"Link Broken" Error from An Apple Device

How To Fix The "Page Isn't Available" Error When Downloading From An Apple Device

This is a question I get about once a week, on average.  I do not use Apple Devices, but thanks to a very helpful member in the facebook group for this page, we figured out what is happening, and how to fix it.


The links work - the links are not the problem.  It has to do with your device - often Apple devices do not allow you to download when you are viewing from the facebook browser. 

 So if you click on a link from a facebook post, then attempt to download, you are in the facebook browser, not safari, and Apple will not allow you to download - You will instead get the "Page Not Available", or link broken, error.

To bypass that, you simply need to open the page in an external browser.


See the image above?  I've circled the three dots - those are what you need to click on.
A menu will pop up:
Choose "Open In External  browser"

Now you should be able to successfully click on the download.

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When Links Won't Open From Facebook

Tangy Dill Cucumber Salad

 
Tangy Dill Cucumber Salad

All of these summer recipes have amounts given, but it's very unusual for me to measure much of anything. I come in from the garden with a few cucumbers...  then I make what looks to me like enough dressing to coat them.  I believe this is typical of many old housewives, and why so many of you will remember something tasting slightly different than it does when you follow the recipe your grandmother gives you.  

This dressing is one of my favorites - it's great for cucumbers, but it's also a great salad dressing, or on broccoli and cauliflower... just an all purpose summer dressing.  Quick and easy.

Cucumber Salad:

Approximately 4 "smallish medium" cucumbers, peeled and sliced  - around 4 cups sliced.
1/2 a red onion, sliced thinly

Dressing:

1 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp lime
¼ cup white sugar
4 teaspoons white vinegar
½ teaspoon  dill seed
½ teaspoon  salt

Again, I never measure the vinegar.  Add everything except the vinegar into a small jar with a tight fighting lid.  Then pour in a little vinegar, and shake.  Check the consistency, add more vinegar as needed to reach the consistency you would like.  


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Simple Cherry Tomato Salad

 

A Quick and Easy Summer Side Dish - 
Simple Cherry Tomato Salad With Mint

We have an abundance of cherry tomatoes in the garden! They are the grandsons favorites, because he is allowed to pick and eat them while playing in the backyard. I have half a dozen varieties - including sun gold, black cherry, an indigo, a sweet 100, a yellow pear.... and more, all of which vary by year.

For a super quick side dish in the summer time:
  • 2  cups, or so,  cherry tomatoes sliced in half
  • 1/4 a red onion, diced
  • optional -thin julienned carrot
Dressing:
  • 1 tsp white sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 T EVOO [extra virgin olive oil]
  • 2 T red wine vinegar  [or sherry vinegar]
  • 2 T finely minced mint leaves
Mix the dressing, toss it over the tomatoes.  You can serve immediately, but it's better if you can put it in the refrigerator for an hour or so before serving.


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Broccoli Cauliflower Salad

 
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
Note - For an extra splash of color, add jarred pimentos.  I love the way they look, but rarely have them on hand here.

Thirty years ago I worked in a grocery store deli.  This was one of the salads we made, mostly to use up the cheese ends.  

  • 1 head broccoli
  • 1 head cauliflower [maybe half a head, depends on the size]
  • Assorted diced cheeses.  If your deli sells assorted ends, those packs are perfect.  If not, I use a mix of cheddar, colby jack, mozzarella, muenster, or whatever odds and ends we have on hand.
  • sliced olives, or a jar of pimentos
  • Zesty Italian Dressing

Optional:

  • Diced cooked bacon
  • Diced onion
  • Sunflower seeds
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Recipe For Zesty Italian Dressing
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¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
⅓ cup red wine vinegar
1½ tablespoons real maple syrup
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
4 small garlic cloves, minced


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