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TobyWollin

About Me:
Snarky housewife from Upstate New York. Into gardening, fiber arts, smallholder farming.
 
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http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com
About Me:
Snarky housewife from Upstate New York. Into gardening, fiber arts, smallholder farming.

Where the Rubber Meets the Wind Turbine

By: TobyWollin Friday November 6, 2009 4:37 pm

And Johnny (Boehner) Can’t Add, Either

By: TobyWollin Friday November 6, 2009 7:00 am
(Promoted by ruthcalvo - Great look in the whites of the eyes at ignorance.)

What’s the Real Message Tonight from NY-23?

By: TobyWollin Wednesday November 4, 2009 6:30 am
(Promoted by jasonrosenbaum - A really prescient look at NY-23, given last night's results and Hoffman's loss.)

The Right is whining and wildly swinging over imaginary left wing activities in NY-23 (ACORN, anyone? The damn district is over 90% white). Could be a case of ‘protest too much’?

Sunday Food: Can’t Cook Lamb? Baaaaaaa — Humbug!

By: TobyWollin Sunday November 1, 2009 9:30 am

Turkey has whoopped Lamb’s butt in terms of consumption in this country. Before the invention of “processed turkey everything” starting about 20 years ago, in general, American families ate turkey twice a year. Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ham gets the nod for Easter in most parts of the country with a cameo appearance of the leg of lamb on the east and west coasts. Lamb gets eaten on special occasions: going out to eat in a restaurant or at Easter/Passover. That is it.

Why Johnny (Boehner) Can’t Read

By: TobyWollin Saturday October 31, 2009 9:33 am

Boehner wants to spend his time in the tanning salon; he doesn't want to work his way through the legislation.

Food Sunday: Cheap and Good – Roasted Roots

By: TobyWollin Sunday October 25, 2009 11:15 am

Trying to get more veggies into your family? Tired of potatoes? Every vegetable has a ‘best way’ of cooking and for root vegetables, it’s NOT boiling. Trust your Aunt Toby on this one: boiled beets, boiled potatoes, boiled turnips is just not the heating method to bring out their best.

Food Sunday: Clean the Fridge Soup

By: TobyWollin Sunday October 18, 2009 10:30 am

So the story goes, a group of soldiers, trudging home after the Napoleonic Wars (or, pick your war – soldiers always end up trudging home when it’s over, no matter who wins), walked into a village and asked for food. “We are starving here already, “ the villagers answered, “Soldiers like you stole all our food and left us nothing; begone!”

Seminal Watercooler: No Chix-sickles at Chez Siberia

By: TobyWollin Saturday October 17, 2009 2:33 pm
(Promoted by lancesteagall - Rounding out our Sustainable Food Sunday with another great post from Toby. Buen provecho!)

Even when you raise chickens on pasture, if you are going to keep them through the winter and you don't live in a warm climate, you're going to need to figure out a way to keep them out of the weather.

What? Another Wake Up Call For Wall Street?

By: TobyWollin Friday October 16, 2009 6:11 pm

If Wall Street is hiding its collective head under the pillow so that it doesn't have to hear the wake up calls, then it obviously needs to be turned out of bed.

When America’s Implied Contract Between Employers and Higher Ed is Broken, How Can We Rebuild?

By: TobyWollin Tuesday October 13, 2009 6:18 pm

College used to mean a good paying job and a future. Now it means a mess, indebtedness, no job and competing with people with NO education for jobs at the bottom of the barrel while employers move educated jobs overseas. Is there an answer?

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