Better stock up folks – pumpkin shortage

I have firsthand info on this, so be forewarned. There is a pumpkin shortage looming. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/11/19/libbys-pumpkin-shortage-stymies-thanksgiving-tradition/ Some of the grocery stores in Hot Springs already have bare spots where the canned pumpkin used to be, with signs saying there will be no more available until next harvest. If you have not yet stocked up on [...]

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Food for one year – one meal a day

I was thinking recently that if it came down to it, we could survive on one meal a day for one year – if we HAD to. So…I sat down with a legal pad and my recipe file and made a list of 30 meals that could be eaten each month, then calculated the the [...]

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Arkansas blueberries

We found a u-pick blueberry farm not far from us, and decided to get up early this morning to start pickin’! We have 12 pounds of blueberries ready to go in the freezer.  For $1.00 a pound, you can’t beat it (and they are SO much better than the store bought or frozen ones!). BTW, [...]

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Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

Er…in my case, rice, rice everywhere and none to cook with! I learned a valuable food storage lesson recently.  I normally keep a quart jar of long grain white rice in my pantry so there’s not a huge bag open at one time.  I had already put most of the 50 pound bags we’d purchased [...]

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Prepared, not panicked

(said in my best monotone voice): This is a test of your preparedness system.  This is only a test.  If it were a real emergency, you would be required to use your preparedness stores for survival. This is only a test. Are you ready? If nothing else, this past week with the swine flu (aka [...]

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