If you can food, this is important.

A subscriber of Sutton Daze sent Liesa an email from Newell the owner of Ball (Bernardine in Canada), Kerr, and Golden Harvest stated that there won’t be available until March 1, 2021. That is six months without canning supplies of any kind. Okay! Maybe things like the chalk markers may be available and perhaps dissolvable stickers to label jars maybe but the jars, and lids won’t be. From what I understand, this decision was implemented on Thursday by Nicole Johnson. The email had her signature on it. Not to say she made the decision. Now, that means you won’t be able to order from them. 

If you can food, this is important.

Sources:

Extended Shortages! NO MORE CANNING SUPPLIES!!

Suttons Daze

Dollar Tree Canning Lids? Review

OurHalfAcreHomestead

Dollar Tree Canning Lid UPDATE!

October Grocery List and Meal Plan

(First shop my pantry)

 4 Croissants

 4 Biscuits

12 Canned mushrooms

 1 Large bag Mozzarella and sharp shredded (4 uses)

 2 bags each Chicken drumsticks (large & small drumstick)

 4 bags mixed veggies for stir-fries and stew

 1 bag Pearl onions 

 6 cream of chicken cans

October Meal Plan Ideas

8 Ani’s Choice (twice a week)

2 Leftover per week (clean out the fridge)

1 Eat out

4 Pizza (deep dish, thin crust, calzone, stromboli)

 King Author Deep Dish Pizza Crust from Pinterest

Thin Crust. The King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion pg.247

 Karrie Truman Pizza Crust in Seriously Good Freezer Meals pg. 332

2 New Items

Honey Lime Chicken from Seriously Good Freezer Meals by Karrie Truman 

Pg. 143

Savory Crackers French Taste by Laura Caloder pg 45

Halloween Ghoulish Goulash Rachel Ray Week in A Day pg. 299

4 Breakfast for Dinner

Pancakes for Freezer 

Egg Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Breakfast Burritos 

Monkey Bread

2 Salmon

Teriyaki Salmon with veggies and noodles

Salmon Nicoise Salad

 2 Shrimp 

Shrimp Alfredo with pasta

Shrimp Scampi

Recipes for the month:

Pinterest Board

NIÇOISE SALAD

https://www.jillianraecooks.com/recipe/nicoise-salad

Simply Perfect Pancakes

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/simply-perfect-pancakes-recipe

ROASTED CHICKEN LEG ARROZ CON POLLO

Roasted Chicken Leg Arroz Con Pollo

Stuffed Pizza

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/stuffed-pizza-recipe

Inside Out Breakfast Burritos

https://tasty.co/compilation/inside-out-breakfast-burritos

Honey Lime Chicken Recipe https://happymoneysaver.com/honey-lime-chicken/

Teriyaki Salmon

https://www.daringgourmet.com/homemade-teriyaki-sauce/

Freezer Pizza- A Freezer Meal The Whole Family Will Enjoy! https://happymoneysaver.com/freezer-pizza-a-freezer-meal-the-whole-family-will-enjoy/

I am going to use this for calzones and stromboli.

EASY MONKEY BREAD https://cincyshopper.com/easy-monkey-bread/

Shrimp Scampi Recipe https://natashaskitchen.com/shrimp-scampi-recipe/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_term=25793386

The Best NY Style Pizza Dough

https://feelingfoodish.com/the-best-new-york-style-pizza-dough/

EASY BAKED BURRITO CASSEROLE RECIPE https://100krecipes.com/easy-baked-burrito-casserole-recipe/

Halloween Special Goulash

Halloween Ground Meat Ghoul-ash

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/halloween-ground-meat-ghoul-ash-recipe-2120962

Can you believe there are only two days left to this month?  It blows me away at how quick this year is passing by. Today we are going to review the preparedness steps I have shared along with sharing the Preparedness videos that have been done every day from folks with more experience and knowledge then I have shared. 

Week 1: We looked at building a binder that would contain all your critical information in one spot.

Week 2: Pantry Staples. Know what your family eats and only buy those items. When you can buy a couple of extra things and put them back for later. We have a multi-cultural pantry. My daughter is part Mexican and there are things she has grown up eating that we keep on hand. Rice and Beans with chicken.

Week 3: SHTF library. Having a variety of books for lost skills is important. Having the know-how to build snares to catch rabbits, hunt deer, and fish is going to be a saving grace. I will admit that we live in the city by necessity. Trust me I would rather live in the country. Right now being in the city is necessary.  Cookbooks. Yes, these are important, but the ones you choose are extremely important to prevent food fatigue. Having a variety is key. Having specialized books for preserving, baking, and regular cooking.

Week 4: Kerosene Lanterns. I have six of these right now. October I will be purchasing four more and I am done. These lanterns I found at Wal-Mart that look like the red ones only a bit larger. I will keep the others in case a friend needs one. 

30 Days of Preparedness Collaboration – 2020

Here is a link to the folks doing the 30 days Preparedness Collaboration from Sutton Daze.

Tomorrow we start getting Antonia’s stuff for her to do virtual school. So let’s talk about the Pandemic EBT/SNAP relief funds right quick. Donald Trump has actually done something that will actually help the average family. He renewed the Family First Act which gave families with SNAP/EBT cards extra funds. That is going to help the 34 million people with kids who are now out of work with no possibility of returning to that job ever again. With all the chaos I came across an article on the Amish canning tradition. Yeah! We have been hearing nothing but negative articles about the Amish. Now here is an article about their tradition on canning and how they pass the knowledge on for free. They are horrible! Passing on traditions for free… WTF! The truth is they have never stopped living by their traditional lifestyle. Canning is a joy to do, it can be a lot of work. When you open up that can of soup in the winter you canned, there is nothing better. We don’t can soup so much as we prefer to have individual ingredients to make soups as we want them. Chinese farmers are hoarding wheat in hopes that a shortage will yield better prices. I can’t wait to see how well that goes over with the government. NOT! Not at all. Anyway, on the other side of the world, England is taking steps to prevent panic buying. How about don’t scare the piss out of people! There is a great idea. Like America, there was a surge of panic buying of merchandise back in the spring. Let’s remember something here, England is an island in the northern Atlantic Ocean and just south of the Arctic. Which means they have to have everything shipped via ocean liners to them. Kind of link Little Diomede Island in Alaska. Panic buying can wipe out a store in hours if all their citizens go at once to stockpile. Again, pick up a little something extra each week. DON’T CLEAR THE SHELF! That is rude and it could get you into trouble with other shoppers. Take a variety of products on sale to put back.

References: Hargrove, A. (2020) USDA approves state for second round of P-EBT funds. https://www.nbc12.com/2020/09/21/usda-approves-state-second-round-p-ebt-funds/

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 https://www.farmers.gov/cfap

Petrosemolo. A. (2020) The Art of Canning Preserving the Summer’s Harvest to Enjoy Year-Round. https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farm_life/food_and_recipes/the-art-of-canning/article_561b303c-babd-11e9-ba8f-cbd27dab8fbb.html

How Russia Produces 40% Of It’s Food From Home Gardens… http://www.ecosnippets.com/gardening/russian-home-garden-food/

Durden, T. (2020). Chinese Farmers Hoard Wheat In Hopes Of Creating Shortages That Push Prices Higher. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/chinese-farmers-hoard-wheat-hopes-creating-shortages-push-prices-higher UK Grocers Stave Off Panic Buying Amid 2nd Lockdown Fears; Daily COVID Case Record Smashed https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/uk-grocers-stave-panic-buying-amid-2nd-lockdown-fears-daily-cases-hit-highest-may

Butler, S. (2020). UK supermarkets urge shoppers not to panic over lockdown fears. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/23/uk-supermarkets-urge-shoppers-not-to-panic-buy-over-lockdown-fears

PRESERVATION 101: INTRO TO CANNING Homesteading Family https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu99W5TTPAucVN83TYQtCqQ

Kerosene Lanterns

These come in many different forms. Traditional forms and newer ones without the need to store kerosene in them. Merely soak the wick and install. The idea situation for setting these up would be outside. I am going to leave you a link to Tessie from Mobile Home Living at youtube. She is absolutely wonderful. 

The above image is a copy of the ones I have.  As usual, you can get these from Amazon along with wicks, and the kerosene. 

Homestead Tessie Survival Mobile Home Living