Any Home Bakers Here?

[Aria]

too funny! I have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch oven, and have baked on the wood stove in power outage. Our kitchen stove is gas, but oven won't work in outage, just cooktop. We fill bathtub with water to use for flushing when storm is predicted. Well pump is electric. We use the generator for the fridge and huge freezer.

I make Fire Logs out of read newspapers. Roll tightly twist and make a knot. I have a Log Basket and place them in it. We use Twigs
and Paper Firer Logs to start our Wood Stove. WORKS. Aria

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I get kitty litter in big yellow plastic tubs. I fill the empties with water and keep them for emergencies and outages. To flush, pour water in the back tank of toilet and flush as normal. Don't pour into throne, it's not as effective. We keep bottled water for drinking and cooking. We have not had an outage in years, though.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Hey y'all! It's been a little bit.

Just left the doctor, I sprained my right foot in 2 places and stress fractured it in one of those places. I'm in a boot for the next few weeks.

Take care of yourself, sorry you're laid up.

We used to have a lot of power outages here, so a wood stove you can also cook on is a plus. We haven’t had those major long term outages for a few years thanks to all that is holy. Our biggest issue was water, we have a well so no way to draw water or flush toilets. Then came the generator which allowed us to draw water, get everything flushed and keep the freezer cold.
Since this is the baking thread I should have an amusing anecdote about making biscuits in a Dutch oven. Well I don’t.

What happened to the Dutch oven I did have may be amusing though, considering all the talk about firewood. One evening I had cut up some beef to brown and make into something, and I decided to sprinkle some garlic powder on it. Of course I opened the spoon side and not the sprinkle side so half a container of garlic powder goes into the pan. It made me so mad I took that pan to the door and yelled “Bye bye dinner” and threw that sucker into the yard as hard as I could. It landed right onto a pile of firewood, broke in half and threw little beef cubes all over. My son who was about 5 started eating them and DH who was putting the locks into the new garage people door was screaming at me because he was locked in and didn’t know if the kid was eating raw meat. What was funny about that is that the big door to the garage you opened to drive the car in hadn’t been delivered yet. I mean the whole south side of the garage was wide open!
We still laugh about that.

Very funny but entertaining.

This is an example of human behavior.

I have almost been to that point many times.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good morning one and all!

Anyone baking today?

Have a great day!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Bakers good morning one and all!

Anyone baking today?

Have a great day!

Not baking today. Headed to St Louis to get my Kid off the bus. He attends the Sunnydale Adventist Academy in Centralia, MO and this is his first home leave. We get him for a week. His dog will be beside himself with joy to see him!

 

[jnicholes]

Bakers good morning one and all!

Anyone baking today?

Have a great day!

No baking today, churches general conference. I am watching it.

 

[Sequel]

too funny! I have my grandmother's cast iron Dutch oven, and have baked on the wood stove in power outage. Our kitchen stove is gas, but oven won't work in outage, just cooktop. We fill bathtub with water to use for flushing when storm is predicted. Well pump is electric. We use the generator for the fridge and huge freezer.

Yep! Fill the tub so you can flush! I’d forgotten about that! DH wired the generator so that we can use the microwave, coffee maker a few lights as well as well pump and refrigeration. It’s not a giant generator and we got it used but it’s been really nice to have as long as you remember to keep the gas cans filled.

 

[Sequel]

I have a ton of apples that keep yelling at me. I was thinking of freezing some for pie, and maybe baking a pie or a crisp or a crumble. In past years I’ve made applesauce but we just don’t eat it up fast enough.

 

[R2elk]

I have a ton of apples that keep yelling at me. I was thinking of freezing some for pie, and maybe baking a pie or a crisp or a crumble. In past years I’ve made applesauce but we just don’t eat it up fast enough.

You can also dry them to make apple chips.

 

[Sequel]

You can also dry them to make apple chips.

That’s a great idea! I have grandkids who would love those!