March 20 what have you done to prep today

JUST got back from buying Beano....PHEW! That was a close one. Thanks for the heads up!!

Femvet wrote: Amethyst, what is your current living situation? Remember, BF can only travle thru the air if somebody is coughing or sneezing within about 30' from you. Please don't stop getting fresh air, you could die from asphyxiation!!!

 

That was me, fritz, who just posted above. I guess since I'm using a different computer it put me in as guest, I dunno??

wrote: Anyway, there were actually 2 responses to the flatulance issue that I was concerned about. One was from Thomas Angel (I think) and he said to put a carrot in the water when cooking your beans. And the other was from Katdoe(I think) but I dont remember what she said to do. Maybe I will pm her. It was a while ago and I'm sure I don't remember which thread it was on. She has a lot of info on the cooking stuff and a lot of stuff in general. TTFN :>}

I can share a few pointers.

FIRST, always, always, always soak the beans in water BEFORE cooking, this makes a huge difference in ease of digestibility.

Secondly, after the beans have soaked for at least an hour, or even overnight, and thus the quantity has at least doubled in size, what you want to do is boil their cooking water BEFORE you put them in the water to cook.

When the water is boiling, then you slowly, slowly, slowly pour the beans into the boiling water -- do this slow enough so that the water continues to boil.



NOW -- get another pan and fill with the same amount of water to boil.

When this second pot is at a rolling boil, then you take the simmering pot of beans and drain off the water down the sink.

Then IMMEDIATELY put the beans into the second pot of boiling water -- the trick here is to keep the temperature of the beans constant.

Then you simply simmer the beans slowly until done.


SOME individuals simply cannot digest beans, because they have difficulties with purine metabolism, both meat & vegetable purines - so these people will always have discomfort with a large legume-based diet.       

People who have gout have to follow low-purine diets, but the latest research has shown that they have NO problem with veggie purines, so can eat beans & spinach, but NOT yeasts, mushrooms, algae, meat, fish.

SOME, but by no means all, SOME people with fibromyalgia have difficulty with purines and must stick to a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet without beans/legumes.

I bought a motorcycle........to get the hell out of dodge if needed. (well that was my excuse anyway) I guess it is also my anti-anxiety therapy.

Do NOT ever put salt or ham or smoked hamhocks or even onions into your cooking beans, UNTIL they begin to soften.

There may be OTHER ingredients that you do NOT ever put in at the beginning, either, but I don't recall exactly what they are.

I simply keep all the additional ingredients SEPARATE, in the fridge until it is safe to add them in without the legumes becoming tough little indigestible bullets.

I'd even wait to add the molasses & sugar, etc. You simply wait until the bean is soft, and then add all the flavoring and any other veggies, and continue cooking until the consistency of soup/stew or baked beans is how you like it.

ALSO, it is possible that the time you tried your grandmother's recipe that you simply had a "bad" batch of beans, they may have been too old.

Well.e got another 150 lbs of dry cat food, and two more cases of wet. Still need a lot more litter! At least the babies will eat. I figure if food distribution really does get interrupted, once it starts again, the priority will be on human food, who knows how long it will be before anything else comes in.

Today March 23....Yesterday i booked the children for physicals they go in the second week in April;and have to book thier dentals also

Hopefloats -- check out the threads on budget preparations. I think there's a lot of useful stuff in it. And, I am a firm believer in thrift stores, if you have any near you. I get the next size clothing for my 3 yr old there and they often have book sections too. Holler if I can help. And welcome! You've landed in the right place. -- Libby

I'm heading out to the store in a few minutes. I've looked at the loss leaders for my area and I have my list all made out. I will post what I picked up later on today. I'm also planning a big prepping trip for tomorrow probably to Sams Club.

Hi also there are restaurant supply stores in my area good prices  but everything is in bulk. -K

I'm back from the store and I finally got all my preps dated and put away. I inventoried them as I went along. Here's what I picked up.

Ordered tea tree and lavender essential oils.  I've read they can be used medicinally. 

Taking a down day today....rest and relaxation....then for the weekend...more to organize and laundry,to be put away

Ordering more Antibiotics to stock pile just in case

Just came back from a run to Sams Club. Purchased tuna, canned chicken, canned salmon, Spam, DAK canned hams, 50 lbs. beans, 50 lbs. rice, 25 lbs. sugar, 50 lbs. flour, 16 lbs. salt, 16 lbs. egg noodles, instant oatmeal, various spices, some honey, 10 pack of beef ravioli, some toothbrushes, hand sanitizer, aspirins, allergy med, and other things that I have forgotten. We also bought four cases of veggies, some fruit and fruit juice, tea bags, and a case of evaporated milk from Save A Lot today. It's been a long day but I feel better that we have these preps stocked up. I'll have to date it all and get it put up tomorrow.

I just got back..did not have much to spend today but our dollar store has veggie garden seeds on for 3/1.00 so I picked up some of those and i got another 4 bottles of lamp oil...more zip lock bags I have corn meal to do up(yes Rone Zip Lock women here)...I am in Canada and we cannot buy things like yea all down south...and I live in goomerville (a place way far away from civilization)  I have to drive 2 hours to get to the nearest wal-mart...ok I also got hiar ties I have very long hair..and have started to stock a few of those but I think once TSHTF...I will cut it all off

I just got back from walmart and i was surprised to see they were almost completely sold out of bleach and bottled water.  Am I reading to much into this? 

Yeah, I think you guys are reading too much into the bottled water and bleach thing.  We have a Super Walmart, regular Walmart, and Meijers all within the same town.  It's the weekend, they are always really low on water, and everything else in the grocery section.

I buy hamburger helper at the Super K and Super Walmart. The local grocery stores here also carries it.

I am practicing using my sterno stove today.  Just want to see how long it takes to get a small pot of water heated up to be able to use with instant coffee or something.

 amethyst , put the top back on the sterno to close offf the oxygen, or you can use a plate roxxy

roxy wrote:  amethyst , put the top back on the sterno to close offf the oxygen, or you can use a plate roxxy