I think I've already mentioned it on another thread, but we found chicken (grill packs) on sale for $.57/lb., bought a whole bunch of it (making several stops at the store, since there was a limit of three per purchase), and canned 39 quarts of chicken.
Then I was in another store Monday after work, and found hamburger for $1.09/lb., and got about thirty pounds of that. It's in the freezer in small packages. If we lost electricity, I have a solar cooker, and could use that to can the meat before it spoiled, or just cook it and store it in a crock full of grease. With care (keeping it cool during the day, then setting it outside at night to cool more -- it gets quite cool here at night even in summer) it should keep that way until we used it.
I butchered a four-month-old wether yesterday, and roasted the meat. It will be deboned and frozen. I have two more wethers to butcher, and was thinking about doing them today, but may just hold them as 'meat on the hoof'. Ditto for the five Ameraucana hens who are penned up again (they started visiting the neighbor's yard) and eating all their eggs. I have young hens growing up, don't need these trouble-makers, but may save them a little longer and see how things go. They'll make great chicken soup, though!
We are, at this point, stocked up enough to eat well for several months. Now I just need to get a year's supply of hay in . . .
Kathleen