malewithatail
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Post by malewithatail on Jan 4, 2022 10:53:55 GMT 10
My wife makes rice milk in a blender, adds a little honey and something else I cant remember. Much smoother than commercial rubbish as well.
You never want the one you can afford.
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Post by Stealth on Jan 4, 2022 15:24:41 GMT 10
i pulled the pin on wise foods, freeze dried buckets. Im working my through a few main meals this month and they are good. 25 year shelf life. I spent 18k on a pallet from the us, took 6 months to get here. Phwar, that's a bit of a price sink. How have you found their food? I was considering buying a few buckets just to stack in the back of the store room but I've heard that the meals are stored in bulk amounts (as in, 4 servings per bag) and due to the freeze-dried nature of the food I thought that might not be the best option because once you open it that's it. It starts losing quality if you don't reseal it with O2 seals. I'm personally thinking about taking the plunge with buying a Harvest Rite freeze drying machine. Works out to about $10k to get it here, although I can't get the pump I want yet so it's on the backburner until I can get that as well. Probably doesn't work out much cheaper than buying a Wyse kit after you take into account electricity, storage requirements etc. But I figured at least we'll be able to store the foods that we really like and a much larger range than would be available in a pre-made pallet. |
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Post by frostbite on Jan 4, 2022 15:35:40 GMT 10
I've got a heap of freeze dried beef mince and chicken breast by Preppers Pantry, at a fraction of retail, from an American prepper in Sydney. Her husband's work visa wasn't renewed, so she had to sell a garage full of preps quick. They are in sealed packets but portion size varies a lot. They are plan c.
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Post by tomatoes on Jan 4, 2022 16:35:07 GMT 10
My wife makes rice milk in a blender, adds a little honey and something else I cant remember. Much smoother than commercial rubbish as well. You never want the one you can afford. I tried a few rice milk recipes that I didn’t like much. Are you able to share your wife’s recipe? |
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Post by tomatoes on Jan 4, 2022 16:39:13 GMT 10
lol sorry had to have a go  A recipe for you joey - itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/banana-peel-bacon/I’ve seen various versions of this recipe around a bit!! Not one I’ll be likely to try as we don’t miss bacon, but someday I might get curious. |
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malewithatail
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Post by malewithatail on Jan 4, 2022 17:21:37 GMT 10
I will ask her for the recipe and publish it for everyone.
If not now when, if not U, who ?
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Post by Tri-Polar on Jan 4, 2022 20:08:25 GMT 10
I've been stocking up on the different foods I eat.but yet, with winter upon us. I've been stocking up on self stable comfort foods.plus I finally made beef jerky in my dehydrator the other day.it turned out great.so I'll be stocking up on round steak for more jerky.the primary interest in the comfort foods,is just in case the power goes out.on account all I have to do.is heat,serve and eat. I have never thought to make jerky in the dehydrator. I am going to have to try it out. Ive only got a cheap 70degree unit from ebay. But has been a trooper with my minces ive been storing away.
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Post by snafu on Jan 4, 2022 22:50:44 GMT 10
i pulled the pin on wise foods, freeze dried buckets. Im working my through a few main meals this month and they are good. 25 year shelf life. I spent 18k on a pallet from the us, took 6 months to get here. Phwar, that's a bit of a price sink. How have you found their food? I was considering buying a few buckets just to stack in the back of the store room but I've heard that the meals are stored in bulk amounts (as in, 4 servings per bag) and due to the freeze-dried nature of the food I thought that might not be the best option because once you open it that's it. It starts losing quality if you don't reseal it with O2 seals. I'm personally thinking about taking the plunge with buying a Harvest Rite freeze drying machine. Works out to about $10k to get it here, although I can't get the pump I want yet so it's on the backburner until I can get that as well. Probably doesn't work out much cheaper than buying a Wyse kit after you take into account electricity, storage requirements etc. But I figured at least we'll be able to store the foods that we really like and a much larger range than would be available in a pre-made pallet. Good so far, only opened one bucket. will leave the rest alone. 18k was money from an inheritance so i thought why not.
4320 serves , 12 months food supply.
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Post by drjenner on Jan 5, 2022 5:50:17 GMT 10
I've been stocking up on the different foods I eat.but yet, with winter upon us. I've been stocking up on self stable comfort foods.plus I finally made beef jerky in my dehydrator the other day.it turned out great.so I'll be stocking up on round steak for more jerky.the primary interest in the comfort foods,is just in case the power goes out.on account all I have to do.is heat,serve and eat. I have never thought to make jerky in the dehydrator. I am going to have to try it out. Ive only got a cheap 70degree unit from ebay. But has been a trooper with my minces ive been storing away.
We made some using ground beef it was great and even my daughter loved it! |
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Post by texasjim on Jan 6, 2022 11:43:30 GMT 10
I'm finally making more jerky.but using Texas roadhouse beef rub as a marinade this time round.i put it in a 1 pint jar,then added water and shook it up to mix it.sliced the round steak.in which I'd shake the marinade time to time.then I placed the meat into a hard plastic container and pooted the marinade over and let set awhile.now it's dehydrating,on 4 racks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2022 20:45:53 GMT 10
Bulk salt, vinegar and sugar. All three are important to preserving food.
If the supply chain goes down, preserving will once again become important.
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Post by iceage on Jan 20, 2022 21:02:19 GMT 10
Good idea rastus, i need to up my supplies of these.
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Post by norseman on Jan 21, 2022 2:50:21 GMT 10
Bulk salt, vinegar and sugar. All three are important to preserving food. If the supply chain goes down, preserving will once again become important. These are multi-functional commodities very important! Along with simple pure soap such as Sunlight they will become quite valuable! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 7:44:01 GMT 10
Thanks for mentioning soap - made me remember another important multi use commodity: oil.
We store about a bit under a hundred litres of olive oil, and if any of the tins start approaching their used by dates, make up a batch of 100% olive oil (castille) soap.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 21, 2022 8:13:05 GMT 10
At the start of Covid and the panic buying that began then, one of the first things we saw go missing was home bakers yeast... There seems little mention of this in the long run of how things have gone so far...
My Sweetie, being the grand master home baker she is, has had on hand for a long time now a bulk commercial bakers yeast she has used to great sucess. Problem is it is a bit harder to store and manage at home use levels as it did come in a bulk, commercial size quantity.. When the initial shortages came, Sweetie shared some of this bulk yeast with friends with instructions for use and storage..
So.... Reciently she found a home baking yeast in about a 2 cup MRE type packaging size.. I don't have one available for name and other details this moment.. But they were on sale at $1.49 a package from $7.99-$8.99 regular... We got a couple, and she tried one, declairing they were a good product to use and worthy of storage.. We have about 30 packages on hand in a secure tote in the basement cold room..
Maybe not a monumental find, but a nice cushion to have on hand if, when needed..
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Post by frostbite on Jan 21, 2022 10:04:46 GMT 10
Is yeast a western culture thing? Can't you just do what the Third World has done for millennia and make yeast free flat bread?
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 21, 2022 15:37:03 GMT 10
Actually... If you look into yeast it is a lower, eastern Europe thing that began with polens and such at that time and place.. But not worth the time and effort to go into detail with that now..
Yes.. Of course you can make a number of flat bread varieties.. My favorite is a North American first nations fry bread of a number of varieties.. I have seen slight variations of this in native tribes and bands across 3 of 4 North American time zones... Banock being a term used to loosely describe a lot of varieties....
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Post by Stealth on Jan 21, 2022 16:47:46 GMT 10
I make bannock bread quite often. Although I doubt it's the same as the first nations bread as it's base is oats (yay heavy Scottish food! lol). It goes super well with any stew, soup or chowder. Heavy and filling, it's definitely extremely satisfying and you can mix anything you like into it to make it even more nutritious.
I'm pretty handy at making a while yeast sourdough starter. It doesn't always have an amazingly successful lift depending on the weather but you can make a loaf with it that toasts up beautifully and will make the best welsh rarebit you've ever had in your life lol. I might even start a new batch tonight, the weather is good enough for good loaves at the moment.
I've also experimented with dehydrating home made starter. Having it dried means that you can kick-start the fermenting process if you need to go away on holidays and put your yeast to sleep for a while.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 22, 2022 2:48:52 GMT 10
Fred......
We have a dedicated jar that sits in a dinner plate for overflow, and is covered with a shower cap.. Sweetie has a recipe for sour dough starter that in just a couple days will produce a product that would be the envy of any Yukon style starter... This a very bold, aromatic product and not the wimpy French style sour doughs so common.. Seemingly the French style is cultivated to go with tofu, kale and the like....
Since starter is a living, breathing thing we call it Fred...
I have seen instructions on how to dehydrate and store starter, but not gone into the details of the how to.. I think it will be easy enough, but it is easy to restart a batch of starter as needed depending on the season.. Fred doesn't do much around here in summer..
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Post by texasjim on Jan 23, 2022 9:28:40 GMT 10
I've been stocking up on the different foods I eat.but yet, with winter upon us. I've been stocking up on self stable comfort foods.plus I finally made beef jerky in my dehydrator the other day.it turned out great.so I'll be stocking up on round steak for more jerky.the primary interest in the comfort foods,is just in case the power goes out.on account all I have to do.is heat,serve and eat. I have never thought to make jerky in the dehydrator. I am going to have to try it out. Ive only got a cheap 70degree unit from ebay. But has been a trooper with my minces ive been storing away.
70 degree's is to low for making jerky,if I figure right.the one I have,gets up to 170 degree's.in which I'll have jerky inside of 6 hours. |
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