mommato3boys

Oh I am so waiting for updates. This should be interesting. LOL

Ok so I am making jerky. The only problem is I no longer have 3 sets of hollow legs in the house to devour it within a week. I have 02 packs and I have moisture absorbers, I am going to store it in glass jars. Does anyone mix the to packs? I know I need the moisture absorber to keep moisture out and I want to use the 02 packs to help seal it. Any suggestions?

Well I thought I would get out canning this year since I have had the dehydrator going almost 24/7. But were blessed with a huge sack of deer meat, from another person I was given 10# of bones, they didn't know what to do them so they stuck them in the freezer. Plus I caught ground pork discounted. Today and tomorrow I am on vacation so here are the plans... Deer Meat - turned in to stew and canned Deer Meat - turned in to chili and canned (with beans of course they are soaking as I type) Deer Meat - just canned with no seasoning except salt Bones are in the crock pot with onion, pepper and salt. Going to make beef broth out of them which will be canned. Ground pork turned into Italian sausage which dictates making spaghetti. Not sure what part of VACATION I do not understand but that is my to do list for this weekend. Oh and I have about 15 pounds of apples that I need to make applebutter out of - yes that will happen this weekend also. Me thinks I need a bigger kitchen.

Just posted an article in the Edge that calls for travel restrictions. My gut is screaming at this, it may get ugly fast folks. Be Ready!

Yes Deer mine came Friday.

So glad I found this thread. I was thinking about dehydrating green onions because they are so expensive to buy.

It is rather cool here today so it is chili and cheese toast

I have a friend back in AL that is a rep for an essential oil company. Today I received some samples she sent me along with an Essential Oils pocket reference. Best prep item yet!

Well I will say it has a better taste than plain white rice. Hubby liked it so I guess I will start purchasing it. This was the Wal-Mart brand it come 2lb bag. I thought it was just one pound. One cup of rice gave us 4 meals.

Sign me up please....now to get busy and find a good ornament this year. Hummmmmm......

Ok so I picked up a 1 pound bag of parboiled rice. Never used it before. Don't use instant rice either. So what do I have to look forward to with this parboiled rice? IF we like it I plan on buying it to use in my emergency meals that I am putting together...sort of like Chef Tess's meals in jars but I am using gallon mylar bags.

I am more worried about TB than Ebola. When hubby started the hospital he had to have 2 TB test the first on was negative the second one was positive. After a round of test it was decided that it was a false positive. I did not know that you could have false positives but now he has to have a chest xray every year instead of the skin test. We were told that any thing on his skin could have caused the false positive. What is worse the general public is not tested for TB unless they have symptoms or exposure.

We have had flies bad this year and they dive bomb you and bite. I noticed an ant bed by where we park the car hubby said he would pick up poison. No mice yet, hopefully the inside cat will take care of them. Spiders are another thing we deal with. You think as many spiders as we have we wouldn't have the fly problem. I feel like I am going through the 10 plagues like Pharaoh.

Hummm, I wonder if could add powder eggs to a regular cake mix and do this...must try

Thanks I didn't even think about the lavender. I suggested they put the tree oil on the areas. I hope he listened. He forgot his soap and had to use what he could get in the field and it didn't wash out of his clothes very good and the fact that it was hot where he was his poor feet and under his arms took the abuse. He was so glad to get home. Thank goodness this was his last one. Now he is on the 2 year recall list. This momma is keeping the hotline to heaven burning up. He is the last one I have in the military, his oldest brother is already out.

I need a good recipe for a foot soak. Our son just got back from his last 2 week vacation thanks to Uncle Sam and our DIL called needed advice and yucky feet. He has a fungal infection in his toenails and athlete foot. So anyone have any suggestions. Right now they are just using tea tree oil in regular water.

Since it is just hubby and me now I can make 3 or 4 meals when it used to feed us for one meal. One of the stores just had chicken breast bone in with skin for $1 a pound I think I bought 6 or 7 packs. One breast will make a meal for us. Those things are huge. Kicking myself now for not opening them and prying them apart(they were frozen when I bought them) and freezing them separately. Oh well just have to plan 3 chicken meals when I do get a pack out of the freezer.

My kitchen is going gluten free...ok so I have to cut gluten from my diet. If you are gluten free what kind of flour do you use to make bread, biscuits, dumplings and other normal gluten stuff? I refuse to store both wheat and non gluten stuff so hubby is along for the ride. Thank goodness he is ok with this.

Yeah what Mt.Rider said...following doctor's instructions.... Sending lots of

There is no humidity here I have to use lotion and chapstick year round and twice in the winter LOL. I am used to the deep south...B'ham, AL low humidity is 75% there here high humidity is 40%. Maybe I just didn't dry them long enough. Oh well they are in the freezer now. Will dry the next batch longer. Next up...pears.

Yes I know the ziplock bags are just to make sure they are dry. I have discovered I do not like to dry bananas - they really don't dry, they are just sticky so this bunch of bananas ended up in the freezer....*fail*

One 24# box of Colorado peaches will fit in a gallon ziplock bag once they are dehydrated. *sigh*

You mean like this? Yes it is on my wish list. Actually I want a double one.

I am on my second new refrigerator since we have been married. We lost everything about 10 years ago and had to start over. Since we became renters we didn't bother with appliances. When we moved we had to buy appliances and decided to go with white appliances always again. Not a fan of stainless steel. To me white appliances just look neater. We are about to have to buy a washing machine and yes I will splurge and buy a matching set. This set was bought used and it has served me well...it lasted through high school football and oil field work so even though it was used I have gotten my money's worth.

We have bought an old house and it needs some remodeling and one of the areas in desperate need is the kitchen. I have decided that I am going to look into a gazebo with power outlets. Since I don't have much cabinet space I am drying most of the food I am storing this year. and I think a gazebo would be the best place to set up dehydrators. I could screen it in put a work table with a sink and set up shop. This way we could also use it for eating during the summer when we grill. Yep I see a gazebo in my future. Anyone else have a "summer kitchen" where they do their dehydrating and canning? What are some things in your kitchen or would like to have in your summer kitchen? Looking for ideas.