I was going to post this to the Garden thread & then I saw “you” had posted this .... LOL!
I’m sending this to my nieces/nephew. With canning supply shortages, beef processing shortages, plus all the other “shortages” this year, I think ‘some’ folks learned that they should keep food, things like toilet paper, cleaning supplies (FINALLY found alcohol & the shelf already had big gaps in supply), etc. stocked up. Two of my nieces are on “farms” and looking at more of a homesteading, being self-sufficient way of life. About two weeks before the panic buying due to COVID, I told my mom to make an effort to get what she needed in the next couple of days - I did the same. When people were going crazy over toilet paper, various foods, etc., we were ‘sitting pretty’ and had enough of certain items to make it through until months later, the shelves were being restocked, & even then the restocking was often limited.
Nice post - love the way she expresses feeling so good about having food insurance. I used to love my grandmother’s root cellar with all the jars of canned food lined up, bins of veggies, etc. To me, as a small child, it was a wonderful place. The one thing I do wish I had now was a root cellar.
I actually found Ball canning jars in quart and half gallon size in Wal-Mart the other day at a reasonable price no less.
I got two cases of the quarts and one of the half gallon.
I like to store pasta and grains in them as they seal well. Sadly glass can break, but plastic and metal each have their drawbacks, too.
“I used to love my grandmother’s root cellar with all the jars of canned food lined up, bins of veggies, etc. To me, as a small child, it was a wonderful place.”
My Grandma had a wonderful root cellar, too - but it was in the basement of her house in Milwaukee, WI. “You can take the girl out of the country...” I learned so much from her!
“The one thing I do wish I had now was a root cellar.”
I’m on ‘Winter Squash Strike’ until Beau gives me the room in the basement that WAS originally the Root Cellar for This Old House (1900) It’s currently full of ‘Boy Stuff.’ This IS a battle I will WIN - but it’s going to take a while, yet. ;)