GM-GUY
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Been getting more reference books (medical, survival, etc) and just finished my Solo Stove kit. The small stove, an alcohol burner and a 900ml pot with kid. All nest together and are a light kit for cooking.
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Anybody starting any seedlings for the garden yet?
Check your first aid gear !!!!
I had completely blanked, the Boy Scouts are doing a training tonight and asked for donations. I have a kit from 2007 and all the med packs expired in 2009
So I ordered from Amazon a new kit and double the replacements of what I donated.
currently attempting to make my own corn beef, been sitting in brine for 2 days now.
http://www.learntopreserve.com/the-...rned-beef-ever-its-so-easy-an-8-year-old.html
also made homemade butter today. it came out awesome. i poured some heavy cream in an old glass jar and shook like a madwoman for about 15 minutes. after a few minutes it had the consistency of cool whip...a few minutes later it was like lumpy cream cheese...a few minutes after that it suddenly became a chunk of butter and buttermilk. i poured the contents of the jar into a fine strainer then dumped the butter chunk into a bowl of very cold water and pressed the butter with a spatula to squeeze out buttermilk and "rinse" the butter. butter went back onto a paper towel in the strainer and i squeezed out remaining water. buttermilk from the jar went into a tupperware container in the freezer til i can figure out a good use for it. no, the butter does not stick to the paper towel. it was very easy but it took time. i know people have used food processors and blenders as well but i can't speak to how long that takes.
Did you use mason jars or metal cans?Vacuum canned 25 pounds of rice, and 30 pounds of sugar. Also did some pasta, and tried dehydrating eggs, since the chickens are in laying overdrive right now.
Vacuum canned 25 pounds of rice, and 30 pounds of sugar. Also did some pasta, and tried dehydrating eggs, since the chickens are in laying overdrive right now.
Did you use mason jars or metal cans?
How'd they come out? I've done it before with some store bought eggs and subsequently re-hydrated them a couple days later and so far I'm still alive.
Got my first bucket of long-term storage food today. (Sam's club online has the best prices I've seen) Started storing water by the gallon in well rinsed ice tea jugs. Also have 16 cases of bottled drinking water. When I go to Dollar Tree I bring home small bottles of mayo, jelly, etc. on the theory that it will get used soon enough after opening to not go bad. Same reasoning for 5 oz. cans of white meat chicken. Also bought chicken bologna in a can. Mine was dated 2 1/2 years into the future, but you have to check Also have a number of quarts of shelf-stable milk,, I'm sure it'll be good well beyond its late next year date. Dollar General has cans of pulled pork, beef crumbles, meatballs in sauce, and of course, more cans of chicken. Need to reorganize pantry and take inventory.will rotate the can goods, meats, ect. out. if the SHTF doesn't happen, I'll keep adding, keep rotating, keep buying TP and ammo, and keep reading forum. Also bought a camp stove oven and xtra propane for both camp stove and gas grill.
Picked up 10 cases of Ball quart canning jars to can the beans from about 1000 linear feet of beans.
That's a big ass garden.
Yes, its pretty big and there's less planted than last year. We canned about 160 quarts of beans, 36 qts. of sliced pickled beets, 200+ pints of sweet relish, 65 pints of green tomato relish, and froze cherry tomatoes, shredded zucchini, beet greens, collards and sweet corn. Had to buy a second freezer to accommodate the harvest.
Actually it's 6 plots inside one fenced in area with lanes in between them. This allows me to drive a tractor or 4 wheeler and trailer throughout for tools and such and to keep a crop rotation working. Currently have 120 tomato plants, a 36 head Romaine lettuce patch, about 60 zucchini, 200 feet of beets, 200 cucumber plants, 40 pepper plants, 12 eggplant, 6 rows of corn, a dozen collards, 240 asparagus crowns(already harvested for the season) and a large patch of sun flowers nearby. We just got the first rainfall here in over a month last night, been watering with hose and pumping from a creek. I expect things to go wild in the next few days.
Impressive... when do you get time to go to the range?
Sounds like a great set-up! You're not in MA, are you? VT perhaps? My wife, 3 kids, and I live in MA, and they generally ignore my concerns about the future. So, it's up to me to stock up on such things as pasta, rice, Spam (which I'm pretty sure will last until the sun burns out), fuel for the gas camping stoves, wood for the fireplace, ammo and whatnot. I'm thinking about getting a portable steel stove that we can use for more efficient heat than the fireplace.
Sounds like a great set-up! You're not in MA, are you? VT perhaps? My wife, 3 kids, and I live in MA, and they generally ignore my concerns about the future. So, it's up to me to stock up on such things as pasta, rice, Spam (which I'm pretty sure will last until the sun burns out), fuel for the gas camping stoves, wood for the fireplace, ammo and whatnot. I'm thinking about getting a portable steel stove that we can use for more efficient heat than the fireplace.