Hurricane Advice

[pennyJo1960]

that is just how we did ours but for me more freezer space than pantry room

 

[theuglyduckling]

All this pumpkin talk is making me hungry! I've only done squash soup or roasted butternut squash. I guess it turned out ok...that was back in single days. I didn't die.
Hubby has been cooking chili since yesterday. He has a race this weekend that is also the guys' chili cook-off. He won 2 years ago but lost last year and that didn't sit well. My concern is he cooked the chili the last 2 years for a looong time...went over the entire weekend. He was done yesterday's in just 3/4 of the day. So....not sure this will be a winner either. He usually gets really fancy but I know this one was only chuck roast, 50 million types of beans, two grocery bags worth of spices and 2 different types of beer. We have the Dogfish Head brewery here, so he only uses that beer. I tasted it...was good but salty to me. I kept my mouth shut as I said this last year and he got HIGHLY offended (and oh look...he lost). I'll find out later tonight what happens.

And if he doesn't win he can send the rest to me! thanks for sending the beans and spices! Faith

 

[theuglyduckling]

I sure wish I could hand you my chain saw through the computer.

Lol I wish that too! I have two big african trees a mango tree and a coconut tree on my back fence right now. Faith

 

[rjohns39]

I peel and clean then cop into 1 inch pieces. I add water to the pot to keep pumpkin from sticking and boil or steam until tender. I then mash the pulp and juices slightly while hot and load in sterile quart jars, add 1 tsp canning salt and pressure cook 90 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure. (Or you could water bath the jars for 40 minutes.) I cook the pumpkin in big stew pots that hold 3.5 gallons of pumpkin each. The sealed jars can keep several years stored in the dark pantry. Each qt jar makes two pie recipes. We eat a lot of pumpkin!

Be careful the food police might attack you. When some of my best scientific friends couldn't do better than the food police I surrendered. I can pumpkin and squash in 1" chunks in a medium syrup. I had a really good friend spend three hours explaining the viscosity issue to me. Truth be known I didn't understand a word she said. But I got that it's a variable that I cannot control.

 

[theuglyduckling]

BOb that is crazy I have not heard of anyone here getting generators. I'm guessing the rich or businesses are getting them? Idk. Faith

 

[rjohns39]

Rumor has it the generator for your hospital is now powering the mayor of San Jaun's house. It is after all an emergency response shelter.... NOT!

 

[NanaKat]

60 minutes....governor for 10 months...took reporter on fly over to see damage areas. Governor admits PRElectric company is bankrupt, PR is bankrupt.
FEMA admits they are still in emergency mode and will be in PR indefinitely. Flyover shows few homes with blue FEMA tarps on roofs. But states they are providing millions of meals....no explanation for generators etc distribution.

Governor assigned New oversight guy for electric company...says that as the monopoly company few repairs were made to electric infrastructure and most personnel have left. Creditors are many. He has his hands full.
Governors New power grid coordinator says the restoration of the grid is essential to recovery. Must be first. The tall steel high line towers are down and in certain areas are extremely difficult to raise and or repair even using helicopters.

Reporter shows...Roads and bridges are out and repairs are long term away. No mention of airlifting essential supplies to the interior and mountain areas. Showed a shopping cart attached to a pulley system to ferry supplies in to an area affected by a collapsed bridge.

Military is there to help but no known length of time.

Multi billions of $ needed to help PR.

Governor admits flight from circumstances for citizens is happening. Tired of second class treatment.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Praise God for people like Faith and Edwin, Thank you both. I worry about y'all, stay safe. (Old Mother Hen here). Just can't understand why they can't air drop! I mean the candybomber did it in WWII, can we take a page from his book? Wish I had a ton of money, I'd bring in air support to air drop stuff. rjohns is going to tell me why they wouldn't let me anyway. I just think it should be easier than this. IDK Just ranting, sorry.

 

[theuglyduckling]

Nanakat whenever I see a army person I wonder if it's your nephew.

 

[theuglyduckling]

Warming packages from RJohns weigh fifty pounds! What did you put in this cement?! Lol faith