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ORChick...thats a good point. I've eaten whole wheat/grain baked goods from a local health food store. They certainly are different than the run of the mill,flour product you get in a everyday food store. Their good, but take some getting use to. So i guess your thoughts are a good idea, for...

~gd....actually, i started storing grains last year and haven't milled any as yet.So can't answer your question. I did recently buy a hand powered grain mill.Its just a matter of time before i start milling and baking, i need to get a good recipe book for baking with fresh milled whole grains...

I guess its best to just stick with the wheat berries and make my own flour as needed, as far as long term storage. I'll buy a few bags of flour on sale, as i don't use a whole lot of flour at this point. I was thinking, at that price it would be nice to stockpile some, but i prefer to store...

A local IGA food store is having a sale on 5lb bags of flour $.99 a bag. Sounds like a great price to me, 20 cents a lb.. Have any of you SS stored white flour longer term..? I was wondering what the shelf life of flour stored in sealed mylar bags with oxygen absorber would be.I have hard red...

In agreement as well Koxxx...we are in a bad way. What blows my mind is how the Amish are thriving, in the mist of America's decline. I was reading somewhere 95% of new Amish buisness starts succeed.They have big families( 4-6 kids) and are spreading out across America ,expanding.In contrast...

Thanks Mackay for the info/links..Those are some pretty neat stoves. I like the the brick one as well, should last a long time once built. Never heard of rocket stoves before, pretty cool...

Okay. i give up..! What in the world is a Rocket Stove...??

KOxxx, or anyone...why was the thread about Gov't assurance of food supply , pulled...?

Thats true, Farmfresh...perhaps none of the younger in mine or other families will embrace these ideals. As they say, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink..! It's a good thing for sure to teach any younger or older person, for that matter, wanting to know how to be more...

Yes, it is wonderful FarmFresh, gather the fresh eggs, extract the honey from comb,walk around the yard, pick some heritage red raspberries an grab a ripe fig.Canning garden veggies and even chicken.. Heating my home with wood , i love it...been doing it for yrs and wouldn't have it any other...

I found a cast iron skillet this past weekend at a yard sale, got it for a buck. After reading this thread, i looked it over better, i don't know much about cast iron.All it says on it is Made In The USA, has no brand name anywhere on it.It weighs a ton. It's one that has ridges on the inside...

Yep, the expression,TSHTF cannot be put into a neat little nutshell.For some people TS has already hit the fan...in terms of poor health, economic hardship and more...

ICU somebody sezzz..."what kinda "S" are we talking about here"...Well , we have little S, Big S and anywhere in between S... I agree with Tortoise, no matter the size " S "...when TSHTF...It will likely be wise to form small communities of like minded folks..I would also say the further from...

Good for Fords Fiesta's Euro diesel car...who wants to suck diesel exhaust fumes..they suck...When in Germany in 2004, everyone was driving little diesel cars.Its was gross to breath walking down the street. They know how to make economical gas cars, they were making the Geo Metros over 20yrs...

Also check with your local deli's and restaurants. I've gotten some really nice heavy duty pickle one's that they just throw away.Dukin Donut's has nice ones they toss as well. They need a good cleaning when you get them, but you can really save allot of money.I've gotten literally dozens and...

I have much more beans than rice stored, probabley closed to a half ton of beans. I spent a fairly good amount of money on this stuff, and stored for the long term. Wanting to keep it in good condition, i stored my beans & rice in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers,some DE, then heat seal.I then...

Thanks Mackay, i'll be checking this out....

Thanks everyone for your help, suggestions, and links.... Mackay is the iodine in kelp the same stuff as the idione in Lugal's idione..? My Dr. recently suggested i take kelp supps. rather than raise my synthroid dosage. I'm currently taking 300 mng daily with kelp supps. I'm interested in...

I've never tried the Armor route.I'm not sure if the thyroid meds i'm taking now are doing exactly what they should be doing. I'm interested in the idione route if it works for me. I couldn't find the thread Mackey was refering to. Anyway, my reason for asking was,what if i can't get...

Thanks Freemotion....was it a good impact... or a bad thing...? Anyone have a link to that thread..? The search mode here doesn't work for me, must be my antique webtv... Interesting that in the , Pot thread, that weed helps a underactive thyroid gland...