Posted on 10/15/2022 11:21:57 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
That reminds me, I need to finish the repairs on my winnowing box, so I can find out what home-grown rye porridge tastes like. That, plus some bacon, ham, or sausage from the local meat processor, and eggs from my backyard chickens, ought to make a nice locally-grown breakfast :)
If supply lines go down, people are going to have withdrawal symptoms for whatever they’re addicted to. The big three will be caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol.
Alcohol is easy, you can make it while cultivating yeast to bake with.
Nicotine is trickier, but not ridiculously so, a lot of seed companies carry tobacco seeds. You can grow them for your own use without any legal requirements, but if you plan to sell any make sure you know the regulations involved. (If you decide to ignore those regulations, that’s up to you, but it would still be good to know what they are.)
Caffeine is probably the hardest of those three. In large parts of the US, there is a plant called Yaupon that produces caffeine in its leaves. They can be brewed like tea. Farther north, the seeds of the cleaver plant are the only caffeine source I know of, and they take forever to collect in any usable amounts. Still, they might be enough to ease withdrawal pains after the coffee runs out.
Yes, I know there are other common addictions, like sugar or screentime, that will drive people insane if supplies get cut off. But the three I focused on are the ones most likely to cause physical pain.
How about no.
Excessive carbs make my clothes shrink.
There is simply no substitute for a CA garden in zone 9b. I grow fresh food year round.
Put all my winter veg 2 weeks ago.
Excellent info, thanks.
I’m an apartment dweller, but sent link to my daughter and a friend who have land and who care about food.
I’m having a bowl of Panda Puffs as I type. Organic, no GMOs, only cereal I can stand. Contains peanuts that most assuredly don’t grow in this northern clime. They come from the south.
Years ago, we had a food shortage. Snow was so deep on the mountain pass between Spokane and Seattle, trucks that supply our stores couldn’t get through. And when they did, there were lines outside stores and we were limited to only one box of cereal at a time, one chicken, one lemon, etc. First time I ever got up. early for anything.
I recall when many foods were seasonal. Around July, corn and green Klondike watermelons would appear, and in September, rattlesnake watermelons became available. For a few weeks beginning in late November, one could get persimmons. Now, most of these foods can be obtained year-round.
Free Beans! :)
Ditch the carbs, except for those doing heavy labor That Day.
You always have the most interesting projects going on! :)
We had a very ‘home grown’ supper the other night.
A ‘Weber’ Rump Roast from our last steer (new one to raise is delivered next week, I think?), mashed potatoes from home-grown and Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato Squash, also homegrown. (Acorn-squash like, but with actual FLAVOR!)
I need to keep a diary (like our Anne does) of meals we eat with all or part being home-grown or local in some way. Between veggies I’ve canned or frozen, Salsa, Tomato Soup, Maple Syrup, homegrown beef, fish or wild game, V-8 Juice, jams and jellies and fruit butters, I’ll bet we eat, at a minimum, at least ONE thing a day that we’ve produced ourselves.
Juicing apples today for Cider (hard and soft) or just fresh drinking.
Right now there are TWO Apple Cider donuts on hand from the local orchard, and a number of local beeswax items (lotions) I also bought when we were there.
A friend of Beau’s manages a Food Pantry and they had such a glut of eggs to give away last week (weird, because Kwik Trip was OUT OF EGGS last week!) that he sent 6 dozen home with Beau from Bear Camp. So, still Wisconsin eggs, though not immediately local. Happy, Happy! :)
Nice,
But it was a sustainable diet
food travels like bananas and oranges.
But because of the elites we will not be able to eat like kings any more.
Donkey could be on the menu up here for a short time if things go way wrong.
Two shocked faces in one day...a record for me. :)
Bkmk/sustainable food
This article looks great! Going to dive into it tomorrow. Thanks!
I stopped coffee for 6 days not long ago, and I became a pretty grumpy girl. Not doing that ever again if I can help it.
She sure doesn’t lack in the “overwhelm with the quantity of your words” department, that’s for sure.
Probably a leading contestant for the photo to accompany the “TLDR” entry in the dictionary.
The only threat to our current eating habits and our glorious bounty available any time of year are the democrat marxists who want to destroy our transportation infrastructure along with everything else that has made us so prosperous. Mainly petroleum.
Excessive carbs make my clothes shrink.
Yep. I cut out most and lost and have maintained a loss of 40 lbs. My cheats... An occasional Air fried potato slices and sourdough bread. I would be a mess without fresh sourdough.
I’m old enough to remember getting Citrus fruits in the Winter was a luxury...
Florida very fortunate. Lots of farms!! (At least until elites in charge destroy that too)
I have discovered that black soy beans are low in carbs, high in fiber and make a killer chili.
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