[amorphous]

We use ours for tenderizing beef before adding to stews, beef tips, lentils, stuffed peppers, vegetables, etc. We used to can a lot, not too much nowadays, since I haven't gardened much in the last couple of years.

I buy freeze dried vegetables, but have everything we need if our freezers go out or we lose electricity for an extended period of time and need to can everything.

Our last power outage lasted for 5 days due to a F3 tornado that missed us by less than 400 yards. I ran my generator for a solid five days without stopping - fueled it hot.

[Black Agnes]

Losing power is one thing I am nervous about.

We live in the stix and storms are a real thing.

If I could downsize to one freezer it would be a good thing :)

[Jane Long]

That’s a near miss....and, that’s a long stretch on the generator.

Thank the Lord, for both.

The longest our generator ran was after Harvey.

Almost two weeks. :- /

We were thankful to have it.