Mark 8:38 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
- “I am not afraid, because I was born to do this."
Joan of Arc
Reverse prepped.....
in other words, used a quart of chicken and a couple quarts of chicken stock to cook up a big ol pot of chicken and sausage gumbo.
I chalked it up to 'quality testing'..............
"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
Thomas Payne
Yesterday, we bought 40 lbs of beans. One 20lb bag of pinto beans, and twenty 1-lb bags of navy beans (since our walmart only seems to sell them in 1 or 2lb bags - and the 1lb bags are cheaper per ounce than the two lb bags.)
Mylar, O2 absorber, vacuum packed, and bucketed 150 lbs of hard white spring wheat, the 40lbs of beans, and a bunch of pasta.
We felt like we really accomplished something yesterday.
Oh, on Saturday, the wife made and canned pumpkin butter too. YUM!
'You have been warned of what they will do, you have a choice.
Sit quiet and do nothing, wait until your hands are bound behind your back,
and you are on your knees in a ditch, begging for your life!
Or as an American, you had the privilege to be born free,
If you wish to die free you better get up off your ass and make it happen.
Stand and fight damn-it, if not these just might be the last words your hear,
‘AllahuAkbar! AllahuAkbar! AllahuAkbar!'
Nope... I've never found a really good, crisp batter for onions. Might want to ask in the kitchen... and then I'll try any suggestions as well.
On the wheat... if it's whole wheat berries and you're going to be using it within a year or two, no need for O2 absorbers. Cracked, rolled or ground grains would benefit from them, though
Summerthyme
Gotcha - thanks. Yes, whole wheat berries (not to be confused with Frankenberries).
Wondering if I should keep in in the buckets with the pricey gamma lids or move to mylar and long term storage. Our goal is to move to grinding our own - which we would want to keep it handy, just wondering about having some emergency stuff set aside in case we were to run low, something happens, etc. I'm very wishy-washy today.....
'You have been warned of what they will do, you have a choice.
Sit quiet and do nothing, wait until your hands are bound behind your back,
and you are on your knees in a ditch, begging for your life!
Or as an American, you had the privilege to be born free,
If you wish to die free you better get up off your ass and make it happen.
Stand and fight damn-it, if not these just might be the last words your hear,
‘AllahuAkbar! AllahuAkbar! AllahuAkbar!'
Got the credit card bill today for last minute items, wrote the check and put it in the return mail.
filled the last containers with Diesel, paying all of the first of the month bills.
Hey Summerthyme,
The wife and I saw a prepping video showing a guy demonstrating the one-time use hand warmers as an O2 absorber. He said the ingredients were the same thing, but they draw out more O2 than the ones you might get from the LDS, and I'm assuming better for use in large packs, or where there is a lot of air space like when packing egg noodles. Do you know anything about this? If so, it would be a LOT cheaper to use those. All it is is salt, iron filings, and one other ingredient (which I cant think of right now.)
I'll ask my wife for the youtube video link when I see her later.