Posted on 03/23/2020 9:51:15 AM PDT by Mariner
Canned stuff will keep even with no power.
And the canner needs a supply of heat that can be even a camp stove.
I knew a couple who went to Alaska for the summer and he was an avid fisherman and she canned up lots of salmon on a pressure canner on their camp stove.
Yep, understand - that’s the big benefit, no power needed. Obviously the drawback is the overall cost, in order to build up a supply for several months!
What else do you expect from the open border screw america left ?
"At the end of day, what's going to keep you safe/sane, is common sense. Some folks are in trouble."
And for all the gardening chatter, there's a thread that would be really good to take it to.
Weekly Garden Thread - March 21- 27, 2020
Not my idea.
I read it somewhere but always kept it in mind.
What I want to find is a variety of potato that stores for a LONG time.
Did you notice any red coloration in your eyes ?
Try again.
NYC, not NYS
But then no money out for a few months AND when there’s no other food, you have it.
I plan on re-evaluating my garden this year and pressure canning what I can out of it.
Great news, well....kinda great. Finally found a diet that works. The apocalypse diet. The diet you have to follow. No choice. Will be able to go a total of 135 days before entering a grocery store again. The good news is when I finally get Corona, I wont be obese and may stand a chance. Lol.
Yikes! Thats whatI meant to type but diid not!
Thank you!
831 new cases and 17 new deaths in New Jersey
The 0 supply is still looking just fine. Should it come down to that 😬
If a person doesn't have a root cellar, or basement, buy the dirty potatoes, make a light proof wooden box, and keep it on the cool floor of the pantry/basement?
We also use a lot of sweet potatoes. IMO, they keep longer, have more food value, and are the easiest to microwave. Make sure to stab them with a fork before you nuke them (4 min on each side) to let the steam out - I have exploded a few.
A little fresh butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and miniature marshmallows makes for a great sweet potato topping!
I figured that by the context.
We NYers are used to the confusion.
Oh my. ! Poor little guys.
Lol, I couldn’t resist the urge to use my hillary clinton roll each time I went, so, it’s long gone now. :(
Our store installed a sheet of plexiglass between the cashier and customer at all registers, which works well. Not sure if other stores have this - first time I've seen it.
Ding bat child and ding bat father. Her sister is probably glad she’s not back home yet.
Guess we’ll see if this is true or more look at ME!
Isn’t living in a second house using that bad, bad electricity?
Your story is interesting. My mom was the youngest of 11 children and grew up dirt poor. Her abusive dad died when she was three, her mom was a mental case, and it was up to her siblings to run a farm. They grew and raised everything they ate. If they didn’t have it, they didn’t eat.
As a result she (understandably) wanted to completely forget that life, and married my engineer dad. So I never learned from her how to live off the land, cooking, gardening, canning, farming, etc. I am 100% book taught, and started 12 years ago. It has been hard with a lot of trial and error as to what works here in GA and what does not. I started with a small garden and a few chickens. Chickens are a “gateway drug” for farming by the way, lol. What I do still pretty small but what I do provides about 75% of my family’s food.
Unlike my mom, for whom this life would be cause PTSD, I love doing it. My husband’s job provides enough for us, but this way of life is fulfilling for me and brings in a small side income. It fit nicely with homeschooling, and my kids grew up knowing what physical work is. Their friends had no clue what it was to muck stalls before school lol. My oldest still loves physical work, made a career out of it, even though he was accepted at every college he applied to. He picked a trade and now is in a very niche career.
My mom died of ALS about 22 years ago, but she always knew with my love of the outdoors and animals that I would be doing something like this. I have a MA degree in a completely different field, lol, but it did get me through my 20s.
Sorry, I’m rambling. Waxing nostalgic.
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