Posted on 11/25/2023 7:29:19 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
We grew up eating lots of soups and stews. Dad worked in a steel mill. He would take leftover soup and stew in a quart canning jar to work and set it near the blast furnace to heat up. That was lunch at work. Might work for you.
“He would take leftover soup and stew in a quart canning jar to work and set it near the blast furnace to heat up.”
Beau & his crew would put unopened cans of soup on some engine-part inside the heavy equipment they were using at work. Once in a while it exploded, (!) but most of the time it was fine and hot for lunch. ;)
Stews and Soups made with Canned Tomatoes
Good use for all the canned or frozen tomatoes from this past gardening season. :)
I saved that graphic from the last tine I saw it posted and have made it once. Pretty good. Quantity a bit much for us.
Yep. That recipe feeds a crew, for sure! :)
Why, thank you kindly for the recommendation! I thought the idea of a fabric-type lightweight hose was a godsend, but I made a boo-boo and bought one at a thrift sale, and it turned out to be for sale because it was full of leaks. So I got gun-shy.
That zero-G looks to be the ticket and it is great to hear from someone who has actually used it. I’m IN!
The vending machine food is killing me, financially and digestively and it's slim pickings on the weekends to begin with. We can't bring food into the plant but do have a break room with two microwaves. I'm thinking a travel crockpot would do well.
Presto Nomad looks kinda cool(er). Carry it with one hand, unlike a regular slow cooker with clip/strap on lid.
This is the 8 qt and they make a 6 qt that looks the same but shorter. The 8 qt is less than $10 more so that would be the one to get.
Cook something overnight, grab it and go in the morning. Could leave at work overnight on warm setting, add more ingredients when/if needed.
Aluminum cooking pot with non-stick coating. Ceramic/porcelain coating would be better. Hopefully Presto or someone else will make one with a better cooking pot coating.
I would stay away from anything aluminum. They also make stainless steel here is a good looking one as far as size and handle. You could fill it up hot at home.
https://www.amazon.com/Hydrapeak-Stainless-Insulated-Thermos-Leak-Proof/dp/B0CLY1LN1C?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A1M0GZGHL8F7T8
I went to Lowe's & bought her this hose: lightweight, reaches everything & she loves it. It does expand & contract - we keep it in a hose 'basket'. I liked her hose so much, I went back to Lowe's the same day & bought the last 100' hose they had - makes watering my garden SO much easier.
A brother warned me that they will burst if you leave them full of water in freezing weather. I always drain the hoses (turn off faucet, leave wand valve open) so they will retract & store in the hose baskets.
Black beans ✔
Pinto ✔
Kidney ✔
It's about time to rotate some beans out. The instant pot makes easy work of beans. Along with a little baking soda, I actually got 12 year old black beans to soften up. I got rid of the rest of the really old ones and replaced them a couple of years ago. I had to try cooking some though.
When we lived in FL, there was a beverage store run by a Middle Easterner that also had some food. I looked in their cooler one day and saw frozen chunked goat meat. Had to try it and came up with Brunswick Stew for a recipe. Came out good and the kids were asking for "more of that sweet dark meat". The other meat was chicken. I really should harvest this goat buckling I have. He's a chunky dude. Never did band him but I don't think he's old enough to have that rutty male taste yet. I should still have the Brunswick Stew recipe. Cabrito Taco Soup would work too. I have a three year old buck for a herd sire.
But I haven't started growing canning tomatoes yet. That's next year. LOL
Need to go through all my canning jars, get them cleaned up and put them in a box I can close up.(indoor Winter chore) They've been in the flats they came in for years, some with food in them but ALL dusty/filthy on the outside.
Some of the boxes they use at work look to be about the right height for a single layer of jars.
The above and your other links in post 12 are great, Diana in Wisconsin! Very creative! Here is the pic from just one of the several tips about berry-producing plants to forage—Winterberry:
I just want to mention, however:
BE SURE TO CHECK whether any wild berries you harvest are safe for pets. I had a big veterinarian bill one year from an indoor display of bittersweet...
Bittersweet: a big NO-NO if you have cats or dogs:
Draining hoses for the winter is why God made two-story houses. I cart mine upstairs in a plastic basket and hang them out the bathroom window. Then run a tub and soak them briefly to get rid of surface dirt or spider eggs before storing (we semi-urbanites have no garage or shed, so everything has to stay indoors, including battery-operated mower and trimmers).
I use the pasture fence - pull the hose over & water drains out of the lower end. We have a garage & several sheds for storage, all loaded with various types of spiders, including black widows. I don’t pick up anything with a bare hand that could be spider habitat.
The old rubber type hoses stayed outside all winter, flat on the ground or on a hose reel. The new ones are so compact, I will probably just put them in the garage until Spring.
To-tel copy cat recipe for canning - https://anoregoncottage.com/canned-tomatoes-chilies-aka-rotel/
Created by tweaking this canning recipe, swapping green peppers to chilly peppers - https://extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/canning-minnesota-tomato-mixture-step-step-directions
Good trick! I was just teasing you before. We townhome dwellers feel inadequate on gardening threads with actual farm dwellers! LOL!
I just lift one end up over my head and walk to the other end of the hose while holding whatever point of the hose I’m at over my head. Since my property has a grade, I stretch the hose out first going up/down hill and start at the uphill end. Gets enough water out to prevent any in there from expanding enough to split the hose. Then I wrap it up and store it outside.
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