This is made in Milwaukee County. I even took the plant tour.
I hardly ever drink soda but these are very good. I used to get these as a treat for DD when she was little.
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This is made in Milwaukee County. I even took the plant tour.
I hardly ever drink soda but these are very good. I used to get these as a treat for DD when she was little.
briches
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Wow. Awesome job
psychgirl
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You win!!
Oh my gosh!
babysteps
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Wow!! I have one large chest freezer which is full and needs defrosted. I try to always have enough jars, lids etc. on-hand to can up the contents should the SHTF. I cannot imagine doing that with 7 freezers!!!!!!
nomifyle
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I have a lot of jars, and plenty of lids and rings. Lately I've been dehydrating frozen vegetables, lots of them to get done.
vessie
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It would seem to me that the everyday shopper is starting to smell blood on the wind. V
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Not a problem at all, what I find odd is our local Aldi bread comes from a bakery in Faribault, MN, all of their bread is regionally baked which tells me they are having a hard time getting supplies to supply their regional bakers.
Wow ! I don't know how you manage and rotate all that so nothing goes to waste.
With 2 of us rotating and managing food seems like full time job ! I have always stocked more for winter but have to set limits. Have thrown out my share of expired foods and old beans that won't soften over the decades. Learned lessons. Things will go rancid.
SouthernBreeze
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Foods generally don't go rancid if kept frozen. Freezer burn would be our problem with 7 freezers for just 2 people. We don't eat freezer burned food, so it would probably mostly go to waste, here.
Reasonable Rascal
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Opened and served our last (?) can of creamed corn, purchased in 1997, last evening for supper. Didn't even taste tinny.
Some things will go rancid, but Spam will outlast even the cockroaches.
RR
You'd be surprised! I went to vacuum packing all my pork after a bunch of boneless pork loins (on sale for 99 cents a pound... had the butcher cut them into chops and several roasts) got seriously nasty after about 16 months. I was able to salvage it by trimming off ALL the fat and then making it into pork stew, but the fat was nasty... as soon as it thawed you could smell it.
My biggest beef of all the "cost cutting" and "shrinkflation" companies pull is what Ziploc and every other "freezer bag" manufacturer has done to their bags! "Freezer bags are now actually thinner than regular storage bags used to be. They're OK for short term freezer storage (a month or two), but they do NOT protect food from oxygen, and stuff freezer burns like crazy in them.
Thankfully, vacuum seal bags are MUCH cheaper than they used to be... now, if I could just find my FoodSaver in the storage units!
Summerthyme
tnphil
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FoodSavers are awesome! If you are going to freeze fresh fish for storage, they're almost a necessity.
SouthernBreeze
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I wish I had a FoodSaver, but I don't. I may be able to afford one in the future, but not right now. I have 2 chest freezers, and that's enough for us. In a SHTF event, two freezers are all I want to keep the generator running for. That way, there's not that much canning to do to empty them out. I'm already in the process of doing that, since some of the meat is getting pretty close to being 2 years old, already. I'm canning the oldest, first.
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I use my food saver all the time...
I found and started using Avid Armor bags...much less expensive than food saver bags...and they work great....this company also makes sealers
The bags are available on Amazon and their website... check to see which place is less expensive..it changes from time to time..
I found and started using Avid Armor bags...much less expensive than food saver bags...and they work great....this company also makes sealers
The bags are available on Amazon and their website... check to see which place is less expensive..it changes from time to time..
TxGal
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Those are the ones I use, too. I've never had a problem at all.
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Zagdid
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Wife stopped at the dollar store for some paper plates among other things. They didn't have any, only foam plates (again).
The shelves throughout the store were decimated with empty locations. Paper products cleared out. The warehouse for this store is only about 15 minutes away from it.
The shelves throughout the store were decimated with empty locations. Paper products cleared out. The warehouse for this store is only about 15 minutes away from it.
energy_wave
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I scored some 80% lean ground beef and a strip steak about an hour ago at my local store, along with a few macadamia nut cookies. The meat averaged $3.30 per lb when I combined all three packages. Not a bad price on the cookies. I'm saving up chili meat. My tomato's are still green, but I'm picking the entire bunch by Sunday so I can process them for spaghetti sauce and chili. And, I'm saving seeds, cuz I don't think you will find to many by next year.
energy_wave
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I was using the cheapest dollar general paper plates to feed my cats on so I could just toss them in the trash. Had a hard time finding them all year, so I went back to washing china plates. Their spice rack display turned into a spice shelf.
If you don't have a vacuum sealer, double bagging and wrapping in freezer paper will help with prevention of freezer burn. Vacuum sealers are not terribly expensive, but the ongoing cost of bags can get pricy. I consider the cost worth preserving the quality of expensive meat and poultry.
ainitfunny
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I am PROUD YOU ARE A MEMBER HERE!I scored some 80% lean ground beef and a strip steak about an hour ago at my local store, along with a few macadamia nut cookies. The meat averaged $3.30 per lb when I combined all three packages. Not a bad price on the cookies. I'm saving up chili meat. My tomato's are still green, but I'm picking the entire bunch by Sunday so I can process them for spaghetti sauce and chili. And, I'm saving seeds, cuz I don't think you will find to many by next year.
You are showing everyone, especially newbies how to save money and prep.
Good on ya!
ainitfunny
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Keep an eye out for rolls of sealer bags AT THRIFT STORES, yard and estate sales.
I have quite a few I've bought for $.50 or $1 a box with only a couple missing.
The sealer machiine itself can be found used for $2-$5 or $6!
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SouthernBreeze
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I found out the hard way this morning about not using a FoodSaver. I lost several pounds of ground beef, because it was freezer burned, and smelled bad. Had a date of early 2020 on it all. I've just been using freezer storage bags, but most of what I have in the freezer is less than 1 year old and fine, except for this pocket of meat that was way down on the bottom of one freezer. It will make good dog food, though.
Hopefully, I'll be able to get a FoodSaver, before too long. I'm determined to fit it into our budget somehow.
psychgirl
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It’s a real thing, Im tellin ya.
And other girls have shoe shopping issues, lol
nomifyle
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They are not all filled to the brim, pretty full though except for the upright, its unplugged for the time being.
In the meantime, double bag high value foods... you could buy a pack of the 2 gallon ziplocks they sell, and put multiple packs of ground beef or whatever in them.
We've used ground beef that was at least 5 years old, and it was absolutely fine... but, it was home grown, and frozen in the heavy plastic "chubs" by our butcher. That way of packaging eliminates all air, which is the key to long storage.
While we're on the subject, "frost free" freezers definitely don't keep food as long as the older manual defrost models... they warm up periodically to melt the frost off the walks and shelves, and that shortens freezer life. You really need to package well if you've got one of the self defrost models.
Summerthyme
tnphil
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Uhhh... are you really sure you want to give your fur kids meat that smells bad?
Here's a link for an inexpensive sealer. Just passing along, I can't personally vouch for it. About $35. The link looks funny after posting, but it should work.
Dwelke Vacuum Sealer, Automatic Food Vacuum Sealer Machines Food Preservation Storage With Dry Moist Modes LED Indicator lnculding 5pcs Food Bag ,Grey - Walmart.com
Arrives by Fri, Dec 22 Buy Dwelke Vacuum Sealer, Automatic Food Vacuum Sealer Machines Food Preservation Storage With Dry Moist Modes LED Indicator lnculding 5pcs Food Bag ,Grey at Walmart.com
www.walmart.com
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SouthernBreeze
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Thanks for the tip about double bagging! I'll do that from now on. We have been buying all our ground beef in "chubs" for the last few months and putting them in gallon freezer bags. 3 chubs will fit in each gallon bag. I've never paid attention enough to know that there were 2 gallon freezer bags. Those would really come in handy!
SouthernBreeze
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Uhhh... are you really sure you want to give your fur kids meat that smells bad?
Here's a link for an inexpensive sealer. Just passing along, I can't personally vouch for it.
Dwelke Vacuum Sealer, Automatic Food Vacuum Sealer Machines Food Preservation Storage With Dry Moist Modes LED Indicator lnculding 5pcs Food Bag ,Grey - Walmart.com
Arrives by Fri, Dec 22 Buy Dwelke Vacuum Sealer, Automatic Food Vacuum Sealer Machines Food Preservation Storage With Dry Moist Modes LED Indicator lnculding 5pcs Food Bag ,Grey at Walmart.comwww.walmart.com
If I cook it first, will it be ok, then? I'll just throw it away if it's not safe.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
I have no idea, but I err on the side of caution and would never give our dogs anything that I am unwilling to eat. Vet bills are way more expensive than a couple of pounds of hamburger.
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
Here is an Amazon link for an inexpensive sealer, similar to the Walmart link I posted earlier. About $36, reasonable reviews for a low-priced model.
ROTFLMAO! Sorry... but you never saw farm and country dogs! They eat days (or weeks) old rotting critters, manure, eggs from a hidden nest that explode when they bite them...
Freezer burned meat isn't going to hurt them at all. It wouldn't *hurt* a human... in more desperate times, you'd toss it into a highly seasoned dish like chili without a qualm.
Summerthyme
SouthernBreeze
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Thank You!
tnphil
Don't screw with an engineer
The freezer burn wouldn't bother me. The bad smell would.
And I do realize their digestive system is different than ours. Heck, our Chocolate Lab eats rocks and sticks. Lol.
As I said, I err on the side of caution. We lost a part-Newfie about 4 years ago due to his eating something bad. Two weeks in the hospital, one week home, then returned to vet's office to cross the bridge.
Freezer burned meat smells bad when it thaws. And yes, there are things dogs can't handle... anything moldy gets put in the compost pile. As long as it wasn't ever thawed before, it shouldn't have any bacterial growth.
Summerthyme
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Yeah, freezer burned meat stinks. You can smell it as it thaws. I've almost gagged on the smell alone not to mention trying to eat it. All meat that I buy comes straight from the store, bagged, dated, and into the freezer it goes. No time for it to spoil. In hard time, I guess I would eat freezer burned meat, or go without, but as long as I don't have to, I ain't.
phloydius
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As Summerthyme said, freezer burnt food is safe to eat, just not so appealing. I have heard people mention that you can "recover" it by putting it in a brine, but I have never researched it.
What I do with freeze burnt meat is I make a stock out of it. The stock does have an 'off' flavor, so I don't can it for longer term storage instead I use it right away. The dishes I make with it would be ones that have a very strong flavor such as a heavily spiced bean recipe (not the lightly spices ones that most people make). Also I don't use it for dishes that have rice in them, because the rice seems to absorb and amply the bad flavor -- but I do not know why.
SouthernBreeze
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Like I said in an earlier post, I can't get past the smell. I wouldn't have a problem with cooking it for our dog.
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