Kai22

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• Posted in thread: Get ready for soaring food prices on 07-23-2011 at 03:54 PM
  Kai22....wow, what part of Cali are you in? Those prices are horrendous. I will not buy ground
  beef when it is a high, up here, of $3.29 a pound, just will not do it.As for other prices for
  condiments...

• Posted in thread: "Mountain House" meals on 07-18-2011 at 02:26 AM
  Kai, that's awesome what you're doing, making those dehydrated meals! Keep us posted on future
  efforts!Your potatoes won't turn dark if you crush a vitamin C tablet, dissolve it in water,
  and dip your...

• Posted in thread: Dollar Tree medical finds! on 07-18-2011 at 02:24 AM
  Was doing my monthly shopping trip and DH suggested we stop in the Dollar Tree store to have a
  look around. I had no idea the medical stuff (and everything is $1!) that can be found there! I
  stocked u...

• Posted in thread: How about Martial arts? on 07-18-2011 at 02:17 AM
  I have trained in both Judo (extensively) and Taekwondo. I was also an assistant instructor for
  self defense classes that were full contact. The instructor's belief was like what BillM said -
  you will...

• Posted in thread: Fire Extinguishers on 07-18-2011 at 01:59 AM
  I have fire extinguishers in the kitchen and hall closet. I'd like a couple more. For outside
  fire protection, we've got a creek out back with a gas powered portable pump. My local firemen
  were nice e...

• Posted in thread: What food products will you miss? on 07-18-2011 at 01:42 AM
  Molson, Labatt's and Killian's.For those that said Chap Stick, small items like that are easy
  to get a lifetime supply and then you'll never do without. I found it seems cheapest to get it
  from a Stor...

• Posted in thread: Get ready for soaring food prices on 07-09-2011 at 01:25 AM
  The largest price increases I've noticed have been in red meat and seafood. I was buying twin
  packs of beef roasts from Sam's and canning them. Usually the cost was $13 to $15. Even then,
  by the time ...

• Posted in thread: "Mountain House" meals on 07-09-2011 at 01:16 AM
  I got a vacuum sealer about three weeks ago and have been using it like crazy! How did I ever
  live without this thing? I am actually doing my first experiment making homemade Mountain House
  style meal...

• Posted in thread: What's your favorite source for bulk wheat? on 07-09-2011 at 01:09 AM
  OUCH!! Dang! Don't you have any feed stores nearby?No feed stores anywhere nearby. :( Basically
  nothing is here. We are rural mountains and sometimes it's such a pain to buy the most basic of
  items.Ge...

• Posted in thread: It has begun ;) on 07-09-2011 at 01:03 AM
  The 2011 canning season has begun :)I started today, with strawberries. The strawberries are
  finally in, despite the cool, wet conditions here. The UPick strawberry farm run by a friend of
  mine is on ...