Canning and Home preserving

[pennyJo1960]

We have a decent generator thinks we hooked her up 1 time in 6 years now .. start every year none the less know it will that way spring we dump the gas does not hold allot

 

[R2elk]

once the jar is opened it goes in the refrigerator. But it gets cooked in a frying pan. as burned as you want it LOL.

The reason people are going to canning items like this is for having a product that you enjoy in a shelf stable form that can be maintained without freezing or refrigerating. like me. My electricity goes out very often as well as brown outs...

My plan is to have electric devices plugged into the wall between the refrigerator and freezer. Those devices are for brown outs. When the power goes low it shuts the power off to the refrigerator till the power comes back up... Same for the freezer.

Each will keep the food cold an hour or so with the power off if you don't open them. But the low voltage is what kills electrical motors. I would rather have food items stored on the shelf just in case. of Natural disaster, Long term storage so I don't have to go to the store which is sixty miles away.

In a pinch I can cook on the pot belly wood stove. Or warm things up... I heat with wood as well so it'd be easy to fire it up to warm up dinner.

deb

Way back when, we just hung the slabs of bacon in a cool place and cut off slices as needed. They are curing bacon differently today than they did back then. The way they cure it now, it just doesn't keep well without refrigeration.

 

[R2elk]

Tried that. She said to try Canadian bacon. I can eat that.

How about pancetta?

 

[ValerieJ]

How about pancetta?

I use pancetta in my lasagna and clam chowder. But it is mostly "dissolved" in those dishes.

 

[ValerieJ]

We have a decent generator thinks we hooked her up 1 time in 6 years now .. start every year none the less know it will that way spring we dump the gas does not hold allot

Ours is a large one, integrated into the electrical system, so it comes on automatically if our electricity goes out.

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

I do keep some 25 year foods for the potential of a local disaster.

25 years puts me in the grave. Think I might focus on 10 years.

 

[ValerieJ]

25 years puts me in the grave. Think I might focus on 10 years.

Some of them are 10 years. Yes, I might be in the grave by 25 years too. Means I only have to buy it once.

 

[perchie.girl]

Pulses can be troublesome, I agree

LOL ... ahem, yes...

 

[perchie.girl]

We lose power from time to time as well, but we have a generator that keeps the refrigerators and freezer running, as well as lights, and some outlets. The oven isn't hooked up to it, but there are plenty of ways to cook without it.

I do understand the desire to have shelf stable foods. I'm not into doomsday preparedness but I do keep some 25 year foods for the potential of a local disaster. there are a couple things that could happen here, and several neighbors worry about it. I don't worry, I just prepare.

I am 64 and was raised with Doomsday in the future... for many years I read the fox fire books and Had evacuation plans .... Pretty bad when you are twelve and thinking of this stuff. And of course was in on it all and had plans worked out but didn't talk about it. We lived in Vegas at the time and he worked on Top secret stuff....

But fast forward to modern times I see wisdom to being prepared as far as you need to. For me its maybe a month or two... and I worry about water so soon as I can I am going to get a generator to work the pump. Eventually the pump will be converted to Solar with a battery back up. The well is a thousand feet from the house.

There are scenarios where electronics arent going to be a help. Hand pumping water is not an option my well is 450 feet deep. The best bet for me is to have my big water tank plumbed to the house and keep it full. It holds 3000 gallons.

But I digress. Pantry space is not built into my house so I have to decide where to put it and what means I am going to use to keep it a constant temperature at least 70 degrees passively... and I may have a way.

 

[Folly's place]

Underground storage! Those food storage cellars do work very well. It's about digging, lining with rocks or concrete, and roofing with concrete and/ or earth.
Mary