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CLEANING.md

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+### frugal cleaning 
+
+This section covers household cleaning.
+
+###  Cleaning chemicals and media
+- source these from discount stores only.
+- brushes and rags should be championed over sponges.  exotic designs or packaging should be avoided.
+- reusable gloves should replace nitrile or disposable gloves.
+
+### Leather cleaning
+
+Leather goods can be cleaned and deodorized with soap and water, or simply deodorized with white vinegar.
+A conditioner such as castor oil should be applied once the leather is dry.
+

GENERAL.md

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+### General objectives
+

recipes/banana_nut_bread

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+1/2 cup butter, softened
+1-1/2 cups sugar
+2 large eggs
+2 tablespoons 2% milk
+1 teaspoon vanilla or rum extract
+2 cups all-purpose flour
+1 teaspoon baking soda
+1/2 teaspoon salt
+1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 to 3 medium)
+3/4 cup chopped pecans
+
+Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with bananas, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans.
+
+Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool. Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaf in plastic wrap and foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.

recipes/butter_to_shortening

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 The following calculation will correct recipes using shortening in place of butter.
 
-.08x[butter weight] = shortening amt.
+.8x[butter weight] = shortening amt.
 .15x[butter weight] = water amt to add.
 
 shortening contains no water, whereas butter does

recipes/marmalade

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 2kg sugar
 1kg lemons
 1.5l water
-boil it until its marmalade
-220 F
+
+add water, sugar to pot.
+if you have a citrus juicer, slice and juice all lemons into the pot.
+
+sift through juiced halves and remove seeds
+slice halves into half, and begin slicing lemons thinly. thicker slices may be preferred.  There is absolutely no one
+who prefers seeds in their marmalade.
+
+return lemon slices to the pot.
+
+bring to rolling boil and stir often until peels are translucent and a drop test is passed.
+
+seeds you've missed will brown and float to the top, skim as visible.  
+
+drop test:  place a few drops of marmalate on a cool tea saucer.  if the marmalade thickens 
+it is done
+
 

recipes/pizza_dough

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+Ingredients ratio
+
+    Tipo 00 or bread flour: 100%
+    Sugar: 2%
+    Salt: 1.5%
+    Fresh yeast: 1.5%
+    Olive oil: 5%
+    Water: 55% - 65

recipes/scones

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 do NOT overknead. this is similar to "American" biscuits.
 
-bake 350/180c for 35 minutes.
+pack into a cast iron skilet or touching on a baking sheet.  bake 350/180c for 35 minutes.
+
+tip: these can be passed off to American friends as southern "Biscuits"

recipes/sourdough_calcs

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+30% sourdough starter generated the night before
+
+sub water and flour separately from recipe.
+
+a 100gm sourdough starter is 50g flour 50g water.
+

recipes/stir_fry_sauce

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+1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons gluten free reduced sodium soy sauce (or tamari)
+1/4 cup sesame oil
+1 tablespoon cornstarch
+
+combine all, pour into stir fry during last 2 minutes of cooking

recipes/tuna_cakes

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+3 x 5-ounce tins of Tuna in Springwater
+1/3 cup of Fresh Herbs, we used a mixture of chives and parsley
+1/4 cup of Almond Flour
+2 tablespoons of Low Carb Mayonnaise
+2 teaspoons of Lemon Zest
+1 teaspoon of Dried Minced Onion
+2 large Eggs
+1/2 teaspoon of Salt
+1/4 teaspoon of Pepper, ground
+1/4 cup of Olive Oil, for frying

recipes/yeast

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+Yeast should comprise .5% of the total flour weight.  .005*[flour volume]