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Hi "60", glad to see you on "this side of the hedge". These ladies will wear you out with their boundless knowledge of and about things. They just do not know how to cook chittlins properly-LOL, wc

[Cat]

They just do not know how to cook chittlins properly-LOL, wc

Ummm... I have to agree with her, at least for *this* northern Indiana gal!!!


Now if ya wanna talk head cheese, souse, and saurkraut, let me know!!!

[ladybug60]

Hi "60", glad to see you on "this side of the hedge". These ladies will wear you out with their boundless knowledge of and about things. They just do not know how to cook chittlins properly-LOL, wc

Thank you for the welcome! Can't wait to gain some knowledge, specifically
in canning apples. I have all the equipment, jars, lids, canner, etc. except the
drive to actually sit down and do it. After I master that, I want to try my hand at canning
spaghetti meat sauce.
My son wants me to learn how to can so he doesn't have to cook anymore. (LOL)

[ladybug60]

Welcome... any friend of our friends is another friend!!





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Thank you for the greeting.!

[RebeccaP]

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[Cat]

Welcome, RebeccaP! As I said, just ask if you're looking for something!

(Unless, apparently, you're looking for a chittlins recipe!! )

[Annarchy]

ladybug60, -6, & RebeccaP

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Hi Ladybug 60, My friend. So good to see you here. You will find that these gals are not wimps but real survivalists and serious preppers. Pioneers if you would like to call them that. I have been impressed with the depth of their knowledge and intensity of preparing for their families needs. LOL, they would fit right into our little gathering clan's activities and be able to teach us lots of things.
Babbling on-- ramble around the site. Lots and lots to glean but don't just be a lurker-jump right in. See you on the cyber waves till April--yahoo.

[ladybug60]

ladybug60, -6, & RebeccaP

Thank you, thank you. Looking forward to being part of this community.
Going to make strawberry jam this weekend and can it.
The strawberries are cheap right now, and most of them made it through the cold snap down in Tampa, FL.

[ladybug60]

Hi Ladybug 60, My friend. So good to see you here. You will find that these gals are not wimps but real survivalists and serious preppers. Pioneers if you would like to call them that. I have been impressed with the depth of their knowledge and intensity of preparing for their families needs. LOL, they would fit right into our little gathering clan's activities and be able to teach us lots of things.
Babbling on-- ramble around the site. Lots and lots to glean but don't just be a lurker-jump right in. See you on the cyber waves till April--yahoo.

How do you like my avatar? Thinking of you.

[WormGuy]

Welcome! Good to have you join.






John

[ladybug60]

Welcome! Good to have you join.






John

Thank you all for such a warm welcome.
I'll let you know how the strawberry jam turns out. It's my first time to can, but I have so many small jars and the berries are on sale this week.
We suffered quite a cold spell for about two weeks, but the temps are back in the 40-60 range.
After the berries, I'm going to try my hand at my favorite fruit, which is granny smith apples. My son wants me to learn to can so he doesn't have to cook anymore. ha ha, not much of a survivalist, but I wasn't either two years ago, so there is always a beginning.

Here in hurricane country the wise know how to prepare for 1-2 wks of no electricity, which means no gas pumps, atm's etc., but other than that, planning for a full blown disaster, I'm just now learning.
Looking forward to gaining as much knowledge as possible.
Thanks again for such a warm welcome!

[WormGuy]

I remember 3 years ago I did 60 jars of strawberry jam. I still have quite a bit of it left.




John

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LOL, you were in a real "jam" there WormGuy. Strawberry preserves are my favorite. Those and fig preserves. Like L-60 I have lots of jars. Have been buying extra lids for several yrs-whew, didn't know I had so many till I started trying to get them into one place. I am soooo unorganized. Need a secretary to keep me straight-lol.

[Door#3]

Hi everyone!

I found this board by hopping around through all sorts of boards and sites online. I thought the "you are home" at the top of the page set a really nice vibe for the site, and reading through selected areas I see how true it is!

I am an economist by training, and have been into surviving since I was a kid - I always wanted to be dropped in the woods somewhere and be left for a week to fend for myself. I grew up prepared in earthquake country, re-upped my preps after 9/11 but it slipped after moving to the northeast a couple years into my working life. Fortunately I realized that my preps had slipped, and I'm working on that now! My husband is really handy and we've been doing all sorts of things to our new-to-us house over the 3+ years we've been here. We have an acre, so if things get bad I think we are pretty well poised to make the most of it. If things get horrible we're not in the best set up. We're looking for "lifeboat land", something to own free and clear that we can always fall back on if it all goes bad on a personal or larger scale.

Unfortunately my spidey-senses are telling me that we are in for very hard times ahead. I hope we can avert them, but I'd rather be ready and prepared to enjoy life. That is my real goal, not just surviving but enjoying the process.

I've been trying to cook from more basic foods, and I have learned a lot. Not just how to prepare the food, but that I can't eat gluten. Good thing I was just starting to stock up! Thank goodness those wheat sprouts were so delicious - if I hadn't overdone it with them I may never have made the connection! I'm still learning how to deal with that, and I could use all the advice I can get in that regard. I swapped the Coast Guard bars in my backpack with Ensure and tuna, but I don't know if there are better choices.

I have tons to learn, and you look like an amazing group of women to learn with. I am spiritual but not religious, and truly believe that in the hardest of times we can not only learn for the future but also realize the blessings within the situation. You never know how strong you are until you push your boundaries.

I can't wait to get to know you ladies.

Door#3

[Annarchy]

Door#3

[edensong]

Welcome, Door#3~!

[antik]

just posting an introduction, been onmost of the prepping sites and started in the 70's trying to be self sufficent now 30 odd years later I'm still trying, couple of years ago lost all my preps and home but am starting again, since i am on a limited budget i was glad to find this site for us gals and yesterday i saw the discussion on old cookbooks and joined i am also a cookbook addict this started when i was young as my mother and my sister both have admitted to me they suffer from this addiction also, decided i would post today about my new find.

[WormGuy]

Welcome Antik, good to have you join us. Please post some recipes, we can't have too many of them ya know.




John

[sasebabe]

Hi...just wanted to say hello to everyone.

My real name is Sherry. I am married and have 2 daughters and 1 son.
I love the Lord.

That's me in a nutshell.

okay, time to go do some