Posted on 10/22/2020 12:33:47 AM PDT by be-baw
Remember those great early-pandemic days last spring when bags of flour and yeast suddenly became precious items? Wasn’t that fun? Well, great news, everybody: we’re going to get to experience them all over again. As we’ve noted before, grocers are a little more prepared this time around and have been stocking “pandemic pallets” of food they can reorder quickly, but some things will still be hard to find. Mashed has thoughtfully prepared a list:
Baking supplies. It’s now chilly enough to turn the oven on again, plus the spectre of holiday baking looms
Canned soups. Both General Mills and Campbell’s are still behind in production after the increased demand during the first wave of the pandemic (because what is an easier meal for people who don’t know how to cook than heating up a can of soup?). Officials say they hope to be back to full capacity again in January, but just in case... maybe try making your own soup?
Soda pop. Remember the aluminum can shortage? We’re still feeling its repercussions. In order to make sure there’s enough aluminum to accommodate its best-sellers like Coke and Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola has been rejiggering its production so that niche favorites like Fresca and Caffeine-Free Diet Coke have been getting short shrift . Snacks. Frito-Lay, Pepperidge Farm, and other snack producers have been letting the public know, via Twitter, about the products they’ve paused or cut off completely. A moment of silence, please, for Tostitos Black Beans and Garlic, Kickin’ Chicken Taco Pringles, and Geneva cookies. . Spam. Hormel CEO Jim Snee reported that the company has 24% less inventory of all its products than it did at this time last year, and production may be slowed again if there are any more cases of COVID-19 among workers.
I just checked my cans; the expiration date is September 2022. So may be this year’s crop? *fingers crossed!*
The fat content of the meat used is relevant to the lasting in the freezer. 80/20 is best for long term freezing. Cook, slice, cool slices in fridge then vacuum seal. The fat coating on the slices though not really visible will resist freezer burn for more than a year in my deep freeze. I use Ziploc sandwich bags and a reversed BP hand ball pump to evacuate the air from the sandwich bags and quick seal the insert hole.
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Instead of Sure- Jel try Pomona’s Universal Pectin.
You can buy larger quantities and it has two wonderful advantages.
One is that you can make the jam with any amount of sugar you desire.
And better yet , you can make large batches and they set beautifully. I would make enough for seven pints, a full cannerload, at one time. I would make a years supply of each fruit jam in one day of processing.
That would be 35 pints.
I would do the prep, jar washing, lid washing, setting up the kitchen the day before. Made life a lot easier.
Canning day was also leftover day.
Nothing like getting smacked upside the head by reality, is there?
Squash is really good for you, too.
I use jars like that for storing rice, popcorn, pasta, salt, etc.
That’s good to know.
a ‘just in case the power goes down’ idea is to buy frozen mixed veggies, thaw and cook in large jars (I use the five bean salad jars from Sam’s Club), reusing the lids tonged from noiling water to top the bubbling veggie mix. I have yet to have even one of the jars yield that familiar ‘pop’ when cooling. Only able to do three jars at a time, but it works.
Anyone who has not been putting supplies away since December 2019(or before) until now AND continuing to do so is asleep and watches mainstream media.
” I use Ziploc sandwich bags and a reversed BP hand ball pump to evacuate the air from the sandwich bags and quick seal the insert hole.”
What is a BP hand ball pump and how do you attache it to a ziplock sandwich bag?
That’s what I do-mix it up warm. After bubbles stop add 3 ice cubes stir and drink. I can do it. Hubby-not so much.
Thanks so much - I think you may have solved my problem. Since our grand daughter has elected on line school, this year, we don’t drive our 2010 Odyssey daily anymore. This is the 3rd time it’s been totally dead.
The solar battery charger, I assume will also not overcharge since it’s not that great an output? Is that correct.
Thanks for the links, I’ll check them both out.
Do you know which firms the Chines government/state-owned firms/PLA have purchased, so that I won’t inadvertantly purchase from them unless I absolutely have to?
Allow your frankenvirus to spread around the world, promote economy-damaging lockdowns via social media, and then purchase ailing companies from the resulting rubble???
BRILLIANT!!! /sarc
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Of course, if the Three Gorges Dam decides to go, things will get even worse.
The dam is now and always has been safe. Media sold adds by enticing the gullible to believe the dam was failing.
The Hydrologists on the Yangtze controlled more than a hundred other dams to mitigate the flooding as best they could.
I have to stock a lot of paprika, because I use a lot when making Chili. I have huge recipe for 10 lb. which is cooked in the oven. Cooled, sliced and frozen for a quick meal just heat with a can of chili beans.
Nice!
I have 7 hens, but 2 of them are old enough they don’t lay very often. I’d love to be able to keep a rooster so I could grow my own replacement hens.
For a while this summer, we were the only ones in the neighborhood with access to eggs. All the stores were sold out.
Thanks.
Do you mean, “The Dutch Pantry”?
That said the real problem we're having in my area is a lack of new refrigerators and kitchen stoves. If you try to buy a fridge it won't be delivered until next year - and that not a 'for sure'...
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