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Nope! I get the dried celery in the spice section allll the time! I just got two more jars, btw.Dehydrated celery is not slimy is.it?
Nope! I get the dried celery in the spice section allll the time! I just got two more jars, btw.Dehydrated celery is not slimy is.it?
That's why I have loads of marinades, etc.I have learned that packets of "country gravy mix" can make most canned items palatable and prevent food fatigue
from eating the same darn thing for long periods of time.
many yrs ago I used to make miso broth. Yummy.Miso, I need more miso, I love the stuff.
Packy, many good suggestions.
I have a good bit of dehydrated vegetables from frozen and fresh. I vacuum seal them in mason jars and store in a dark pantry.
God is good all the time
Judy
I used to make it years ago.Learned my lesson when I had to toss about 8 boxes of instant brown rice I had stored in a closet. Was surprised how fast it went rancid. Now I buy only white rice for long-term storage.
Ghee (pronouned "hee") lasts a long time unrefrigerated without going rancid -- much longer than refrigerated stick butter. It's just "clarified" butter, or butter with the solids taken out, but it holds up pretty well.
east Indian recipe: called Simply Wonderfuls: mix powdered milk, some powdered sugar, some ghee, nuts, raisens. Make little balls. Divine.There's so, so much you can do with powdered milk, besides making milk, of course.
Substitutes for evaporated, sweetened condensed, and buttermilk.
Magic Mix, which is then used for making puddings, cream of ______ soups, and Hamburger Helper type dishes.
SOS Mix, which is then used for all kinds of sauces and soups.
Yogurt
Peanut butter play dough
Survival bars
And a whole lot more. Oh, and you can even use coconut oil in place of the butter in Magic Mix to make it entirely shelf stable.
I need pepper. I never buy it cuz expensive.Black pepper in bulk. Marco Polo trecked thousands of miles across mountains and desert to find a route to the Spice Islands. The spice he sought,was black pepper. Mid evil food was often nasty, and pepper made it taste not as nasty.
big 6 oz cans of sardines at Dollar Tree. From Vietnam.Lentils cook relatively quickly. I'll also second Helen, on canned soups. None of this stuff is particularly nutritious, but it will make all the other starches at least taste better.
No one ever mentions canned sardines. They are high in the good Omega fats (Omega 3?) and also have Vit D and calcium. Esp. important if you are feeding kids. I eat a can every morning with eggs. It is the only food that I both store and eat. Most of our stored food is unfortunately, the usual starches.
I have been going through our go-bag bins, and pulled out the dangerous (bomb-in-the-making) canned tomatoes. Also found canned peas, some cans of tuna, a can of salmon, and a can of hominy. All of this stuff was from 2009. The peas were bulging. I fed the tuna and salmon to the dogs. The contents of the tuna and salmon cans looked and smelled perfect. Was a little envious dishing out salmon for the pups. I ate the hominy myself - was still in excellent shape. The glass jar of peanut butter looked perfect, but I didn't open it.
I had a bunch of various home (Excaliber) dehydrated foods in that bin from 2009 that were gross. Don't know if there was too much moisture, or just too much time in storage. They were in glass jars. The other stuff I tossed were all the commercial mylar energy bars, breakfast bars, etc. The oils in them had obviously broken down. All of that was nasty.
Take-away: Make room in the budget for canned fish.
I will eat anything. Not picky. I could eat rice and beans every night.I took this as a challenge and used instant mashed potato flakes and was able to form it into patties. Helps to refrigerate the patties a bit before trying to fry, too. (Might try freezing a batch of preformed patties to see how that works.) Fried in bacon grease, they were pretty good. NO, they're not like Jimmy Dean or Owens sausage patties, but they were quite edible. Top it with a fried egg, even better.
If you buy something that you've never tried before because it's cheap or available and find you don't like it as originally described, use your imagination and figure out a way to work it into a dish you might like better. I don't care for the Walmart canned pulled pork (waaaay too sweet for my taste), but stirred into a batch of canned or homemade baked beans and then baked, it's very good. Drain off a can of the sausage and cook it down in a skillet then add to a batch of split pea soup, etc. Don't like canned peas but have some and are hungry? Make pea soup with them and use your stick blender, etc., etc. You've added nutrition and not wasted money OR food.
People are either going to starve to death or decide right quick that some of the stuff they now deem "yucky" tastes pretty damn good when their stomach has been growling.
Thank you in advance.Remind me tonight. I’m working a 12hr shift won’t be home until 6:30pm
It’s my own so I’ll just improvise an official recipe for you
On one segment of the walking dead yet was eating caned dog food. So yeah it can get really bad
The really bad tastes really good if you're hungry enough and even the absolutely horrible can suddenly become edible.
Best
Doc
Mmmm crispy hash browns!!Hash browns, did you say?
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttK2YP_ayYI
The Tricks to Crispy Hash Browns
RT 08:08
I did it! I figured out the tricks to getting crispy fried hash browns- and there's three big ones. Clarified Butter, rinsing the starch off the potato and having a lid while cooking. Enjoy the video!
I think i posted how I make split pea soup for you on the previous pageThank you in advance.
Here ya go Barry!Here’s how make my pea soup:
In a hard bottomed stew pot sauté onions, minced garlic and your diced ham. I have added parsley and a small amount thyme leaves as well. If I have fresh celery, dice that up in small pieces and in it goes, too!
I use a lot of ham
Add a bag of peas, the usual standard size.
I add enough chicken broth to cover the split peas, adding maybe a little hot water.
Simmer, adding seasonings as you like such as salt , pepper, as well as the ham bone if you have one. Simmer until soft but not too mushy. I think it takes about 45 minutes total.
I also “have used” bacon in place of the ham but truly think ham is betterthis...***blasphemy lol, but true!
So really the way I make pea soup is not that “secret or special”, unless it’s using chicken broth instead of plain water to make the soup broth. It should be slightly thick but not overly thick.
It always turns out delicious and seems to be foolproof. I use the exact same method for lentil soup, too. For lentils it I’ve only used ham.
I’m guessing a crockpot would work too,, but the soup doesn’t take very long on the stove so I don’t bother with the cp.
Hash browns, did you say?
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttK2YP_ayYI
The Tricks to Crispy Hash Browns
RT 08:08
I did it! I figured out the tricks to getting crispy fried hash browns- and there's three big ones. Clarified Butter, rinsing the starch off the potato and having a lid while cooking. Enjoy the video!
I have the reverse about green beans; I despise frozen ones and will very methodically pick them out of a frozen veggie mix, but would eat canned ones every single day and not bat an eye.Yuck factor has been mentioned. To that I say you need to store foods that don't give you the yuck factor or adjust your yuck factor to accept the foods available. Its better to slowly introduce canned veggies and start adjusting your yuck factor than to be in a SHTF situation with no food at the grocery store (never happen right?) and not having any veggies. I really don't care for canned peas and usually use frozen, but I store canned peas because better canned than none. I open a can every once in awhile and eat them. I guess I'm lucky but my yuck factor is pretty limited to hominy and grits.
This is a lot cheaper than what I saw on Amazon. 23$ for 8Don’t immediately write these off because they’re scarce in another area. I just checked multiple HEB’s in my area and they all had it in stock.
Also, Dollar Tree carries it. If they don’t have any locally, you can order a case of 8 for $8.
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I have found them at Gordon Food Svcs, a restaurant supply store. Large container, like a milk carton from the old days.I looked for those dried hash browns online kroger tonight because I placed a delivery order- I’m not feeling well at all. Anyway, I don’t think our Kroger carries them.
Oh well. No biggie.
I just want to lay here and get my other order items. Then go to bed.
I found them at the dollar tree online! Not ordered them yet though, still browsingI have found them at Gordon Food Svcs, a restaurant supply store. Large container, like a milk carton from the old days.
Maybe they improved the pop tops.I can vouch for the same experience. Never had a failure.
Nope, I do that from my garden.Dehydrated celery is not slimy is.it?
Yup....I think a lot of people don't use the chicken stock (or ham stock) for the water, and it makes a big difference.
I supposedly ate a dish containing rattlesnake. Couldn’t isolate the flavor, because there was so much other stuff in it. Jim Croce’s wife had a restaurant in San Diego.Yea
Yeah I noted Darrell on The Walking Dead eating a snake out of a cooking pit, with dirt on it, and the gag reflex kicked in. I'll probably starve to death now, cuz I won't be able to eat a dead snake with dirt on it. He even had it up in his eyebrows.
Maybe SB can put some Taco seasoning on it.......nope never mind.
If you run melted snow through a water filter, could it be used for drinking water?
I have no issues storing both short and long grain brown rice. I store it in its original bag in five gallon buckets. The oldest we just used up was bought by my uncle in 1998. It is stored in a low humidity cool (60 F) dark closet.Brown rice does not last long. White a good 20 yrs. I never stock brown rice. Might last 3 yrs max.
I have the reverse about green beans; I despise frozen ones and will very methodically pick them out of a frozen veggie mix, but would eat canned ones every single day and not bat an eye.
Weird.
I found them at the dollar tree online! Not ordered them yet though, still browsing
Well, everyone charges shipping. I didn’t see how much, though. We don’t have the hash browns around here so..?They charge for shipping.
I never heard of ham stock. How do you make it?We use home made ham stock, it is far superior to chicken stock in split pea soup we think. We also add about a quart of diced up ham pieces (that may be too tough or fatty from the ham bone), some pieces of bacon, and about a TBS of bacon grease for some added fat.
I never heard of ham stock. How do you make it?
Under the right circumstances, that yuck factor will fade.On one segment of the walking dead yet was eating caned dog food. So yeah it can get really bad
That is 3.2 ounces not 32.
You can order them by the case and pick them up at your store.
If a pop top can is dropped, dented or otherwise knocked around it can break the seal My problem with them is my arthritic hands have a very difficult time opening them.