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The past two months we have added several new cabin signs, thermometers, racks, rustic bedding and cabin decorating items just in time for updating your cabin for summer 2008! We still have several more items to get online too. We even added a few new Cabin Gift Baskets. Check out these new additions to our cabin decorating catalog.
Get ready for your cabin visitors and enjoy the summer,
Kim

We have revised our Free Shipping sale by lowering the purchase amount to qualify! Until April 28th, 2008 you can get FREE Shipping for all your cabin decor, black bear, western cowboy decor, hunting and fishing decor needs with free Parcel Post shipping. This offer is good on all sale items too. We have dropped the minimum from $200.00 to $125.00! But hurry… Sale ends April 28th!

Be sure to check back here for sales, discounts and new Rustic decorating items as we do not solicit with e-mail or mail out catalogs.

Kim

Only one week left on our Free Shipping offer at Log Cabin Fever Gifts & Decor! This free shipping offer is for Parcel Post ground shipping within the United States only on orders of $200.00 or more. Now is the time to make those big ticket purchases…offer ends 04/28/2008. BTW: this IS good on all sale items and we have a ton of cabin decor and gifts on sale including our Rustic Bedding on sale now too.
Happy Monday
Kim
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Okay, it’s not a recipe as much as a deliciously fond memory my Grand Father used to make us as children. First of all Grand Father lived as a hermit in the back woods of Franklin, Pennsylvania. He only went to town once every 6 to 8 months for item he couldn’t grown, shoot or trap himself. That means sugar and peanut butter All his meat was game and all game was fair game. Every vegatable was grown in his garden, he canned everything himself… He was a self-sufficient man to say the least. One of my favorite dishes he served was home canned corn with what I thought was bacon. It was many years later that he corrected my thoughts. The “Bacon” was actually fried racoon meat he added to his home grown corn during the canning process. I must admit that it was wonderful and it still makes my mouth water when I think of it today! Give it a try!

At our house we have 2 kinds of swiss steak: the red kind and the brown kind… This is the brown kind:-) Any venison works, deer, elk or moose.

Elk Swiss Steak Recipe

2-3 lbs. elk round steak (can use deer or moose too)
Meat tenderizer
3/4 c. flour
3-4 T. margarine (can use half olive oil)
1 1/2 c. water
2 tsp. instant beef bullion (or 2 cubes)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c. sour cream

Remove any fat from the steaks. Sprinkle with meat tenderizer and flour and pound into both sides of steaks. Cut into serving portions. Heat margarine and olive oil in a heavy skillet and cook elk until well browned on both sides. Add margarine as needed until all the steaks are browned. As it is browned place meat into heavy dutch oven. In the skillet you used for browning add water, bullion and mushroom soup and heat. As it heats stir to get all the scrapin’s off the bottom of the skillet. Remove from heat and stir in the sour cream then pour over the meat and cover. Simmer slowly for about an hour or until meat is tender. Stir ocassionally and add water if needed. Serve over noodles or beside mashed potatoes. Serves 4-6

We have put a few new rustic cabin and fishing gift baskets up this past week. Among them is the Pinecone Kitchen Gift Basket available in Large Pinecone Kitchen Gift Basket and Medium Pinecone Kitchen Gift Basket sizes. These rustic gift baskets feature Pinecone Lodge kitchen towels, pot holders and oven mitt plus a primitive feed scoop type candle holder with pinecone design! These are a perfect solution to say Thank you for having us to your cabin, Cabin Housewarming and special ocassions.
See all our unique Fishing, hunting, turkey hunting and rustic cabin gift baskets today.

We did it! Amazingly enough, my husband, son-in-law and I actually rocked our own fireplace in our cabin and it looks great!!! The hardest part was building enough courage to just jump in and do it. All 3 of us have been putting off doing it for a year. It turned out not to be difficult at all really. The outcome was better than we expected too. The rock is cultured rock that Dennis found a great deal on in Phoenix. I will say it took 3 times the amount of grout than we thought

This recipe is from Wanda Warner of the Moorhouse Ranch in Texas. I have been using this recipe for about 25 years and it is THE BEST biscuit recipe!!! I really like it for camping and running up to the cabin since this Angel Biscuit dough will keep up to 2 weeks in the fridge! I make it up just before we go and keep it very cool in the cooler. Makes alot of biscuits too.

Angel Biscuits

SIFT TOGETHER:
5 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda

CUT IN:
1 c. shortening

ADD:
1 pkg. dry yeast that has been dissolved in 1/4 c. warm water
2 c. buttermilk or sour milk (regular works too :0

Mix well. Pat out the desired amount to about 1/2 thick, cut with round cutter and let rest for 5 min. Bake at 400* for 15 min. in ungreased pan. No oven out camping? Just pull off golf ball sized ball of dough, pat flat and fry up in oil in a cast iron skillet over a campfire! ——>to die for!!!

The Versatility of Quilted Table Runners
By Kim Wutzke

Quilted table runners are versatile and functional. Of course they add beauty and cohesiveness to the dining area decor however a good thick table runner is functional and useful as well as pretty in many rooms of your home or cabin.

The same quilted table runner that sets off your table scape is the same runner that protects your expensive dining table. Damage from warm serving plates, candle drips and centerpiece scratches can be avoided by it’s thickness. A table runner that reaches to the end of the table or two inches longer and at least 16 inches wide can also serve as placemats on either end. For a very attractive look add complementary colored placemats at the rest of the settings. Since quilted table runners wash up easily it’s not unthinkable to actually use them.

Want to carry that same theme and pattern from your table runner throughout the room? Many quilted table runners are long enough to have one or two go across a window as a valance. Just add a fabric sleeve to the back side at the top or add fabric tabs and run a curtain rod through as with any valance. They also work very well as wall hangings. Depending on which way the pattern or scene of the table runner goes, hang horizontally or vertically in that hard to decorate area of the wall.

Quilted table runners are not just for the dining room either. Sometimes dresser scarves, which are usually thin, one layer of fabric or lace, just are not enough to protect bedroom furniture from keys, coins, bolts and other pocket items being tossed on the chest of drawers, dressers and nightstands. The added protection quilted runners provide could save you a lot of money on furniture refinishing or even replacement. The bedroom is a great place for these heavy runners whether they are short to just cover the top surface of the nightstand or long enough to hand down the sides of a dresser. Many bedroom quilts have matching pattern table runners so you can complete the entire look of the room in your chosen design.

One word of caution, 100% cotton fabric has a tendency to shrink. To maintain the shape of a cotton table runner avoid over drying in the dryer. If a small amount of shrinkage is noticed the runner can be re-shaped or “Blocked”. To do this remove from dryer while it is still slightly damp and iron while carefully pulling on the fabric. This simple procedure will help bring it back to shape.

Take advantage of the versatility of the right quilted table runner. When choosing a runner think of its functionality as well as the design, shape and size. Keep those other rooms in mind and measure table tops with and without the leaf, dressers, windows, wall space and end tables before you shop. Your new table runner will provide protection for your furniture and add color, design and style to many rooms of your home.

Kim Wutzke owns Log Cabin Fever Gifts and Decor where you will find additional articles on cabin decorating, rustic cabin decor, fishing decor, western cowboy decor and unique wildlife gift ideas - Experience rustic cabin decorating for your home!

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Our newest item just posted today is the Fishing Pole Holder that holds your coolest fishing rod for display! Just click the photo to go right to the info page for this wooden fishing pole holder!

This past week we have added several new products including a few Primitive Candle Holders for the cozy cabin decorator. With warm shades of earth tones these Pinecone Primitive Jar candle holders and

Primitive Feed Scoop votive holders are sure to go with your primitive and rustic decor. There are new Pinecone Nesting Buckets and Peaceful Pines Wall Pockets and Welcome Slate too! There are lots of new cabin and fishing stuff this week, so stop on by and have a look!
Have a great week end,
Kim and Staff