Paleo gold! Well..how about ivory? Whatever, its TASTY stuff that I’ve been trying to get my hands on for a while. Yes, I know you can buy it at any grocery store around here. But did you know every can I’ve looked at in every store in three counties all contain “BHA and BHT” ? […]
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Emily’s Hot Bean trick, or “Knickerbean 101”
My youngest daughter, Emily, has been talking about “hot beans” for a couple months now, and has been wanting to show me a “trick” you can do with them. Being a practical joker myself, I looked forward to whatever she was going to show me. And while the trick itself is very minor, it does have […]
Long Term Power Loss, and How We Practice For It
I saw on TV today that another tropical depression was heading in my general direction, though currently not projected to hit near my home, but close enough to adversely affect local weather for a week or two. Flipping through the channels, I ran across an episode of the Simpsons where Bart was trying to deal […]
Tomato Juice from Long Term Preps, or “How to Make a Bloody Pirate after a Hurricane”
One of the things we stock plenty of is tomatoes in various forms – sauce, diced, and paste. One of the things we don’t stock up on is tomato juice, though we have made some tomato-based V-8 knockoff that I called “V-13” for the 13 different veggies we put in it. Unfortunately, its a bit […]
Thrifty Food Buys for 31`July 2012
This weekly post will revolve around stores in my area, and food that we eat. Saving money by buying in bulk is no good if you are storing food you will never eat. “Eat what you store, store what you eat” will be my guidelines. Since I try to eat “Paleo”, this means very little […]
Quick Dehydrator Biltong
Biltong is a cousin of jerky, but incorporates vinegar into the process, and omits nitrates and nitrites, common preservatives found in jerky, at least today’s version. Another difference is that biltong is typically not smoked, something I thought I would miss. I don’t, though I would like to try a bit of smoked biltong eventually. […]
Crock pot pulled pork and Paleo Tortillas
I LOVE barbecue pork – ribs, pulled, sliced, it really doesn’t matter. But being the only REAL meat eater in the house, I’ve long since given up on spending time with a smoker or charcoal grill. I get my fixed whenever I can, wherever I am able to, and not as frequently as I’d like. […]
Because I can, and it’s the right thing to do.
I was recently speaking with a family member that now lives alone, and we were talking about how hard the economy was, and how hard it was becoming to make ends meet. They went on to tell me how they barely had enough money to go grocery shopping after paying all the bills on their […]
Thrifty Food Buys for 26 July 2012
This weekly post will revolve around stores in my area, and food that we eat. Saving money by buying in bulk is no good if you are storing food you will never eat. “Eat what you store, store what you eat” will be my guidelines. To me, this means very little food that includes any […]
Florida Lobster Mini-Season 2012
Today is mini-season, possibly one of the busiest days on the water all year. I’ve personally caught a few lobsters myself, but I wouldn’t even class my self as a novice. I plan on fixing that this year, as part of my “embrace where you are, she ain’t going to move to WV” attitude.