Posted on 11/16/2013 6:32:36 PM PST by dynachrome
Just having a Corona mill and wheat berries is the equivalent to having some open pollinated seeds stored and thinking you can grow a garden if you’ve never gardened before. It’s not going to happen.
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I so agree with what you said. Now, tell me what to do to make bread when the electricity goes off, and all I have is a hand mill - or do I just have to do without bread?
Why have a bunch of wheat, if I can’t have bread? Truly, I would rather have bread than almost anything else. Bread, butter, and honey or jelly or molasses. That’s good eats.
I love steak, chickens, pork etc. they move, but don’t wiggle across the yard. I do not like worms, snakes, grubs, etc. those are what I meant by squirmy stuff.
You can make bread without electricity, but it's nothing like what you normally eat. You will need to adjust your expectations. I suggest you actually try it, and see what the results are.
/johnny
Guess I’ll just have to eliminate flour from my diet, and eat more rice and ground flax seed.
/johnny
Well, I tried tortilla’s and that was rough. It was before I got the mill though, and I just used a coffee grinder.
Between that and your posts, it sounds like a lost cause. Maybe I can make my own malt o meal instead.
I used to make all our bread when we first got married. Now I just make it for holidays, or if we run out before it’s time for a trip to the grocery store.
I use about 1/4 to 1/2 of my own wheat when I bake “whole” wheat bread. I don’t mind a denser bread as long as it doesn’t taste like straw.
Experimenting with it is on my list of winter things to do when I get caught up with other chores.
Plastic bag ban is coming soon to San Antonio, too.
I noticed Frontline and Advantage not working last summer. Tried DE and that did the trick. It also knocked off a bump that had been on one of our dogs for years. It’s supposed to also get rid of intestinal worms.
Lucy T turned me onto taking DE in water. Nasty stuff but gets things moving because it is high in magnesium. A 13 dollar 20 pound bag from Tractor Supply Co. should last a lifetime or six.
When Lil Miss was in 4th grade, she entered a 4-H cooking contest. The judges said she was too young to make crepes so I must have done it for her, grrrr. A couple years later, I was sick as a dog so the Thanksgiving spread was up to her. She did everything by herself except had to get Mr. b to lift the turkey out of the oven. I started teaching the kids life skills when they were little.
Growing up, money was tight so other than hand-me-downs, I didn’t get department store clothes so had to sew my own. I remember in jr. high knitting those vests that were popular. So cool back then but ugly now, lol. Jr. high was also when I learned that tie dying saved stained clothes (decades later I sighed when kiddo was required to buy a “new” t-shirt for a science class tie dying project). When high school came along with its required home ec. class, I demanded they let me into ag class. Whew, that caused a huge stink (oh no, not a girl!) but I got in.
Solar oven bread recipes - http://solarcooking.org/recipes/bread.htm
If on a budget, make your own solar oven - http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Solar_cooker_plans
More solar oven bread recipes with pictures - http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Bread
And more for your cornmeal:
Hard porridge - http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Hard_porridge
Cornmeal mush or polenta - http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Grains_and_Beans
Perhaps, but they are unbeatable frozen. Frozen jugs of fresh water will extend the time it takes for a fridge to ‘lose its cool’ in an extended power outage AND provide fresh water should it take longer than you think.
I use them all the time for BSA outings. Stick one in a cooler and it will last almost a week - keeping things cool.
That’s so cool that she could do that. I tried to do some cooking with my kids and grand kids. Of course with the popularity of Micro Waves, that was all they really wanted to do. Instant Gratification Generation.LOL
One of my grand daughters was the only girl in Ag class here too. My oldest daughter used to go play basketball with the guys, because they didn’t have clinics nor as much practice or summer programs for the girls basketball.
The guys did not like it, but the coach was all A-OK, and impressed with her fortitude.
I got most of my clothes from the “Next To New” store in an adjacent town. They were in style, but not available locally, so I didn’t run into anyone else with the same outfit. I didn’t tell, and no one really knew it.
We didn’t have a lot of money for clothes either. There was no walmart with low priced new clothing. I did make stuff to wear in the summer. Used to make my kids clothes when they were toddlers, and my own when we were newly wed.
When ours were little, they got 25 cent garage sale clothes from nearby schools so no one knew. Bleach, lemon juice and baking soda paste took out most of the stains. If that didn’t work, then it’d be garage sale iron on decals, fabric paints and ribbons. I’d go crazy decorating jeans, demin skirts and jackets. It was fun for me but not so much for them when they got older. Then it was clearance racks. Still, they were the better dressed kids at school, wink.
When they were in school, I taught them to sew and they’d take away top ribbons at the county fair. Hand me down sewing machines were sent with them to college. If they fail at simple life skills now, it won’t be my fault.
You are absolutely doing the right approach, imho! Getting back to a base line can certainly be a frustrating proposition, but it is all too easy to give up. You seem to have the humor and patience that it requires. Keep on doing your daily what-you-cans, and continue following your doc’s instructions!
Hang in there!....and I’m hanging too!
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