The Shortage, Are You Preparing?

Beans and rice people, beans and rice.

Also post #62 gives you the recipes you need to know for canning.

And "LETTUCE" not forget their is a vegetarian option too.

(though I do love me some nice big, fat, juicy, medium rare meats *insert drooling homer simpson here*

We bid on a side of beef and lost.

Many people recognize 6 months from now steaks will be $40 a pound.

A year ago I bought 2 15lb bags of rice just in case. I still have one whole 15lb bag of rice taking up space in my pantry. I'm tempted to buy another one, but I only have so much space for rice that I may or may not use. So hopefully that one bag, along with the several little bags of beans I have, will be enough!

What, are you a sparrow?

I just found a bag of brown rice with a tiny moth critter in it.
Should have kept it in the freezer, so much stuff has tiny eggs in it.

Do you have a packing house (major meat processing plant) nearby?

If you are willing to break down and butcher your own meat...
(It is a lot of work) you probably can purchase un-butchered meat called swinging beef.
Beef are cut into 6 sections (termed quarters) and then butchered. The loin isn't ever put on a hook but whatever eh?
The hook weighs an exact 5lbs....not sure what they weigh in the metric system exactly...but something of a round number.
But swinging beef is much cheaper than butchered meat. If you buy the three that make a half.... you can pay market price...no auction....just straight weight and price/lb kg.
You have to haul it. Pick up and hauling are all on you. (Bring your big boy muscles)
Meaning you need bone saws, meat grinders, plastic bags and freezer paper and labels. Maybe even some twine to tie it up.

But you get all the cuts...all the work too. And you have to MOVE quick to get it all in the freezer before it begins to get warm.

I can get a whole hog and it will dress out it runs costing around $1/lb-$2/lb.

But like I said....it's a LOT of work. Curing bacon and hams and cutting it up and wrapping it.. lots of work. Then there's all the garbage leftovers you can either utilize (more work) or discard...

I just found a bag of brown rice with a tiny moth critter in it.
Should have kept it in the freezer, so much stuff has tiny eggs in it.

If we want to be silly about this save a jar of peanut butter learn to make figure 4 traps for ground squirrels.Just a little on a stick their pull the stick and the weight will fall on them.theirs enough meat on them. for protein.

Is there any such thing as a healthy pasta? I am avoiding carbohydrates when possible.
I have been finding 10 lb bags of chicken hindquarters cheap and enjoy skinning them, brining them, then cooking them, and storing the meat, takes little space and is a great way to make my awesome chicken and noodles.

The rabies a lot of squirrels carry is a bit problematic though.

Fish is far better than squirrels.

Is there any such thing as a healthy pasta? I am avoiding carbohydrates when possible.
I have been finding 10 lb bags of chicken hindquarters cheap and enjoy skinning them, brining them, then cooking them, and storing the meat, takes little space and is a great way to make my awesome chicken and noodles.