For many years….I’ve expanded our pantry preps. I just made sure Every time I went shopping I got at least 1 thing for the prep pantry. Even if all I could afford was a bar of soap or a bag of beans or box of pasta…... I came home victorious with An addition to my preps. Do what you can. 💁🏻♀️❣️Thank you for your contributions. 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
Word to the wise start now. Eating 2 meals a day. Gardening saving energy. Heirloom seeds and saving them off plants. Budgeting. Get teeth fixed n medicals done. Learn to forage. Plant 2 dwarf trees apple pears plums cherries 2 each. Grapes blackberries n blueberries. 4x4 foot hydroponic garden fish n tankbwlow veg plants above put faucet at base of tank. Add a Y to faucet leave one side vacant add garden hose to other side then a trickle hose to end of garden hose to irrigate garden
I got 8 bottles Wesson oil 1 year ago stored n back room would it b good for anything or instead of cooking w it can I use it for anything else maybe give to someone with converted diesel that runs vehicle on grease n oil
Bacon grease I freeze in my silicone mini muffin pan then toss into a zip lock bag and put back into freezer . Then I can pull out what I need when I need it.
I like that idea.. I have some put up and it's sealed up the jar from the heat.. it's looking ok. But I'm gonna put some up in cubes in the freezer to now...
My grandma and great grandma always saved her bacon grease and always had 2 blocks of lard in her fridge. She said you never know when you’ll need it bc nothing is guaranteed with food. So I’ve always had 2 blocks of lard in my fridge and kept my bacon grease.
My wife thought I was over reacting for buying extra food and other supplies the last 5 years. She has come around in the last year. We don't have a years supply of food but we have 4 or 5 months worth.
Every time I look at creator's lists, it triggers something I hadn't thought of or had put on a back burner. Thanks a bunch! It's summer so I hadn't realized I was almost out of cocoa. Ordered the 5lb bulk. Great idea!
Thanks, Leisa. Tomorrow is our big shopping day, and I took notes. Every week now I can at least 8 jars of protein, so that gives me a net increase of just one jar, but I am cleaning out the freezer before we get a hurricane or tropical storm. I will refill the freezer with jugs of water mostly until hurricane season is over. I am also dehydrating frozen and no. 10 cans of veggies. It’s going well, and I am happy with my pantry progress so far. I’m ordering my second order of lids in a day or two. You have been a huge help, so thank you again!
I order mine from Walmart, just got 4 wide mouth dz. and 4 wide mouth quarts. Delivered to my door free. Saves me lots of time, money and running around to get them. I order the BALL brand, never any broken jars.❤
My husband and I have been talking about wheat berries and getting a mill. For confectioner’s sugar, if you have the mill, you can grind up regular sugar for that. A good tip if you don’t use it regularly.
You won’t even need a mill. There’s a video on yt- sorry idk the name as I watch so much- but they did it all by hand & it wasn’t bad at all. They yielded enough for their family & then some. Just did it the old fashioned way & it looked very easy
@jillellis62 Do you know the creator of milling the wheat by hand ? As We want to get our own wheat berries .. God bless you Mrs josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏 ❤ I pray you doing good a year later , as its just gotten extremely worse , not just food , everything 🙏
Oils are a forever foods when stored in the freezer, if space allows. I'd rather can meats as soon as possible so I have space in the freezer for olive oil, which I use extensively in my cooking. Olive oil has been increasing in price dramatically over the last few years. So that one I make space for when I find it at a good price. Flours, grains, rice, pulses: The problem with those is they can harbor bugs after a few months storage. Put a bay leaf per 10 pounds in them. I empty the packages in large jars and insert bay leaves. No bugs will ever spoil them. I've been protecting my dry foods stocks with bay leaves for the last 20 years. Never ever had a problem.
I have used empty 2liter soda bottles for rice and flower and rice... Never had a bug in any of them... You could add an oxygen absorber to make sure... No air no bugs...
@@marinigrey4913 Never thought of soda bottles. Nice repurpose. The bugs I'm talking about are weevils. They lay their eggs in the grains or pulses while still in the in the field, or sometimes in previously infested storage or transport. They hatch few months after, when the grain or pulse is in a pantry somewhere. I've had them a long time ago and it freaked me out. That's when I learned of them and how to protect my stocks from them. Bay leaves have a scent that kill/prevent hatching of the buggers. Thanks for the soda bottle trick.
Thank you Leisa for this video! So important in times like these to stay calm, dont panic and just be prepared and do what you can for you and yours! Funny 2 years ago today I canned my first batch of ugly chicken! Lol Im a single mom of 3 and I have a list and a budget bi-monthly of what Im lacking and I get what I can and stick it in jars...I'm not completely where I wanna be pantry wise but I know I'm a lot better off than what I wouldve been had I not stumbled upon your channel! Thanks for all the great info and helping get the word out on how important it is to be prepared!
Keep canning that ugly chicken! IF this country goes off the cliff for some insane reason, make sure you have meat. May God greatly bless you, your kids, and your efforts!!
I’ve been keeping a well stocked pantry for years. In the past 3 or 4 years, I’ve redoubled my efforts. But, I find these lists very helpful because they remind me to double check and see where I am on these things. So far, I see a few gaps to fill. Thanks, Leisa!
I've focused on whole nutrient dense foods. One thing I've bulked up on that many Americans don't eat is sea vegetables. Sea vegetables (wakame, dulse, kelp, etc.) are loaded with iodine, B12, omega 3, vitamins A, C & E, spirulina, chlorella, iron, calcium, and more. As is, 2 year shelf life but repackaging extends life just like other dried plants.
@Name Here I have tried some of those things and can’t stand the taste. Do you know if these items can be “hidden” in foods to gain the nutrients without the taste like putting cauliflower in mashed potatoes?
@@firehorsewoman414 no, not really. You could take smoked dulse and pan fry it and I'd say that would be your best bet as it's seen as an alternative bacon. But if you can't stand it, I'd say skip it altogether and just stick to other nutrient dense plants you do enjoy as this planet gives us soooo many options! Herbs have especially high antioxidant values hence their pungent/bold flavors & aromas.
Hey Leisa, you know..they threatened us with rolling black outs year after year. Why are they shutting it down for real specially in low income areas, at least that's what I'm hearing. I have never lost electric over the heat. And I keep my air on 70 because of heart issues. Amazing that our government hates us so much. Thank you for the video, your such a gem in these times 😊
Get a solar generator with solar panels there are lots to choose from various prices. Costco has a sale right now for a package of two generators with two solar panels for $1,150. Thats a good deal
Kind of makes you think the ultra rich/political class don't care if the rest of us commoners/peasants suffer as long as they aren't inconvenienced with power outages. They preach/lecture/ and pass mandates to decrease "carbon emissions" for the commoners/peasants yet they continue their lifestyle and live in comfort. Years ago, my Mom was forced to switch to using an oxygen concentrator instead of having the huge oxygen tanks in her house. The problem was Southern California electricity was unreliable with the routine brownouts and blackouts. No electricity meant the oxygen concentrator wouldn't work and she needed continuous oxygen at 3 liters/min. Her Oxygen saturation would quickly go down to 70 to 75% WITH the supplemental oxygen by simply walking from her bedroom to the kitchen. She would have to sit and recover for about 15 minutes to get her oxygen saturation back up to 89 to 90%. These power outages can be a death sentence for people like you and my Mom. I don't think the political elite care. My Mom finally had to purchase a gas powered generator and pay to have an electrician to connect the power to several power outlets in her house so her oxygen concentrator would function during a power grid blackout.
The consumer always takes the biggest hit. Canning jars are at an all time high in Mississippi. $1.25 ea pint. $1.50 ea quart. We use pints. Thank you for keeping us updated and advised.
I THINK IT'S CHEAPER TO JUST BUY CAN GOODS IN CAN'S AND IN GLASS JARS,YOU SAVE MONEY AND TIME... I'VE USED SOME OF MY GLASS JARS TO CAN FOOD IN SO FAR IT'S WORKING WELL, THEY RESEAL AFTER PUTTING IN HOT WATER...
I love making different kinds of mixes from a book called Make-a-Mix Cookery. It gives you the basic mix and several recipes that you can make with that basic mix recipe!
@@mollysmith6055 yes! I have both of them as well. There is a lot of great recipes in there! They are my favorite cookbooks. It’s fun to make something from nothing or very little and using things out of our pantry, isn’t it?
@@alk3078 not everyone who uses the library pays taxes. Not really understanding why this matters anyways as this person recommended a great resource and you tried to spin it negative for whatever reason.
I’ve been canning beef in bone broth, also some chicken and pork. All of the fat I get from cooking down the hamburger before canning gets stored in the fridge. Bottom line is we need protein and fat to survive. Great video! Oh I’ve also been ordering from Thrive life!
@@ironmaiden4966 Cook with the fat or use in crusts and biscuits. The juice the elixar of the gods. Drink piping hot or throw in your soups and stews or make potatoes or rice with it.
Great video! Have you ever tried Real Salt? It's harvested in Utah. 100% natural. No additives. I've been reading sea salt has plastics in it because of the oceans being contaminated. And it tastes really good.
I live in Utah and had never heard of it until watching an Acre Homestead video where she went to the mine. It's not terrifically far from where I live--maybe 75 to 100 miles away. I've bought some since the video and for the same reason as you've mentioned I've stopped buying other types of sea salt.
After seeing all 3 of these videos, I realized that I have way too much of some items and not enough of others. Doing a major overhaul of my pantry. Love your ideas on mixes and stuff where it takes less space to storage. Rotation is VIP
This was so helpful! I actually just made a list of pantry items and have it separated like you listed with check marks of what I need! I’m in the middle of reorganizing my food storage and trying to get more shelving. I recently lost a lot of work hours due to illness and so want to be prepared and also as my fiancé is in a temp job and will be out of work come August. We are in difficult times with gas prices and the economy, so these things added more to our plate, but fortunately I’ve been trying to stock up as much as I could before all this! I was working on canning supplies as of last year and so now am just trying to get more lids! I know how to cook from scratch, so that is also super helpful!
My garden completely tanked this year. Going to my farmers market to buy a box of what I need at a time. They have a wholesale warehouse and it’s very reasonable. Will try again this fall for the garden. It’s too hot right now!
My garden tanked as well, everything that was up and growing has since blighted and got pulled or died, and. 98% of planted seeds did not germinate even after multiple plantings.
Leesa, I got 300 regular and 300 wide mouth ForJars lids a few weeks ago. For the first time in a long time I had💯% seal success on 28 quarts of potatoes! I was SO pleased! Yes I used your coupon code. Thank you!!!( I wish I wouldn't have wasted $$ picking up Kerr and Ball lids, as I've had lots of problems with them the last year.) I love your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and knowledge!! God bless you and yours!!
Went to the grocery store the other day. Regular size boneless chicken breast, $25 a tray. The long styrofoam trays that has like 6 or 8 breasts. TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS! not that long ago, $8
Have you tried your Trader Joe’s? They still have their frozen organic chicken breasts (works out to about eight breasts per bag) for under $10. They also have boneless skinless thighs and chicken tenders and the stock was full. I bought quite a few bags and stocked up my freezer.
I Love You and I appreciate your time and efforts to bring these lists forward!!! My mother and I aren't on the canning journey yet, but we are pickling(very recently) storing up on canned goods we enjoy eating, storing up on beans, prices, canned tomatoes to make 5 quarts of spaghetti sauce ahead and freeze it for easy use when the dish requires. I'm scrapping veggie pieces and bones in freezer bags for homemade freezer broths and stopped buying the shelf store brands, now I know what ingredients are in the broths and can control the nutritional value of my dishes. Thank you for your guidance because you make me think about these important issues of my families dood futures. I started growing my own green onions from stems I would normally thrown in the freezer bag for broths. Its pretty cool!♥ Keep being YOU
I just found your channel yesterday and I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot on useful information and it feels like you’re talking to people you know personally ❤️ I had been batting around the idea with my husband of a hand mill and wheat berries for about a month and you sold both of us. We’re on it now! Thank you!
"Your opinion on who or what caused this. I don't care." LOL! I love it! Regardless of the cause, we have to deal with it. That's the reality. Thank you for so much great information.
@@trajan6927 yes, I know exactly who and what caused it. She said there was no need to argue that, but to deal with the reality of the situation. Apparently you didn't understand that. Maybe your head was stuck in some dark hole.
Thank you Leisa, you always do a great job explaining things. I started really getting prepared last winter after seeing storages in my area. It feels amazing to see my pantry growing. Thank you again. Love all your videos it helps me out a lot. God bless you and yours. ❤
I love how you talk to us, straight forward and just the facts!! I have learned so much from you!! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!! Looking forward to the next one!!
It doesn't matter on a day to day-survival- basis how we got here. It matters what we are doing about it. I'm packing and stacking, learning new skills, and staying off the roads when it isn't necessary. Thanks for helping us all remain calm. Eta: Leave the pols out, please. My point is we are where are and we have to deal with it.
@@genskitchenmagic2957 Our voting system is compromised. Our votes do not count. There is no Republican or Democrat in reality. All politicians are sellouts and corrupt. It's a hard concept to accept but it's vital for the people to understand. No one in leadership cares about us. Getting back on track will never happen through politicians.
Hello from Upper Michigan. I recently saw that rolling brown and blackouts are suppose to be coming to all of Michigan . I have a freezer full to get busy canning ASAP. I'm still a little uneasy with pressure canning so I rely on my husband to man the canner, after I have gotten the food ready to be canned. I do water canning but will make myself do pressure canning on my own soon. Im 72 and I enjoy learning new things! Good luck getting prepared and God bless you all!
Leisa: Thanks for this. We have enough of these things now to last until the end of winter. Our grocery store has a reward programme which I use. Over the last 2 weeks I have been able to get nearly $493.00 worth of items and only had to pay $117.00. Some was for now but the majority was put away for the winter. I am looking forward to your other 2 videos on this topic to make sure we haven't missed anything. Thanks again.
@@diannamc367 We live in midwestern Ontario, Canada. Our grocery store is No Frills but you can get this programme at any of the President Choice stores.
Finally getting around to watching this series. Just wanted to pop in to say as of today June 24th 2022, a 3 and a half pound whole chicken at our local.store was over $9. Insane.
Honey definitely helps with sinuses. I had horrible allergies and a couple years ago bought some local honey and started taking a teaspoon a day and the difference is unbelievable
Hubby is slowly getting on board. He buys a guitar and I buy a 25 lb bag of beans. He buys a knife and I buy a 25 lb bag of rice. Lol. Thanks for another great informative video. Will be watching
You do what you can! I have nearly the same problem. Hubby believes the 💩 could hit the fan & he supports ME prepping, but he doesn’t really help with it.🤷🏻♀️
Thank you for this video. I have alot of the items, but I live in a fort wayne, Indiana where we just had that derecho storm Monday nite. I live in the sw part of town that was hit the worst. I lost power. I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was....re-evaluating my storage and preparedness room this weekend...
My family is in Ft. Wayne and was just there this past weekend. My mom lost power for a day. My sis in law shared that many were still without power. She lives out north and was unaffected. Prayers for you and your family🙏🏿
@@calledchosen9906 we got power back next day as well since I have a medical card on file with NREMC. But sure was miserable not having water to flush toilets after first time or anything really prepared to eat without opening fridge. I could have have my canned fruits and jam bread...but wasn't thinking about that...was thinking about my freezers. NREMC just posted every household is back up now as of 8pm tonite...dont know about AEP... last I heard still 10,000 without power
Lisa this is a great series your doing .. I'm making a list off of your list of things I haven't thought of that I do use ..The homemade Bisquick is so much better .. I highly recommend making a batch .. Thank You for all you do .. :)
So glad I watched this today. I'm making my next last of things to stock up on and realized I didn't include molasses. And I LOVE molasses. Thanks for the reminder.
I am new and I mean I love your show I’m gonna watch it every day great tips I’m a widow so I’m stocking up for my family I am doing well on a budget $40 a month for prepping is my budget which is plenty I try to buy sales only and I buy a lot of one item when it’s on sale and move onto the next item so I don’t get bored by the same thing over and over again it works well for me I live on 10 acres on Homestead I have rabbits and chickens parakeets in a couple of dogs I’m very happy here thank you forYour stream I love it❤️👨🏻🌾👍🏡🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Don’t forget that sugar is used to make your own vinegars. ;) Thank you for your videos. Listening to you (especially with these anxiety-ridden topics) is soothing.
Last week, I went to pay my respects to a friend of my grandfather. His friend is named Whitney Alberts, also known as Chief Blue Cloud, of the Chippewa tribe. He is buried in a cemetery just off F-41, on county line road, in Oscoda Township. A Methodist mission church is near there and has services on Sundays at 1 p.m. Whitney Alberts and his son helped build the log cabin I live in, back in 1950. Sending kind regards to my neighbors in Mikado.
Thank you for not talking politics. This list is helpful. I have been watching some of your canning videos because I needed a review. I appreciate your videos.
Watching this a day after you posted it. Yes, in SE Michigan, it was 93° two days ago, 89° yesterday…& we’re not getting above 68° today. Weather whiplash! Never know what you’re going to get here!🥵🥶
Leisa. Came across a substitute for baking powder. I've not tried it, so can not tell you that it absolutely works. 1 tsp baking powder = • 1/4 tsp baking soda + 1/4 tsp cornstarch + 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
God bless you and Phil, I pray you are well. Mrs Lori of Whippoorwill Hollar turned me on to Sorghum for a sweetner. In my second fermentation of my low sugar ginger probiotic drinks, I added a few drops in the bottom of the bottles. These were the most active fizz I ever had. And still the drink was not sweet like soda. 4oz didn't spike my glucose levels.
Thank you! You reminded me of a few things I have enough of now, but would have to replace at higher prices, which I hate doing. Btw, a 10lb bag of sugar here went from 4.79 to 6.29 and now 8.99. I have a lot of sugar at the lower price. Yay
@@sarahcourtney1658 I know, right?! We went to the dollar store and I got 2 of the 5 bags there for a much more reasonable price. Grateful we were warned a while back about sugar going to be an issue
I picked up the last 25lb bag of sugar at my town grocer yesterday. $16.00 up from 13.00 two weeks ago. I got 2 beautiful 3lb pork roasts for $11.00. Cutting them down to 2lb for crock pots. God bless you all.
I have tried to stock, can and preserve as hard as possible for the last 5-6 years. I have a garden planted. Then..... I had a hip replaced in late May, and had pretty awful post-op, still recovering. I'm so frustrated to have to be sitting this out ATM!!! My bumper broad bean harvest is in need of collecting and processing (probably just about OK). I have a load of herb fennel to dehydrate, but at least we don't have rolling blackouts in the UK (yet). I will buy in another pallet of jars & lids in anticipation of getting back in the game, another few sacks of sugar, more pectin, more apple cider vinegar, salt. Thanks for the inspiration to keep me focussed.
About yeast- we keep a sourdough starter, but we also use yeast. A local brewery orders fresh yeast, the sticky stuff in cubes, for some of their beers. I bought some, froze it, and it works better than dried yeasts. There was no yeast of any type in the stores.
When you talk about stocking up on vanilla, there is a vanilla coop called Indri Vanilla coop where you can buy bulk vanilla beans at a decent price and make your own extract. Easy peasy!
Just a quick note: Instead of throwing plastic milk jugs, soda bottles, etc. into the recycle bin, wash thoroughly and fill with water. If you have a Berkey and need to use it, you've got water. Just sayin'. :)
I buy canning jars from Target 2 cases at a time. It’s almost the same price as buying lids .. so new instead of used. Feeling for you in the heat. I live in the Willamette Valley if Oregon and we are still getting lots of rainy weather. Planted garden but it is so wet, don’t know if we will have much of a crop. Great video, thank you.
Thanks, I never thought about canning supplies like pectin etc. I try to get supplies even if I don't need it, but I help out our 2 girls also always have. So thank you for the videos and stay safe and healthy. Recently I was in panic mode, I was running low on butter, and no one had it on sale, did find some finally at 4.99/lb.
I keep a lot of baking soda on hand. It is great to help put out fires. Learned the hard way. Bought a new dehydrater in 1989. The thing caught on fire. I still to this thank God my husband kept his head and used the soda to put it out.
I'm late to this video great stuff. I've ordered a several lbs of Redmond's real salt. Great for ferments plus has all the trace minerals I never use iodized salt anymore much I have it. Got tons of kosher and pickling too. Salt is very imp.
I love your channel dear! You are a wealth of info for new and veteran preppers alike. I love the fact that you go into shelf life of all the things we put back to be prepared. I'll be using this video to make a list of items and their shelf life. Time to made a pdf !
@@SuttonsDaze Sad! I make my own sauces but bought these when canning jars were scarce. PS my mother recently gave me her life time collection of jars with several 100 tattler lids though I will have to puschase the orange seals. I have run out of storage for jars but there is still several 100 more I need to empty and clean. All I can say is there are MUCH bigger problems than too many jars(if that's really a thing).
@@darlenebrown7622 The ones that the spaghetti sauce comes in are not for canning. Despite the fact that they say "mason" on them, they're not true mason jars. (They're great for dry storage though if you need jars for dried beans or rice or whatever.)
@@KellyS_77 I didn't think those were for canning but I thought the regular mason jars you buy at the store (or thrift store) could be used for pressure canning.
Every Fall, I make sure kosher salt is one of the first things I stock up on for Winter. Not only for the reasons u said, but also to spread on the driveway for ice.
Lids! In the UK have bern in very short supply (ie expensive) for two years. I finally got some Forjars lids from USA, tgat worked out cheaper than getting in the UK, and will get more latèr this month.
I always love your lists, I copied the list as you ran it down..wow a few things I had totally forgotten about thanks so much...looking forward to the next one.
As for cane sugars, find some at Dollar Tree. You mentioned Domino's. C&H sugars are cane, also. (The C&H stands for California and Hawai'ian Sugar Company, located in Crockett, California, for the trivia enthusiasts.) Also, if you need or want a corn alternative, try potato starch. You can cook and bake with it the same way as corn starch.
I still remember the C & H commercial that used to be on t.v. when I was little: "C & H, C & H, pure cane sugar, pure cane sugar from Hawaii growing in the sun..." I think the tune came from "Donovan's Reef," a movie set in Hawaii starring John Wayne. (More trivia to add to yours!)
I still remember the C & H t.v. commercial from when I was a little girl: "C & H, C & H, pure cane sugar, pure cane sugar, growing in the sun..." The music came from Donovan's Reef starring John Wayne. This video is poor quality but the music is still clear: ruclips.net/video/gfV63dw1l-I/видео.html (More trivia for trivia lovers!)
I got Pur jars and lids last year & I had no problem canning with them at 15 psi Ace hardware was carrying them last summer when Ball and Kerr weren't available. Not one failed or didn't seal and I did several flats.
I love the ForJars lids. Walmart has had jars every week I’ve gone lately. However the wide mouth jars seem to have vanished into thin air. I can never find them. And the half gallon jars I can never find. I keep looking and maybe one day I’ll get lucky. Thanks Leisa for reminding us what’s important. Take care. See you again for tomorrows video. 😊
Thanks for all the good ideas & reminders...I forgot molasses, now on my list along with Kayro Syrup because I just remembered I'm low on that one also. Y'all have a Blessed day.
Last Christmas we were making pecan pie and ran out of Kayro syrup. There was only 1 left in the store! That's one item we won't forget again. Now I am going through recipes to be sure I have everything I need. 🙂
Always looking for ideas I haven't thought of....for instance, Capers, I love capers, I can't live without capers, lol. I can get huge jars of capers from costco but I don't want to open such big jars. Now, I'm opening up those jars, and reusing condiment jars from the grocery store to can make many many small jars.
For many years….I’ve expanded our pantry preps. I just made sure Every time I went shopping I got at least 1 thing for the prep pantry. Even if all I could afford was a bar of soap or a bag of beans or box of pasta…... I came home victorious with An addition to my preps. Do what you can. 💁🏻♀️❣️Thank you for your contributions. 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
To Katie Moyer
Thanking U 4 your honest comment!!! Many times, picking up x1 item makes me feel VICTORIOUS TOO!!!😂
Absolutely! Even just one extra item is better than nothing. It all adds up.
I have for last six months 2 extra canned meat
Word to the wise start now. Eating 2 meals a day. Gardening saving energy. Heirloom seeds and saving them off plants. Budgeting. Get teeth fixed n medicals done. Learn to forage. Plant 2 dwarf trees apple pears plums cherries 2 each. Grapes blackberries n blueberries. 4x4 foot hydroponic garden fish n tankbwlow veg plants above put faucet at base of tank. Add a Y to faucet leave one side vacant add garden hose to other side then a trickle hose to end of garden hose to irrigate garden
I got 8 bottles Wesson oil 1 year ago stored n back room would it b good for anything or instead of cooking w it can I use it for anything else maybe give to someone with converted diesel that runs vehicle on grease n oil
Bacon grease I freeze in my silicone mini muffin pan then toss into a zip lock bag and put back into freezer . Then I can pull out what I need when I need it.
I like that idea.. I have some put up and it's sealed up the jar from the heat.. it's looking ok. But I'm gonna put some up in cubes in the freezer to now...
My grandma and great grandma always saved her bacon grease and always had 2 blocks of lard in her fridge. She said you never know when you’ll need it bc nothing is guaranteed with food.
So I’ve always had 2 blocks of lard in my fridge and kept my bacon grease.
Great idea! Never thought of freezing bacon grease, thx for the idea!
Thanks for ideal didn't know that
That’s a great idea thank you Tracy
My wife thought I was over reacting for buying extra food and other supplies the last 5 years. She has come around in the last year.
We don't have a years supply of food but we have 4 or 5 months worth.
Every time I look at creator's lists, it triggers something I hadn't thought of or had put on a back burner. Thanks a bunch! It's summer so I hadn't realized I was almost out of cocoa. Ordered the 5lb bulk. Great idea!
On my list!
You are so welcome!
What I do is make a list. That’s what I am going by.
Thanks, Leisa. Tomorrow is our big shopping day, and I took notes. Every week now I can at least 8 jars of protein, so that gives me a net increase of just one jar, but I am cleaning out the freezer before we get a hurricane or tropical storm. I will refill the freezer with jugs of water mostly until hurricane season is over. I am also dehydrating frozen and no. 10 cans of veggies. It’s going well, and I am happy with my pantry progress so far. I’m ordering my second order of lids in a day or two. You have been a huge help, so thank you again!
That net increase is in addition to my three month supply, so I’m going for four now!
Bingo! I also dehydrate frozen fruit and veges. Doing it with #10 cans never occurred to me 😄. I'll be doing it now by golly. God bless you.
I order mine from Walmart, just got 4 wide mouth dz. and 4 wide mouth quarts. Delivered to my door free. Saves me lots of time, money and running around to get them. I order the BALL brand, never any broken jars.❤
My husband and I have been talking about wheat berries and getting a mill. For confectioner’s sugar, if you have the mill, you can grind up regular sugar for that. A good tip if you don’t use it regularly.
Can you use a coffee grinder for sugar?
@@liberty8424 yes, as long as it’s cleaned out. Unless you want espresso sugar. 😁
You won’t even need a mill. There’s a video on yt- sorry idk the name as I watch so much- but they did it all by hand & it wasn’t bad at all. They yielded enough for their family & then some. Just did it the old fashioned way & it looked very easy
@jillellis62 Do you know the creator of milling the wheat by hand ?
As We want to get our own wheat berries ..
God bless you
Mrs josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏 ❤
I pray you doing good a year later , as its just gotten extremely worse , not just food , everything 🙏
Oils are a forever foods when stored in the freezer, if space allows. I'd rather can meats as soon as possible so I have space in the freezer for olive oil, which I use extensively in my cooking. Olive oil has been increasing in price dramatically over the last few years. So that one I make space for when I find it at a good price.
Flours, grains, rice, pulses: The problem with those is they can harbor bugs after a few months storage. Put a bay leaf per 10 pounds in them. I empty the packages in large jars and insert bay leaves. No bugs will ever spoil them. I've been protecting my dry foods stocks with bay leaves for the last 20 years. Never ever had a problem.
I have used empty 2liter soda bottles for rice and flower and rice... Never had a bug in any of them... You could add an oxygen absorber to make sure... No air no bugs...
@@marinigrey4913 Never thought of soda bottles. Nice repurpose. The bugs I'm talking about are weevils. They lay their eggs in the grains or pulses while still in the in the field, or sometimes in previously infested storage or transport. They hatch few months after, when the grain or pulse is in a pantry somewhere. I've had them a long time ago and it freaked me out. That's when I learned of them and how to protect my stocks from them. Bay leaves have a scent that kill/prevent hatching of the buggers. Thanks for the soda bottle trick.
I have used arrowroot as a cornstarch alternative for years. Works great!
Perfect!
Arrowroot is better because it doesnt have weed killer sprayed on it like American corn
Thank you Leisa for this video! So important in times like these to stay calm, dont panic and just be prepared and do what you can for you and yours! Funny 2 years ago today I canned my first batch of ugly chicken! Lol Im a single mom of 3 and I have a list and a budget bi-monthly of what Im lacking and I get what I can and stick it in jars...I'm not completely where I wanna be pantry wise but I know I'm a lot better off than what I wouldve been had I not stumbled upon your channel! Thanks for all the great info and helping get the word out on how important it is to be prepared!
I bought a battery operated fan at Walmart this .morning in case we lose power. I live in Florida😊😊😊
Much respect!
Keep canning that ugly chicken! IF this country goes off the cliff for some insane reason, make sure you have meat. May God greatly bless you, your kids, and your efforts!!
@@susankelley8093 me too in Fla.how much were the fans?? I could probably use a couple!! I will have to look, thanks, also did they have many of them
Thank you so much. My stomach has been in knots for a while with all that is going on in this world. Please keep the suggestions coming.
I’ve been keeping a well stocked pantry for years. In the past 3 or 4 years, I’ve redoubled my efforts. But, I find these lists very helpful because they remind me to double check and see where I am on these things. So far, I see a few gaps to fill. Thanks, Leisa!
I've focused on whole nutrient dense foods. One thing I've bulked up on that many Americans don't eat is sea vegetables. Sea vegetables (wakame, dulse, kelp, etc.) are loaded with iodine, B12, omega 3, vitamins A, C & E, spirulina, chlorella, iron, calcium, and more. As is, 2 year shelf life but repackaging extends life just like other dried plants.
@Name Here I have tried some of those things and can’t stand the taste. Do you know if these items can be “hidden” in foods to gain the nutrients without the taste like putting cauliflower in mashed potatoes?
@@firehorsewoman414 no, not really. You could take smoked dulse and pan fry it and I'd say that would be your best bet as it's seen as an alternative bacon. But if you can't stand it, I'd say skip it altogether and just stick to other nutrient dense plants you do enjoy as this planet gives us soooo many options! Herbs have especially high antioxidant values hence their pungent/bold flavors & aromas.
Dulse flakes taste good in tuna salad and also as a tuna replacement with chickpeas.
@@chomama1628 yep I do with tuna salad (I use mashed avocado instead of mayo) and use the sea veg flakes in it and is delicious!
I went straight for the iodine personally
Hey Leisa, you know..they threatened us with rolling black outs year after year. Why are they shutting it down for real specially in low income areas, at least that's what I'm hearing. I have never lost electric over the heat. And I keep my air on 70 because of heart issues. Amazing that our government hates us so much. Thank you for the video, your such a gem in these times 😊
We keep demanding more on an antiquated grid. It is going to be tricky for sure. Be safe
Just wait till everyone starts plugging in those ELECTRIC cars at 125 miles per charger. LOL
Get a solar generator with solar panels there are lots to choose from various prices. Costco has a sale right now for a package of two generators with two solar panels for $1,150. Thats a good deal
Because they are purposely shutting down power plants in the name of “global warming”.
Kind of makes you think the ultra rich/political class don't care if the rest of us commoners/peasants suffer as long as they aren't inconvenienced with power outages. They preach/lecture/ and pass mandates to decrease "carbon emissions" for the commoners/peasants yet they continue their lifestyle and live in comfort.
Years ago, my Mom was forced to switch to using an oxygen concentrator instead of having the huge oxygen tanks in her house. The problem was Southern California electricity was unreliable with the routine brownouts and blackouts. No electricity meant the oxygen concentrator wouldn't work and she needed continuous oxygen at 3 liters/min. Her Oxygen saturation would quickly go down to 70 to 75% WITH the supplemental oxygen by simply walking from her bedroom to the kitchen. She would have to sit and recover for about 15 minutes to get her oxygen saturation back up to 89 to 90%.
These power outages can be a death sentence for people like you and my Mom. I don't think the political elite care. My Mom finally had to purchase a gas powered generator and pay to have an electrician to connect the power to several power outlets in her house so her oxygen concentrator would function during a power grid blackout.
The consumer always takes the biggest hit. Canning jars are at an all time high in Mississippi. $1.25 ea pint. $1.50 ea quart. We use pints. Thank you for keeping us updated and advised.
I THINK IT'S CHEAPER TO JUST BUY CAN GOODS IN CAN'S AND IN GLASS JARS,YOU SAVE MONEY AND TIME... I'VE USED SOME OF MY GLASS JARS TO CAN FOOD IN SO FAR IT'S WORKING WELL, THEY RESEAL AFTER PUTTING IN HOT WATER...
thank you Leisa and moderators for your consistent effort in getting this important info out there 🥰
I feel so empowered 🌸
You've got this!
I love making different kinds of mixes from a book called Make-a-Mix Cookery. It gives you the basic mix and several recipes that you can make with that basic mix recipe!
Thanks
Have you also checked out the follow-up book 'Make-a-Mix-Cookery-Volume-2' ? I have both and they are wonderful resources.
@@mollysmith6055 yes! I have both of them as well. There is a lot of great recipes in there! They are my favorite cookbooks. It’s fun to make something from nothing or very little and using things out of our pantry, isn’t it?
Just found out our library loans out tools and canning equipment as well as having a seed library--no cost.
Super!
That is amazing!
Yep my library lends out small equipment as well. Great resource to recommend!!
No cost? You paid for it with your taxes.
@@alk3078 not everyone who uses the library pays taxes. Not really understanding why this matters anyways as this person recommended a great resource and you tried to spin it negative for whatever reason.
Hope your husband is doing better. Prayers continue
He's doing better, thank you ❤
I’ve been canning beef in bone broth, also some chicken and pork. All of the fat I get from cooking down the hamburger before canning gets stored in the fridge. Bottom line is we need protein and fat to survive. Great video! Oh I’ve also been ordering from Thrive life!
Awesome!
I have been wondering what I could do with the juice and fat from all the hamburger I’ve cooked and then canned.
@@ironmaiden4966 Cook with the fat or use in crusts and biscuits. The juice the elixar of the gods. Drink piping hot or throw in your soups and stews or make potatoes or rice with it.
Great video! Have you ever tried Real Salt? It's harvested in Utah. 100% natural. No additives. I've been reading sea salt has plastics in it because of the oceans being contaminated. And it tastes really good.
I live in Utah and had never heard of it until watching an Acre Homestead video where she went to the mine. It's not terrifically far from where I live--maybe 75 to 100 miles away. I've bought some since the video and for the same reason as you've mentioned I've stopped buying other types of sea salt.
After seeing all 3 of these videos, I realized that I have way too much of some items and not enough of others. Doing a major overhaul of my pantry. Love your ideas on mixes and stuff where it takes less space to storage. Rotation is VIP
This was so helpful! I actually just made a list of pantry items and have it separated like you listed with check marks of what I need! I’m in the middle of reorganizing my food storage and trying to get more shelving. I recently lost a lot of work hours due to illness and so want to be prepared and also as my fiancé is in a temp job and will be out of work come August. We are in difficult times with gas prices and the economy, so these things added more to our plate, but fortunately I’ve been trying to stock up as much as I could before all this! I was working on canning supplies as of last year and so now am just trying to get more lids! I know how to cook from scratch, so that is also super helpful!
My garden completely tanked this year. Going to my farmers market to buy a box of what I need at a time. They have a wholesale warehouse and it’s very reasonable. Will try again this fall for the garden. It’s too hot right now!
I understand
My garden tanked as well, everything that was up and growing has since blighted and got pulled or died, and. 98% of planted seeds did not germinate even after multiple plantings.
Sleepyhead, what state are you in?
N Tx…my garden is tanking also. Trying to save it but it’s not looking good.
N TC also. To hot to garden. Where is there a farmer market? All I see is sprouts.
I’m canning mainly meat, beans, vegetables.
2 weeks of canning was CRAZY!
Plus dehydrating vegetables
Buying medical supplies too for fall
Good idea!
I love baked beans on buttered toast 💙
Leesa, I got 300 regular and 300 wide mouth ForJars lids a few weeks ago. For the first time in a long time I had💯% seal success on 28 quarts of potatoes! I was SO pleased! Yes I used your coupon code. Thank you!!!( I wish I wouldn't have wasted $$ picking up Kerr and Ball lids, as I've had lots of problems with them the last year.) I love your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and knowledge!! God bless you and yours!!
That is so great!!!! Thank you for being here!
@@SuttonsDaze ... I just bought some too.... I used your code & just got them 2 days ago. Thanks😘
Whats funny is I have never had a problem with Kerr or ball lids.
@@ML.. thats great!
Went to the grocery store the other day. Regular size boneless chicken breast, $25 a tray. The long styrofoam trays that has like 6 or 8 breasts. TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS! not that long ago, $8
Its getting bad
Wow! What state are you in?
Yes same here in NC
Have you tried your Trader Joe’s? They still have their frozen organic chicken breasts (works out to about eight breasts per bag) for under $10. They also have boneless skinless thighs and chicken tenders and the stock was full. I bought quite a few bags and stocked up my freezer.
Ive started butng whole chickens and cutting them up
I Love You and I appreciate your time and efforts to bring these lists forward!!! My mother and I aren't on the canning journey yet, but we are pickling(very recently) storing up on canned goods we enjoy eating, storing up on beans, prices, canned tomatoes to make 5 quarts of spaghetti sauce ahead and freeze it for easy use when the dish requires. I'm scrapping veggie pieces and bones in freezer bags for homemade freezer broths and stopped buying the shelf store brands, now I know what ingredients are in the broths and can control the nutritional value of my dishes. Thank you for your guidance because you make me think about these important issues of my families dood futures. I started growing my own green onions from stems I would normally thrown in the freezer bag for broths. Its pretty cool!♥ Keep being YOU
I just found your channel yesterday and I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot on useful information and it feels like you’re talking to people you know personally ❤️
I had been batting around the idea with my husband of a hand mill and wheat berries for about a month and you sold both of us. We’re on it now! Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
"Your opinion on who or what caused this. I don't care." LOL! I love it! Regardless of the cause, we have to deal with it. That's the reality. Thank you for so much great information.
Thanks!
This was great!! Love the realness and none of this beating around the bush...
Great line! 👏👏👏
@@trajan6927 yes, I know exactly who and what caused it. She said there was no need to argue that, but to deal with the reality of the situation. Apparently you didn't understand that. Maybe your head was stuck in some dark hole.
I played this over again checking my list and marking down what I'm running out of. Thank you for the reminder
Good morning from Australia. We're ramping up our stocks as well. Interesting times are heading our way. Stay safe. 💞
Be safe my friend!
Keep safe you all, you are in my prayers.
Thank you Leisa, you always do a great job explaining things. I started really getting prepared last winter after seeing storages in my area. It feels amazing to see my pantry growing. Thank you again. Love all your videos it helps me out a lot. God bless you and yours. ❤
I respect your wishes on why... because ultimately regardless of why it's happening. 🤐
Thanks for the video n' God bless
Thank you!
Thanks so much for this series - I started stocking up about 3 months ago & you’ve helped me with things that I didn’t think of!!
I'm so glad it was helpfyl
I love how you talk to us, straight forward and just the facts!! I have learned so much from you!! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!! Looking forward to the next one!!
It doesn't matter on a day to day-survival- basis how we got here. It matters what we are doing about it. I'm packing and stacking, learning new skills, and staying off the roads when it isn't necessary. Thanks for helping us all remain calm.
Eta: Leave the pols out, please. My point is we are where are and we have to deal with it.
You've got this!
Well said Kimberly 👏
Go here by joes bad decisions
It matters TREMENDOUSLY how we got here.
Quit voting Democrat. There’s the best advice we can all follow to get our nation back on track.
@@genskitchenmagic2957 Our voting system is compromised. Our votes do not count. There is no Republican or Democrat in reality. All politicians are sellouts and corrupt. It's a hard concept to accept but it's vital for the people to understand. No one in leadership cares about us. Getting back on track will never happen through politicians.
I bought and planted bay trees for bay leaves along a good variety of herbs that grow nearly year round in my area
Just put up our garden beans yesterday. Thank you for the reminder to replenish my lid supply, and other canning necessities.
Hello from Upper Michigan. I recently saw that rolling brown and blackouts are suppose to be coming to all of Michigan . I have a freezer full to get busy canning ASAP. I'm still a little uneasy with pressure canning so I rely on my husband to man the canner, after I have gotten the food ready to be canned. I do water canning but will make myself do pressure canning on my own soon. Im 72 and I enjoy learning new things! Good luck getting prepared and God bless you all!
Leisa: Thanks for this. We have enough of these things now to last until the end of winter. Our grocery store has a reward programme which I use. Over the last 2 weeks I have been able to get nearly $493.00 worth of items and only had to pay $117.00. Some was for now but the majority was put away for the winter. I am looking forward to your other 2 videos on this topic to make sure we haven't missed anything. Thanks again.
That's awesome.
Which grocery store is that?
@@diannamc367 We live in midwestern Ontario, Canada. Our grocery store is No Frills but you can get this programme at any of the President Choice stores.
@@myrtlelester383 thank you!😊
Finally getting around to watching this series. Just wanted to pop in to say as of today June 24th 2022, a 3 and a half pound whole chicken at our local.store was over $9. Insane.
Honey definitely helps with sinuses. I had horrible allergies and a couple years ago bought some local honey and started taking a teaspoon a day and the difference is unbelievable
Thank You For This Video, It Help My Grandmother alot :)
Hubby is slowly getting on board. He buys a guitar and I buy a 25 lb bag of beans. He buys a knife and I buy a 25 lb bag of rice. Lol. Thanks for another great informative video. Will be watching
LOL, that's a great system!
LOL Maybe ya need to buy a sharp shovel! :)
Lol
You do what you can! I have nearly the same problem. Hubby believes the 💩 could hit the fan & he supports ME prepping, but he doesn’t really help with it.🤷🏻♀️
Wise advice as always, making a big grocery run today, thanks for the tips!
Glad to help!
Sugar alternative.. Stevia. It's a plant that can be easily grown in a home garden bed, harvested, dried, and stored. Just another little tidbit.
Thank you for this video. I have alot of the items, but I live in a fort wayne, Indiana where we just had that derecho storm Monday nite. I live in the sw part of town that was hit the worst. I lost power. I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was....re-evaluating my storage and preparedness room this weekend...
There is always something to learn and adapt. Glad you're safe
My family is in Ft. Wayne and was just there this past weekend. My mom lost power for a day. My sis in law shared that many were still without power. She lives out north and was unaffected. Prayers for you and your family🙏🏿
@@calledchosen9906 we got power back next day as well since I have a medical card on file with NREMC. But sure was miserable not having water to flush toilets after first time or anything really prepared to eat without opening fridge. I could have have my canned fruits and jam bread...but wasn't thinking about that...was thinking about my freezers. NREMC just posted every household is back up now as of 8pm tonite...dont know about AEP... last I heard still 10,000 without power
Thanks for all the information! I’ve been working on stocking up the past 2 years. I hope Phil is feeling better and hoping you haven’t gotten it.
Thank you
Lisa this is a great series your doing .. I'm making a list off of your list of things I haven't thought of that I do use ..The homemade Bisquick is so much better .. I highly recommend making a batch .. Thank You for all you do .. :)
So glad I watched this today. I'm making my next last of things to stock up on and realized I didn't include molasses. And I LOVE molasses. Thanks for the reminder.
I am new and I mean I love your show I’m gonna watch it every day great tips I’m a widow so I’m stocking up for my family I am doing well on a budget $40 a month for prepping is my budget which is plenty I try to buy sales only and I buy a lot of one item when it’s on sale and move onto the next item so I don’t get bored by the same thing over and over again it works well for me I live on 10 acres on Homestead I have rabbits and chickens parakeets in a couple of dogs I’m very happy here thank you forYour stream I love it❤️👨🏻🌾👍🏡🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Anchor hocking is really good, available at Menards. Great price too! 8.97 pints 7.36 1/2 pints in Kansas.
Yes They are
Don’t forget that sugar is used to make your own vinegars. ;) Thank you for your videos. Listening to you (especially with these anxiety-ridden topics) is soothing.
Last week, I went to pay my respects to a friend of my grandfather. His friend is named Whitney Alberts, also known as Chief Blue Cloud, of the Chippewa tribe. He is buried in a cemetery just off F-41, on county line road, in Oscoda Township. A Methodist mission church is near there and has services on Sundays at 1 p.m. Whitney Alberts and his son helped build the log cabin I live in, back in 1950. Sending kind regards to my neighbors in Mikado.
I know the cemetery and don't live too far from it. Hello Neighbor!
Thank you for not talking politics. This list is helpful. I have been watching some of your canning videos because I needed a review. I appreciate your videos.
Thank you! I appreciate you being here
Watching this a day after you posted it. Yes, in SE Michigan, it was 93° two days ago, 89° yesterday…& we’re not getting above 68° today. Weather whiplash! Never know what you’re going to get here!🥵🥶
You are such a blessing Lisa thank you helping us out here thank you so much my prayers are with you guys too🤗🤲
Leisa. Came across a substitute for baking powder. I've not tried it, so can not tell you that it absolutely works.
1 tsp baking powder =
• 1/4 tsp baking soda + 1/4 tsp cornstarch + 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Thanks for the ForJars 10% off code. I just bought 400 Wide Mouth Lids! And I'm looking at buying the same amount in the Regular Mouth Lids.
God bless you and Phil, I pray you are well. Mrs Lori of Whippoorwill Hollar turned me on to Sorghum for a sweetner. In my second fermentation of my low sugar ginger probiotic drinks, I added a few drops in the bottom of the bottles. These were the most active fizz I ever had. And still the drink was not sweet like soda. 4oz didn't spike my glucose levels.
Thank you! You reminded me of a few things I have enough of now, but would have to replace at higher prices, which I hate doing.
Btw, a 10lb bag of sugar here went from 4.79 to 6.29 and now 8.99. I have a lot of sugar at the lower price. Yay
8.99????? Mercy!!!
@@sarahcourtney1658 I know, right?! We went to the dollar store and I got 2 of the 5 bags there for a much more reasonable price. Grateful we were warned a while back about sugar going to be an issue
I picked up the last 25lb bag of sugar at my town grocer yesterday. $16.00 up from 13.00 two weeks ago. I got 2 beautiful 3lb pork roasts for $11.00. Cutting them down to 2lb for crock pots. God bless you all.
I have tried to stock, can and preserve as hard as possible for the last 5-6 years. I have a garden planted. Then..... I had a hip replaced in late May, and had pretty awful post-op, still recovering. I'm so frustrated to have to be sitting this out ATM!!! My bumper broad bean harvest is in need of collecting and processing (probably just about OK). I have a load of herb fennel to dehydrate, but at least we don't have rolling blackouts in the UK (yet).
I will buy in another pallet of jars & lids in anticipation of getting back in the game, another few sacks of sugar, more pectin, more apple cider vinegar, salt. Thanks for the inspiration to keep me focussed.
About yeast- we keep a sourdough starter, but we also use yeast. A local brewery orders fresh yeast, the sticky stuff in cubes, for some of their beers. I bought some, froze it, and it works better than dried yeasts. There was no yeast of any type in the stores.
I don’t have a lot of space for storage but I will do as much as I can. Thank you for this video
When you talk about stocking up on vanilla, there is a vanilla coop called Indri Vanilla coop where you can buy bulk vanilla beans at a decent price and make your own extract. Easy peasy!
Great info
My granddaughter uses them and has been happy with the quality.
For Canadians ,Bernardin is
A great canning jar brand.
I hope your household is doing well.
Thank you for the info. Great ideas.
Just a quick note: Instead of throwing plastic milk jugs, soda bottles, etc. into the recycle bin, wash thoroughly and fill with water. If you have a Berkey and need to use it, you've got water. Just sayin'. :)
Our soda bottles and cans are turned in for cash. But saving the milk jugs,
We had a bunch of milk jugs but didn't work for long term water storage, they broke down and started leaking.
Exactly 😇🇩🇰👏♥️
That's exactly what I'm doing 👍👍
@@thedirtyhoehomestead Well, I have a ton of them. If they break down, I'm going to have a heck of a mess!
I buy canning jars from Target 2 cases at a time. It’s almost the same price as buying lids .. so new instead of used. Feeling for you in the heat. I live in the Willamette Valley if Oregon and we are still getting lots of rainy weather. Planted garden but it is so wet, don’t know if we will have much of a crop. Great video, thank you.
Bisque mix has had their own cookbook out since the late 60s or early 70s. My mom had one.
My grandmother used arrowroot it stores fantastic no calories.
Thanks, I never thought about canning supplies like pectin etc. I try to get supplies even if I don't need it, but I help out our 2 girls also always have. So thank you for the videos and stay safe and healthy. Recently I was in panic mode, I was running low on butter, and no one had it on sale, did find some finally at 4.99/lb.
I keep a lot of baking soda on hand. It is great to help put out fires. Learned the hard way. Bought a new dehydrater in 1989. The thing caught on fire. I still to this thank God my husband kept his head and used the soda to put it out.
I have seen those canning jars at dollar general. I was curious about those. Thank you for sharing that information.
I believe you can litely toast herbs in a skillet and it will help bring out the flavor
I'm late to this video great stuff. I've ordered a several lbs of Redmond's real salt. Great for ferments plus has all the trace minerals I never use iodized salt anymore much I have it. Got tons of kosher and pickling too. Salt is very imp.
This video was so helpful have most but reminded me to double check what I might need to add.❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Hello from 98 degrees with a heat index of 112!! Winter was not so bad. =( God help me!! Hot flashes and heat waves don't mix.
Its a heck of a combo for certain!
I am with you! Those hot flashes are no joke when hot and humid!
Oh the heat and rage are REAL!! It's only JUNE!!!!
Bless your heart. I remember those- power surges, I called them. Yee haw!
Leisa, I'm glad U R doing this as there are a lot of ppl out there that just don't know where to begin. U R the best...
I love your channel dear! You are a wealth of info for new and veteran preppers alike. I love the fact that you go into shelf life of all the things we put back to be prepared. I'll be using this video to make a list of items and their shelf life. Time to made a pdf !
Mason is a good jar also. Classico spaghetti sauce is actually packed in Mason canning jars
But they are not made for canning and are actually a different glass.
@@SuttonsDaze Sad! I make my own sauces but bought these when canning jars were scarce. PS my mother recently gave me her life time collection of jars with several 100 tattler lids though I will have to puschase the orange seals. I have run out of storage for jars but there is still several 100 more I need to empty and clean. All I can say is there are MUCH bigger problems than too many jars(if that's really a thing).
@@SuttonsDaze wait! You mean Mason jars are not for canning or the ones the spaghetti sauce comes in?
@@darlenebrown7622 The ones that the spaghetti sauce comes in are not for canning. Despite the fact that they say "mason" on them, they're not true mason jars. (They're great for dry storage though if you need jars for dried beans or rice or whatever.)
@@KellyS_77 I didn't think those were for canning but I thought the regular mason jars you buy at the store (or thrift store) could be used for pressure canning.
Every Fall, I make sure kosher salt is one of the first things I stock up on for Winter. Not only for the reasons u said, but also to spread on the driveway for ice.
Kosher salt on the driveway? Wouldn't rocksalt be a lot cheaper?
Lids! In the UK have bern in very short supply (ie expensive) for two years. I finally got some Forjars lids from USA, tgat worked out cheaper than getting in the UK, and will get more latèr this month.
I always love your lists, I copied the list as you ran it down..wow a few things I had totally forgotten about thanks so much...looking forward to the next one.
Thanks
Thank you
Excellent video. Thank you.
Wow! Good info about wheat berries! I like to stock up on rice and pasta as we dont eat a lot of baked goods.
Thank you!!!!!
You don't know how much I appreciate you!
Thanks Leisa this was awesome!! I love it that you tell us to do what’s best for us!!!!
Thank You for all you do
Thank you for being here!
As for cane sugars, find some at Dollar Tree. You mentioned Domino's. C&H sugars are cane, also. (The C&H stands for California and Hawai'ian Sugar Company, located in Crockett, California, for the trivia enthusiasts.) Also, if you need or want a corn alternative, try potato starch. You can cook and bake with it the same way as corn starch.
I still remember the C & H commercial that used to be on t.v. when I was little: "C & H, C & H, pure cane sugar, pure cane sugar from Hawaii growing in the sun..." I think the tune came from "Donovan's Reef," a movie set in Hawaii starring John Wayne. (More trivia to add to yours!)
I still remember the C & H t.v. commercial from when I was a little girl:
"C & H, C & H, pure cane sugar, pure cane sugar, growing in the sun..." The music came from Donovan's Reef starring John Wayne. This video is poor quality but the music is still clear: ruclips.net/video/gfV63dw1l-I/видео.html
(More trivia for trivia lovers!)
I got Pur jars and lids last year & I had no problem canning with them at 15 psi Ace hardware was carrying them last summer when Ball and Kerr weren't available. Not one failed or didn't seal and I did several flats.
I love the ForJars lids. Walmart has had jars every week I’ve gone lately. However the wide mouth jars seem to have vanished into thin air. I can never find them. And the half gallon jars I can never find. I keep looking and maybe one day I’ll get lucky. Thanks Leisa for reminding us what’s important. Take care. See you again for tomorrows video. 😊
@Christy Machala I had the best luck at Atwoods if you have one of those and Ace Hardware
I ordered 6 cases of wide mouth quarts, and 8 of wide mouth pints 2 months ago from Walmart online.
Thank you!
I will also take Mason and Atlas jars. they don't show up much in yard sales anymore
May I ask where you order your canning jars from? Thank you! SO appreciate your wisdom and calm delivery. Especially in these times.
Walmart, target, menards, lots of places
Thanks for all the good ideas & reminders...I forgot molasses, now on my list along with Kayro Syrup because I just remembered I'm low on that one also. Y'all have a Blessed day.
You are so welcome!
Last Christmas we were making pecan pie and ran out of Kayro syrup. There was only 1 left in the store! That's one item we won't forget again. Now I am going through recipes to be sure I have everything I need. 🙂
@@theGEnericE For sure....sometimes it is only Kayro that works. Pecan pie is one of them.
Always looking for ideas I haven't thought of....for instance, Capers, I love capers, I can't live without capers, lol. I can get huge jars of capers from costco but I don't want to open such big jars. Now, I'm opening up those jars, and reusing condiment jars from the grocery store to can make many many small jars.