Posted on 04/24/2011 8:43:39 PM PDT by Bed_Zeppelin
It’s surprising what’s edible, isn’t it? Kudzu root tubers are edible. The young leaves too. Definitely an acquired taste but it’s handy to know if it ever comes down to necessity. Kudzu grows in profusion here, you can hardly kill the stuff. The blooms make a nice purple jelly that tastes pretty decent.
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My mom used to make a treat for us kids by buttering
a slice of bread, sprinkling sugar on it, then rolling
it up and putting a couple of tooth picks through it
then toasting it in the oven.
Some times we would eat it just plain not toasted.
Some times with pnut butter. I still make a peanut
butter and butter sandwich, like to put bananas or
raisin on it too.
My father would make snow cream by pouring milk
over snow, he also made parched corn in a skillet,
and his fried apples were the best.
I’m glad he taught me how to do that and make
Fried Cabbage, just wish I had learned how to make
biscuits from my grandma, her’s were heavenly.
If the Government is stocking up on food, it’s doing so in order to feed large numbers of citizens in the event of any shortages. That sort of thing keeps the peace. As for storage for government employees and military personnel, that’s been done all along—for many decades. ...experience.
Hmmm...maybe it’s a hedge against default for welfare recipients, where money for food stamps and the like would go away. Anyway, the Government has also been actually encouraging, for a change, prepping, food-wise, since sometime during the Bush Admin. and still is.
Gardening and storage are good ideas.
PING!!
Treat them like asparagus, use only the tender shoots and cook the same way you would asparagus. We boiled them and served with butter, salt and pepper.
This looks like as good a place as any to put in a plug for canning again.
Hot water bath canning works well for acid foods, but you need a pressure canner for veggies and meat.
All the food in the world isn’t going to do you any good if you can’t save it.
Canning supplies are not exactly cheap and sometimes you can get jars at garage sales ( often over priced, so buyer beware) or find some little old lady and ask her if she used to can. Often they did and still have canning supplies laying around that they just didn’t want to throw out.
Here is a link to something somewhat new. Reusable canning jar lids for the modern (non-bail) canning jars. They work like the old fashioned ones with a separate rubber gasket.
http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/
You can find them on Amazon.
Those DAK hams are a good product. Canned hams, no refrigeration needed.
Plumrose makes a similar thing.
When I see them on sale 2.49-2.99, I generally buy 3 or 4, have about 18 or so in stock.
Thanks. I’ll check that out.
I bought several dozen Tattler reuseable lids this year. We shall see how they do, but I’ve read great reviews!
I also plan on getting a bunch more tuna.
Rumor has it that this years tuna might be in danger of radioactive contamination from Japan.
I figured that tuna can go a long way for a protein source, if you can eat it< and is compact and easy to store.
Have you seen what silver has done in the last few hours??!?!?!?
Right now it’s 48.81, about 20 minutes ago it was 49.80 or so. I know nothing about finance and all that stuff, but even an idiot like me can tell things are going crazy just by looking at what silver has been doing.
I’m also making information binders. If the poo ever hits the air movement device, the net will most likely be unavailable. I’m doing the research now, printing and learning all I can.
The Foxfire books are also great tools.
They’re on my amazon wish list. I’m looking forward to trying them as well. I’ve heard they can be used for pressure canning as well.
When mr. mm and I have enough stuff collected, we put in an order. That should be going in soon.
I have silver currently, and it’s more than doubled in value. I’m just trying to decide if I really want to buy more at these prices, or put the cash into other more “barter-y” type items.
Whenever I open anything I’ve canned I check the lid carefully - if it has no dings or scratches and decent layer of rubber left, I wash carefully and re-use next canning season. I’ve been doing that for quite a few years now and jars with used lids seal up perfectly. I probably have 100 used lids already saved for this year’s canning. Some I’ve re-used more than once.
That's a great idea. We take so much for granted. If the electric ever goes, all that information stored on the computer will be useless.
Right now, my wish list includes the 2nd and onward Foxfire books, a coffee mill, and MORE ENERGY! lol
I bought a hand crank grain mill recently...I’ll try it out when my first order of spelt comes in.
Yep. And in the event of a “bug out” type necessity, they are very portable. Page protectors offer a certain amount of protection against elements.
I’m going to hang on to what we have - it’s not a lot, we sacrificed to buy it. Saving to see what happens. Actually a few months ago (durn it!) we did sell a little because we were down to the bottom of the barrel $ wise.
My POV is that paper money is going to lose value quickly so we aren’t hanging on to it to save, rather have useful goods that are only going to get more expensive. If silver makes a dip, might get a little bit more.
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