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Question on Canning for SHTF
Free Republic ^ | Aug 12, 2017 | Vanity

Posted on 08/12/2017 2:00:52 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom

I either read or dreamed that I read in one of the SHTF preparedness manuals that one of the religious orders usually has a canning facility set up in their halls so members can get ready for the future and save via economy of scale. Was that the Jehova's Witnesses? Can nonbelievers use their facility?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Gardening; Society
KEYWORDS: canning; preparedness; prepper; preppers; shtf
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To: blam

Great find.

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81 posted on 08/19/2017 9:11:55 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Big Red Badger
So my canned Tuna and SPAM IS Good Well past the “Best By..” Date?

SPAM isn't good before the "best buy" date so let's just go with most every canned product is edible long past the date. Canned foods, even meats, don't have to be heated so can be eaten right from the can.

Medicines are also good past the expiration date (YMMV) though may lose potency. Don't be like that mother in the news who let her son die because his epi pen had just expired.

82 posted on 08/19/2017 9:13:37 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: trisham

Hahahaha!

Sadly, people will die as they sit on the curb wishing they had a sidewalk.


83 posted on 08/19/2017 9:15:30 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: DuncanWaring

Nope.


84 posted on 08/19/2017 9:26:05 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: metmom

Four can openers are not enough? :)


85 posted on 08/19/2017 9:32:48 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Nifster

Inca type freeze drying only works if you live atop the Andes Mountains. Otherwise, you’ll have to invest your life savings into a modern machine.

A trip to the thrift store will find yourself in the pressure canning business for very little money. Or ask around and someone will likely give you all their supplies for nothing just to get it out of their attic. You’ll need to buy fresh rings and consider getting the used pressure canner safety checked at the county extension office (if you can’t find the office in the phone book, ask a 4-H club). Important must is a new, not older publication, Ball Blue Book - https://www.amazon.com/Ball-Blue-Book-Guide-Preserving/dp/B00OEJZSNW/ref=pd_cp_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00OEJZSNW&pd_rd_r=PRHAD7HVWBR6T7HCVFKS&pd_rd_w=F4FJN&pd_rd_wg=avfG9&psc=1&refRID=PRHAD7HVWBR6T7HCVFKS

Susan’s site is great for everything garden and food storage as she does the research and explains the whys and why nots - https://www.youtube.com/user/imstillworkin . And her honey’s site for gardening - https://www.youtube.com/user/mhpgardener


86 posted on 08/19/2017 9:33:25 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Not everyone is on the right side of the Bell Curve.


87 posted on 08/19/2017 9:33:32 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: metmom

Make sure to label it salt. I mistakenly used an unlabeled jar that granny said was sugar in a big bowl of beautiful strawberries.


88 posted on 08/19/2017 9:34:54 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: trisham

That’s when Darwin comes into play.


89 posted on 08/19/2017 9:38:17 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Indeed.


90 posted on 08/19/2017 9:39:33 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

My favorite recipe for an abundance of Zucchini, is ‘Favorite Green Soup’ from the original ‘Laurel’s Kitchen’ Cookbook. This freezes very well; I’ve just wondered how I’d do if I had a garden, because the things in the recipe come on at different times (???) I once dehydrated the zucchini and celery, to see how it would turn out from reconstituted veggies, but never got around to trying:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3259353/posts


91 posted on 08/19/2017 9:50:24 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Mormons


92 posted on 08/19/2017 10:03:04 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Jamestown1630

It looks interesting and chock full of good things.


93 posted on 08/19/2017 10:03:06 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: bgill

Ouch!!!!!

Good point.

I have mine labeled.

I cannot use sea salt or iodized salt so I make sure I label it to use the correct stuff.


94 posted on 08/19/2017 10:04:49 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Start with canning acidic foods. For that, you only need a stock pot deep enough to hold the jars and water, plus something to keep the jars from touching the bottom.

You can buy a canning rack for that last part, although you can use anything that fits. I know a few people who use grill racks cut to size. A few times when I was canning more than I had canning racks for, I used my stash of dented canning rings instead, they worked fine as long as they were smaller than the bottoms of the jars resting on top of them. I’ve also used a piece of wire mesh, folded twice, but that discolored both the pot and the water, so I don’t recommend using that too often.

After you catch the canning bug, start saving up for a good quality pressure-canner to use with meats and low-acid foods. I recommend the All-American brand, it has few parts to wear out.

You probably won’t be able to compete with the price of store-bought canned goods, but you can beat them in terms of quality. You will know exactly what is or isn’t in your food. And you can can foods or combinations that you can’t get at the store. I can a few pints of sliced starfruit every year, because my nephew loves them on his birthday cake, and the fresh ones are always green and sour that time of year.

To save money of jars, look for something you buy anyway that’s available in a mason jar. For example, my mom goes through a lot of honey every week. We found a brand that uses Ball jars, the same ones I buy for canning, and the honey is roughly the same price per ounce as the plastic bottle next to it. I now have entire shelves full of quart jars waiting for the tomato harvest to hit its peak :)


95 posted on 08/19/2017 10:24:48 AM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: Garth Tater
Because Sam's won't come to my house and stick all my veggies in cans (or mason jars) for me. It's just a guess, but you don't have a garden, do you?

Have you noticed that the people who say canning your own food is pointless, often tend to be the same people who think a garden will only feed you during the summer?
96 posted on 08/19/2017 10:27:52 AM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I have peach-pineapple jam in the water bath canner as we speak!


97 posted on 08/19/2017 10:38:54 AM PDT by sneakers
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

There are certain foods you can can in “hot bath” method...acidic veges like tomatoes, which can include other veges in it like onions, peppers, etc like in spaghetti sauce. Or, even with beans included in vegetarian chili...which you can add meat later. Meat must always be pressure cooked for safety. Although, check out salt curing for meat long term non refrigerated storage. To my knowledge if citric acid is added to fruit...like apple you can hot bath can safely. We just put up some chunky applesauce with strawberries this past week. It is important to know how to preserve food as we may have to go years with providing our own food and for adding security to your existence if you can supply food to others as well.


98 posted on 08/19/2017 12:36:51 PM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: bgill

What reference do you have for the Inca freeze drying?


99 posted on 08/19/2017 12:54:23 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Fruit / Vegetable leather / roll ups are a great way to deal with excess produce. The basic process is to make a vegetable paste and then dehydrate


100 posted on 08/19/2017 1:04:41 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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