Wow!

That's a great story. Good for you😊

This is so awesome to me....I had this huge revelation that quite literally the worst invention that has been touted as the best , in my opinion, is the fridge. If it were not for refrigeration we would not have major factory farming operations. We would have less energy use. More people would be self sustainable. We would have less food waste.

My

@@shantelleboyce1921 Yes, exactly. And on top of all that, the toxic chemicals inside refrigerators and all their designed to fail parts are piling up in the landfills.

Lmao

LOL! Shhhhhh! Dont tell him jars are officially out of stock until maybe next year! At least the size he might fit in! :)

Lol!! Reminds me of My dads saying, "Mom's so good at laundry two pairs deep my socks are new"

@@MiddleEastMilli He knows I have jars!! I found a stockpile in the barn.

@@lauramissy7492 LOOOLLLLLL

I wish you had described the method.

@@lesliehunter1823 I use the method described by Doug and Stacy - In a deep baking dish ( I use my Pyrex oval - 12"L x 8.5" W x 2.75" Deep ) , put 2lbs butter (sticks unwrapped and in a single layer) . Put the baker into a 250 degree pre-heated oven , for an hour and a half . I put 4-5 half-pint canning jars into a stockpot , with water to cover the jars and bring it to a boil , then reduce heat to a low simmer , until the ghee comes out of the oven .The butter will have melted and separated into three layers - bottom one is the milk solids , the middle one is the beautiful clear liquid Ghee and the golden brown , lacey one on the surface is something else (unknown , but carefully skimmed off..lol) place the baker on a heatproof mat or wooden cutting board . I take a shallow ladle and carefully skim off the ghee , do not to include the milk solids underneath , and ladle it into the hot , drained jars ( a canning funnel helps avoid spills) , leaving about 1/2 " headspace and put on the lids , and bands . The tray with the filled jars is treated like canned jams , in that they are covered with a towel and left , undisturbed overnight . The two pounds of butter should yield about 4-5 half pint jars of solid , butter yellow , shelf stable Ghee ! I realize this is a bit long , but I've tried to include helpful hints for someone who hasn't done this before .Thank you for asking ! Enjoy !!!

​Tx for the clear response. I usually do stovetop​ and a coffee filter but I don't think my method is sterile. @@kayeeiland4167

Thanks for sharing

⁠​⁠@@kayeeiland4167 Thank you very much. My first thought was at what temp, for how long? Instructions would be nice. So much appreciated, not too long at all and well worth reading and paying close attention. In fact I am saving and reading until I get it properly. FYI people like yourself are of great value to people like me whose parents were abusive and didn’t care to teach us very little of use. So I thank and praise God (all of Him for you) IJN Amen x Much Love (God IS Love) and thanks sunshine🙃 from Scotland x

I surprised a guest by taking out my ramen broth the other week, on Monday I started opening my canned veggies and draining the water into a quart jar and every can I open in the week was saved in the fridge for Friday night ramen.

​@@rayf6126I hope these are home canned cans rather than the store bought carcinogenic lined ones. I really like your idea! Sounds like a really yummy soup or Ramen starter!

Excellent points!

Thank you for sharing that

Vinegar is big in many cultures, and healthy

I've always ate my salads that way. Those store bought dressings are very bad for you. Mostly soybean oil and sugar. You'd be better off not eating a salad at all.

Cool

I dont make enough to have leftovers typically unless its the holidays sometimes I let the kids eat the rest I can wait until breakfast just drink some extra water

@@marcuskoontz1823 good man Marcus

An ex is a crybaby who can't stand leftovers. I totally dont get it

Hot wings fried chicken and pizza are great to

Thats crazy certain food to me is better the next day

Touche

bravo

My son doesn't care because it was prepared by a "professional". Um ok a minimum wage worker in a factory is a better cook than me. Thanks! Lol!

@@BaloosCluesOriginal He better hire a cook or make enough money to eat out. He'll get hungry eventually.

@@katehenry2718 Fortunately he worked at a place called Jet Nutrition. He learned to cook nutritious foods first. Now he cooks for Blount Fine Foods. Everything tastes great BUT its loaded with sodium. He will cook himself something if he's desperate.

That's a good idea, thanks for sharing.

Look for a large stainless commercial dryer/washer drum

I live in the desert so Zeer fridges work well here. Good for veggies, fruit, etc. Basically huge clay pot, an inner pot with sand between the pots. Big pot sits in a clay saucer with water in it.

Spaghetti is always better the day after it is made, and the day after that! lol

Almost always!

Absolutely not true!!!

Definitely true

Especially spaghetti, goulash, and meatloaf. Yum!!!

I never understood that there were people who didn't eat leftovers. If not later in the day, within the week. I remember days of not having anything to eat but a granola bar after school until lunch the next day when someone at school shared their lunch with me.

AMEN 💯💯💯💯 God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏

Same. I grew up on leftovers and a lot of the time nothing but bread and whatever condiment was in the fridge or cereal and powdered milk, oatmeal or rice with sugar or beans. You can imagine my dismay after having my own daughter then refuse to eat anything leftover growing up. There were many years of struggles and me reinacting a similar scene to that in the movie Mommy Dearest and later earning that as her contact name for me in her phone, lol. In her defense, we found out in college that she suffers from extreme anxiety disorders and autism, most likely from years of exposure to vaccines and the mercury amalgam fillings in her teeth. If only I could do it all again.....anyways, not sure how she's gonna fair if it soon comes to what is written in Revelations. God bless.

@@hahna77 same. Do the best you can. I took the "just take 1 bite, chew and swallow" route. That way he would taste a variety of foods and at least could decide if he liked them or not. I also knew at least something was in his stomach.

left overs have all the deep flavor .

So did my grandfather. He said the fat on the fried steak was the best flavor.

@@pembebulut2781 100% !!!

@@pembebulut2781 amen

Actually Testosterone is made from cholesterol in the body…So no it’s not bad for you

Cholesterol isn't bad if you're not pumping your body full of heavy sugars and medications that DR'S push to get their cuts from big pharma and just as the FDA government approving meds/foods etc... Most (ALL THEY APPROVE) ARE SLOWLY OR FASTLY DESTROYING HUMAN INNER BODY'S AND THE MENTAL PROCESS AND THE MAIN ORGANS... ❤️ 🫁 KIDNEYS ETC., JUST AS ALL BIXED FOODS ARE NO LONGER PROPERLY STORED AND SHIPPED THEN MOST SIT ON SHELVES W AIR CRACKS AND BACTERIA SEEPS IN OPEN A BOX OF INSTANT DRIED POTATOES NOTHING BUT LOOSE INSIDE NO PROTECTION, SAME AS, PUSHING MEATS IN FOOD MARTS AND LIKE WALMART, THE TEMPS ARE EITHER TOO HIGH WHICH OVER COOLS SO WHEN PLACE IN FREEZER IT DOESN'T LAST AS LONG AS SHOULD FREEZER BURN SPOTS WHICH CAN BECOME DEADLY IF U EAT, LOOK AT THE SHELF LIFE DATES ON EGGS ETC., U CAN ACTUALLY EAT SAFELY IF THOROUGHLY COOKED UP TO 1 MONTH PAST THE DATE/ MILK SAME UP TO 1-2WKS PAST EXPIRED DATE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PASTEURIZED AND BORDEN'S MILK ISN'T AS SAFE TO DRINK, IF MILK STARTS BREAKING APART LOOKING LIKE WATER AT THE 2 INCH TOP AT MILK LEVEL IN JUGS OR WEIRD SMELL THEN BOIL IT DOWN MAKE BUTTER OR AMERICAN OR PARMESAN CHEESE WITH LEFT OVERS! Rice in stores especially instant most are eating plastic, the hard dried or milky looking white rice is 100% plastic! So much more I've researched and studied on about store foods, even some produce in stores isn't healthy at all some big growing indoor factories are using dangerous chems to make grow faster, just as, buying lettuce 🥬 etc in fruits/veggies the stores are waisting $$ & the buyer's because the stores are storing these products terrible by over cooling then when u get home after buying and drive and unload and put away, they have reached room temps or worse, so instead of I have to $$ from market's, when I get home, I just leave all fruits/veggies except lettuce I place in wrapped white paper towels Viva are the best and wrap well put into zipper type freezer gallon zip bag let all air out well or use a vacuum sealer even better seal off all Air, place in middle drawer close all vents to drawer and it will last for 1 month - 6 week's/do not store any lettuce with spoiled gas brown spots remove do not wash either until using only/u can even prep by placing Lettuce in sink chop how you need it for liking, & then store in fridge, this saves numerous time and when ready to eat a salad etc, just take out wash in colander dry thoroughly add whatever flavors and other veggies you want, enjoy! I do this with bell peppers and onions, I clean well/dry/chop/dice/slice all dry veggies and store in vacuumed sealed containers or bag's, if in bag leave little extra cutting room, so if you have to cut open to use certain amount, u can reseal and store bk in freezer, if you plan on using these types of dry veggies from freezer, remove about 15 mins before cooking in foods allow to thaw natural so keeps firm with hardly any softness, you can also do this by slicing up Apple's/peaches/any berries and much more! Store rice/flours/any grains in air tight glass jars, this will preserve them for 1-5 years especially rice/beans/grains can last up to 3-5 yrs even starch noodles for spaghetti/lasagna/if you by freezer beans/veggies/fruits immediately take out of original packaging and place in a vacuum seal containers or bag's, if not, they tend to get mushier and lose their consistency and flavors! A vacuum sealer is the best time consuming/space saving/shelf or fridge or freezer life saving for storing and using some daily weekly monthly some items even year's! I hope this will help someone out! You don't need a big high cost vacuum sealer, go on Amazon and purchase 1 and make sure it has the liquid sealer hose with it it'll become your bff for storing liquids like soups/sauces/marinades etc... You can even prepare quick meals by cooking on weekends like chili/soups/stews/scallops many many more, vacuum liquid seal very easy and store in fridge if using in 1-4 day's, freezer if going to use later on, and these COOKED ahead types of foods can last anywhere from 6 months and some even up to 1year! Gl and I'm encouraging everyone to start small or big with growing especially own produce and fruits elderberries give so much greatness for our health and natural energy booster and they taste so dang delicious, you can even make own vitamins from these types of growing berries! Stay Safe and God bless us, ALL 🙏

AMEN i came up DIRT po, my food came from pecan trees/fruit trees etc. i dont waste a thing

Exactly!

That's great. I hate only buying food on sale, to see it go to waste. I only make enough servings we will be eating that sitting, plus an extra for a lunch to take to work.

Some leftovers taste better the next few days! The veggies and fruits you get now from other countries are picked green and not ripe in order to ship and allow the products not to rot. Unfortunately they don't have the nutrition or vitamin/mineral value if it would have ripen on the vine. It is proven our food does not have the health and nutrition value it did in the past. So we are not getting the things are bodies need to survive and be healthy!

I'd like to know how a freezer with "refrigerant" in it that converts solar power/electricity into refrigeration i.e. freezing, isn't refrigeration? As you've said there is no registration on the homestead

@@michaellalanae7228 the blood put at ground they what God says .

@@michaellalanae7228 Give the guts to your dog.

I can’t stand eating a poor animal. My opinion

Thst was done in my chuldhood community.

@@donaglosser4272 what a great great opinion animals are to be loved and hugged

Especially beef roasts,beef stew,meatloaf ,and Italian gravy.

I have a hot dish recipe that is better reheated.

Just got back from camping and ate three days worth of leftovers an other meal was two days before, rule of thumb in our house if it's 4 or more days old ,cooked food that is throw it out when in dought I hope i said that correct.

Risotto tastes better the next day.

We had to eat everything including vomit

@Gman That is one thing I have instilled in my little ones...especially when it comes to drinking out of water bottles....refill that and use it again...Don't just throw it away....smh

@Gman waste not want not. refill that bottle and keep your pennies in your pocket........duh....

@@adversarysatan8059 you buy the water not the bottle

@@jhoughjr1 yep and when i wear the bottle out for drinking i use it to start my flowers and veggies......smiling...or for something else ...reuse and reuse and,ReUse and save more pennies.......

That's what leftovers are for - to eat. I'm eating yesterday's leftovers right now, beef and pork.

A+ from SA Tx

Brilliant. My grandmother had clay pots too but only the one.

Zeer pot works great

Do you know what temperature it generates? Food needs to be refrigerated at about 3 degrees Celcius or you'll get ill..

@@Victoria-gq8gt It depends on where you live. It was used for centuries in many countries before refrigerators.

My Grandfather is 84 and has refused to have a microwave in his home since they became a modern "convenience". I admire that man above all. He has always shared his wealth of knowledge with me and I'm grateful I still have him at 45. He used to tell me, 30 years ago, that he was convinced we were being surveilled through TV and that America was returning to a feudal system of just two classes of people... rich and poor.

I'm 63 an never owned a microwave and never will.

@@ThisIsNotSoap Does the microwave remove the carbon compounds?

I NEVER use a microwave. and always eat leftovers!! (not always refrigerated). I Usually don't tell most people that since they are so weird about it.

@@mrdraper4633 My father was just the same. He said the same about our government. I HATE microwaves and refuse to use them. there is one in the house because 'other members' can't seem to give it up.

Good point. We love extra meals. I'm fortunate that husband is an exceptional cook.

We called them "must goes", because they must go. What's for supper ? .... Mustgoes. If you don't like eating left overs, get a dog or raise a pig.

I've never heard those terms. I just like to cook once and eat twice. It saves electricity and My energy and it just makes sense to me.

Plan-overs at our house. Time saved big prep once, at least 3 meals from one mess in kitchen

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Great video, thank you!

I live in south central Texas, for the holidays, we never had enough room in the frig, so my mother had us store food outside in the charcoal grill (when it wasn’t in use!) kept things cool and kept the critters out! 😁

That was a Christmas tradition in our home along with apples, bananas & juicy fruit gum.

Mandarin oranges and nuts were treats in our stockings.

You live in ozark!!? Do you launder money??? Just kidding. I watch and enjoy the tv show ozark with Jason Bateman. The landscape and lakes are so beautiful !! You re so lucky.

Omg you should write a book! All that knowledge. 😉

We live in Ozark’s also. We will never starve or die of thirst. I’m pretty sure in SHTF situation we won’t need doe tags LOL

I make really good ranch hand ! 😁

@@GnosisKing kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ir-mi5uH3t7Td58.html A good place to start. He can teach you a lot.

Mines always got leftovers, dairy, thawing meat and condiments in it Then my freezer is stuffed with meals, fruits & veg & bread. I make ahead ALOT.

I bought my entire months groceries right before the heat wave, and put off canning because of it, until the fridge broke. 36 hours of food preservation later I finally had my fridge done.

this was done even as far back as midievil times.they called it "pottage"

Pease porridge hot; pease porridge cold; Pease porridge in the pot, 9 days old. Some like it hot; some like it cold: some like it in the pot, 9 days old!

@@eb6552 can you link a good video showing how to make and use one? Thanks

@@artemisiagentileschi2400 I agree id like to know too.

or soak beans in water and eat.

Ppl has become so wasteful

We've evolved into a society that is dependent on making others very rich. We don't need them nor many of their invention's. Change is happening...💪💌

@@lalani888blue no s*** man the middle-class pin all day working in manufacturing plants making useless stuff for other class to go waste money on

@@lalani888blue marketing has the easiest job ever right now cuz people will buy anything

@@lalani888blue people hire someone to come cut the grass and then they go to a gym to workout

It’s no coincidence vodka essentially translates to “water” ;)

@@tylergooden2183 interesting indeed!

No one would die because they couldn’t process lactose.

@@rebelwithacause5217 but when milk is available when produce and meat isn't you may starve. Lactose intolerance is real. Toddlers not ready to eat mature food would be most vulnerable.

@@debrapaulino918 I know that lactose intolerance is real because my spouse has it. I just never heard of someone starving because the only thing they had was milk. Are you telling me that milk was all they had in Eastern Europe?

We live the same way.

@@sherri5303 smart, wish I could have a garden.

Hi. Have tried for ten years to convince some people of Guatemala to grow a garden in order to have something to eat... But they don't get it... They think one needs intelligence to have one as well as money... I tell them to go to the outdoor markets where they can find all kinds of seeds laying on the asphalt... Mangoes. Tomatoes. Corn. Grape seeds. Coriander (really). Beans. Avocadoes. Cucumber. Coffee. Sunflowers.... But i guess they have not suffered enough yet... They prefer to shoot you to rob you instead of kneeling down and till the ground!

@@edmourgagnon1504some people are lazy ,I love digging in the earth.

We agree with what you are doing. We have a garden in the summer too but now its winter so we started a Hydroponic garden indoors, all the salad and greens you could possibly eat in just 40 days, anyone can do it in a small space in the house or apartment.

thats about how i shower....when the feet or hands are real dirty i use the old water for prewash, then water the plants with it. ....and i love the love and exercise. so yeah i have a bucket n brush next to my lawn swing.

We use water catchments in Hawaii too. One of mine is usually full of canned and bottled beverages.

Love that idea! Thanks!!

Thanks for the ideas with the water tanks. We live at mid north coast and I’m researching how to keep our food cool if electricity fails. We have solar power but also still connected to the grid. The ground is heavy clay and fills with water when we dig down so not sure we can make a cellar

@@patriciafisher1170 You reminded me of the rain barrel we had when I was a kid. It was in the shade and the water stayed cold even in the hottest part of the summer; I used to put my arm down in it ;). I think I'm going to get a light color one, I already have a black for the garden.

That's good parenting, best of luck with it.

This is super important and easier than any alternative, once you get used to it. It makes losing of maintaining a healthy weight so much easier.

@@margaretjones2055 well that depends on your lifestyle. Sometimes my job is physically demanding, I work in a bindery. As a smaller female things can be harder than for others, if I'm hungry I eat. Unfortunately I can't choose my mealtimes so I often have to eat when I'm not truly hungry or suffer the consequences.

But I get hungry at 10pm. Sometimes eating by the clock is healthier.

DR. David Duke talks' about the benefits of Fasting.

Hard to do that when U have a FAMILY . Family DINNER TIME is important .

Yep. Zeer pot.

Awesome tip, will be especially useful here in Brazil, where most of the climate is hot so we can't use some of those tips for winter and cooler climates.

Thank you. I was thinking none of this would work in AZ

I’m here in the East valley (Phx). If there becomes a time when there is no ac/electricity I’m footin’ it to the river and pitchin’ a tent at the Salt. There is no way I’m going to be in the city in 115-118 degrees heat! I’ve had my ac break down at that time for about a week and it is MISERABLE. A gallon a day per person is no joke here.

I’d forgotten about this...thx! Do you have to keep re-wetting the sand?

Wait, I'm confused about your corned beef reference... Do you mean you left it sitting in water on your stove all week? Was it warm? Cold?

To point I mean rabbits reproduce my crazies so you could probably hunt them on all seasons and they'll be plenty of them out

Or don't hunt at all, the human body doesn't need meat to survive and we've already fucked up the eco system enough

@@tenbumaka7899 humans are part of the ecosystem. It's the human tendency to want to control others, which has been greatly magnified in Western tradition that has separated Humanity from the ecosystem.

@@kenolson3064 Of course humans are part of the eco system, but most humans no longer contribute to the eco system or keep the balance, in fact we are in an enormous debt to nature right now, so even the thought of hunting in todays circumstances is incredibly arrogant and disrespectful to nature.

@@earthlingandextra What are you talking about? I see cats drink cows milk all the friggin time. Dogs will eat ice cream or drink any kind of milk, pigs will eat or drink anything. Your just full of it honestly. Not to mention humans can eat food without processing it, they can eat freshly killed meat RAW without a problem, plants, fruits, and nuts can be picked right off the branch and eaten. Mushrooms the same thing. And your correct, we don't have great digestive systems, and neither do wolves, cats, dogs, etc. etc. hence why they eat MEAT, because the cow, goat, etc. can easily digest grass, bramble and other plants we and a lot of other animals cannot eat and turn it into a food source. Humans can only survive without meat in the modern day society, unless you lived in a tropical climate it was impossible to not eat meat.

Awesome that's a great idea.

I bought a cheap Best Buy refrigerator that every now and then seems to be failing. I have considered living without a fridge if it does. However, this video is making me think a fridge is a great invention. If only they made them to last thirty years or more, like they used to do.

If you're living from a cooler get a yeti. I didn't for so long on principle but once I finally did I could've smacked myself. They really hold ice and cold a long time, it will pay for itself eventually. The cheaper knock offs work almost as good. I have a Magellan but my friend has a big yeti since he travels for work and I recommend if you can $ wise, save up it's worth it. WHY'S EVERYTHING GOTTA COST MONEY! 😒

@@watermelonlalala that’s how they make everything…2 years then buy another it’s why we’re poor.

WHAT are "reflextics" ??

The key to living off-grid is reducing usage first unless you're very well off. Most off-grid folks minimize what they use. And they only do some things when the sun is shining. For example, you wouldn't decide to can on an electric range or do the laundry on cloudy or rainy days.

@@Growmap rain is a natural laundry softener so sometimes I do hang clothes before its going to be a light rain.

@@Diniecita I meant you wouldn't use a lot of electricity on cloudy days to run a washer or dryer. Interesting. I never thought of wanting rain on laundry. I guess it depends on how clean your rain is.

Have you made it off grid yet? I sure hope so!

@@Diniecita I thought I would never hear anyone but me say that. I never posted that because I thought people would think I was bats. But it's true. Laundry on the line is so soft after it's been rained on, and dried. My grandmother used to catch rain water and rinse her hair in it for the same reason.

Thought of buying an iron skillet. I heard it will put a little iron in the food so you don't get anemic.

@@jerrylisby5376 Cast Iron is all my family cooks in or on. Even most of our baking.

I think pickled eggs dont need refrigeration

Didn't realize you could smoke meats. Well that's got to be better than cigarettes for you. 😉

Exactly

@@jerrylisby5376 The cartoonist in the OLD Mother Earth News did a cartoon of a man smoking a fish. Decades later I still laugh about it.

Thanks for the reminder. I have been meaning to get that book!

That book has been my lifestyle Bible for decades!

I'm looking into this, which book? There seems to be quite a few... "The cookbook that challenges political correctness..." One? Edit, nevermind, I understand, I'm an idiot...

Sw Florida also hard to keep things cold! I watch Off grid with Stacy and Doug on ytube.

Same

a half filled plastic pop bottle works great! we have been doing that for years.

@@solarbrianyvonne ive found gallon jugs work even better

Wow, I'm a city folk and I need to learn this, its wow 👏 to me. I'm brand new and ripe lol

Mix a drink mix and sugar. If koolaide. Freeze can drink as melts

can do it in the desert in the winter also, and if you have a dug out witha tall cieling, you can put the ice in there and it will last a LONG time. thats how people in the middle east kept things cold into the summer in the old days

Ruth LLOYD Andersen Me too. When he said people don’t eat leftovers, I almost fell off my seat. Who is so rich you can throw good food away? It’s already made! I get excited because I figure I have lunch the next day.

@@NoNORADon911 Same here. I told somebody this once and trying to be as diplomatic as she could, she said that she only cooks things fresh. I didn’t realize I was serving my family rotten food!

@@NoNORADon911 Same for us!!

Cooked food actually taste better the next day!!!

My family eats leftovers everyday for lunch and at least one dinner a week: 3 days for seafood and fish, 7 days for everything else. Never had a problem.

How do you do it?

@@peggystanford2395 only 3 months of summer, I use a large cooler and use block ice. In the winter I built a plywood box outside of a window and use a curtain and regulate with that. Freezing food is a no brainier.

I've heard that some people in Alaska use refrigerators to keep their frozen food warm, because the outdoor temperature during the winter in some areas can drop so low that it would take a week to thaw if said food were stored outside.

@@Milosz_Ostrow yep

MOVING BACK UP THERE AS SOON AS I GET DEBT FREE. AK HAS MY HEART. FERMENTING FOODS IS THE WAY TO PRESERVE FOODS

I'm just 60 this year and my grandma had an ice box. Yup block of ice and yup she even had a ringer (crank) washing machine. People don't know how good they have it today.

Many people my age say ice box still instead of refrigerator.

My Great Grandfather told me stories of forgetting to empty the tray of melted ice water and it flooding the kitchen. 😂

@@tinymompj my mother had a ringer washing machine for several years after my parents split. Then she had a smaller apartment washer/spinner one, and finally a regular one when finances were stable. We were blessed with the older knowledge from her youth she gave us. I still use much of it now.

@@tinymompj my mother had a ringer washing machine for several years after my parents split. Then she had a smaller apartment washer/spinner one, and finally a regular one when finances were stable. We were blessed with the older knowledge from her youth she gave us. I still use much of it now.

I need to do better on that !!

My mom will eat them from time to time, me and the little one eat them but no one else will and get pussed theres no room in the fridge because of the leftovers but theyre not the ones who cook so they can bite me

That is funny because I'll get the many leftovers out of the fridge that no one wanted to eat and make a pot of soup. It is always soup surprise, it had everything but the kitchen sink in it. Amazingly enough they almost always finished it. When it wasn't finished, freezer bagged it and used it in another soup down the road or just heated as is. All good, all used & bellies stayed full with little to no waste.

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I felt awful last year when I had to throw away a banana! Ive got a compost bin now so even my scraps are utilised!

You had built in penicillin in that soup! 😀

Mold has 'roots' that extend down into whatever it is growing on. Skimming/cutting off the mold does not remove it all. However, we're built for that. Do you know the story of Lizzie Borden and the Rancid Mutton Stew?

We ferment our dough for 3-5 days but we have never gotten sick.

a lot of fermented foods in different cultures use mold. the color of the mold (usually indicating type), and the smell it emits is important to determine if it is safe to eat or not. if it smells like decay (lots of bacterial activity) and not earthy/cheesey/food-ish you shouldn't eat it. edit: in light of the BA botulism situation, please also read up on the conditions which are likely to foster development of the bacteria that causes botulism, as you cannot see, taste or smell the botulinum toxin. while the toxin will denature with thorough cooking, it is still a deadly neurotoxin so you do not want to play chance with trace amounts. this has been a PSA

Heidi D, that's a bit to gross for me. 🤢

I think that people who are that bloody touchy about what they eat, have not yet lived life with any type of appreciation. They will have a very hard time when life comes knocking at their door. Appreciate all that you have because there may come a time when your plate may be empty.

Exactly!!! I love leftovers but my husband and kids don’t. I grew up on leftovers.

lol. When my daughter was little she would say she was hungry. I would tell her to eat an apple. She would say no she didn't want one. I would tell her obviously you are not that hungry then!

Or they just like fresh food.

In India, they always say to eat food within 36 hours or fresh.

I had never heard of that. Sounds like a good idea.

except people like me that can not afford enough food to have left overs.

Granddad is 90. Grew up during and following the depression. He’s freaked out that I bought ground beef and didn’t cook it same day. Doesn’t like leftovers. Afraid for the eggs to sit out on the counter. So I buy fresh country eggs that are kept cool and put them in the fridge for him. My son brings fresh unrefrigerated and unwashed eggs from my chickens back home and I keep them in a bucket in my AC’d bedroom because it’s cooler than Granddad’s 85 degree house! He keeps everything in the fridge or freezer! Spices, dry beans, flour and cornmeal, baking powder. It’s counter productive to remove a dry package for a serving because it it’s cooler than the room and draws dampness before you return it to the freezer! Goes stale quicker. Sealed flour that is bagged can be stored in the deep freeze, but you take it out and keep it sealed while it comes to room temp 24 hrs before opening it. For some reason he’s gotten afraid of food spoiling and throws stuff out, even though he keeps the temp so cold everything in his fridge has ice on it!

Where at in Wyoming?

Rawlins area

@@jamiereynolds3407 oic. I used to live in Gillette.

My understanding is that eggs that have not been washed don't need Refrigeration. Eggs that have been washed must be refrigerated. This is why the Europeans don't refrigerate their eggs, but the Americans do because of laws stating egg producers must wash their eggs.

We keep talking about buying land in WY it SD. God’s country!

Yogurt too

Great points!!

If it smells good,looks good and tastes good, its good.

@@tamlaprice6656 i think what theyre getting at is that things like mozzarella are made with forced milk spoilage with vinegar,or just straight up sour expired milk

AWESOME WIFE DOES SHE HAVE A SISTER😁😁😁😁

@@equalizertime188 or a like minded brother? Haha

I believe that was an ammonia aDsorption device, not aBsorption. Similar to an RV refrigerator today, not very efficient but easy to power without electricity.

During a storm went to grocery store they had signs on every glass frozen door saying do not open due to noxious gasses.

We never waste food, either. Save it and make something else like hamburgers one day, then chili the next day. The dogs are always happy recipients of leftover food, too!

@@jaymelang9610 same.

@Zechariah Ahl My Grandmother lived to be 98. We should be so lucky, right?! She ate a Grapefruit everyday. Very disciplined person. I used to be called Rambo, because they said I could eat stuff that would make a Billie Goat puke. It does seem to build up a resistance to eating bad food, but of course, only to a certain point.

You got in big trouble if you wasted food in front of my grandma. She lived thru the depression and lived to be 100 years old. I was taught many lessons about saving growing up like don't cut a pattern piece out of the middle of a piece of fabric, go to the end of the fabric and cut it out there. Cut off buttons and anything good from clothing before throwing it away. From hair from your hairbrush you can make rubberbands hair ties for ponytails.

Sure you can.... Learn how?

Human want is a bottomless pit. With work and delayed gratification you can have everything you need.

There’s a lot in just wanting what you’ve got. Gratitude is happiness.

That reminds me of the Zeer Pot that they use in Africa. I probably misspelled the name, but it's essentially a clay bathtub with a small tub with a lid inside of it, with sand in between the two to support the smaller tub. Water was poured into the sand, and the evaporation drops the temperature below the ambient temp. I wonder if this would work in a root cellar, but I fear that the humidity it causes could be catastrophic in that environment.

You would do well in S. TX! Cheers.

The Brunts thank you I was wondering what we should do in Australia

Reading the Little House book series explains many of these processes. Author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Good read aloud, good on cold nights, esp The Long Winter

@@meman6964 there is a cookbook for the little house series. Kind of interesting stuff. Still seasonal.

Yep

Lol!

Especially those who depend on Medication that needs to be kept cool. This is Very Valuable information !!

Yup 🤦🏻‍♀️

@@leemartin9156 Thank you, you as well🎄

Good idea

marthale7 I just got an IP so I'm not very familiar with it. Can you tell me what you mean by Cavey and is it an accessory I need to buy in order to can? Thanks

@marthale7 Thanks so much for replying and for the link. I appreciate it. Have a blessed day. Prayers from a 👵🏼 in Texas.