The Mission: Put Up in Bulk

The Washington Post ^ | July 8 | Lois M. Baron

[appleseed]

Thanks Dela. I’m not a canning expert. The wife is though. She uses different methods. Thanks for posting.

[GAB-1955]

That would last until the first government grabbers get shot by the “hoarders.”

[CottonBall]

Do you have any sources of information you could share to help us “Gentiles” with this endeavor? If not done right, there will be tremendous waste. Also, if you store, say a year’s worth of food, wouldn’t you always need to consume the oldest food on a continuous basis while replenishing your stock with new food? (First In, First Out)

FIFO, yes.

Here's the 3rd in a series of theads all about survival: Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition [Survival Today - an On going Thread #3]

I'll warn ya upfront - it's a high volume thread and the info there will be overwhelming at first! But jump right in, ask questions, lots of very knowledgable and helpful folk there.

[CottonBall]

Canning can be a tough thing sometimes. Better to know what you’re doing.

As an expert canner (I've been canning now about.....a month.....), I'd say it is quite an enjoyable hobby!

It did intimidate the heck out of me at first. I bought my canner on Amazon. And kept it in the box. Took it out after a week or two and read the instructions and looked it over. Then, put it back in the box. I had read DelaWhere's info on canning and felt overwhelmed and out of my league.

I finally decided to put my fear aside and try the darned thing. I had visions of my kitchen covered with chicken pieces (my first attempt was to can chicken breasts). Miraculously, that didn't happen and all seemed to work out as planned. And I found myself actually enjoying the process with my 2nd attempt. The 'ping' the jars make as they cool and the lids get sucked down tight onto the jars is about the prettiest noise I've heard lately (other than my cats' purring). It is the colmination of a deed well done. And actually, the stuff I've tried thus far from my jars - chicken, round steak, peaches, and peach preserves - has been quite tasty.

Anyway, the initialze intimidation I can relate to! But persevere if you have an interest - you might be surprised.

[CottonBall]

DW is the best! (Just my humble opinion....)

[backhoe]

My prediction is that when tshtf hoarding will become illegal and ‘no knock’ searches & seizures based on anonymous tips will be common. It will not matter that the wise ants have provided for themselves for times of emergencies.

That is exactly how I see it.

I don't have the links handy, but there has been a lot of activity against "hoarding" by the government, just waiting for a disaster to set in motion. Damn it.

[reformedliberal]

I learned to cook on one of those. I hate cleaning out the burner wells.

I have an electric w/a smooth glass top and have had one like it for over 10 years. I love it. If the SHTF and I am reduced to our backups (variety), I will be sad. I am going to enjoy this one as long as possible.

I have thought about setting up a summer kitchen, but then I still have the problem of strength and leverage. Those canners get heavy.

[I Buried My Guns]

"...If a rancher puts up a couple of beeves, a hog or 2, and a couple of lambs, will he be accused of HOARDING???? ..."

I read about this happening during the Great Depression. A family was relieved of much of their food because they were TOO prepared. If memory serves, they were allowed 90 days worth of food per person, per household.

In our modern era, ACORN will conduct this task.

I'll be at home, polishing my bullets.

[Arthur McGowan]

But neither Plugs nor Stretch has ever been, or is now, THE ONE. And if THE ONE is exposed as having lied about his birthplace for the past thirty years, and is frog-marched out of the White House, Plugs and Stretch will be, if not frog-marched out of office themselves, greatly weakened.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I remember those older electrics. My mom had a big ole Kenmore pushbutton unit, and later I used a Westinghouse in an apartment. Both suffered from the problem of difficult cleaning with lots of fussy little crevices of nonremovable parts. Look at a coil electric in a home improvement store today and you’ll see the cleanability problem has finally been solved. The coil burner comes out, so does the reflector pan, and the whole top swings up like a car hood to reveal a permanent, solid under-pan with smooth contours. No fussy crevices, except a small place where the connector is attached to the top (and this can be easily removed with a screwdriver if necessary). I wonder why they weren’t all made like this in the beginning.