Q:i lost a page from the cookbook. its the drop cookies page and that page contains the chocolate chip cookies recipe. i you have this cookbook, please, could you get it out and copy down the recipe. i would love to have it so that i could bake my kids some cookies. thanks in avance for any help!

From the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook: Our Best Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies Yield: about 60 cookies 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 12 ounce package (2 cups) semisweet chocolate pieces 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts, pecans, or hazelnuts (filberts) (optional) 1. In a large mixing bowl beat the shortening and butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and baking soda. Beat mixture until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour. Stir in chocolate pieces and, if desired, nuts. 2. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in a 375 degree F oven 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool. Makes about 60 cookies.

Q:I know this is the wrong section, but most people frequent this section instead of Home GardenMy fiance and I just bought a house, and almost the entire backyard is covered in ant mounds. We have only had an apartment before, so have never had to buy ant killer and not sure which kind is best. We need it to work really well and really fast. We are moving our dog into the house and she will be using the backyard in two days. So something that won't hurt her would be great, too. If not, we can work around that. I just need to know the best ant killer for the best price. Any help is VERY grealty appreciated!! TIA

amdro (the kind that's tiny yellow pellets), pour it around the mound. Don't use the dumb powder/fertilizer crap it doesn't work. Kill those bastards!

Q:For home gardening, it would seem that it is a matter of how pure one wants to be. However, including in a compost pile vegetable or fruit skins containing insect spray would definitely cause serious contamination.For commercial farms, does organic certification require that all compost or other so-called organic fertilizers and purchased soil, mulch, etc.,, be screened for chemical content?For home gardening, how can one be sure about the content of purchased soil, mulch, etc.?

i dont think so because it all rots into soil big farms use all kinds of stuff from animal parts to coal ash to, partical board saw-dust, and even human poo

Q:I watched a show about 2 years ago and a lady made a cool planter box out of cement that takes a month or so to dry. Then she put a rock garden and other succulants and I would love to watch that again so I can make one. Thanks.

How funny! I do remember that but I think I saw it in a women's magazine. There was a kit that you could send off for and I think you molded the planter around something else and then it dry forever! I seem to recall that it was cement mixed with perlite, that stuff you usually mix in potting soil. Seems like you could just purchase some Quik Crete at the Home Depot and make a mess on your own! LOL Let me know if you do, I always wanted to make one as well!

Q:pls help me know how to write an essay... This question for me is hard how can you sustain the relationship mutualism in your home garden. pls.

I would assume that relationship mutualism in the garden refers to having plants that go together such as having all cacti or desert plants or all evergreen plants. It could also refer to a vegetable and fruit garden and crop rotation (ie not planting the same crops each year, changing them so one crop doesn't rob the ground of its nutrients) if you can elaborate on your prompt it will be easier to help you

Q:I saw the darn thing! it was huge!!!! a big ol rat in my home and i have 2 small children, i'm afraid it'll bite them. What do you recommend to kill this monster?

Big Rats

Q:Nursing home residents need to have their clothes labeled with their names to ensure that the laundry room returns the clothes to their proper owners. I hand stitched (don't know how to use a showing machine) to her clothes labels I made using medical tape a Sharpie pen. Several washings later, while the stitched tape is still holding fine, her name is starting to fade - apparently Sharpie pen ink can only withstand so many washings. I've searched high and low, but I can't seem to find any sort of quot;clothing labelingquot; device / system / tags / whatever. Does anyone know of anything? Thanks in advance for any helpful advice replies!

Any recommendations on situations where clothes tend to go walking, even when labelled? Even a nurse told me not to buy name brands :( I don t want to write my Dad s name obscenely all over his clothes but it infuriates me that people are stealing his clothes. In the past I hand embroidered his name but that didn t stop his clothes from disappearing. Hate to write it big across the back or down a pant leg but that sounds like it would be a theft deterrent. Thoughts?

Q:Which are you most likely found to be reading ?

The Bible Marvel Dc Image Penquins Wildstorm Reader's Digest

Q:I may be wrong with it's name as I don't know what it called exactly. I read this before so many years. In this u can take an empty glass bottle / tank / bulb / anything which is transperant and in which u can grow small plants of 4-7 inches. If you have any information regarding this, then let me know. and thanx in advance

it's called a terrarium.

Q:I am away from home and my cookbooks and haven't been able to find the recipe on line....it is mixed in a pan on top of the stove, not with a mixer.

Mmmm....you okorder /