I get in a crowd I just freeze up and don’t even talk to anyone. Sometimes I wish I was someone else. A: We’re all different, and I suppose most of us have looked at someone who seemed more talented or personable than we were, and wished we were in their shoes. But of course we aren’t, and being envious of them never gets us anywhere. Job declared, “Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple” (Job 5:2). Instead of wishing you were...
We started this Article in last week's issue of The Mountaineer, It continues here. At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, they were set to play a three series match-up against an "all-star" team. The Fort Shaw women dominated the all-stars in two games at 24-2 and 17-6 and were crowned "world champions." The case for: World Champs, a rare feat only few accomplish, international attention. The case against: basketball in 1904 was not the game we know today Josh Huestis Josh Huestis sta...
The American Red Cross encourages eligible blood donors to donate blood this spring to ensure a sufficient supply for patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals across the country. Donated blood is perishable and must constantly be replenished to keep up with hospital patient need. Red blood cells are the blood component most frequently transfused by hospitals and must be used within 42 days of donation. Eligible donors can give red blood cells through either a regular whole blood donation or a double red cell donation, where available. During a...
(StatePoint) When the weather warms up, it’s all about relaxing outdoors. But it’s possible you’ve neglected upkeep on your home’s outdoor spaces during the chilly months of winter. To enjoy yourself more this season, take time to spruce up your yard. Here are some quick tips. Do a Survey Take a walk around the perimeter of your patio, deck and yard to survey what needs to be cleaned, repaired or replaced. Did potted plants and lawn ornaments survive the cooler months? Are outdoor light fixtures functioning? Are fallen branches littering the ya...
By Robert Lucke I have long wondered if the Jim Kipp Lookout sign we put up on a bluff above Cow Island on the Missouri River in August of 1957 is still there. I got the brilliant idea one Saturday morning to see if there was any mention of the sign and lookout on the internet. I looked and there were several stories about the sign. That was the good news. Bad news was that the stories were all by me. So, I was as much in the dark as ever. I recently discovered some pictures of that event. One...
The Montana Mint released a list of the top 16 athletes in Montana history and is asking fans to vote for their top 4. On February 12, the website will crown the “Mount Rushmore” of Montana sports. The Montana Mint is also making the content surrounding the contest available for use to Montana media outlets without charge. After polling its fans through various social media platforms, the Montana Mint compiled a list of the top 16 athletes: Brock Osweiler, Colt Anderson, Dan Carpenter, Dane Fletcher, Dave Dickenson, Dave McNally, Dwan Edw...
9 MSU Extension Chouteau County Soil Moisture Survey Spring soil moisture testing took place on March 22nd for locations north of the Missouri river and March 21st for locations south of the Missouri river. Eleven of twenty stubble locations (mostly in the northern part of Chouteau County) measured less than 3.9 inches of stored soil moisture (poor recropping potential). Three locations measured 4-4.9 inches of stored soil moisture (fair recropping potential). Sites with fair recropping potential were located in north central and southeast...
Ah, leftovers—some people love them and others hate them. If you are a fan, there are a few important recommendations for handling leftovers safely. First, it is important the meal was initially cooked to the recommended safe internal temperatures. Within two hours of cooking or after it is removed from being kept warm, your leftovers should be cooled rapidly to keep the food out of the danger zone of between 40 degrees F and 140 degrees F. Package leftovers tightly and promptly for storage in the refrigerator or freezer. For big batches, l...
I made a mistake this morning. Not a life-changing, earth-shattering mistake, mind you, but a mistake nonetheless. Easter weekend was busy, but terrific. I spent time with friends, sang great songs with great friends, preached several sermons on the resurrection of Jesus, and then spent the day with my family. I went to bed last night feeling blessed. Beyond blessed, hopeful that God has provided a way to fix the broken parts of our world. Easter is great like that. We take time to gaze intently at what God has done and can do on our behalf....