Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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Chef have you ever canned meat in jars ? I do it the way my grandmother did it with a water bath canner and if done properly it will give you the most tender meat i.e. stroganoff or can be used in many ways .
craigrice do it all the time. Chicken breast, beef stew, roast beef, turkey, all in different forms, soups, just the meats, really never had a problem. Now I do meats at 15 Pounds for 75 minutes, but have kept them for years as an experiment. When ever meats go on sale, especially wholesale, I’ll can a case. Makes meal preparation very easy
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People around me only stock up when they think danger is imminent. We have a months worth of food without trying. Hurrican on the way I just buy extra diapers and beer. I got some funny comments last year when I had a case of diapers and 2 cases of beer and nothing else.
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Wow, It is a good thing a lot of us here already have a good supply of a lot of those things. I wonder about pressure canner & grinder parts though, now that you mention some of this. We can hang around for quite a while & have been even more fiercely independent in the past than we are now & we are still pretty fierce. Well, I may have to go back to hunting & fishing on the property & still freezing drying, preserving, & canning. I am curious as to a lot of other folks thoughts too, not so much the normal day to day stuff, but really getting serious.
calldoctoday I’m building a large dehydrator. Again, not trying to be paranoid, but just prepared. And I enjoy all these skill with foods. Very blessed to have a little land and storage to just have fun.
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People around me only stock up when they think danger is imminent. We have a months worth of food without trying. Hurrican on the way I just buy extra diapers and beer. I got some funny comments last year when I had a case of diapers and 2 cases of beer and nothing else.
pr0wlunwoof beer and diapers. What else do you really need
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water and coffee for the morning LOL
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pr0wlunwoof beer and diapers. What else do you really need
Chef Well those are the two things its hard to find substitutions for. I can make beer but thats a couple weeks at best. Cloth diapers would signify the end of the world as far as I’m concerned.
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craigrice You can drink beer in the morning too.
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craigrice You can make coffee or at least some strong tea out of Yaupon leaves & coffee from extra roasted peanuts.
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craigrice Got to agree. Must have coffee. Have my drip pot and I keep several pounds of coffee on hand. Water, got a well with very good water. I’m looking into one of those manuel pumps that still can operate as an electric pump.
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I’m going to start a new topic of what to have just in case. Will be interesting to see what people suggest.
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only with cheerios
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Well, we could go back to eating poke salad like when we were kids & sassafras root tea. Then I have also tried Yucca, but I have heard since then that was not too smart. Also, Greenbrier & some other things that are rampant are edible if it comes down to it. Then we can get to them tree rats, etc. Tree Rat stew is delicious.
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craigrice Got to agree. Must have coffee. Have my drip pot and I keep several pounds of coffee on hand. Water, got a well with very good water. I’m looking into one of those manuel pumps that still can operate as an electric pump.
Chef I grew up on a little farm with mygrand parents we still han a hand pump at the well for water when i was little
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craigrice Got to agree. Must have coffee. Have my drip pot and I keep several pounds of coffee on hand. Water, got a well with very good water. I’m looking into one of those manuel pumps that still can operate as an electric pump.
Chef Try that French press, that is all we use anymore sine I was down in Louisiana many years ago & all the power was out & could not get any decent coffee. Then if the power goes out, you just have to boil the water & that can definitely be done & have a watch.
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Well, we could go back to eating poke salad like when we were kids & sassafras root tea. Then I have also tried Yucca, but I have heard since then that was not too smart. Also, Greenbrier & some other things that are rampant are edible if it comes down to it. Then we can get to them tree rats, etc. Tree Rat stew is delicious.
calldoctoday I would love to have some sassafras tea not had it in almost 50 years
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Well, we could go back to eating poke salad like when we were kids & sassafras root tea. Then I have also tried Yucca, but I have heard since then that was not too smart. Also, Greenbrier & some other things that are rampant are edible if it comes down to it. Then we can get to them tree rats, etc. Tree Rat stew is delicious.
calldoctoday Sounds like you could be from Louisiana
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calldoctoday Sounds like you could be from Louisiana
Chef Hey, I love the good folks from Louisian & God knows I love the food. Got so bad one time, my wife asked me if I wanted to move there, but I said no. You would have no idea were I am really from, but that is OK, we’ll leave it that way. Oh, I do still use File’ on my Gumbo & whew, I got some Gumbo!
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calldoctoday I would love to have some sassafras tea not had it in almost 50 years
craigrice Yes indeedy. It has probably only been about 35 years for us as we had some trees on one of our properties & I would make it. Drank it all the time as a kid as my mother knew it was good for us. God Bless Her Soul, she had a lot old indian home remedies & some of them, whew, if they did not get rid of what ales up, you better. Like Cayenne Tea, Homemade Quinine, lots of teas & herbs. Now a days, I think most of that stuff is illegal. I have no complaints though at all.
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Chef Hey, I love the good folks from Louisian & God knows I love the food. Got so bad one time, my wife asked me if I wanted to move there, but I said no. You would have no idea were I am really from, but that is OK, we’ll leave it that way. Oh, I do still use File’ on my Gumbo & whew, I got some Gumbo!
calldoctoday my wife loves my shrimp and sausage stew
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calldoctoday my wife loves my shrimp and sausage stew
craigrice Sounds a lot like shrimp creole…
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