Just curious who else is living super frugal

[dutchbunny83]

We turned a lot of our excess turkey into stir fry. Yum!

The KitchenAid grinder is awesome. I get sliced beef shanks (chimaro res) at the Hispanic market for $1.57/lb and grind for hamburger adding the marrow from the bones. Makes it so lean and flavorful. It's fabulous and really beefy.

The burgers sounds great!!!

 

[dutchbunny83]

My most frugal thing yet!!!
9 cases of peppers!
There are 60 bags of the multi-colored sweet peppers that sell for $3.99-$4.99 at stores. All super fresh, didn't even make it to the grocery store.
There are 40 bags each with 6 green bell peppers from the same company that sell for about the same price, also in perfect condition.
Then I had 3 cases of probably about 40 peppers or so in each of loose red and green bell peppers. Most of them are cracked from falling, but still fresh not moldy or anything yet, just cracked that I now have for feed for my chickens, meat birds, turkeys, rabbits, & guinea pigs for the week so I can cut back on some of their other feed.

And it was all free!!! A tractor trailer carrying all these peppers from the manufacturer to a distributor overturned on the highway. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the company claimed insurance on the peppers since some damaged and the wrecking company that towed them just start giving them away so they didn't go in a dumpster. Some people were taking pick up truck loads of like 30-40 cases, but I was just trying to take a normal amount-- enough to feed some animals, and enough to cook, freeze or can for my family so we don't have to buy peppers

 

[LindaB220]

My most frugal thing yet!!!
9 cases of peppers!
There are 60 bags of the multi-colored sweet peppers that sell for $3.99-$4.99 at stores. All super fresh, didn't even make it to the grocery store.
There are 40 bags each with 6 green bell peppers from the same company that sell for about the same price, also in perfect condition.
Then I had 3 cases of probably about 40 peppers or so in each of loose red and green bell peppers. Most of them are cracked from falling, but still fresh not moldy or anything yet, just cracked that I now have for feed for my chickens, meat birds, turkeys, rabbits, & guinea pigs for the week so I can cut back on some of their other feed.

And it was all free!!! A tractor trailer carrying all these peppers from the manufacturer to a distributor overturned on the highway. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the company claimed insurance on the peppers since some damaged and the wrecking company that towed them just start giving them away so they didn't go in a dumpster. Some people were taking pick up truck loads of like 30-40 cases, but I was just trying to take a normal amount-- enough to feed some animals, and enough to cook, freeze or can for my family so we don't have to buy peppers

Oh man, I wish I had been there. Years ago the same thing happened and Dad came home with boxes and boxes of Rhubarb

 

[MoonShadows]

Nice find!

We eat at least 2-3 peppers a day in our house for a snack. We also give the stems and insides from these to our birds. I would have loved to have been in on this score! Enjoy and hope your animals do too.

Jim

 

[Beekissed]

What a huge score!!!! What will you use them for the most? Diced and freezing for cooking later? Stuffed and frozen for later meals? Dried and ground for spices?

 

[KentuckyMom]

My most frugal thing yet!!!
9 cases of peppers!
There are 60 bags of the multi-colored sweet peppers that sell for $3.99-$4.99 at stores. All super fresh, didn't even make it to the grocery store.
There are 40 bags each with 6 green bell peppers from the same company that sell for about the same price, also in perfect condition.
Then I had 3 cases of probably about 40 peppers or so in each of loose red and green bell peppers. Most of them are cracked from falling, but still fresh not moldy or anything yet, just cracked that I now have for feed for my chickens, meat birds, turkeys, rabbits, & guinea pigs for the week so I can cut back on some of their other feed.

And it was all free!!! A tractor trailer carrying all these peppers from the manufacturer to a distributor overturned on the highway. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the company claimed insurance on the peppers since some damaged and the wrecking company that towed them just start giving them away so they didn't go in a dumpster. Some people were taking pick up truck loads of like 30-40 cases, but I was just trying to take a normal amount-- enough to feed some animals, and enough to cook, freeze or can for my family so we don't have to buy peppers

Totally Awesome!

 

[kocho]

...like rabbit ears?


Never in my life, have my parents payed for television.

Not rabbit ears. I had those before I got married. This was a plastic square you stuck to the window.

 

[PlaidBattleAxe]

We turned a lot of our excess turkey into stir fry. Yum!

The KitchenAid grinder is awesome. I get sliced beef shanks (chimaro res) at the Hispanic market for $1.57/lb and grind for hamburger adding the marrow from the bones. Makes it so lean and flavorful. It's fabulous and really beefy.

Turkey stir fry is awesome! That's usually what we do with leftover turkey-----after I've made mega pots of turkey soup to freeze in quart mason jars. And kudos on the massive pepper scoring! We can never get enough bells in our house! Last year my plants rotted out, but I'm hoping to have a decent haul from my garden this summer.

 

[tntchix]

Oh man, I wish I had been there. Years ago the same thing happened and Dad came home with boxes and boxes of Rhubarb

Woah. That is a load of peppers. How come I never get this lucky? Probably because I am never anywhere near a freeway.

 

[DennisK]

OK, this is for those of us who are backyard mechanics: Back in the 60’s, Gunk had a carburetor bath that really worked. I remember putting a very dirty carburetor into this chemical, and the next day, it came out shinning like new metal. EPA must have had some influence, because today’s carburetor bath is, in my opinion, worthless. I have a carburetor from a small motor that was junked out in the weather for more than 5 years. Every moving part was frozen solid. None of the marketed carburetor cleaners worked. Repetitive applications of penetrating oil didn’t touch it. I complained about this to DW who remembered reading about a person who remembers his parents boiling dirty carburetors during the depression. Not having anything to lose, I put the carburetor in a large pot with soap (Dawn) and water and started boiling it. After two boiling sessions, the carburetor is fully functional! This carburetor also had a fuel shutoff solenoid that was frozen in the shut off position – yep after boiling, it now works perfectly! The carburetor is now back on the engine with its fuel shutoff solenoid and the motor starts and runs with no problems. All of the money I spent on carburetor baths and cleaners was wasted, and now I have a problem with where I am going to get rid of these chemicals. But with soap and water – no problem!
Also, a side note: The motor was also frozen, but putting Automatic transmission oil in the spark plug holes and letting it soak in for a few days, helps free the motor.