mimi

I generally use vodka as it has no taste of its own. However, I have heard that rum is delicious because you get the flavor from the rum at the same time. It really makes no difference which alcohol you use--they all will do the job but the flavored ones give you more flavors in your vanilla. It is all yummy.

Tomato leaves????? Now, that is just wrong. Tomato is a nightshade plant and the leaves are toxic!

I'd think twice about those big cans of powdered cheese. At least with the mac and cheese boxes those little packages of cheese are UNOPENED and will keep a long long time. Once you open that big can it is going to spoil alot faster than the little packets. JMHO

Has anybody done rhubarb? I have a whole bunch in the freezer that needs to come out of there!

I have been reading this about how long it takes to dehydrate orange slices and really think that personally I would just drink the juice and dehydrate the rest of the orange for use dried. It just takes too long and too much electricity to dry the slices for it to be cost effective. There are alot of nutrients in the white part of the peel and that should be saved instead of just grating off the rind but trying to dehydrate the juice sounds like it just takes too long. Even when I am dehydrating tomatoes I usually cook them down and make leather instead of trying to dry slices unless I have Roma or that type of meaty tomato.

While it is really interesting to know about pine needles etc. for vitamin C we need to also remember that tomatoes and green peppers provide us with more vitamin C than citrus does. It would be a good idea to see that we have a good supply of these things from our garden and we can go to pine needles if necessary. There aren't any pine trees around here. Dang it! Question--how do we know the difference between fir trees and pine trees? Or does it even matter?

Um what are "Crush and snip needles, flowers, and pine candles."? I have not one clue what a pine candle or flower would be.

Not only does it last longer packed in oil but it definately has more flavor and nutrition. Oil would be one of the badly needed items in a shtf situation so would be a valuable thing to have right there in the tuna can. I generally buy tuna in canola oil. Hey, I like Ramen noodles!

Funky Pioneer,

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