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I guess it’s been a while since I posted on here. Around mid January I had what I think was a Fox attack. Could have been coyote, but since we haven’t actually seen any coyotes around here in a couple of years and since we did see a rather large fox twice during that week, it’s safe to assume it...

So this explains why the “turn it upside down and pop the ice out” method has never worked for me!

See if this works Yay!

I feel so bad for all your mud. I hope your sunny days are able to dry a good part of it up.

In the 70’s, when I was in 2nd through 6th grade, my Dad owned the Gulf station on the right there. (This view is facing south.) Of course, this photo is much older than that. I haven’t been to St. Helen in over 30 years, but my brother visits a friend of his there regularly.

Found it! https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/the-freeze-drying-thread.15394/ Now to go read it…

You all don’t just store your rice in the freezer?

You are best off to stay home as long as you don’t feel good. And maybe a day or two beyond that. Covid really wipes you out, and if you try to get back to full steam ahead too soon, you can set your recovery back. I hope they let you have off as much time as you need.

I pressure canned for the first time! I made 3 batches of broth with my turkey’s carcass, and I pressure canned 8 quarts!

I love that we have kept this thread going. I too laugh whenever I see the title. I wonder if the administrators could change the title back to something relevant about buying and cooking turkey. But that would kind of ruin the fun of our continuing to enjoy what the “sour grapes” person tried...

Here are a couple of ideas. The first one is kind of a convenience food recipe and not really a “self sufficient” one, but you could easily substitute homemade cream sauce for the soup and cooked rice for the instant. Then you wouldn’t need much added water. For the second one, I ignore all the...

After 8 years of owning turkeys, I finally ate one of my home grown ones! Christmas dinner: New Year’s Day soup: (This turkey’s name was Soup, btw.) And turkey broth for my first time ever pressure canning:

Aw shucks, thanks! It’s too bad I was all by myself. We alternate Christmases between here and our relatives in Colorado. This year it was Colorado, but I couldn’t find a chicken sitter who could also manage the house dogs. So two days before the trip I announced that I would stay home by...

He turned out pretty good. A little bit undercooked in some parts, but I’ll just put those parts in the soup when I make it and cook them a little more. Most of the meat is cooked just right though.

Thanks, @baymule !

I was trying to remember where I had posted about my turkey named Soup. Ha ha we had a good thread going here until the OP changed the title! Well anyway, here is Soup today. I finally have one turkey processing under my belt. I’m planning to dry brine him for a couple days and then roast him...

Good question! After years of having a “dirty sock box” in our mudroom to make things easier for the kids, DH decided to thin things out and remove the box. Since only 1 kid is left at home. Now I have to change my ways because I am conditioned to putting my dirty socks in there instead of...

I hear you on that! We don’t tuck ours in either. My feet are in and out of the blanket constantly. One at a time or both. One in and one out seems to work best. But I was actually thinking of the clean sock thing as a way to keep floor lint off the sheets. Then I remembered the Girl Scout thing.

@flowerbug you could try keeping a clean pair of socks for sleeping in that you don’t wear during the day. Or change into tomorrow’s sock at bedtime. One of our Girl Scout camping tips for staying warm in your sleeping bag all night was to do just that. Because any dampness from the socks you...