Posted on 02/26/2018 12:12:20 PM PST by CottonBall
Ive 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 dont 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 grannys 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 grannys 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 grannys 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.
Well 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 wont be posting lots of recipes or tidbits myself to any mods concerned about the size of this thread. Id just like a place to chat, post questions, post ideas, make new prepping friends.
Here are grannys threads, if anyone wants to peruse them:
nw_arizona_grannys Thread #1
whats properly stored?
lol, that might be the key!
Please keep me on the list. Really miss Granny. She was a jewel.
I bought too much progressive soup...
lol!
A couple questions how do you have jars of tuna and salmon? Im assuming you can them, but how did you get the meat? I have cans of the stuff but Im thinking I might be missing something here....
And how come you dont like mylar? Just curious. I like it, as long as I have something structural to store it in.
Please do add me to your ping list. I rarely respond or post but do read them all.
Thank you.
Duchess47
youre welcome.
ive been missing the old threads for years, so i quit hoping someone would start them up again and just did it. i kinda thought id be here by myself, but people showed up right away. pretty neat!
Oh yes, i love my food saver! When i first started prepping, i didnt have one so went the oven route.
i just got my first food saver about a month ago and have been vacuum sealing everything i can find. its addictive!
true, part of prepping is bartering and creating symbiotic relationships ;)
Great thread. Thanks.
Regarding jars of canned salmon....
ahhhh
My parents drove their RV to Alaska
so my dad could fish for salmon.
They had a freezer installed in the RV and my mom would can some of the salmon too.
Flew up for a week once and then another time
me and hubby drove up with them. Great times.
I think any FR thread with the word Prepping in it will draw people!
Ping me anytime
Well, keep me on!!!!!!
I bought one and have hardly touched it since.
Mr mm does it all.
He LOVES the thing.
I got the attachments that allow you to suck the air out of canning jars.
Great idea. I miss granny, too. Please add me to the list.
Glad you’re starting this again. I used to read granny’s threads pretty regularly. I just hope this doesn’t turn into another valiant but futile attempt to download every recipe off the Internet, though.
Please add me to your ping list.
CottonBall, please add me to your prepper ping list.
Greg
July4thfreedomfoundation
Thanks in advance for adding me to your ping list.
Please add me to your ping list. Thank you for restarting this!
Please add me to the list. Thank you.
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