food

I have a novel food product idea that I would like to consider marketing. The product is sauce like, even sort of barbeque sauce like, but not a barbeque sauce. It is actually a niche sauce that most people don't realize they need yet, but will once they are exposed to it and have tried it. ;)...

For the past month our grocery stores have been out of a lot of products that we have been buying each week for years. Now they are selling items like bread in 1/2 loaf sizes. Butter by the stick instead of the pound, etc., etc. Prices are over the moon. This past week was real sticker...

Several prep food threads lately about "good" experiences with foods eaten after the 'best by' dates, so I thought I should put one up that didn't work out so well. As the title states, It's Ramen cup'o'noodles-really a crap food-but get's you through the day when camping/fishing, or something...

Global Sun Oven – Solar Cooker http://www.directive21.com/products/sun-oven/ We are happy to announce that we now offer the Global Sun Oven. We have known Paul, a representative of Sun Oven, for quite some time, and are glad to now offer the Sun Oven. The Sun Oven has been used around the...

Just found this; published last month. It's very long, probably way too much to actually post here, so I'll just post a few clips. I recommend viewing the pdf, and perusing through the table of contents to see the list of issues that are addressed. Note: Each section is very large. I'm only...

How far will the powers that be go to lie to you? In what would be considered a classic case of "Bait and Switch" the Army presents a nutrition guide for stupid people. The post includes the latest "nutrition" photograph released on the US Army's website. What does the US Army believe is...

While American agriculture is tanking and transferring to agri-business and invest by Bill Gates and Monsanto global powers are going to be beta-testing total food control in Africa. My heart goes out to the Africans who are so often targeted to be the guinea pigs. From the trenches, Celeste...

This will be difficult to describe. Over a year we moved to the top of a mountain. I am an old from scratch baker and cook. I have been cooking since I was knee high to a grasshopper and never had this consistent situation. When I make something with chocolate, any kind of chocolate (bar...

At the end of March the NIAA is meeting. This is THE meeting that calls the shots for American agriculture for the coming year. The sizzling agenda is increasing regulation in economically tough times. **There will be a new Traceability White Paper released at the conference. In their own...

I am a soap maker and began pouring a New Year of soap making ingredients using bottles of olive oil from Costco. I noticed, as I was pouring out 2 batches, that at the bottom of all the containers were crystals. The olive oil smelled funny, not rancid, just not right. These crystals were in...

Hyperlinks inserted at: http://www.nonaiswa.org/?p=7706 Part 2: VS 2015- A New Perspective Celeste Bishop Happy New Year! The calendar is beginning afresh as the fear-driven 21st century progresses with an agrarian-ignorant culture demanding flexibility, innovation, and partnership to...

I enjoy crystallized ginger and lovely crystallized flowers adorning homemade treats but this came as a big surprise, that you and your loved ones may be in the process of being crystallized to death. On one of the threads we onto the topic of flame retardant in butter. Well here is the rest...

With new agency streamlining and the Protecting American Agriculture Act last vestiges of agriculture are integrating into Department of Homeland Security as early as the new year. Can't you just 'feel' those TSA agencies groping as you enter the DHS grocery outlet? Going for groceries will no...

I just went to the Federal Register and out of almost 312,000,000 Americans (approximately), some of which have been fighting NAIS/Traceability since it became public, to date, precisely 8 people have made comments. This proposed regulation is the third pillar of NAIS: surveillance, allot of...

Animal Health Monitoring and Surveillance System Celeste Bishop (To date 3 people have made comments on this crucial regulation. Take time to make your voice heard today, For the Record. Comment Deadline: DECEMBER 28th, IMPLEMENTATION DATE: January 9th) The USDA and APHIS are embarking in...

I am wading into the new Veterinary Regulations documents, ugh! I feel woefully inadequate to address this "new direction" the agency is going. I won't lament the lack of public details... here are the questions, if anyone can help. Constitutionally speaking, is publication of regulation in...

Action in the food fight is hitting the fan so secure your food supply and be prepared to defend it. The powers that be found a Constitutional breach back in 2008 and they wasted no time making sure that breach could never be restored. Here are two major hiccups that you need to know about...

I don't know enough about how much of our rice comes from India, or how much is imported regularly. But this article buried in the news really gave me the heebie jeebies. Literally. So many questions run through my mind, especially when I see that 145 shipping containers of rice from India had...

In my area the price of hay has sky rocketed and is still going up. It is almost double what it was this time last year. My hay seller confirmed more and more famers are putting former meadow, pasture land and fields of fodder into corn this year. Farmers are growing not much more than what they...

Has anyone made a grain grinder? I have a small handcrank type from y2k but I know that would be really tough on my arms and hands. Would love a country mill but dont have the $.

Well since we are a prep board, I thought I should share this. Dad had to go to the retirement home 3 years ago, and being good offspring that we are, naturally, we looted his hoard. Well, it wasn't quite that simple. The problem was that dad, like several of us, hoards food-he grew up during...

In Africa it looks like top bar bee hives with sun shades are being used to discourage elephants from destroying crops. It seems to be working. The added bonus? Farmers get to sell honey for a profit providing added financial incentive to maintain hives. The hives are suspended from the fence...

Time to remind everyone. In many parts of the country temps are warming and that means those pesky moths that get into package of food. Cans, Jars are fine. But check, Bags (paper & plastic) of bulk foods especially. The time to discover a 25lb sack of something is full of moths/maggots or...

I just wanted to let everyone know here about our new line of Food Storage, as many TBK members have purchased Berkey Water Filters because of our last post on TBK and we really appreciated the response here. Anything purchased does support TBK, as we are making a donation today. We are...

Great explanation of how food costs translate from farm to market. Excerpt: ...."But the spike hasn't translated immediately or directly into an equal-sized jump in retail food prices. That's because the price of groceries is tied to many costs, such as packaging, marketing, labor and, most...

Think the thin veneer of civility is not being strained? If it is to this stage now, just think how much fun it will be in the city when it REALLY gets bad. And I bet they will continue to vote the progressives and socialists in again and again... From...

This thread is a continuation of other cooking techniques, recipes, products, and vendors carried over from the Coconut thread. So you have bean grinder from WorldWar I ? Ha ha, just kidding. You’re right about wetness for chicken, I rinse the chicken first place pieces on paper towel and...

I ordered some seeds from eBay. I've been growing them for about 4 months now and they look more like serano peppers to me than Bhut Jolokia. Anyone have experience with this plant? I even tried one and it wasn't hot at all. I thought maybe there is a late growth spurt that gives the heat and...

Moringa Oleifera: The Miracle Tree Tuesday, November 20, 2007 by: Patty Donovan, citizen journalist (NaturalNews) Imagine a tree in your backyard that will meet all your nutritional needs, take care of you medicinally, and purify your water for you. This tree actually exists. For centuries, the...

There are a lot of people here on TB2K who we hear from all the time, and we wanted to let all of you know about a new item we offer that may be of interest. We now offer Emergency Seed Banks at http://www.directive21.com/emergencyseedbank.html What is included: * 37,000 seeds. 1.4 Lbs of...

TB2K already has a thread on bank closings and I thought the number of closing grocery stores might be another "miner's canary" on the health of the economy. From the following articles it looks like both small and larger big box stores are being affected. Frum Grocery Stores Closing Because...

A gift for Mom Mom is a do not get it, does not want to get, will fight anyone trying to impose the idea on her reality with the tenacity of the marines taking Iwo Jima and with the grace and manners of an old school matron make the imposer feel guilty for the attempt. Thank you very much...

So as any good prepper I've been rotating canned food. Unfortunately I found four 16oz canned hams that got hidden away. I mark all my cans with month/year of purchase and these were marked Oct 2002. Made by Celebrity and factory marked EXPR 0117-2007. All of my food is stored in normal temps...

Excerpt from the NYT article: Outbreak of Fungus Threatens Tomato Crop By JULIA MOSKIN Published: July 17, 2009 A highly contagious fungus that destroys tomato plants has quickly spread to nearly every state in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic, and the weather over the next week may...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-drought6-2009jul06,0,3172131.story From the Los Angeles Times AGRICULTURE Despair flows as fields go dry and unemployment rises San Joaquin Valley farms are laying off workers and letting fields lie fallow as their water ration falls. By Alana Semuels July...

Go to www.save-a-lot.com and sign up for their Fuel the Family deal (or whatever it is called-there is a clickable link there) and get a $5 coupon sent via e-mail. It is for $5 off a $20 order. Canned veggies are roughly 49 cents a can so that means you can get almost an extra 12 pack. Also, I...

Check out these guys at Cook For Good: http://www.cookforgood.com/ An excerpt: Using the new spring menu, you can eat well on an average of $1.20 a meal for the regular plan and only $1.80 for the "green" plan. The cart cost for the organic ingredients comes out to just $1.99 a meal, matching...

This was on yesterday and I recorded it. Spamarama is held in Austin, Texas and has prizes for professionals and amateurs. Interesting preparations/recipes. Included Spam corndogs, Spam Rellenos, and Spam chorizo stuffed grape leaves. If you can catch it in re-runs you might get some good...

Well, I spent about $10 for the ingredients I needed that I didn't have on hand to try out a recipe of mozzerella. The ingredients will allow me to make cheese with 96 gallons of milk...so I guess that is about 10 cents a gallon, plus the cost of milk and the value of the citric acid I already...

I thought I would start a post on just great tasting food for storage. I do not work for or make a penny off these folks Really I'm a 10+ year customer and love the products both for taste and storage. I love the Chicken Noodle Soup from this place in Canada...