What have you done to prep this week?

[bacpacker]

Daca that sounds like a fine project you have going there. I'd love to hear more about it as time permits.

Raven, after some of the post you've put up here, I have no doubt you'll get it done.

I haven't got much done this week except work and clean up some debris around the house from the recently completed work on our house. I did score today however. I've been looking for some wood for siding my chicken coop. I finally got a hit on a sawmill today, went tonight and picked up almost 1000 board feet of fresh sawn white oak. For, wait for it .................................................. ..............$250. I couldn't believe it. I can finish the coop and probably still have close to half of it left over for other projects.
I AM STOKED!

[ladyhk13]

Well we went shopping today and hit the jackpot on canned diced tomato's (10/$10.), beef a roni (I can live on that stuff $1. ea), ham (the kind with the bone in it and sliced - half price so I got 6), rotello (has tomato's and chili peppers in it so I can add it to chili or make a mean cheese dip 10/$10.), rice a roni in the box (10/$10.) whole canned tomato's (10/$10), Knor rice packets (ok, not on sale...$1.39 ea but we eat them a lot), propane bottles (8), 100 ft. of 300#tess line to keep on the 4 wheelers, Tang (4), Hot Cocoa (big box), condensed milk (1/2 price), powdered milk - 2 kinds to try to see if we like either, about 15 gravy packages that were buy one get one free...did pretty good I think!

[ladyhk13]

I finally got all the carpet out, molding out and am waist deep in replacing all the carpet with locking laminate "wood". By...MYSELF, thank you very much. We'll categorize this as practice in: using tools, sleep deprivation, and "yes I canism". I am darn determined I will have it all done before 40 odd people show up at my house for early Thanskgiving when Hubby has his leave. I think I can, I think I can.

You can do it!!! I remilled all of the black walnut for our kitchen and it came out beautifully. So if I can do something like that you can too!!! I have faith in you!

[LUNCHBOX]

I haven't got much done this week except work and clean up some debris around the house from the recently completed work on our house. I did score today however. I've been looking for some wood for siding my chicken coop. I finally got a hit on a sawmill today, went tonight and picked up almost 1000 board feet of fresh sawn white oak. For, wait for it .................................................. ..............$250. I couldn't believe it. I can finish the coop and probably still have close to half of it left over for other projects.
I AM STOKED!

Nice job BP. I just picked some planks myself.

[ladyhk13]

Ok, today went to our local gun and pawn shop and found Cambro Plated Meal Carriers that they use in the military. Our guy said that the military pays $500. for each of these and I got it for $85.00. It will keep food hot or cold for 30 days. Very cool....

[Stormfeather]

Ok....I want to know how to make those!!!!!!

Ask and ye shall receive!!

Pint Sized Chocolate Cake

1 stick plus 3 Tbsp. Butter or Margarine
3 cups White Sugar
4 Eggs
1 Tbsp. Vanilla
2 cups Applesauce, unsweetened
3 cups White Flour
3/4 cup unsweetened Cocoa powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/8 tsp. Salt


Prewash 8 pint-sized wide mouth canning jars (be sure to use the kind that have no shoulders) in hot, soapy water. Rinse well, dry and let them come to room temperature. Grease insides of jar well.
Beat together butter and half of sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and remaining sugar, vanilla and applesauce.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to the applesauce mixture a little at a time: beat well after each addition .
Pour one cup of batter into each jar and carefully remove any batter from the rims.
Place jars in a preheated 325-degree oven and bake for 40 minutes.
While cakes are baking, bring a saucepan of water to a boil and carefully add jar lids. Remove pan from heat and keep lids hot until ready to use.
When the cakes have finished baking, remove jars from oven. Make sure jar rims are clean. (If they're not, jars will not seal correctly)
Place lids on jars, and screw rings on tightly.
Jars will seal as they cool.
Cakes will slide right out when ready to serve.
Unsealed jars should be stored in the refrigerator and eaten within 2 weeks. Sealed jars may be stored with other canned food or placed in a freezer. The cake is safe to eat as long as the jar remains vacuum-sealed and free from mold. If you are concerned about the safety of storing your cakes, an alternative is to store them in the freezer.

That and one last thing!

ENJOY!!

[Sniper-T]

^
Awesome!!!

Thanks

[bacpacker]

I bet my wife will be trying these this weekend.

[JustAPrepper]

Topped off the food storage and found Campbell's Soups on sale at Walmart for .60 a can. Bought two cases and am thinking about going back tomorrow and getting two more.

[Sniper-T]

I bought 25 pounds of white mushrooms on the way home. I'm currently slicing and dicing for the dehydrator. I'll do a bunch in slices, a bunch diced, and a when they're dry, I will grind a bunch up for bullion powder.

mmmm I like mushrooms