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I am 69 and canning to save food and make use of sales in this era of inflation. I recently purchased the Nesco and canning small batches became a pleasure. No one thinks about when you are alone but still want to take advantage of sales. I am reading this because ai got chicken breasts for $1.49 a pound. Cooked 7 pounds for immediate use. Froze 7 pounds and wanted to can the rest. I filled 5 pint jars, Nesco maximum. Unfortunately, the remaining chicken filled only 3 jars. What to do? Following a device here, I will put a fourth jar of water with lid. No lid does not make sense to, minimum in canning 4 jars. Any way, you keep on learning.
Flour isn't a total loss if weevils get in. Grandma simply sifted the weevils out before use.
Alright thanks for this upload and info.👍
Thank you! I appreciate you
In my case, I went out and picked a bunch of green beans. After filling the jars I discovered that I could not fit all of them in the pressure cooker. So, following your advice and some comments, I put some jars without lids filled with water in the second batch with the one jar left over, just for safety. Thanks so much.
They both have their place
Bunch of great ideas! Thanks!
I experimented and used expired pectin from 1996 and 2005 this week to make raspberry jam. Figured worst case I would get delicious raspberry syrup for ice cream and pancakes. It gelled up, but the 1996 one was definitely pretty soft. After that experiment I wouldn’t hesitate to use the 2020 box.
I just love your videos. Keep em coming! Have a blessed day. ❤
i bought some flour and vacuumed sealed it and put it in a storage bin could you tell me how long it could last??
I bought home depot buckets and bought 5 gallon bags for brines. They are food grade and i dont have to spend the$ on food grade buckets. Home depot also sells a similar to gama screw off lid for their buckets. It is like $8 compared to the gamas.
Keep in mind those beans are SEEDS. You can literally plant them and grow more.
Thanks for the video!
The other way to vacuum out the contents of anything to preserve it and keep the bugs out is the vacuum canisters sold by Food Saver. They have some canisters that are larger than some of the canning jars and have attachments to place on canning jars as well. To open the canisters, you just press the button and that releases the seal. Those battery powered vacuum sealers would be good for when there is a power outage or when you are camping. By the way, you can even freeze milk in the freezer and have it last way longer. If you go camping, you could take 1/2 gallons of frozen milk and they will help keep things colder and you can take them out as you need them for drinking or cooking.
Mason line from home depot type stores is the best for lashing. it not by the rope. You will complete projects and if you have a netting needle you can make rabbit bolting nets. Try that with 550. They have 500 foot rolls fit nice in a pack pocket. They got white pink orange yellow and green. nice video by the way thumbs up.
What a super, no nonsense video! I love your honest, down-to-earth approach to packing. I hope you had a great time celebrating your anniversary - Congratulations!!🥳🥳🎉
This is my first time seeing your videos and I just love you so much :). Thank you
I think the reason paracord has been pushed for so long is because the modern prepper community is so heavily influenced by military survival and that training originated to help down pilots survive. So what do most downed pilots have? A parachute with paracord. Thus the training was designed to help the pilots survive with the resources they had immediate access to. So although paracord has lots of uses bank line does as well.
I am a prepper, I do make a lot of stuff, but I also have a big family I share with. I dehydrated a lot of vegetables for soups, stews and dry soups mixes, while what was leftover I ground up and made vegetable powder. My daughter and granddaughter are only too happy to take what I can't use. I also make a lot of broth which I share and use with anything that needs water to cook with. This Spring I got all my herbs and mints together and made herbal tea and gave it all away. I'm not a hoarder, I rotate, rotate, rotate. I'm a prepper like my late Mother and Grandmother. Have a wonderful day!🙏🏽☺💖
I can’t find there stainless steel rings and regular size. I only found them in wide size. Do they even make them in regular size?
Thanks so much for this recipe! I've never canned before and was so thrilled to make pickled scapes - they turned out delicious!
I put beans, rice and oats in the deep freezer for a week then vacumn pack them in one pound bags. Not preppers we just live in a rural area and have been taught to take care of ourselves.
As a child, we had a huge garden. We put up food for the winter. EVERYONE whom had a garden knew if you didn't put up food till the next growing season you Would go hungrey. That is not hording its common sense. Back then most families put a year of food up to deal with bad weather, stores closed, job loss, injury or illness, power outs, and car breakdowns , ( no going shopping if you live 10 miles from town and are forced to walk) .
I was just making more blackberry jelly and jam.... thinking I had way too much. Thank you for these fabulous ideas!!!!! ❤
Thank you
What Temperature did you use to dehydrate?
This video is a gem. I'm happy to have found it. It answered all my questions and more, and the atmosphere is pleasantly natural
Yummy enjoyed I’m always looking for new rhubarb recipes Thank you
If we draw a parallel with general purpose chronic hoarders versus collectors/enthusiasts (like preppers) the psychologists will say it becomes a problem when functioning in every day life is disrupted.. ➖,rooms can't be used, visitors can't come over, your health is impacted, spending beyond our means on multiple items that don't get used (often because another has to be bought since the original items cant be found) , the stash becoming a fire/trip hazard.... Not to mention the depression and shame that goes along with it.. Speaking as someone who is both interested in prepping, and has hoadery tendencies I am going to say right now that hoarders do have apparently rational reasons for each acquisition, just like preppers (for example I have approx 40 pairs of knickers and each pack purchased SEEMED to be a sensible & functional purchase at the time) I 100% agree that an inventory is smart (check it before grocery shopping) i have an excess of tinned soup to prove why🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. The psychology of hoarding in general is well worth a bit of research, I'd love to see you create another hoarding video with a preppy slant to it (not necessarily linked to panic buying food, which is typically a short term behaviour)
I read the same article, and laughed telling my husband that don't be surprised if some family members decide we need an intervention 😅😅. But yet if things get bad, where do you think they'll go 🤔 😉 😏. We both agreed that yes in a tiny house it can be cluttered by canning jars on shelves and freeze dried foods, but we use, and rotate it. We use our stores to eat well on a very tight retirement budget, living rurally.
Not sure whats worse; standing an inch away from a microwave for 3 mintues, or hitting the button fast and running away for 3 mintues to enjoy perfect popcorn everytime from a "ready to go bag". Or just skip it all and get your fiber from a hot pot on the stove or camp fire.
People laugh when they see I have multiple packages of that exact toilet paper in the closet in my one bedroom apartment but I have ALWAYS bought that toilet paper anytime I see it on sale because it's my favorite!
Thank you for the great information! And, as a plus, many of the stachy high glycemic foods such as breads, potatoes, cooked rice, cooked oats, etc, placed into the freezer, the starches become resistant starches and have less of an impact on blood sugar levels when eaten. Something about the bursting of the sugar cells and how that process creates resistant starches.
Can this steamer be ised to distill water?
Excellent excellent video ❤
Respect ma'am!
How are you seeing now? I am planning to have this done in a couple of weeks.
Good topic, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Excellent discussion that brings up all the big points. My mom was what I call a tidy hoarder. I didn't realize how bad it was until she died because everything fit in closets. Spoiled food, even canned and long-term dry, was part of it. I've built a prepper pantry, but I use what's in it and rotate well before it goes bad. I plan my usage before it goes in the cart. That's the difference.
Amen, sister.
Thank you for the great tips.
I am a hoarder of food and items BUT I can feed my animals out of my prepper food stores. Well that is my rational thought. HUGS!
that rationale works for me :)
Independent of the hoarding topic, it takes effort to be discerning. - News of forthcoming shortages needs to be considered and verified to the best of one’s ability. - promotions/ sales can lead to “great deal” purchasing. Even if a great product, know if it’s a need, want, or whimsy. - something I have to remind myself is to stick to the plan, considering my resources OR at least make a sober (nothing to do with ETOH) decision to modify the plan.
All very good points.
Really the only folks that know I prep (other than all the internet folks) are my in-laws. They prep a little, I prep a lot lol. They're cool with it.
I have a silly question. I bought 2 cases of cream of chicken and cream of mushroom last year but haven’t used them like I thought I would. Would you happen to have any recipes that use those types of ingredients so I can use them up?
Casseroles of any kind. Rice or pasta, plus protein pus some veggies, soup and a bit of milk or water,
@@KellyS_77 We often have a casserole made from potatoes, diced chunks of ham and/or chicken, onions, celery, mushrooms, carrots and mushroom soup (you could use cream of chicken as well). Bake until it's about 3/4 done then put grated cheese on top.
@jessicaquiroz7178 ground meat of any kind sautee with peppers and onion and pour two cans of cream soup, cut up cabbage, sliced potatoes and pour meat mixture over this in a Dutch oven, bake at 350 for an hour 20 minutes. Creamy and delicious.
@@domari221 that does sound good. Are the peppers green peppers and which cream of soups? This would also give me the chance to use some of my frozen cabbage
@@jessicaquiroz7178 you can use qreen, red, whatever you have in hand. Any kind of soup is good. Mix them up if you'd like. That's the great thing about casseroles. Just throw whatever ingredients in the pot. Especially if they're about to expire. I don't like wasting food. 😊
My mom was labeled a hoarder by family. There was stuff in extra drawers, closets and unused bedrooms. She was.... a collector. My dad kept things, too. They both grew up during the Depression. Both of my grandfathers were miners here in WV, with one also barbering; the other farming. Both parents learned to save things or collect found things that may be useful later. Hoarders? Nah, survivors! Just my opinion.
I like that...I am a food collector :)
Covid was my motivation to learn to pressure can. I bought the USDA home preservation guide, read it over and over, compared information on KZread to the guide several times and found some seriously dangerous advice. Yours is one of the channels I found and am forever grateful for the information you share. I proudly canned several jars of food, folded my arms across my chest and told the universe "bring it!" How very little did I understand about prepping and food preservation and find those thoughts entertaining today. Being fortunate enough to get 40# of lean ground beef with little storage space and an urgent need to do something with it. I spent last weekend batch cooking using many tinned pantry items and frozen vegetables, turning the pantry into meals instead of ingredients. Meals that need a cup of sour cream when heated, others to be served over noodles or rice, some meals to cover with cheese and bake. My proudest moment came when I opened jars of mushrooms that I'd canned in order to assemble the meals. Grocery store ads in hand, canning guide along with recipes I now fold my arms across my chest and plot and plan my next canning adventure.
Fantastic! We all learn from each other too. That is what I love about You tube
The word stockpile is the catchphrase for preparedness that makes it sound like hoarding.
Well, the government and military stockpile so I think it is just prudent buying
What the heck is that machine over your left shoulder? I hope it is not an expensive coffee maker! Use a French Press to help the Planet. Same coffee. Anyhow. Big rotating pantry, garden, and store real food not products. However hoarding is essential for some extreme shtf events but hoarding food only is a response to starvation as a child. Hoarding as the mental illness is hoarding everything and is unmistakable. You can read comments on the biggest prepper channels to see severe mental illness and a focus on storing stuff, any stuff. Prepping at Giant Tiger. Thousands of rounds of ammo, multiple knives, etc. You can also see prepper channels using fear and panic and FOMO almost daily to boost view watch time. Toilet Paper. Truth was the supply chain did fail. Preppers, hoarders were a convenient blame object. People learn? Well that is an optimistic point of view 🙂 I think labelling all stores and recording all expiry dates for all stored foods is not necessary and is borderline OCD. If the bombs drop you need a few years or more of stores and expiry dates won't matter. If you buy one month of food for sure check it once a year. I'd argue you should have more than one month's supply in your pantry and rotate it. Biggest error made with hoarding preppers versus preppers is focusing on single use items. This is also in food where calories is the focus not the nutritional contents and local availability.
The preppers didn't need to buy toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic because they already had enough to get through at least a couple months. I label some things with their best before date so that my husband can clearly see them. He has trouble finding/reading small print.
@@lynmurray4331 Oh for sure. I had a couple of year's worth and was trying to run it down as c19 hit. One labelling thing is label tins in case the labels get separated
Yes, it is a Miele coffemaker that we haven't used in 10 years. It was a big hit with my husband and kids when they were in highschool -- no need to go to Starbucks. I am an iced tea drinker myself and just drink coffee to be polite.
Good tip
@@PrepperPotpourri wow. It is huge! Keep it. Another few years and it will be worth money!