Granny, I have known hard times were coming for ten years now and have been preparing.
But, I don’t feel ready.<<<<
There is no “ready”, if you know some of the things that we do, you will survive.
I think the real ‘ready’ is in your knowledge, not the store room.
For years, my family called me “old fashioned”, now they tell me that I am behind the times.........LOL, I have no desire to change.
I love my bread machine, but still am not sure what a “Blackberry” is.......have a vague idea, that it makes noise and costs money.
I try to not buy anything that is heavily advertised on the radio or TV and am still here, with a house full of ‘stuff’.
People who survive, will be the ones who can take flour and make gravy, from scratch, cook beans and rice from scratch.
I have a granddaughter that has 2 children and can only cook what is advertised on TV, the mixes.
I will give her credit for beginning to realize that it is all junk food and is feeding the kids vegetables and snacks like carrot sticks, she will make it, LOL, she is just a late starter.
No, she was not around me as a child, they live in Alabama.
You will survive, you have knowledge.
I got over 20 quarts of tomato sauce from the garden this year and there’s still a few on the vine.
Tomorrow I’ll be apple picking and canning up a lot of applesauce. What I like about that is that you can use it in place of oil in recipes like cake and zucchini bread besides eating it.
And I know where it came from and what’s in it.....