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Shekel came into the English language via the Hebrew Bible, where it is first used in Genesis 23. The term "shekel" has been used for a unit of weight, around 9.6 or 9.8 grams (0.31 or 0.32 ozt), used in Bronze Age Europe for balance weights and fragments of bronze that may have served as money. [2]
Hash is a dish consisting of chopped meat, potatoes, and fried onions. The name is allegedly derived from French: hacher, meaning 'to chop'. [1] It originated as a way to use up leftovers. In the U.S. by the 1860s, a cheap restaurant was called a "hash house" or "hashery." [2]
The Ibo tribe still used them prior to this and at Wukai a deep bowl of corn was considered equal to one large manilla and a cup-shaped receptacle filled with salt was worth one small manilla. [6] Although manillas were legal tender, they floated against British and French West African currencies and the palm-oil trading companies manipulated ...
The lessons you can learn from someone who works in the cornfield can shape your view of money and the economy for a lifetime. 6 money lessons I learned working as a corn detasseler Skip to main ...
Cover it with water by 1 inch. Set the slow cooker to cook on low for 9 hours. Transfer the corned beef to a cutting board to rest for 10 minutes. Slice it against the grain and serve. 3. Use the ...
It was still used when the corn was bent over or flattened and the mechanical reaper was unable to cut without causing the grain to fall from the ears and wasting the crop. It was also used in lieu of the bean hook or pea hook for cutting field beans and other leguminous crops that were used for fodder and bedding for livestock.
Demonstration at the Calgary Stampede of a traditional method of drying meat for pemmican. Traditionally, the meat was cut in thin slices and dried, either over a slow fire or in the hot sun until it was hard and brittle. Approximately 5 pounds (2,300 g) of meat are required to make 1 pound (450 g) of dried meat suitable for pemmican.
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