As far as I know the answer is yes - they are WWII posters.
I found them doing a search for "WWII POSTERS"
Most had a citation of their history that I clipped before posting.
As in this example
Posted on 02/26/2018 12:12:20 PM PST by CottonBall
I’ve been missing the vast amount of information on prepping, survival, camping, simple cooking, the old ways of doing just about everything – all the things nw_arizona_granny knew so much about and shared with us, along with numerous other posters with a vast array of skills and knowledge.
We have our various related-threads here, a recipe thread, a gardening thread, and even a prepper thread. They are all great and I don’t mean to take anything away from those and the hard work their owners put in.
But I was missing a place to talk about ALL those things, to get the camaraderie that we used to have on granny’s thread.
I learned how to can on those threads! The pressure canner was not my friend, I thought, but I bought one and stared at it for a month, intimidated. Then I read the directions for another month. But with the help and encouragement of posters on granny’s threads, I jumped in and now have my very own food storage room in the basement with lovely jars of shelf-stable meats, vegetables, and fruit. When we moved, I fashioned my food storage room – and insisted upon having a basement – from what I learned on her threads. Getting started gardening was from her threads. Making my own cleaning products….the list is endless.
So I thought I would take the chance and start another comprehensive prepper thread and see how it goes. I used to have granny’s ping list since I made one of the threads for her, but alas, with numerous computer changes, I cannot find it. So please pass this onto any posters you think might be interested.
We’ll just keep it running until..whenever. Granny created a new thread at 10,000 posts or so. I do like the idea of having ONE thread to go to – because often I cannot find or keep track of the weekly threads. I won’t be posting lots of recipes or tidbits myself – to any mods concerned about the size of this thread. I’d just like a place to chat, post questions, post ideas, make new prepping friends.
Here are granny’s threads, if anyone wants to peruse them:
nw_arizona_granny’s Thread #1
A pint is a pound the world around so I mostly do pints.
I just raw pack and brown after I open the jar.
Wipe the tops of the jars with vinegar before putting the lids on to get the grease off. It improves the sealing.
please add me to ping list. I too miss the old threads Ruth worked so hard to supply us.
betsyross60
As far as I know the answer is yes - they are WWII posters.
I found them doing a search for "WWII POSTERS"
Most had a citation of their history that I clipped before posting.
As in this example
I’m glad you posted about the seals. I bought a new canner several years ago and tried out veggies and some chicken after all the encouragement on Granny’s thread. I haven’t used it the past few years and never thought about new seals. I will have to check into that. I still have extra jars and lids that I purchased back then, so I’m ok in that area.
Mr. Marmolade got into ham radio a few years back at my suggestion. 2 sons, DIL, and grandson also got their licenses. Its great when they can all get on together to talk. The 1 son and family live out west.
bfl
Hi Marmolade!!
I knew I needed to replace the sealing ring when the scanner wouldn’t get up to pressure, with an abnormal time of boiling. Once, I had steam coming from under the lid. The 2nd time wasn’t as obvious. But replacing the ring did the trick!
You’re on it!
I’m pitiful at keeping the thread going. I see now how much work Granny went through. Her threads were hopping with activity!
So I’m hoping some kind soul will take it over.
“A pint is a pound the world around”
I didn’t know that. I’ve always just guessed and ended up with too much meat or not enough.
I found that amount of meat does a pint.
However, I like to hot pack mine.
I tried raw pack and had way more head space than I would have liked.
When you hot pack it, the meat has already shrunk and you can put the correct amount of liquid in.
FWIW, the canning books say to leave one inch of head space, but I find if I leave 1 1/4 inches I am less likely to lose juice during the canning process.
bttt
There’s a forum at https://permies.com/forums that I’ve found to be an excellent resource for improving self-sufficiency. Be warned that there is a chance that a lot of the people there are lefties, but the moderators have been really good at keeping politics out of the discussions, to the point where it’s actually hard to tell which way most of the forum members lean. I have found a good number of tinkerers and DIYers there, always willing to help answer questions and brainstorm solutions.
Some people on that forum take self-sufficiency to extremes I wouldn’t have thought possible. Things like making concrete from scratch, using bones, shells, or even wood ashes to get the quicklime from. Or mixing clay and linseed oil to make their own flooring material. Things that most people will probably never need to know. . . but given what’s been happening it might be worth knowing where to learn it.
If nothing else, some of the discussions there are fascinating!
Thank you for that forum.
I actually love reading about the things people do that are probably taken to extremes. And then I feel like I am woefully underprepared. But people can be extremely creative.
With the new Grape-Nuts shortage, I thought I should let everyone know that Kroger has a pretty good generic store brand of it.
I did a really good prepper test on the original grape nuts. Well packing I found a box of it in the back of the cabinet that I had brought with us. It expired in 2008. Tried it and it didn’t taste any different than a new box. Ate the whole box and everyone survived. And it was quite yummy.
Biden Attacks Farms - Comprehensive War on Global Food Supply - Engineered Famine [Great Reset]
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3930049/posts
I’m just going to cheat and borrow TIK’s link to this interesting article. I’m in the midst of packing, going to move pretty soon. I’m going from 18 Acres down to about five or six. I’m hoping that’ll be enough. For farming, an orchard, chickens,. But behind me I’ll have access to about a hundred acres of forest, although not mine. Public land.
I have read that Bill Gates is buying up farmland. I knew it was not for any good purpose. But now we know why.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend doing a bit more to add to their prepping efforts. One idea is to buy grape nuts. See my previous post :-) although there is a grape nuts shortage. If possible some stores have a good generic, as long as it doesn’t come from the same Factory. Kroger is one.
A MOVE! :-)
Good luck with that!
After living out of boxes for three years, at last(!) the
kitchen is in the process of being remodeled and finished.
A small portion of sanity has been lost in the process; yet loads of useable space has been found.
Had forgotten it had been written a shortage of Grape Nuts was being touted. Suppose the crop this year was insufficient. “Climate Change”. HA! ;-)
Grape Nuts, a favorite, not only as cereal but good in a number of other dishes as well: ice cream, pudding, bread, hot cereal, chicken, chili, candy, pie, bars and cakes, (as per Yummly; personal recipes are unavailable)
https://www.yummly.com/recipes/grape-nuts-cereal
Congrats on your move. The finished product will be glorious!
KEEP AMERICA FREE!
“Liberty depends on memory. Doing away with the past is the chief technique of modern tyrants.” — Sir David Barclay
I have many How-To-Do-It books on gardening, farming, etc.
When I have the time I like to read older books that describe how things were done in more basic ways - especially on the small farm back in the day (Depression Era, WWII, the post-war era. etc.)
Many are not only informative but also enjoyable reading.
For me it is relaxing to read how Americans lived more independently through simpler times when there wasn’t so much hate and divisiveness in the nation.
Books of that genre and era bring me back to summers spent on my grandmothers small rural farm where they farmed, gardened, and raised livestock.
They had cows, poultry and pigs and produced almost everything they (and the animals) ate.
Below are just two favorites that I have read through many times over the years.
Both are still in print and I see used copies on ABE books for only a few dollars.
“Five Acres And Independence” by M.G. Kairns
(on some printings Maurice G. Kains)
“The Owner Built Homestead” by Ken Kern
(on some printings by Barbara Kern and Ken Kern)
“Grape Nuts” ,,,?
Like the Breakfast cereal?
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I’m packing now too.
No particular spot in mind.
Where’s Your general area?
That public forest might be a good place for a little “guerrilla gardening”.
Nothing drastic. Just taking things that are already growing somewhere in that forest, and “encouraging” them to grow a lot thicker, in the part that’s easy for you to get to.
I know there’s a public park near the edge of town that has huge patches of wild raspberries, grapes, black cherries, hazelnut bushes, and even a grove of wild plums. I often wonder if somebody put them there on purpose.
East Tennessee. Up in the Tri-Cities area. Where are you headed? Generally speaking.
Exactly, the breakfast cereal. That stuff has been around for a long time. I didn’t even know they were still making it until I found the 13 year old box and wanted to get something a little fresher
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