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There is a year, you're not crazy (well, not because of that. I can't confirm whether you're not crazy for other reasons), I just don't know what it was. For canning, I'm not looking at anything prior to 2000. Woohoo! Mine's on that list! I have the Ball canning book, now I just need to get the other 2. Right? Gotta collect 'em all?

Mine is from 2007. I've found a few recipes that include cornstarch or olive oil, but not many. They have the Health Protection Branch of Health Canada listed in their acknowledgments. None of the reviews have complained at all about the safety of the recipes, so I guess use my common sense?

How do you know that a canning book doesn't have recipes that will kill you? How do you know they've been checked out properly and aren't just "what Grandma used to do"? I have a book called "The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving" that seems okay to me, but that doesn't mean I actually know enough to know whether the recipes in it are alright.

I'm going to go see how much a cheap, big pot is this afternoon. Mom doesn't have one big enough either, as the one they use for shrimp boils is in the camper about 2 hours away! My mother-in-law is who has the big pot I used to have, but I hate asking for things back. It'll be fun figuring out how to carry a big pot on my scooter. I think my cargo net might be the best thing I ever bought for it!

I went a-Googling. Woah.

1 Walmart in town had a couple cases of jars, a pressure canner, and pectin packets. The other Walmart? About 20 cases in various sizes, multiple types of pectin and seasonings, and all sorts of accessories.

I think that while I'm at the store getting a bigger pot, I'm going to also get the accessory kit that has the jar lifter, funnel, magnetic lid lifter, and narrow plastic spatula. That will probably be $7 well spent.

I have a Ball Home Canning Discovery Kit, including the 3 original pint jars. I have 12 8 oz. jars, plus 24 lids, plus 8 plastic lids (for opening and closing in the fridge later on!). I have no sugar needed pectin. I have 2 pounds of strawberries (the recipe needs 5 cups). I...do not have a pot big enough. *hangs head*

http://www.amazon.com/Other-Jerky-Recipes-Deborah-ebook/dp/B005OEBPPG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346173561&sr=8-1&keywords=beef+and+other+meat+jerky

I have a solar charger that I can hang on the back of a backpack and is strong enough to charge a cell phone, but not an iPad. I wonder if it could charge a Kindle...

Lau, thanks for the GF flatbread recipe. I'll have to try it one of these days. I re-read this thread, and am checking The Civil War Cookbook out from the library again.

Vic, I cook up a mess of chicken thighs in the crock pot with onion and garlic, then skin & debone the meat. Put about 3/4 cup or so in each baggie, then toss in the freezer. I take one out in the morning, then sauté it in coconut oil, olive oil, or butter with tomatoes or whatever is handy, and season it. Lunch! Since I can occasionally get chicken thighs for $1/lb, it's a pretty cheap meal for me. Also get lots of broth from the crockpot. Just an idea.

I've resisted spending my pennies!

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I picked it up yesterday evening! I like that book, will end up making a few copies from it before I return it.

Originally Posted By: ArmyOfFive4God See if you can have it held from online. If not, definitely keep checking! It is such a wonderful resourse, not only for the simple staples recipes, but for the history & images contained within the pages There's another copy at one of the other branches, so I've requested that they bring it over for me. They're also going to bring over a make-a-mix book.

Originally Posted By: ArmyOfFive4God I just checked out a book from the library. "The Civil War Cookbook." It is fabulous so far. It's on my wish list now. I had it in my hands at the library...then when I went to check it out, it wouldn't scan. They said since it's not in the system, it had to go back to their cataloguing department. *sniffles*

My food when I'm broke: - Lentils & rice (cheaper than ramen, can season however you want) - Frozen ravioli ($3 for a bag that will feed me for ten meals) & spaghetti sauce - Tunamac - cook noodles, drain, add cream of mushroom soup and a can of tuna (packed in water, drained) - Mushmush - brown ground beef/turkey combo (still tastes like beef to me!) with some minced onion & garlic, then add a can of mushrooms & a can of cream of mushroom soup. Can eat it with potatoes, noodles, rice, toast, etc. A pound of meat done this way will feed me lunch at work for a 5 days. - Chili - a pound of ground beef/turkey, I normally use ranch beans & canned tomatoes & green chiles, but will vary to use what I have on hand - "Baked" beans - cook a bag of beans, add in tomatoes, garlic, a good couple spoonfuls of molasses (yes, as a matter of fact, I do have molasses in my cupboard)

I hadn't heard of the True Lemon and True Lime stuff - I'm going to have to look for them at the store, I love having a bit of lemon or lime in my water, but hate having to carry around the little bottle at work! I'm not allowed to buy anything else until after I move, else I'd be buying this.

Bromelain, found in fresh pineapple (not canned), is a meat tenderizer. If you ever put fresh pineapple in jello, it won't set because it's messing up the protein bonds.

Sorry, I read that, then promptly forgot. I'm just figuring that with it just being me, I probably don't need quite so much.

May I ask how many people this is intended to feed, and for how long?