Andrea

Lol - I've gathered everything together but haven't started yet! I even plugged in the cordless drill last week and haven't touched it yet. Hmmmm, tomorrow is sort of clear for me. I'd better get started!

I've always had great luck with EE and their prices are reasonable if you catch their sales! As far as grains go, I usually order those from the Morman Church. I've recently been able to try Augufson Farms products locally and the prices have been extremely reasonable. I haven't tried Honeyville products because it's generally cheaper with shipping to go with EE. Hope this helps!

Hope you had a SUPER day!

Hope you had a SUPER day!

LOL M3B, I just figured out what I'm going to make this morning. Now, to free up some time this afternoon and sit and craft and watch an old movie and drink tea. Wow, that sounds amazing! I haven't done anything like that in months! I can't wait.

I've been bad about exercising like I should, so today I walked 4 miles along the canal. Beautiful afternoon - I'm so glad I took the time!

Philbe - chuck up the avocados with a fork and mix with lemon, lime, or vinegar and freeze in guacamole sized portions. When you're ready to use it, defrost the avocados in the fridge and then add all of the other guacamole ingredients. You can just add salsa for a quick guac! It works great on taco salads or just plain with dips! http://www.ehow.com/how_5753288_freeze-guacamole.html Personally, I don't like dehydrated celery, but that would be an easy way to store it. For the celery leaves, I like to chop them up in my food processor with a bit of olive oil and make a paste out of them. I then freeze them in ice cube trays and whenever I'm making soup, I throw a couple of celery cubes in! I also do this with basil and cilantro. Cabbage - works well dehydrated. I've never been a big fan of the stuff, but this past year I've been using it quite a bit. It's extremely nutritious and is a mild anti-inflammatory.

(((gofish))) Oh man, I feel your pain. It usually takes about 3 muscle relaxants in a row before they start working on my back spasms. In the meantime, are you also on an anti-inflammatory? I would stay on that as well as the muscle relaxant. (((Huge Hugs))) TAKE IT EASY!

Bump - great thread, Ambergris!

Throw everything in the fridge, then deal with them tomorrow! Rinse them well, make a new pickling solution, and start over in the am when you're feeling rested. (I thought I was the only one who made this little "goofs" - you're definitely not alone!)

LOL - at least she did make the appointment!

You may want to dump some salt in the containers as well. That way if any critters survive the freezing process, the salt will do them in!

People spend money on dryer sheets?!? I just don't use them! Guilty of most of the above, although I don't have the time or energy for coupon clipping right now.

Wonderful news! CONGRATS!

Deb - is there a local computer repair store near you? It may be worth a call or a visit. Explain your situation and ask if they have any old modems sitting around that they would sell you for a reasonable price. We picked up a decent spare desktop for my 87 yo mil to surf with for $50.00. It's perfect for her needs but was inadequate for the gamer who traded it in. You might also want to try local church thrift stores. Best of luck to you and I hope to hear from you soon! (((Deb)))

F.Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack character (great series of novels if you're interested in living below the radar) had an access panel behind the toilet and would tape gold & silver coins directly to the water pipes in the wall. Thieves wouldn't bother disturbing a wall where pipes are since the metal detectors would naturally register a signal because of the metal in the pipes.

LOL - Anyplace in my yard where there is an empty 6 inch clear spot has an onion or garlic planted in it! My neighbors are going to be wondering why so many of my "daffodils" didn't flower this year!

Have a TERRIFIC Day! I hope you create lots more "storage" bottles!

I hear you on buying some things already dehydrated. Oftentimes when you can buy them in bulk (I buy mine at Winco) it's cheaper when you consider the electricity costs and time it takes to do it yourself. I also do this with onions. We use sooo many onions and I can't seem to grow enough to meet our needs so I will often buy bulk dried onions. This year, I'm attempting to change this, I have onions and garlic squirreled away in the strangest parts of the yard! I've enjoyed reading this thread, Thanks! Oh, and :rofl: at the powdered donuts joke!

LOL AH! I only made it for my family once. I used chicken stock and herbs. It was a definite thumbs down - they didn't like the texture. But, my friend's chickens LOVED it! (I gave them the remaining uncooked cous cous, not the stuff I cooked in chicken broth. Don't want to create cannibal chickens! ; ) )

Neat! I've come across references to rush lights in many historical novels but I never stopped to think about what they actually were! Hmmmm, I'll have to investigate further. This could be a fun experiment.

Huge Potter fan but I haven't read the latest. Give me a couple of weeks (my schedule is crazy for a bit) and I'll let you know.

Update - I NOW have 11 bags of New Zealand Spinach in the freezer (I've used 2 bags). So, I've managed to clear one of my 3 garden beds of New Zealand spinach. Bok Choi here I come! I also put away 15 - 4 slice packages of bacon, 9 - 1 lb packages of gr.beef and 5 single loaf bags of sprouted wheat flour. I think I'm tired now . . .

I almost never shop there anymore. I've noticed the mislabeling at our store too, but what really drives me nuts is the fact that I am overcharged just about everytime I go in. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice (or six times ), shame on me. The ad prices can be pretty decent , but when you factor in the overcharges - and with their register system, it's hard to keep up with everything as it rings up - Safeway ends up being wone of the most expensive stores in town.

I bought that book too. I was just looking through the recipe section again the other day and remembered seeing the thread on canned bread here so popped over to read. You know, before I visited Mrs S. that would have been something I'd have been trying ... scary though, huh?! As I've been reading online and in print, alarms keep going off because folks are making suggestions about all sorts of things that don't jibe with the safety cautions given here -- and I keep thinking 'how many people are going to get sick, or heaven forbid DIE from these recipes/ideas' and I am all the more thankful that I stumbled across this site to learn what's safe. Luma - all you can do is offer people the link to the USDA Canning Guidelines: http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html and suggest that they may want to do some research before they try any recipe they read online. I've finally learned my lesson after being repeatedly "flamed" at certain preparedness/homesteading type forums. The last time was absolutely ridiculous. Someone was telling another that it was perfectly safe to water bath green beans, carrots, and meat, they just had to make sure and process them for several hours. When I brought up the safety issues as well as the simple fact that pressure canning is significantly faster and uses fewer resources, I was RAKED over the coals. WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO WHEN THE $HIT HIT THE FAN?!? PRESSURE CANNING WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE, AND YOU HAD TO FEED YOUR FAMILY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH . . . I asked this person what they were going to do when the person she was giving advice to sued her for killing her children? My user name and password suddenly ceased to work at that forum. LOL Apparently I'm a Troll! ----------- I second the use of flat breads in disaster situations. You can even make flat breads out of regular yeast bread dough. It makes the breads wonderfully puffy and full of yeasty goodness and if you do it correctly, you can actually make pockets out of the bread and fill them with beans and rice.