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sure, that can work (i don't think we'd spend $20 for those items here), grow your own vegetables and forage to supplement the carbs...

It's amazing how many do not cook meals, or really don't know how! Dynamics of "why" are huge. Gardens are extra work & some don't...

as far as i know we only had school lunches subsidized (we paid half rate) for a year, but then Mom got enough work and i was mowing...

$20 per week budget, assuming an empty kitchen Week 1, a 10 pound bag of rice and a pound of butter Week 2, 10 pounds of pasta and a...

I know a lot of people abuse the system through SNAP. BF’s little sister has the same amount of kids as me and several years ago she was...

It's not a matter of caring. She's probably online, seeing the hatred, entitlement and demands for ouright theft from obese women with...

I had enough ripe tomatoes for a batch of tomato puree, two bottles of juice and a bottle of quartered tomatoes. Those funky shaped...

This one. https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/what-are-you-canning-today.212/post-534547

I did that recipe again. Each batch as listed made 3 pints. I increased the vinegar to 1/4 c to bring the acid up and it has a salt...

I thought the false parasol was an agaricus, until I looked at the gills. Nope. Then I had to do a spore print and identify it. Green...

The mushrooms you get from the store are mostly some form of agaricus. Gills will be light pink when yong to dark chocolate brown.

The problem with foraged mushrooms here is that the bugs get to them while they're still tiny. I've found agaricus, but the other most...

Pears are done! I have the opportunity to strip a friends very large garden this week. She sent her girls out a few weeks ago (she's...

Everyone needs to do their own research and set their own comfort limits. Many people don't trust home canned food at all, and that's...

i never do low acid canning (which to me would mean i'd have to get a pressure canner and i really don't want to deal with that) the...