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I got some money from my mom for xmas. I think I will be hitting up a local surplus store and buying a case of Crider ground pork 1.5lb cans. At the same time, I feel I might better spend the money on more guttering for the house. I'm taking votes.
Gold star!
I got some money from my mom for xmas. I think I will be hitting up a local surplus store and buying a case of Crider ground pork 1.5lb cans. At the same time, I feel I might better spend the money on more guttering for the house. I'm taking votes.
I like the Crider brand of food, but I can't find it anywhere except a couple of things at Dollar Tree.Gold star!
I got some money from my mom for xmas. I think I will be hitting up a local surplus store and buying a case of Crider ground pork 1.5lb cans. At the same time, I feel I might better spend the money on more guttering for the house. I'm taking votes.
We got an instant pot for Christmas from our Daughter and Son in law. So today we are going to try making split pea soup in it. We got some other nice, and useful stuff.
We also got an answer to prayers we have been praying for 6 years. That was the best present of all. It is a long anguishing story. I don't want to put on social media at this time. Karma is still playing out and the truth is starting to see the light. The karma is not my present, though I am glad to see it. The present is the good to come from those affected by karma taking out an evil person from their lives.
You gotta try the creme brulee in the instapot. Absolutely fabulous! Feeling rough today. I think perhaps trying to catch the rona. Using tonic water,elderberry, and some tinctures from Desert Tortoise botanicals.
Do you ever get stuck on what to prep? I KNOW we need more stuff but for the life of me I can't decide what to get. I need to go find that list I printed off of what goes first I guess and start there. Sigh....I wish all this would just go away but since I don't think it's going to I need to keep on.
Ginnie... I always recommend this book.... Making the Best of Basics, by James Talmage Stevens. It's THE best basic prepping manual I've found in my 40 year prepping journey. If you haven't seen it, consider buying a used copy off Abebooks... I think there are something like 20 editions, but I owned one of the very first and a much later one and while he definitely kept adding info, I didn't think the later edition was enough better to have paid full price for it (I didn't)Do you ever get stuck on what to prep? I KNOW we need more stuff but for the life of me I can't decide what to get. I need to go find that list I printed off of what goes first I guess and start there. Sigh....I wish all this would just go away but since I don't think it's going to I need to keep on.
Do you ever get stuck on what to prep? I KNOW we need more stuff but for the life of me I can't decide what to get. I need to go find that list I printed off of what goes first I guess and start there. Sigh....I wish all this would just go away but since I don't think it's going to I need to keep on.
Thank you! Found one on thrift books.Ginnie... I always recommend this book.... Making the Best of Basics, by James Talmage Stevens. It's THE best basic prepping manual I've found in my 40 year prepping journey. If you haven't seen it, consider buying a used copy off Abebooks... I think there are something like 20 editions, but I owned one of the very first and a much later one and while he definitely kept adding info, I didn't think the later edition was enough better to have paid full price for it (I didn't)
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I think they are pretty well set for a bit on diapers and things. My sil doesn't want a lot of food in the house (I know, I know) but he has stocked up well on baby supplies. Surprised me actually. But some larger sized clothing and stuff is a good idea. The hard part is them being so far away.I would prep for your new grandbaby. Make sure your daughter has enough formula and non-disposable diapers for awhile. anything else a baby might need? Shoes in various sizes? I can tell you what to buy for livestock but I don't have a clue what to stock for a human baby.
We had a power outage about a year and a half ago. It was local so we could go somewhere else to eat out. I've had a full pantry for a good while but I was short on shorter term foods. I would scour the grocery isles looking for something easy to prepare that we would eat.Do you ever get stuck on what to prep? I KNOW we need more stuff but for the life of me I can't decide what to get. I need to go find that list I printed off of what goes first I guess and start there. Sigh....I wish all this would just go away but since I don't think it's going to I need to keep on.
Do you ever get stuck on what to prep? I KNOW we need more stuff but for the life of me I can't decide what to get. I need to go find that list I printed off of what goes first I guess and start there. Sigh....I wish all this would just go away but since I don't think it's going to I need to keep on.
I would prep for your new grandbaby. Make sure your daughter has enough formula and non-disposable diapers for awhile. anything else a baby might need? Shoes in various sizes? I can tell you what to buy for livestock but I don't have a clue what to stock for a human baby.
had the Stevens book before Katrina and was completely overwhelmed with the amount of food suggested. I lost that book in Katrina but later bought another. The other day I was looking through it and was not overwhelmed anymore because I'm well stocked
Recently I got fresh items for the to be redone BOB. I added nice size ponchos for each bob, 9" extra long handle spoons, hand warmers and one thing I just though of are the little usb"air" conditioners that we got last summer. I have a small solar generator that will charge them. I also got, on sale, two new back packs at walmart. I use to have a nice size orange tool box for first aid items. Some how DH thought it was his so I lost it for that, I now have a nice lime green one and my name is on it. Now to get it all together.I stopped by Walmart this afternoon. Not much Christmas stuff left, though I did find a couple of spatulas that were marked down. Those are always helpful. I bought a lot of stuff for our "to be redone" bug out bags. I bought some pancake, muffin, cake and cookie mixes that were marked down so I can donate them to the food pantry. And for our preps, I bought 2 2lb bags of rice, 2 2lb bags of beans, and 2 cans of roast beef. I'm trying to do that every time I do in. The meat is for us, the rice and beans are more for bartering at this point.
I love my Instant Pots.We finished deep mulching the garden. I did not have enough leaves to do the whole garden last year. We started mulching earlier this year and began adding leaves as they fell. We would loose some to the wind by waiting. My seed order came in also.
I bought marked down gift bags at our local grocery store for next Christmas. That was the only after Christmas shopping I needed to do. We passed by Walmart after finishing my contract job on Saturday. It was so crowded that there was no way I was going in there.
I tried out my Instant Pot by making split pea soup. I think I will like it. The soup pressured for 8 minutes and was perfect.
I guess due to all the stress this month, I’m having a fibromyalgia flare up. At times the pain gets bad but mostly I’m just so exhausted. I planned on using this week to get caught up on housework, getting things ready for 2021 since we don’t have child care duties this week, but I’ve been barely able to move today. I have an appointment in the morning that I really need to keep but wishing I had canceled. Oh well, one day at a time. The kids will be back next week so I’ll have to decide which of many things need my attention first.
I am needing to get the pantry organized in a bad way. Ugh, what a mess.
WE managed to pick up a new canner this weekend. Wife went in early to work and they had 1 on the shelf. So she bought it. Cost $88 for something that sold for $60 last year. Talk about inflation. Either way, we are happy to have it.
We decided to get a 2nd canner based upon what everyone advised here. Thank you to everyone who responded as it did help us decide.
We are still working on our first use of O2 absorbers. We have 14 80oz jars filled with rice or noodles. We are going to fill another 6 with noodles. That way we have something put away for very long term. Not that we don't have others things, but we used ball jars for those. So this may save us some cash.
Worth the effort.
No doubt. We got a Presto. Not top of the line, but we now have 2 so we can rock them both at the same time and improve our use of time. What was taking several hours can now be done in about half the time. That plus having a 2nd set of parts means we are never totally down and can still always can. So a big win.All American canners had years of backup orders - demand drives $$$$$ >>> doubt if that demand continues unless a war(s) starts this Spring >>> this Virus crap will disappear with a continued Trump Administration and vaccine spread ....