RTe: Turnips, I may have posted this before if so I'm sorry but either in 1933 or 34 when the terrible drought hit during the depression we didn't grow enough hay or forage to feed the 8 or 9 milk cows we had. Even the weeds didn't grow well that year. My father was afraid we might have to butcher several of the cows so to have the small amount of feed go atound. Somewhere he came up with a huge amount of turnip seed and went down by the creek that ran through our south pasture. He took a moldboard plow and plowed both sides of the creek bank where the soil had never been broken after plowing and harrowing he sowed the seeds in that area. They not only grew but actyally prospered. Can't remember how many horse drawn wagon loads of the we harvested but it was a huge amount. Filled all the grain storage places we had. When we fed the cows we would just take a corn knife and chop the turnips a couple of times even after they were frozen solid and throw them to the cows. They ate them and acted like they enjoyed them. The milk produced was unusuable. It smelled of turnips so we just fed it to the hogs after separating the cream. Another thing sticking with emphasis in my memory was the flatulence of the cows when fed a turnip diet. Rather difficult being in the barn while you were milking. Perhaps I should ask over on the cooking forum for recipes using turnips.

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1 1/3 cups of graham cracker crumbs 1 1/3 cup of Jif peanut butter 1 box of confectioners sugar 2 sticks of melted butter 1 tsp of vanilla Mix together and form into dime sized balls Chocolate Dipping Sauce 12 oz of semi-sweet chocolate morsels 1/4 stick of paraffin Melt in a double boiler til melted. Dip balls into chocolate with toothpicks (I have candy dippers that were my moms) Once dipped place on wax paper lined cookie sheet until hardened then place in tins with wax paper between the layers.

Sounds pretty neat. I am not familiar with the cinnabon things. Susan