AMarthaByHeart

Good to hear your ok, Mr. Rider. Will pray that everything soes smoothly tomorrow. We know you have been in good hands though. Take good care of that new baby and of course yourself. Stay safe.

Hey, Wormie, we want your chili recipe , too. It is getting close to cold weather (hopefully).

CN--thanks for the response. We all ate it before I found Violet. Never thought about it until neighbor just gave me a 5 gallon bucket of green tomatoes.

It sounds like it is already a blast. Have a great time and let us in on the fun with stories, pictures, etc. Darlene--WE need your chili recipe when you get a chance. From all of us to ya'll.

I am praying also for this 'bump' in the road as HE works this out.

This is a Violet question or anyone else who knows the answer. A friend of mine has an old Chow Chow recipe. She makes it every other year. She uses water bath to seal them. She used to just heat the lids and seals and put them on the hot jars of Chow Chow, but started water bathing them after we told her she needed to process them. The recipe is as followed. My questions are about the flour being in it (I didn't think you could use flour in anything canned), is it acidic enough with the apple cider vinegar, and do you water bath or pressure cook them? For how long? Would you use this recipe? It sure does taste good with red beans or black eye peas or as a dip by it itself. Chow Chow 5 large bell peppers 3 Tbs. black pepper 1 qt. onions 1 Tbs. drymustard 1 qt. green tomatoes 1 Tbs. turmeric 1 qt. cabbage 1 Tbs. flour 1 qt. apple cider vinegar 5 C sugar 2 Tbs. salt 2 qts. sour pickles Hot peppers - as many as you want. Grind all ingredients then measure except peppers and pickles. Let tomatoes drain. Grind peppers and pickles, add all ingredients together in a large pan. Cook slowly 1 hour. Seal in hot jars. Makes approximately 12 pints.

CGA, it amazes me the wisdom that you have. Recording it would help many people as we prepare to go through the days ahead.

Just read this. It is heartbreaking to see this ,knowing all to well that very soon it could be us. We live in a world where the politicians are more concerned with "party lines" and greed than the peoples' well being. They asked for her opinion, but did not listen. Why not start a soup kitchen at the schools or community. Offering to buy a chocolate bar is the answer. Ha! I bet none of the politicians or their children were hungry. She is working and stretching her budget as far as she can go. I am not talking about handouts. Community gardens, classes in surviving day to day living and bartering, with God's mercy and grace, may be the only way we will survive in what is coming. Being surrounded by like minded people is surmountable to our survival in this day and time. I have been reading the 'Deep Winter' series downloaded on my computer so this is where my mindset is coming from right now. This just confirms how fast and easy things will go south. No work or contribution means no food. Even if not physically able to do manual labor there are so many things we can do to be productive (reading to children, remembering what used to be done in the past (canning,food prep and storage, gardening, sewing, fishing, etc.) and helping those able to do a better job. I do remember Katrina. The people who came here and hit all of the food pantries in our small city. Quite a few were demanding, insulted that we would give them store brands of food--demanding name brand instead. We were told since we got some food from the local food bank, we had to service them. Most of our food and donations at church came from our people, a lot of them senior adults on limited income. We always gave several sacks of groceries, enought to sustain them for a few weeks. They would leave ours, and then go to another pantry. They would even tell us this. Admittedly, there were some that were very thankful and humble. They lost everything but the clothes on their backs. These are the ones who were already looking for jobs and trying to get their families settled. I had to pray many a prayer to get through this. A very wise older man, 84, told me that it was in God's hands what they did with the food. (We found out from the police later that some were trading the food for drugs.) We had done what we were commanded to do which was to feed the least of these and help when needed. The main thing is prayer, a closer walk with our heavenly Father, wisdom and discernment in the coming events. Other countries in the world desperately need our prayers now also. May God have mercy upon us all, even though it is not deserved. :pray:

Miki--don't stay gone too long. I do hope the move goes smoothly. Thanks Jori for volunteering. We really appreciate it. I don'e always respond to birthdays but do rememeber them when I see them.

Congratulations, homesteader. What a wonderful new adventure God has planned for you and DH. May HE bless your new home and make it a place of rest and peace.

Glad your back!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you're here to stay.

Since I missed your birthday, go ahead and take the week off. Hope your day was great. Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sorry to hear about your grandmother passing.

Happy Birthday Quiltys41 and Farmgirlwannabe!!! Hope you were treated like royalty all day. Enjoy while you can. :cakeslice: :balloons: :bdaycake: :bev: