Posted on 11/05/2025 10:39:57 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
As Oklahoma braces for a temporary suspension of SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown, Governor Kevin Stitt is urging nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and everyday Oklahomans to step up and support families in need.
In Tulsa and across the state, churches are answering the call.
Sheridan Church, for example, is expanding its existing programs, planning food drives and community meals to help families struggling to put groceries on the table.
Faith leaders say the demand is already high. Rev. W.R. Casey Jr., President and CEO of the Christian Ministers Alliance, shared that while local farms have donated some supplies, the need for food donations remains urgent.
With thousands of churches and religious organizations statewide, community leaders are calling on Oklahomans to pitch in—whether through donations or volunteer efforts—to ensure no family goes hungry during this pause in federal assistance.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktul.com ...
A fifty pound bag of flour (makes breads, pitas, tortillas, cakes, biscuits, waffles, and pancakes) costs $22. It will last a family of four for four months. Same with other natural, real foods. Buy in bulk. Plan with commitment, and enjoy family kitchen time over staring at phones and playing video games.
Local communities can handle these kinds of issues.
As it should be...and used to be...local community without givernment involved.
Getting government involved in feeding people should be for extreme disaster situations, not business as normal.
Which means we’re supporting them twice.
Once with extorted taxes and now we’re expected to pony up MORE to feed them?
Heck, they can go out and get a job and feed themselves like the rest of us.
GASP!
That means ..... working to prepare your food. And thinking about eating right and planning for it.
The horror!
My thoughts EXACTLY when they hit me up to donate at the grocery store today. Then my job place hit me up. I’ve been working at my particular career for 42 years. I don’t waste money. I don’t eat out, nor do I spend as much as a food stamper’s monthly allotment for groceries. When is it enough? The kids around here (all) get free breakfast and lunch as well as food bags for the weekend. Ain’t nobody starving.
A good rule. "Bread (and similar carbs) are life" if you have a very few good staple ingredients, life is great.
Shun the Frankenfood industries products. Nothing but empty calories, packaging with cute graphics, and chemicals to improve shelf life. Another hint.....real home made bread spoils from mold in five days. A store bought loaf of bread today in 2025, will never spoil. Think about that.
As long as that ketchup sandwich had a pickle on it, I’m in. I grow cucumbers and put up pickles every summer! People just don’t get life. All they want is Taco Bell and McDonalds.
That’s absolutely right.
When help comes from your neighbors and friends you feel obligated to do better. If it is given anonymously from the government, you feel no obligation to do better.
When you put up pickles, try the oak leaf in each jar. (I only do cold pack)
I make freezer pickles. I will research the oak leaf.
Uh...remember Langendorf bread?
Bread flour, 3 cups, (360gms)
Dark Rye Flour, 184 gms.
Onion Powder, 1 tsp
Caraway seeds, 1 tsp
Salt, 14 gms.
Sugar, 25 gms.
Molases 25 gms.
Yeast, 2 tsp.
Olive oil, 3 Tblsp.
Water, 397 gms.
Cocoa Powder, 2 Tblsp.
Langendorfs Marbled Jewish Rye.
That sounds really good...NOT the Langendorf my mom bought.
In fact, I may make it soon.
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