Issue #84 November/December, 2003

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DEPARTMENTS

8  Publisher’s Note 9  Editorial:       Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair 79  Ask Jackie:       Goats, homemade peanut butter, tipi liners, cleaning greasy messes, “old” storage food, pressure canners...and more 24  Ayoob on Firearms:       On a quiet holiday, a cop gives thanks 32  Irreverent joke page 50  Book Review Raising Pet Birds 51   Poem:Safety by John Silveira 84  Letters 90  Classified ads (pdf) 90  Classified advertising form 93   Advertiser Index 95   BHM Bookstore 96-97  Order form/Subscription Info 98-99   BHM anthologies & CD-ROMs For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

ABOUT THE COVER      On this issue’s cover is Dave and Ilene’s son, Robby Duffy, standing amid the fixins of a pumpkin pie in Santa Paula, California, almost nine years ago, when he was not quite two-years-old. Now he and his brothers, Jacob, 12, and Sam, 8, are old enough to have grown their own pumpkins in their very own garden in Oregon. Alas, kids grow up too soon, but pumpkin pies are forever.     If you’d like to bake your own pumpkin pie, try Jackie Clay’s recipe on page 31. We guarantee you it will be just what the holidays call for.

FEATURES

Self-reliance 28  Shaving with a straight razor   By Steve Gregg 44  Recycled bicycles   By Brad Rohdenburg 66  The joys of making soap   By Grace Brockway 69  Wind chill factor makes it colder than you think   By Tom and Joanne O’Toole 72  Hypothermia — a real winter danger   By Tom and Joanne O’Toole Independent Energy 19  Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out   By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM Food and Recipes 34  Making jelly with horseradish, sassafras tea, dandelions, roses, corn cobs, and onions   By Gaynya Willis 52  Cultured milk — Food of centenarians   By Edna Manning 77  Qawarma — a food since antiquity   By Habeeb Salloum Building and tools 31  Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount   By Dana Martin Batory Crafts 61  Woolen winter mittens in minutes   By Anita Evangelista Country living 10  Your wild neighbors   By Jackie Clay 36  Rattlesnake bite   By Gary F. Arnet, D.D.S. 75  Skunks   By Tom Kovach 76  From weasels to chocolate bars — it all came to naught   By Habeeb Salloum Making a living 48  Make an income raising pet birds   By James McDonald 64  Selling sandwiches for an income   By Donn Rochlin Small Town America 56  Thorne Bay, Alaska   By Jon Stram