CRISIS Food Security Commercials Running Non-Stop on Local Channels

[meezy]

Maybe those huge food service containers are making their way to groceries because restaurants are closing or otherwise cutting back.

I mostly have Fox News on all the time (sort of a background noise thing). All I see is ads for My Pillow products. By now I can practically recite their lines along with them. “When I got My Pillow, I’m asleep almost ah-mediately!” ”The Go Anywhere Pillow is so easy to take anywhere I go!” And the new towels, “guaranteed to work!“ That one cracks me up every time.

And there’s Tom Selleck pushing reverse mortgages, because he’s “old enough to know what’s what.” And that creepy William Devain dude selling gold by making MAGA-type political commentary.

No idea what plays on the regular TV channels. I don’t watch them.

 

[Profit of Doom]

What, you don't understand what I said?

"If you're between the ages of 50 and 80, you can't be turned down. Your premiums will never increase, and there are no health questions."

That help?

Meaning the ads you hear are for insurance instead of food security.

 

[ginnie6]

you can also take those big cans and re-can them in smaller jars. I don't do it but there are people who do. They're even taking the stuff from school lunches and canning it....

 

[Melodi]

This may be a silly question, but can they be recanned into smaller mason jars?

Yes but most need pressure canning and by the time you cook the stuff a second time at pressure temps for 60 to 90 minutes, it is mostly mush.

Freezing is best, dehydration next if you are storing for long-term conditions; then if you have the glass jars you can store the dehydrated stuff in them.

 

[tiredude]

Packed in water (commercial food service cans) or dehyrated/freeze dried?

yep...…. and at an extremely reasonable price.....

 

[WalknTrot]

Yes but most need pressure canning and by the time you cook the stuff a second time at pressure temps for 60 to 90 minutes, it is mostly mush.

Freezing is best, dehydration next if you are storing for long-term conditions; then if you have the glass jars you can store the dehydrated stuff in them.

Yes, like Melodi said, it will be overcooked. Unless you are making soup to can, and don't care about it being over-cooked, freezing would be the way go. "Maybe" the corn would hold up to dehydration, but not the peas or potatoes, and frozen potatoes get mushy, too.

Even if the stuff is dirt cheap, there will be a lot of waste involved unless you are feeding an army. That's why I suggested for canning, the best option would be soup. Personally, I'm not going to fill up my freezer with canned peas. My freezer space is precious and predominately for meat.

 

[packyderms_wife]

If you buy the big service cans of veggies the best approach would be to take them and turn those into freezer meals that can be put into the toaster oven or microwave and reheated. Add in a little cooked ground beef, turkey, or pork sausage and you could have several small casseroles (for one person household) or several large ones for a larger family, that are ready to go in less than a half-hour.

 

[Mushroom]

In the case of the large cans of fruit, you can drain it and lay out the pieces onto a tray to freeze separately. Use the juice for making bread. When the fruit is hard frozen, put into bags and use them for making smoothies.

 

[Grouchy Granny]

All the local grocery type stores around here quit carrying the #10 cans of stuff which really irritated me. I used to buy tomato sauce (4-6 at a time) that way to make home made spaghetti sauce which I then canned. Have to get it at Sams now because Costco moved all of those to their business centers.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

I don’t get all the concern with huge #10 cans if they are being sold at a good price per ounce.

Just keep the big cans in storage - unopened - like you smaller cans. Then, when you want some green beans or canned peaches or what ever for supper, open the big can, Eat what you would like, them transfer the rest of the can into a regular jar or tupperwear container and store in the fridge. It will store for at least a week in the fridge, so just plan on eating more of that food in a different meal - just like you do any other leftovers.

Problem solved, IMHO.

 

[Walrus Whisperer]

For gallon size plastic / glass jars, keep an eye behind any deli store, where the trash is.

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

Packed in water like you see at Sam’s or Costco. I’ll add my Kroger is a small rural store, not a huge mega store. They actually got rid of some veggies, like beets, hominy, etc to make room for the huge cans.

I think it is a response to supply chain disruptions. Contracts are coming up and they are being notified of what they cannot get their hands on...

 

[Scrapman]

Keep people scared maybe they'll blame trump for the perceived problems.
They are working overtime on getting rid of trump.

 

[Millwright]

The OP is a sign of agile marketing.

See a trend in public purchasing and get your company name out there for an increase in sales.

Basic business, actually.

 

[Melodi]

If you buy the big service cans of veggies the best approach would be to take them and turn those into freezer meals that can be put into the toaster oven or microwave and reheated. Add in a little cooked ground beef, turkey, or pork sausage and you could have several small casseroles (for one person household) or several large ones for a larger family, that are ready to go in less than a half-hour.

When I was in college (and later working food service) my Mom would save the old foil frozen dinner disposable pans for me and I would do this with the bulk foods - aka My Own "brand" of TV dinner.

Today you can still buy foil containers and do this (the ones for bread or cakes work well) and I totally agree the other option is to make soup and can it.

Some of my canned soups have previously canned veggies in them (or broth), even better if you plan to "Wizz" the soup with a hand blender when you go to use it (after having canned it intact which is the safe way to go).

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

Keep people scared maybe they'll blame trump for the perceived problems.
They are working overtime on getting rid of trump.

And they do not realize by letting him live rent free in their minds he is actually getting free promotional value by being annoying and their actions are feeding his and it goes on in an endless loop. Nancy Pelosi said something to this effect a while back but no one listened.