ArmyOfFive4God

"I was on *AMazon. I wanted to know if you still wanted me to order the canner for you? It's going to be such & such & will be here on *Aug 23rd. Will you have the money then for it? Or should I hold off?"

If she says hold off, YOU say "OK, just let me know when you're ready & I'll order it." That way YOU aren't obligated to order it anytime down the road until she's ready. If she truly can't get it, your hide is OK

Ask her if she's serious about wanting the canner. If she says yes, order it. When it comes in, let her know you have it & let her know she can give you the $ for it. If she "changes her mind" or if she goes too long without paying, return it. But don't give it to her until you have the money, unless you plan on doing it as a gift. She might get an allowance & if so, she can spend it on what she wants. Or it may come out of her grocery budget, etc.

HAHA! Last night I was on facebook & saw this. I started laughing, because I was thinking "We have everything to make this!!" So I said to Hubba "Honey, Look at this! This is SO cool!" And he starts cracking up & says "I was JUST looking at this (and shows me the page on his tablet with it on Facebook- 2 different friends' pages)). We have everything to make this!" And we laughed and laughed and laughed!

I didn't totally lose my cotton pickin mind, LOL! Only sorta

Ahhh, I looked it up & the bobcat's scientific name is Lynx Rufus

If I remember correctly, one is the classification or something??

Cute story (at least to me, because it'sa childhood memory). We had a Mercury Lynx when I was wee. Everytime I got in the car, I would ask "Daddy, how do you say that word??" Lynx was imprinted on the glove box. Every.Single.Time. I could never pronounce it

A bobcat is a lynx

There's a thread from a couple months ago where I asked this & got some great responses. We were considering looking at a stove on Craigslist, but I think I've decided against that. We're hoping & praying to get back West. We signed a one year lease, & when that's dne, we're hoping to scoot! I also deided, I should probably empty my jars, rather than fill for the next 9 months. I'll continue to do WBC'ing, but I think I'll take a break as a general whole on beans, meat, etc. We also do have a grill burner. Not sure of the BTUs, but I think for now, I'll stick to dehydrating & freezing & if we lose power, I'll get to canning (or drying more, LOL) with what I have.

Maybe we should stick to the armadillo in Steel Magnolias?

 

Now I have to figure out why my home laptop virus software doesn't like this site.

 

 

 

And Ann?!?! This ^^ PLEASE add!!!

Did I miss something? What is a WDC Worcestershire recipe?

Worcestershire sauce. I can't PRESSURE can on a glass top (or should I say, since it doesn't belong to me, I WON'T), so I chose a WBC (not WDC) recipe.

 

Somewhere I read armadillos carry leprosy. I really need to look that up and find out if it is true.

 

Ooo, let us know what you find!!! 0_o

I did do a small batch of WBC Worcestershire though

Our new rental home has a glass top stove

I will likely have my 14yo old & almost 11yo old boys there

You had me at "10 reasons we should be canning our own meat."

Yeah but you're closer to the mountains. Lucky lady!

But always looking for like minded buddies near

Ah, bummer! I'm alla way over here near Knoxville!

Afternoon! I stumbled onto you web site some time ago while searching for something online. Been lurking long enough now and I figured it was time to start trying to be a little active. Mainly been reading to learn from those who have way more experiencing canning than I do.

This is my third year of canning. A neighbor down the street got me started when she asked if I wanted to help with some peaches. We did a bushel and a half that day and I was hooked. So far this summer, I have put up 18 pints of green beans, 6 pints of potatoes, 6 quarts of Razzleberry pie filling, 8 half pints of bruschetta, 3 half pints of peach pie jam and 6 half pints of Blushing Peach jam.

Oo oo, where in TN? General area is fine, or you can pm me!!

UGH! No one cares about our food supply anymore.

FaceBook has been deleting posts and accounts of some people who are pointing this out or otherwise commenting about it. Especially if it's political, but not always.

 

I had a post of mine deleted after somebody wrote about it being a "Cloward-Piven strategy" and others had never heard of it, so I simply posted a link to explain what that is, this link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy

 

An hour later, their comments were still there, but mine was gone. I reposted it; we'll see if it stays.

Well?

We already have iron working under our belt

As for what I'm wanting to do with the skill? The same as everything else- know it

We mostly fall in the "thrifty" to "Low Cost" plan, but I also include toiletries, pet products, and paper and cleaning products in our food budget.

We're slightly under thrifty, & that includes pet products & paper, etc as well (but not livestock stuff-that would likely put us right at thrifty or just barely over.).

LOL! Ours would love this! He is so food driven & LURVES ice cubes! EVERY time he hears us digging in the ice box, he comes RUNNING! Imagine if those ice cubes were TASTY!!!

I've been hearing LOTS of schools are going back SUPER beginning of Aug. Most got out very end of May, begnning of June, so they're down to 2 months summer.