Want to donate some to a study on food storage oils at BYU? I love food storage experiments, so you know I’m letting them have some of my old stuff. If you’d like to help out the oil study, see the details here. They are looking for vegetable oils that have been in food storage […]
Canning Plum Jam
Cooked jams are not too difficult and a little bit of fruit can actually make more jam than you might think. And one of the best parts about making jam is that you can make “variations on the theme” jams that you’ll never find in a store, like cherry-strawberry or plum-pineapple or peach-jalepeno (hubby’s personal […]
Waxing Cheese Update
Had to use some of the waxed cheese from storage the other day and thought I’d update the cheese waxing post. Here’s some thoughts on the waxing cheese experiment: This was my first attempt at waxing cheese. It worked pretty well. To do it again, I’d skip the strings and just dip half the cheese […]
The Difference Between Instant and Non-Instant or Regular Powdered Milk and a Question for my Readers
Make sure you get to the question at the bottom of this post even if you don’t want to read about powdered milk :) I had a comment on the powdered milk post about the difference between instant and non-instant powdered milk. There are two basic kinds of powdered milks, instant and non-instant or “regular”. […]
Making Canned Milk Products from Powdered Milk
Back when I started storing food I stocked up on some canned milk products like evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. I’ve found they don’t store very long–the expiration date on the can is pretty much all they’re good for and I don’t use them often enough to rotate through them quick enough. So check […]
Fabulous Homemade Canned Salsa
I was going to write something fantabulous about Christmas or winter or something, but to be honest, my brain’s about done, so I’m pulling out the Salsa post I’ve been wanting to write. It’s kind of Christmasy because some people I love are getting some of my salsa as gifts this year. There you go. […]
Canning Tomatoes
Today we have another flashback to summer post. Canning tomatoes. I was going to do salsa, but the first steps of salsa are the same as canning tomatoes, so we really need to cover canning tomatoes first. Canning tomatoes starts with getting some tomatoes. Really not cost effective to buy your tomatoes at a grocery […]
Product Review: Best Prices Signature Canned Meats
In planning our food storage, one area that’s caused some trouble is meats. Now I know meats aren’t on the “wheat, beans, powdered milk, and honey” plan, but I like meat. So does my sweet husband. So do my kids. I really want some in my food storage. The standard way to store meats is […]
Bloody Butcher Corn Cornbread Muffins
My corn is dry. You know it’s dry when the kernels wiggle like loose teeth and come off the cob fairly easily. Getting the kernels off the cob is not hard. You can knock them off with your fingers or to speed up the process you can rub two corn cobs together. Do it over […]
How to Use a Wonder Oven Insulated Cooker
For instructions on making your Wonder Oven Insulated Cooking Box, read this post from yesterday. To use your Wonder Oven, you’ll need a pot with a lid that fits well (not bent or gapping) to hold the food. The pot should be about the same size as the food you’re putting in it. Airspace kills […]