FOOD Report food & grocery shortages / price increases here: 2022 Edition

[Barry Natchitoches]

Continuing on:


A news item that I did not see mentioned here - or on local or even the evening mainstream news of that day - was an action that the Biden administration took on September 14, 2022.

It was so poorly publicized that it was a full two weeks later before I ever found out about it.

But anyway, on Sept 14, 2022, the Biden administration appropriated the USDA an additional TWO BILLION DOLLARS - that is Billion with a “B” - in additional funding to provide food for needy Americans.

ONE AND ONE HALF BILLION of those fiat dollars is being directed towards the food bank system, to help them deal with the increased cost of thebfoods they are forced to buy on the open market, the increased shipping costs of getting food to their home base, and to help feed the increasing number of Americans turning to food banks with every passing week.

The other half of a billion of those dollars is being directed towards the nations schools, to help school cafeterias pay the increasing prices for the food they serve.


Now, for somebody like me, who is turning to the nations food banks to help redirect grocery money to pay for my wife’s cancer care — this is a good thing.


But is this a good thing for you?



Food costs are already rising alot higher than working Americans typical wages.

And this is happening at the same time that the national and even international food inventories are being rapidly depleated.


Biden’s administration has already increased the amount that those already eligible for food stamps are going to get, to accommodate the rapidly rising food costs. (Interestingly, he did not change eligibility so that more of the working poor might be able to get a little bit of help. He just raised the amount of money available for those who already qualify for food stamps. Too many WORKING POOR get no help, while others - many who do not work at all - are getting more. My own personal opinion is that they should change qualifying criteria so more working people can get some help. But I guess that is just my opinion.)

Making Additional moneys available to allow the food stamp people to buy more food, and additional monies to fund the increased purchasing needs of the food banks sounds good on the surface — but how does this affect the average WORKING American who BUYS their food with money that they EARN?


With every passing day, there is less and less food available to buy. Especially in some parts of the country where it is expensive to ship food in.


Now, you will have food stamp people buying more of what limited supplies of food is still available.

And the food banks will be buying more with their increased funding.


That is bound to drive prices up, and remaining purchased food volumes down, right?


As I see it, this is just going to force even more people into food bank lines, as the price of food - some of that increase the indirect result of these latest measures by the Biden administration - climbs so high that working Americans paychecks will not be able to absorb it.

And, at the same time, it is going to make shortages on the shelves of your local grocery stores even more empty, as food is divered fron the local pay-for-your-own-food store to the food banks.


Again, I am set to be a winner in this zero sum game, as I already use the local food bank.

But that does not mean that this is a good policy.

Biden’s action of Sept 12, 2022 is going to hurt alot of WORKING Americans, IMHO.

It may very likely hurt alot of you reading this.

No wonder news coverage of this particular EO got so little publicity.

 

[Millwright]

Continuing on:


A news item that I did not see mentioned here - or on local or even the evening mainstream news of that day - was an action that the Biden administration took on September 14, 2022.

It was so poorly publicized that it was a full two weeks later before I ever found out about it.

But anyway, on Sept 14, 2022, the Biden administration appropriated the USDA an additional TWO BILLION DOLLARS - that is Billion with a “B” - in additional funding to provide food for needy Americans.

ONE AND ONE HALF BILLION of those fiat dollars is being directed towards the food bank system, to help them deal with the increased cost of thebfoods they are forced to buy on the open market, the increased shipping costs of getting food to their home base, and to help feed the increasing number of Americans turning to food banks with every passing week.

The other half of a billion of those dollars is being directed towards the nations schools, to help school cafeterias pay the increasing prices for the food they serve.


Now, for somebody like me, who is turning to the nations food banks to help redirect grocery money to pay for my wife’s cancer care — this is a good thing.


But is this a good thing for you?



Food costs are already rising alot higher than working Americans typical wages.

And this is happening at the same time that the national and even international food inventories are being rapidly depleated.


Biden’s administration has already increased the amount that those already eligible for food stamps are going to get, to accommodate the rapidly rising food costs. (Interestingly, he did not change eligibility so that more of the working poor might be able to get a little bit of help. He just raised the amount of money available for those who already qualify for food stamps. Too many WORKING POOR get no help, while others - many who do not work at all - are getting more. My own personal opinion is that they should change qualifying criteria so more working people can get some help. But I guess that is just my opinion.)

Additional moneys available to allow the food stamp people to buy more food, and additional monies to fund the increased purchasing needs of the food banks sounds good on the surface — but how does this affect the average WORKING American who BUYS their food with money that they EARN?


With every passing day, there is less and less food available to buy. Especially in some parts of the country where it is expensive to ship food in.


Now, you will have food stamp people buying more of what food is still available.

And the food banks will be buying more with their increased funding.


That is bound to drive prices up, and remaining purchasanle food volumes down, right?


As I see it, this is just going to force even more people into food bank lines, as the price of food - some of that increase the indirect result of these latest measures by the Biden administration - climbs so high that working Americans paychecks will not be able to absorb it.


Again, I am set to be a winner in this zero sum game, as I already use the local food bank.

But that does not mean that this is a good policy.

Biden’s action of Sept 12, 2022 is going to hurt alot of WORKING Americans, IMHO.

It may very likely hurt alot of you reading this.

No wonder news coverage of this particular EO got so little publicity.

Like most thing the commies do, some percentage of this will get rolled right back into their pockets.

$3.67 will actually go to helping people.

 

[ioujc]

Quick note, before I go on with my narrative: As I understand it, don’t you live in the Ozark mountains?

Trucking fresh produce into your area would be much more expensive than my area (Memphis).

Yet the food per pound, at least on the Feeding America national bidding platform - is the same whether the food bank is “buying” canned chicken or eggplant.

I am guessing, of course, but it may be that if your food bank is going to have to pay high shipping costs anyway, that they would rather spend those dollars shipping in canned protein than fresh squash.

Just a thought…

I live in the foothills of the Ozarks, yes. I also live in a very rural, poor community. Mostly because people here are drug addicts....but that is neither here nor there, except you really have to GUARD anything made or metal or which can be fenced or sold on the internet.

 

[bbbuddy]

Celery is not going to be available when the SHTF. it is NOT EASY TO GROW! So, Make sure you have enough CHOPPED celery ,(DRIED,) and ground celery seed and celery salt, All for soup, which has a "something missing" taste without it!

DEEP GREEN CELERY IS INEDIBLE RAW and is ONLY USED FOR COOKING.

The celery you eat raw is green celery that was "BLANCHED" while it is growing, which is "made white" or lighter, by some way sunshine is prevented from hitting the stalks.

Usually they do this by mounding up dirt, burying the stalks. Preventing sunlight from hitting the stalks makes them whiter, mild, not strong tasting, and not bitter, or very stringy.

I grew cutting leaf celery this year, very easy, prolific, strong celery taste. Just doesn't have big crunchy stems. Great addition to Soups, stews casseroles.

 

[ioujc]

I see people at food pantries with thousands of dollars worth of tats and driving very nice cars. I do not feel sorry for most of them. they made poor life decisions.

Yes, there are many of those.

They are either non-working people who are part of the drug culture or the very low income welfare folks. They always seem to have brand new, really nice cars, often with fancy hubcaps. They are part of the group who abuse food banks.

The other group are the elderly, retired poor, who you may think "made poor life choices" and who generally drive older, beat up trucks or sedans. These are the retired who have had a career, done well and had their world completely dissolve beneath them....like many here on this board who are now having severe health problems, or a family member is suffering from a severe health crisis and all of their savings and "extras" have gone to pay hospital bills or provide income until they can qualify for either disability or Social Security.

Careful how you judge others......I have zero tats, don't smoke or drink or do any recreational drugs and pretty much have nothing.....after working for 40+ years, paying my way through Grad School, and having many, many people steal me blind, who I had trusted. Poor decisions??
I suppose I should not have trusted the assholes I did, however I don't have a litmus test for that......do you??? If so, please clue me in!!

THIS(above) is why I think even food banks should have some qualifying criteria, such as requiring the person to have been employed a certain number of years, or having been disabled after having been employed.....or something. There are too many people who are living by illegal means and not only abusing laws, but also EVERY aspect of our country's safety net program......you know, like the guy I saw begging in New York City, with a dog and a sign that said he was deaf and mute, and who was staying in the same crappy hotel I was, and was having no trouble communicating with the liquor store cashier in the hotel. His dog was on a leash, and he still had on his "grunge" clothes until later that evening I saw him all decked out in a nice sports outfit with expensive sports shoes on!!

 

[ioujc]

I grew cutting leaf celery this year, very easy, prolific, strong celery taste. Just doesn't have big crunchy stems. Great addition to Soups, stews casseroles.

You can also grow "real" celery from the cut off end of a bunch of celery......

I did that one year and had a lovely celery plant that was growing right as winter hit.

If you ARE going to grow celery either from seed, which you need to start the seed soon and then transplant this coming Spring, or start from the cut off end of a purchased celery bunch, EARLY this coming Spring. It takes FOREVER to grow to maturity!

 

[vessie]

I’ve cooked radishes in a roast instead of potatoes and you can’t tell the difference

Yep, they’re like red new potatoes when I roast them in the air fryer.

It’s a great Keto alternative. V

 

[packyderms_wife]

HyVee here in central Iowa is running a 99 cent for 99 items sale this weekend. OC bought some boneless pork chops and some split on bone chicken breasts for a really good price! If I had room I would have taken advantage of the limit of two 99 per pound whole chickens.

 

[ainitfunny]

A 2.5 gallon jug of kerosene was $25 a few months ago at Home Depot. Today its $35.

I just bought some.I looked all over, you cant find it for less than $32-$35 a gallon
Denatured alcohol has gone way up too.
Even paraffin!

 

[WalknTrot]

I just bought some.I looked all over, you cant find it for less than $32-$35 a gallon
Denatured alcohol has gone way up too.
Even paraffin!

I got the KleanHeat (zero smell) that I use in the lamps and heaters at Menards for 12.99/gal (last years price) about a month ago. Last week it was as up to 14.99. Crazy that they are charging the same in small jugs for kero. Will check price for kero at the pump next week.

 

[helen]

Slightly off topic, but someone has already stolen 2+ ricks of seasoned, split firewood at night while I was at home. I couldn't give it away last year. It begins.

 

[mikeabn]

Could not find Carlsberg Elephant at a couple of different places. This worries me as it is an all-time favorite beer of mine.

 

[psychgirl]

You can also grow "real" celery from the cut off end of a bunch of celery......

I did that one year and had a lovely celery plant that was growing right as winter hit.

If you ARE going to grow celery either from seed, which you need to start the seed soon and then transplant this coming Spring, or start from the cut off end of a purchased celery bunch, EARLY this coming Spring. It takes FOREVER to grow to maturity!

I want to try that!
Any celery I buy, just cut off the end and put it in potting soil, or should I use water to get it started?

 

[WalknTrot]

Slightly off topic, but someone has already stolen 2+ ricks of seasoned, split firewood at night while I was at home. I couldn't give it away last year. It begins.

Game cams. At least then you know who you are dealing with....

 

[psychgirl]

Our Indiana Kroger has a good sale on pork loin right now. 1.99/lb
I bought two small ones.

Skin on chicken thighs. I think same price. I bought about 23$ of thigh meat for 12$ yesterday. I despise cleaning off chicken skin but the amount of meat I got was worth the effort. I separated them and bagged it all up in three large freezer bags.

Wrights bacon is also on sale for 7.99$, I think it was. I want to go back today for that. If you have digital coupons it’s 6.99$…. I was in a hurry and couldn’t remember if I’d clipped my digital ones yet, and also had a big list of other things to buy.
I’m constantly watching what to balance buy, so if it means saving a dollar by going back for the bacon, that’s what I’ll do.

 

[ioujc]

I want to try that!
Any celery I buy, just cut off the end and put it in potting soil, or should I use water to get it started?

I put mine in a saucer with water:

Don't Toss It, Plant It! 12 Vegetables You Can Regrow From Scraps

Kitchen scrap gardening saves you money on grocery bills and reduces waste. Regrow your kitchen waste into edible veggies and greens!

www.farmersalmanac.com

It is fairly easy, but takes a good bit longer than the "a few days" they say in the article.

You can do the same thing with many other vegetables, as the article explains.

 

[psychgirl]

I put mine in a saucer with water:

Don't Toss It, Plant It! 12 Vegetables You Can Regrow From Scraps

Kitchen scrap gardening saves you money on grocery bills and reduces waste. Regrow your kitchen waste into edible veggies and greens!

www.farmersalmanac.com

It is fairly easy, but takes a good bit longer than the "a few days" they say in the article.

You can do the same thing with many other vegetables, as the article explains.

Thank you!

 

[TFergeson]

Deli counter was very sparse at my local supermarket (Omaha, NE). I took a picture of their order board behind the counter where they keep track of what they need. This was only the first page.

 

[ioujc]

This is a video that makes things MUCH clearer........
besides, the guy that narrates and teaches you how to do this is HOT!! I can tell from his accent that he is an India native.
See what YOU think.
You also need to be aware that some plants will grow, but basically only produce a seed pod, like onions or carrots, although you can eat the tops that regrow.

View: https://youtu.be/ZJuXpiEjdcc

 

[nomifyle]

I never have to worry about celery, I despise the taste and the texture, gag.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

I never have to worry about celery, I despise the taste and the texture, gag.

Cary doesn't mind the taste of celery but hates the texture. So, I buy and stock celery seed for a substitute in recipes.

 

[ioujc]

I never have to worry about celery, I despise the taste and the texture, gag.

I can't eat the stalks either.....Look mom.....
NO TEETH!!

But HOW did you EVER survive in South Louisiana....EVERY RUE has celery in it!!! Although you WOULD be hard put to identify the celery taste from that amalgamation of flavors in a rue!!

 

[vessie]

Slightly off topic, but someone has already stolen 2+ ricks of seasoned, split firewood at night while I was at home. I couldn't give it away last year. It begins.

It sounds like someone who knows you and what you have.

If it were me, I’d string a bunch of those big Christmas bells you put on your door knobs, across the stack and hide everything under a tarp so they can’t see them. V

 

[helen]

It sounds like someone who knows you and what you have.

If it were me, I’d string a bunch of those big Christmas bells you put on your door knobs, across the stack and hide everything under a tarp so they can’t see them. V

I'm getting help.

 

[nomifyle]

I can't eat the stalks either.....Look mom.....
NO TEETH!!

But HOW did you EVER survive in South Louisiana....EVERY RUE has celery in it!!! Although you WOULD be hard put to identify the celery taste from that amalgamation of flavors in a rue!!

I never made a rue and didn't cook south Louisiana cooking. I do not like the taste of celery at all.

 

[ainitfunny]

Slightly off topic, but someone has already stolen 2+ ricks of seasoned, split firewood at night while I was at home. I couldn't give it away last year. It begins.

You can forget planting a garden then. You have a thief, it's like storing food with rats.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

Our Indiana Kroger has a good sale on pork loin right now. 1.99/lb
I bought two small ones.

Skin on chicken thighs. I think same price. I bought about 23$ of thigh meat for 12$ yesterday. I despise cleaning off chicken skin but the amount of meat I got was worth the effort. I separated them and bagged it all up in three large freezer bags.

Wrights bacon is also on sale for 7.99$, I think it was. I want to go back today for that. If you have digital coupons it’s 6.99$…. I was in a hurry and couldn’t remember if I’d clipped my digital ones yet, and also had a big list of other things to buy.
I’m constantly watching what to balance buy, so if it means saving a dollar by going back for the bacon, that’s what I’ll do.

I bought a huge boston butt two days ago for $1.59 a pound.

The thing weighed 18 pounds, and took 12 hours to bake at 350 degrees.

There are only two of us, so we will be eating roasted pork for awhile.

Yesterday, I fixed baked beans to go with it.

Today, I am fixing a vegetable medley to go with the pork: one sliced head of cabbage, one onion, two sliced zucchini, about a cup of frozen, diced carrots, some chopped celery, and some chopped bell pepper. All of that boiled in one big pot, with a few cubes of chicken flavored boullion cubes thrown in.

I am not sure what I will serve as a side dish tomorrow, But with today’s prices what they are, I just couldn’t pass up $1.59 pork.

 

[psychgirl]

I bought a huge boston butt two days ago for $1.59 a pound.

The thing weighed 18 pounds, and took 12 hours to bake at 350 degrees.

There are only two of us, so we will be eating roasted pork for awhile.

Yesterday, I fixed baked beans to go with it.

Today, I am fixing a vegetable medley to go with the pork: one sliced head of cabbage, one onion, two sliced zucchini, about a cup of frozen, diced carrots, some chopped celery, and some chopped bell pepper. All of that boiled in one big pot, with a few cubes of chicken flavored boullion cubes thrown in.

I am not sure what I will serve as a side dish tomorrow, But with today’s prices what they are, I just couldn’t pass up $1.59 pork.

Heck no! That’s great and I’m sure it’ll be delicious!

 

[psychgirl]

I think, I’m going to try using cream of mushroom soup in the crockpot. I saw a recipe that looked easy, but I usually make up my own anyway lol,

It’s gotta turn out tender with cr mushroom! That stuff is magic

Pork loin has become my nemesis! I’m great with tenderloin but straight LOIN , not so much.

 

[tnphil]

Pork loin has become my nemesis! I’m great with tenderloin but straight LOIN , not so much.

Pork loin is easy. The easiest, most tender is cut into one inch slices and pressure cook about 45 minutes. It will fall apart. But, let it sit and cool some before using, let it re-absorb broth.

For shredded pork tacos, add chili powder and cumin before cooking. When done, you can run cold water over the cooker to relieve pressure. Pour off the broth, but save it. Shred the pork in the pot, adding back broth as needed to keep it moist and flavorful.

Easy to roast/ bake too, but takes longer to get tender and can dry out some. Cream of mushroom is good when baking. Likely best to cook covered. We usually use a ceramic-coated Dutch oven, the "magic pot".

 

[summerthyme]

Pork loin is easy. The easiest, most tender is cut into one inch slices and pressure cook about 45 minutes. It will fall apart. But, let it sit and cool some before using, let it re-absorb broth.

For shredded pork tacos, add chili powder and cumin before cooking. When done, you can run cold water over the cooker to relieve pressure. Pour off the broth, but save it. Shred the pork in the pot, adding back broth as needed to keep it moist and flavorful.

Easy to roast/ bake too, but takes longer to get tender and can dry out some. Cream of mushroom is good when baking. Likely best to cook covered. We usually use a ceramic-coated Dutch oven, the "magic pot".

I just coat it with seasoned olive oil, rubbed in well. Sear it at 450 to 500° for 15:minutes ( for a roast over 2#), then drop the temp to 325° and bake until 150-160 in the center.

For chops, only sear for 8 minutes, then lower temp until done.

Summerthyme

 

[psychgirl]

I just coat it with seasoned olive oil, rubbed in well. Sear it at 450 to 500° for 15:minutes ( for a roast over 2#), then drop the temp to 325° and bake until 150-160 in the center.

For chops, only sear for 8 minutes, then lower temp until done.

Summerthyme

I do the same but I think, I cook it too long especially those really thick loins.
I get weird about rare pork.
VERY light pink is ok.

Sigh….I cook everything else really well

 

[Chicken Mama]

Pork tenderloin is perfect pulled off the heat at 145. Don't worry about it being pink.

Mom overcooked all meat and it was dry and terrible.

Our Krogers is well stocked on everything.

 

[Chicken Mama]

One thing found over the last few weeks is that the scanners are NOT charging the correct prices. I did shopping a few days ago, checked the receipt when I got home and found five items overcharged and grapes charged twice. Went back and got a $15 refund.

CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS!

 

[inskanoot]

I put mine in a saucer with water:

Don't Toss It, Plant It! 12 Vegetables You Can Regrow From Scraps

Kitchen scrap gardening saves you money on grocery bills and reduces waste. Regrow your kitchen waste into edible veggies and greens!

www.farmersalmanac.com

It is fairly easy, but takes a good bit longer than the "a few days" they say in the article.

You can do the same thing with many other vegetables, as the article explains.

Don’t Toss It, Plant It! 12 Vegetables You Can Regrow From Scraps​

Kitchen scrap gardening saves you money on grocery bills and reduces waste. Regrow your kitchen waste into edible veggies and greens!​

Farmers' Almanac Staff

Did you know you can grow your own food from kitchen scraps that usually end up in the compost?

What Is Kitchen Scrap Gardening?​

Kitchen scrap gardening is the ultimate in recycling. It’s environmentally friendly, can save on grocery bills, and it’s a fun, hands-on science lesson for young children.

Here are some of the best scraps to get growing. You’ll probably get better results if you start with high-quality organic produce since some non-organic produce is actually treated to prevent sprouting. Also, keep in mind the climate you live in will determine if and when plants started from scraps can be transferred to an outdoor garden.

A Few Things To Keep In Mind​

Not everything will sprout. Check on your plants and if after a week you don’t see anything is happening, compost the scraps and try again.

12 Vegetables You Can Regrow From Scraps​

1. Green Onions​

Soon your green onions will be ready to plant!
If you cut off and toss the end of the onion with the little roots growing out of it, try growing a new onion with it instead. Plant it root end down in some quality potting soil, place it in a sunny window, keep it watered and watch it grow. This is a great first kitchen scrap gardening project because the green part of the onion will grow back quickly. In less than two weeks it will be tall enough to snip the top off to eat. Then you can plant and keep enjoying them!

2. Celery​

Small potatoes can be planted whole. For large potatoes like bakers, cut into pieces making sure there are a couple of eyes on each piece. Allowing the pieces to dry out for a day or two may help prevent rotting. Plant the pieces in your garden or a container filled with well-drained potting mix and wait for them to sprout. In a few months, you should be able to dig up a whole bunch of new potatoes! Learn more about growing potatoes here.

3. Romaine Lettuce​

Growing romaine lettuce from scraps is similar to growing green onions and celery. Cut off the lettuce you plan to eat and leave a couple of inches at the base. Place this romaine heart in water and new leaves will start to grow from the center. Remove outer leaves as they start to die. You can eventually plant your romaine in soil when the time is right.

4. Garlic​

A garlic bulb is made up of individual garlic cloves. Hold one clove back from that pesto you’re making and plant it in your garden in the fall; root side down of course, and the tapered end of the clove pointing up. The next spring or summer you can harvest a full bulb of garlic. It’s ready when the tops begin to turn yellow and fall over. You can also plant garlic cloves in pots indoors near a sunny window and have a constant supply of fresh garlic bulbs.

5. Ginger​

Small potatoes can be planted whole. For large potatoes like bakers, cut into pieces making sure there are a couple of eyes on each piece. Allowing the pieces to dry out for a day or two may help prevent rotting. Plant the pieces in your garden or a container filled with well-drained potting mix and wait for them to sprout. In a few months, you should be able to dig up a whole bunch of new potatoes! Learn more about growing potatoes here.

6. Potato​

Small potatoes can be planted whole. For large potatoes like bakers, cut into pieces making sure there are a couple of eyes on each piece. Allowing the pieces to dry out for a day or two may help prevent rotting. Plant the pieces in your garden or a container filled with well-drained potting mix and wait for them to sprout. In a few months, you should be able to dig up a whole bunch of new potatoes! Learn more about growing potatoes here.

7. Sweet Potato​

Even easier to grow than potatoes, with sweet potatoes you don’t have to look for any eyes. The easiest method is to plant the entire sweet potato. To produce more than one plant, however, cut a sweet potato in half and suspend it using toothpicks in a shallow container of water. Roots and sprouts will begin to grow in a few days. Once the sprouts are about four inches or so in length, just twist them off and place them in a container of water. When the roots from this container reach about an inch in length, you can plant them in soil in a garden or large container.

8. Basil, Cilantro, and Other Herbs​

Re-growing herbs, such as basil and cilantro, is fairly easy to do. Cut a stem about four inches long, and place it into a glass of water. Be sure that the leaves are not submerged in the water. Place your stem in a bright area, but out of direct sunlight. In a few days, look for roots forming. Once these roots are about an inch long, go ahead and transplant them into some soil. In no time you will have your very own flourishing herb garden.

9. Mushrooms​

Re-growing mushrooms from scraps, while more challenging, is still possible. Mushrooms thrive in a warm room with plenty of humidity. Planting in a pot, rather than in the ground, will allow you to control your planting environment better. First cut off the cap of a mushroom and stick the stem into nutrient-rich soil leaving the top exposed. Keep an eye out for a new growth. Harvest when fully grown.

10. Carrots, Beets, and Other Root Crops​

For these veggies, you aren’t actually re-growing the root themselves, but rather the leafy tops. Beet and carrot greens house an enormous amount of the plant’s nutrients and carry a notably wide range of uses. Tossing them into a salad, sauté, or smoothie is a great way to get a nutrient boost. To regrow root vegetable greens, salvage the tops (the part of the vegetable where the leaves come out, about 1″ of the vegetable still intact) and place in a shallow tray of water (but don’t submerge). Within a few days, you should notice new green tops growing. You can harvest the greens when ready, or once the roots have begun to grow, simply transplant them into the ground and harvest the greens as needed. This method will work with beets, turnips, carrots, and parsnips.

11. Onions​

Another simple one to regrow from scraps are bulbs, such as yellow or red onions. Simply cut a one-inch piece off the root end of the onion and set it on the ground or in a bowl of shallow water with the cut surface above the water. It will soon begin to regenerate its roots which can then be planted in soil. You can even set an entire onion in water and watch it sprout! Then it can be planted outside in the garden.

12. Pineapple!​

While it’s not a vegetable, it’s still pretty cool to be able to grow your own pineapple at home! See how it’s done, here.

Regrow Vegetables From Seeds​

Don’t stop with just scraps! You can also retrieve your own seeds from your food scraps in order to propagate. Rinse off the slimy, seedy insides of your organic tomatoes and allow them to dry thoroughly. Plant them in a container inside until sprouted to a few inches tall, when they can then be transplanted outside. Peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins, winter squash, and microgreens can all also be re-grown by salvaging their seeds. Turn those composting scraps into new, edible treasures.
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[Susanj51]

Many, if not most, of us do things trying to satisfy our parents, keep up with the Joneses, fall in love, fall prey to temptations, are hungry, homeless, need an income and take the first job offer that comes along, etc.

Sometimes, or if fortunate, eventually, we figure out that there has to be a better way to live and try to figure that out on our own. The blessed ones seek the Kingdom of God first, and then “all these things“ are eventually provided because of one’s faith and persistence.

trying to do anything out of one’s own strength and desire is always going to fall short. Because....insanity.

L

Stock the pantry now. It is going to get ugly. Dairy (butter, milk, cheeses) are going to be tough to find. Chicken and turkey as well (we have been looking for turkeys for a couple of weeks now and found some at ALDI). They also had rice 10# bags for $2.50 as well. I think its gonna be casserole months ahead, and only buying whats on sale to restock the pantry with. I think we are going to see this last push before the elections and thanksgiving, its going to be sparse after.

Stuff most people don't know:
GARLIC- You can take a $.50 head of garlic from the grocery store and EACH CLOVE in the garlic head will grow a new garlic head
IF YOU PLANT IT, EITHER OUTSIDE OR IN A container INSIDE, IN A WINDOW.
You dont have to dig a whole garden!

CHIVES - THEY LOVE to grow in a pot! Get all the chives you need in cooking
from a pot seeded with chive seeds an put in a Sunny window!

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Yes, there are many of those.

They are either non-working people who are part of the drug culture or the very low income welfare folks. They always seem to have brand new, really nice cars, often with fancy hubcaps. They are part of the group who abuse food banks.

The other group are the elderly, retired poor, who you may think "made poor life choices" and who generally drive older, beat up trucks or sedans. These are the retired who have had a career, done well and had their world completely dissolve beneath them....like many here on this board who are now having severe health problems, or a family member is suffering from a severe health crisis and all of their savings and "extras" have gone to pay hospital bills or provide income until they can qualify for either disability or Social Security.

Careful how you judge others......I have zero tats, don't smoke or drink or do any recreational drugs and pretty much have nothing.....after working for 40+ years, paying my way through Grad School, and having many, many people steal me blind, who I had trusted. Poor decisions??
I suppose I should not have trusted the assholes I did, however I don't have a litmus test for that......do you??? If so, please clue me in!!

THIS(above) is why I think even food banks should have some qualifying criteria, such as requiring the person to have been employed a certain number of years, or having been disabled after having been employed.....or something. There are too many people who are living by illegal means and not only abusing laws, but also EVERY aspect of our country's safety net program......you know, like the guy I saw begging in New York City, with a dog and a sign that said he was deaf and mute, and who was staying in the same crappy hotel I was, and was having no trouble communicating with the liquor store cashier in the hotel. His dog was on a leash, and he still had on his "grunge" clothes until later that evening I saw him all decked out in a nice sports outfit with expensive sports shoes on!!

Moo

I never made a rue and didn't cook south Louisiana cooking. I do not like the taste of celery at all.

 

[momma_soapmaker]

I just coat it with seasoned olive oil, rubbed in well. Sear it at 450 to 500° for 15:minutes ( for a roast over 2#), then drop the temp to 325° and bake until 150-160 in the center.

For chops, only sear for 8 minutes, then lower temp until done.

Summerthyme

Rub pork loin with spicy mustard and bake.

You're welcome.

 

[WalknTrot]

I know this isn't food related, but a few days ago (above) I said I'd check.
Price of K-1 kerosene at the pump this morning, N MN Fleet Farm was $5.49/gallon.

 

[Digger]

Last time we went to the store we had cashews and peanuts on our list. We only buy lightly salted of peanuts and cashews. They were out of both. They had the full salt variety. But we don't like that much salt.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Last time we went to the store we had cashews and peanuts on our list. We only buy lightly salted of peanuts and cashews. They were out of both. They had the full salt variety. But we don't like that much salt.

We got a recent sale catalogue from Sam's. In it they were offering those big plastic jugs of Praline Pecans. I'd never seen those there before, so I ordered 2 jugs, thinking they were offering them as a seasonal thing. When I ordered, they were not even showing as being available to order. We bought 2 jugs of the regular mixed nuts last week, in store, and I didn't see them in the store. Praline Pecans, the "candy of the South".