Canning and Home preserving

[perchie.girl]

Just wanted to mention Labeling with date and contents is very important for food storage. This way you can rotate your stock keeping the newest in the back.

That goes for all preserving methods...

deb

 

[21hens-incharge]

I also say no to slimy bacon.....I say a big yes to shelf stable items though.

That the bacon is preserved and then still fried up is good with me.

 

[perchie.girl]

All very true there seems California is the only one with rolling brown outs

IN my case I am at the end of the grid.... OUt in the desert. Just one drunk driver can wipe out the power for 24 hours or more.

But usually its the wind playing havoc...

deb

 

[pennyJo1960]

We very rarely loose power here in our county we are on a separate grid
from up north thank our lucky stars there

 

[ThreeOfSeven]

I love the idea of canning bacon! Pop that baby open while you're out camping and crisp 'em up on an open fire. Yum! No worry about refrigeration. If you're out primitive camping, you'll be the envy of no one nearby.

 

[BullChick]

I'm sorry but I can't think of anything more disgusting than canned bacon!!! I don't like bacon to begin with, and on the rare occasion that I have it, it has to be nearly burnt. Slimy in the jar? No thank you. Why not just freeze it?

My biggest reason is that defrosting takes forever. The second reason is as I mentioned, camping.

I love the idea of canning bacon! Pop that baby open while you're out camping and crisp 'em up on an open fire. Yum! No worry about refrigeration. If you're out primitive camping, you'll be the envy of no one nearby.

Yes! No need to take forever running to the nearest store for ice.

 

[Pork Pie]

But usually its the wind playing havoc...

deb

Pulses can be troublesome, I agree

 

[ValerieJ]

Not liking bacon requires therapy, imo

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

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are all three fans of well cooked I would not try canning it I admit

 

[ValerieJ]

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 dont open them. But the low voltage is what kills electrical motors. I would rather have food items stored on the shelf just incase. of Natural desaster, Long term storage so I dont 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

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.