430 fun sand Recipes

finding gold is really easy. i always go on saturday morning ., best spots to find gold is scraping the moss off rocks by the river or cleaning out crevasses in bedrock along the river shore. i scrap moss as it acts like the carpet in a sluice box and traps the gold that is washed down the river during the winter. i have had pans with hundreds for pieces, just amazing to see., i designed customs tools for scraping and getting the fine dust and matter off the rocks. well i am an inventor., nothing is better than sitting down against a rock at lunch time , having a great sandwich, ice cold water, the river is flowing by, the sounds of the water, birds on the wing, lizards scooting over the rocks, and there is gold in the bag., by bag i mean , i scrap the moss or clean crevasses, put the material in a special pail, place the pail under the surface and stir to get the dirt to float out., then i put this material in my pan , swish it around, work a little of the sand out and then tilt it back and let the water roll over the sand. bang! glitter all over. now most people sit there and pan out all the sand, get down to the black sand (iron), pan out the iron, and then put the gold in bottle. total waste of time., panning is strictly recreational. i have a limited time at the river and ever minute counts. i carry my 6 mil 12 x 12 inch zip lock bags. once i see there is color in the sand, it is dumped into the bag and i go get more material. this way i can collect the most material for the 5 hours i have to pan. this is a very cool way to get gold and developed by me., once i get home , i put the material onto cookie sheets and dry it in the oven. once dry and cool, i use a special magnet and remove the iron particles. once the iron is removed, i put the sand through different size brass screens to separate the larger particles so when i pan i am not trying to move large and small particles., sunday morning i sit in my recliner , a light over my shoulder and put a tbsp of material in the green pan in the pics. watching a dvd i start panning the material, suck up the gold and put in a bottle. i do this starting with the biggest particles, love seeing the biggest pieces of gold., i work all the sand i can on sunday and if i am down to really fine particles of sand, it is put in quart containers for another day. there are so many of these containers still not panned. 1 might say there is gold in the garage., if there is a river known to have been a producer of gold close to you, go out and give it a try. i have taught many kids to pan; 1 went and found a nugget as big as my nail on my finger. it was huge! rotten kid wouldn tsp give to me for teaching him. oh, its all right, i will find my own some day. what was cool was after teaching the kids they would go back and pan on their own and find gold. how cool is that, hope you enjoyed finding gold for fun. jj - thegoldminer

cooked spaghetti, dry italian breadcrumbs (this is the sand), dried basil, dried parsley, garlic salt, olive oil (ap prox.), parmesan cheese

ground chicken (cooked ), chow fun noodles, minced scallions, minced garlic, chili paste, szechwan preserved vegetables, shredded black fungus mushrooms, soy sauce, vinegar, granulated sugar, oyster sauce, mushroom soy sauce, water

chow fun rice noodles, oil, salt, light soy sauce, chicken stock (if needed), barbecued pork, shredded, bok choy, sliced diagonally into pieces 1/2 inch long, bean sprouts, scallion, cut into 1 inch long pieces

unflavored gelatin (such as knox ), cold water, fruit-flavored jell-o mix, white sugar, water, cold water

water, classico four cheese pasta sauce, or more if desired, salt, pepper, dried fusilli , corkscrew, or wagon wheel pasta, purchased frozen meatballs, mozzarella cheese, stuffed green or pitted ripe olives, chilled

fresh or dried flat rice noodles (about 1/2 inch wide ), soy sauce or light, chinese rice wine or dry sherry, minced garlic, cornstarch, ground white pepper, shrimp, soy sauce or 1 tbsp each light and dark soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, sugar, vegetable oil, yellow onion, thinly sliced, green onions, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces, minced ginger, bean sprouts, roasted peanuts

tomato, green onions, sliced black olives, feta cheese, cucumber, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, twisty noodles

bread flour (i used all purpose), yeast (active or rapid rise), sugar, salt, water, milk, vegetable oil, butter (melted ) or 6 tbsp margarine (melted), grated parmesan cheese, garlic powder, butter (melted ) or 6 tbsp margarine (melted), sugar, grated lemon zest, butter (melted ) or 6 tbsp margarine (melted), brown sugar (i double this as we like them gooey), cinnamon (i double this as well)

funfetti cake mix, oatmeal, margarine or 3/4 cup butter, eggs, white chocolate chips or 1 cup chocolate chips

topping (cool whip ), marshmallow creme, unsweetened kool-aid powdered drink mix (any flavor )

instant chocolate pudding mix, oreo cookies, cream cheese, powdered sugar, cool whip, gummy worms, gummy frogs

chocolate cake mix, vanilla cake mix, strawberry cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil

prepared yellow cake layer, prepared yellow cake layer, vanilla frosting (colored with food dye if desired), vanilla wafers, ice cream cups (jumbo size), ice cream cups, sugar ice cream cones, graham cracker sticks (we used nabisco honey maid grahams honey sticks), candy , seashells and rocks (optional-for a beach themed cake)

head romaine lettuce , torn,washed and dried, chicken breast halves, scallion, chopped, almonds, toasted, sesame seeds, toasted, mandarin oranges, drained, mai fun rice noodles (sai fun bean noodles also works if you can tsp find mai fun), canola oil , for frying the mai fun noodles, sugar (to your taste, i use about 3 tsp.), salt, lemon , juice of, fresh ground pepper, rice vinegar, canola oil , not olive oil

thick new york strip steaks , cut into 1-inch pieces, dried minced onion, minced garlic, soy sauce (optional), white rice, water, vegetable oil, canned sliced bamboo shoots, drained, canned sliced mushrooms, drained (optional), chopped green onion, green bell pepper, thinly sliced, red pepper flakes (optional), soy sauce, broccoli florets, sugar snap peas (optional), cornstarch, water, oyster sauce, chopped green onion