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bluelady

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nomifyle said:
I raised my family without using paper towels, I used part of a grocery bag to drain meat on, really TP was the only disposable paper I used. Now that I'm older I used paper towels, but still sparingly, we might use one roll a month. I've got really cheap TP I could use to drain meat on if I had to.

Just this morning I remarked to DH that there was nothing I needed to go to the store for. We are having ribs for dinner tomorrow and he asked if I had BBQ sauce and I said yes. Then I counted and I only have 7 bottles, so I'm going to look up how to make BBQ sauce from scratch. I'm surprised I'm down to 7 bottles, I usually keep a minimum of 10 bottles of most condements.

I'm not hoarding, I have a full pantry. Piss on the naysayers.

God is good all the time

Judy
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Brings to mind how much we used brown paper sacks, which were the only game in town back in the day. Yes, draining bacon. Kitchen trash bags. School book covers (the same books were used year after year, and we were *required* to cover them; in high school we could buy shiny covers with school name, mascot & colors in the office, as well as school pencils). Wrapping packages for mailing, tied with twine. Making sturdy copies of pattern pieces for sewing when we had used the same one so many times it was wearing out. What else? Gosh, I'm sounding like my Grandma talking about the "old days"!
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

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WanderLore said:
So I went to bathroom while DH was waiting on cath in hospital yesterday. I walk back in his room and there he is bragging to the staff about all the food and supplies and guns and ammo we have stored. No, he wasn't medicated yet.
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That's damned stupid of him to brag about your stuff, even if you do live out of state what makes you think that in a SHTF scenario someone who heard him bragging wouldn't track you down.
 
Walrus Whisperer

Walrus Whisperer

Hope in chains...
Freeholder said:
If you can't use the grease from cooking meat right away (all meat, not just bacon) put it in a tight container and freeze it. Fat is one of the most valuable commodities in a famine situation. It's also very useful for cooking, in place of vegetable oils (and usually healthier for you than vegetable oils, although olive oil and coconut oil aren't too bad). If I have bacon fat, I use that instead of butter for a lot of things.

Kathleen
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You can can butter(ghee). I experimented with it, it's pretty good. My jars always had a bit of milk fat on top when they cooled off, doesn't seem to be harmful. Bacon fat IS food of the gods though.
 
vessie

vessie

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bluelady said:
Brings to mind how much we used brown paper sacks, which were the only game in town back in the day. Yes, draining bacon. Kitchen trash bags. School book covers (the same books were used year after year, and we were *required* to cover them; in high school we could buy shiny covers with school name, mascot & colors in the office, as well as school pencils). Wrapping packages for mailing, tied with twine. Making sturdy copies of pattern pieces for sewing when we had used the same one so many times it was wearing out. What else? Gosh, I'm sounding like my Grandma talking about the "old days"!
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And I also use them for buttering popcorn!

I put the hot popcorn into the big paper grocery sack and then as I'm shaking the bag with one hand, I'm drizzling a mazzive amount of melted butter with the other.

Once the container of melted butter is done, you then close up the bag and give it another good shaking!

And of course, same steps for adding the salt and grated parmesan. V
 
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bluelady

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vessie said:
And I also use them for buttering popcorn!

I put the hot popcorn into the big paper grocery sack and then as I'm shaking the bag with one hand, I'm drizzling a mazzive amount of melted butter with the other.

Once the container of melted butter is done, you then close up the bag and give it another good shaking!

And of course, same steps for adding the salt and grated parmesan. V
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Yes, that's another one I fogot about! Yum!!!
 
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summerthyme

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bluelady said:
Brings to mind how much we used brown paper sacks, which were the only game in town back in the day. Yes, draining bacon. Kitchen trash bags. School book covers (the same books were used year after year, and we were *required* to cover them; in high school we could buy shiny covers with school name, mascot & colors in the office, as well as school pencils). Wrapping packages for mailing, tied with twine. Making sturdy copies of pattern pieces for sewing when we had used the same one so many times it was wearing out. What else? Gosh, I'm sounding like my Grandma talking about the "old days"!
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Yeah, and the ones currently available in grocery stores are utterly worthless! They'll tear if you dare put an extra loaf of bread in them!

A couple weekends ago, our kids all came down and helped empty the attic and basement. One thing we found in the attic was a box full of folded grocery bags. They were super heavy weight and sturdy. Literally, at least double the thickness of the current useless ones. I used to use them for everything...

Summerthyme
 
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Homestyle

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I buy a jar Ghee in the brown glass jar. not the plastic jar, about every grocery trip. We love the taste and it has a very long shelf life. I have about a dozen jars of it bought over the last year. I think it's a little over $8 a jar at Walmart so one added to the cart every so often doesn't add much cost. I tried to make it but it's tricky for me.
 
Seeker22

Seeker22

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biere said:
Edit to add some info. On the bacon grease I suspect a light cloth will do the same on top of the bacon. Think bed sheet material. For underneath I would use a container to catch the bacon grease. I use bacon grease for cooking and if I ever feel like I got too much I might dribble some on the dog food. For the holidays when I eat really good the cat and dogs also eat good.

I am not against papertowels but there are options out there. I would consider learning how those options work for the day that comes when you can't buy what you want due to either major price increase or it is not there.

Same goes for wiping out washer and dryer. You can wipe em out with a rag and shake out the rag outside. Use a lint roller, I use packing tape for lint roller, to gother up cat and dog hair.

I am not against paper towels as I said. But consider what it is doing and options for that.
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I have plenty recipes that use bacon grease, so I don't have to waste a drop. I haven't used but six paper towels the entire decade. Towels; not packages. I have them, just don't find uses for them much. I use cleaning rags around here.
 
Signwatcher

Signwatcher

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DS is a Bipolar individual. Took him grocery shopping Monday morning about 6:30 am. Used to be a grocery store cashier... REFUSE to go to the store the week of Thanksgiving if at all possible.

He doesn't read signs. LIMIT 2 LOAVES OF BREAD. I ended up buying 2 for him so he could get what he felt he needed. How many more out there like him that don't have someone to look out for them?
 
Secamp32

Secamp32

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I went to Sams club on Tuesday and they had paper towels but no TP. I forgot something so I went back yesterday and they had Bounty PT and Charmin TP.
 
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