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Here comes the food shock!
« on: April 10, 2011, 04:33:43 PM »
I got an email earlier this week, and just confirmed it with a neighbor who works in a local supermarket.  It said that almost all of the farms in Mexico that provide a whole bunch of the produce that companies like Birdseye and the like convert into frozen food . . . had anywhere from 95% to 100% crop loss this winter.  What does that mean?  Vegetable prices are about to skyrocket.  Not only that, but what will be available is going to be of far lesser quality. :o :o :o

Said neighbor said that they got a letter which said exactly what I typed above, a few weeks ago.  She also said that this would last two growing seasons--through the summer, that is.  Couple this with Obumbler issuing regs through the EPA that raises the ethanol percentage allowed in gasoline from 10% to 15%, and this is going to be a tough year for food prices.  I just planted, in pots, tomato seeds and pepper seeds today.  I don't want to pay for plants in a few weeks, when the prices are going to be up there. :argh:

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2011, 05:09:36 PM »
Yup.  That is why I started a garden this year.  And, if you haven't already done so, stock up on your cotton goods, sheets, towels, t-shirts, etc.  China suffered some serious storms affecting their cotton crops and the prices are already going up.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2011, 05:13:49 PM »
I saw this first on WUWT some weeks ago.

On a semi-related topic -

I'm waiting to see what effects the epic flooding in this country recently will have on a few crops.

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2011, 05:21:31 PM »
Yup.  That is why I started a garden this year.  And, if you haven't already done so, stock up on your cotton goods, sheets, towels, t-shirts, etc.  China suffered some serious storms affecting their cotton crops and the prices are already going up.

In addition to the stuff I'm going to be planting all over the patio, my wife and I are one of the original seven couples that are going to be starting our church's Parish Community Garden.  We had the first organizational meeting this past Thursday.  Each of the original seven couples was guaranteed a plot (20'x15', at least) in the garden.  We know that as soon as the first dirt is disked, we're going to be having people come out of the woodwork who want to get in on it.  Also, I'm in on a Community Sponsored Agriculture share where I work.  Hopefully, that'll provide enough produce for the three of us--and a few others that I want to help.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2011, 07:10:08 PM »
"Vegetables" you say?  I seem to remember hearing of some such thing, as a child, but that was so long ago...
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2011, 07:15:48 PM »
CSA's aren't prevalent here, so there are year waiting lists.  Total suck, because I would love to join one.  It would give me a great opportunity to test out my canning and preserving for a good price.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2011, 11:32:29 PM »
I've been looking for the right type of planters to use for our own little garden.  It sucks renting because you don't have a lot of space.  Our patio faces east and we get sunlight on it almost all day.  Unfortunately, our triple digit heats are right around the corner.  I really don't think tomatoes can hold up.  But any peppers I plant should be fine... I would think anyway.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2011, 04:23:42 AM »
"Vegetables" you say?  I seem to remember hearing of some such thing, as a child, but that was so long ago...

I didn't want to offend anyone's sensibilities by saying "v*****s," ya know? :tongue:
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2011, 11:09:59 AM »
I didn't want to offend anyone's sensibilities by saying "v*****s," ya know? :tongue:

You should also say 'vegetables' because it looks really bad if you're trying to plant vagina's.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2011, 11:25:46 AM »
You should also say 'vegetables' because it looks really bad if you're trying to plant vagina's.

Ploughing and seeding them, on the other hand...

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2011, 11:56:17 AM »
"Vegetables" you say?  I seem to remember hearing of some such thing, as a child, but that was so long ago...

That's just about all I've been subsisting on since mid-January.  :whatever:

My lard ass isn't so lard-y as a result. But yeah, I just don't see myself paying $4.60 for a freakin' eggplant.

Oh, DAT? Just so's ya know -- there ain't no "egg" in them there eggplants.

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2011, 12:39:50 PM »
Oh, DAT? Just so's ya know -- there ain't no "egg" in them there eggplants.

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WTF!!!???!!!  It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2011, 12:42:52 PM »
That's just about all I've been subsisting on since mid-January.  :whatever:

My lard ass isn't so lard-y as a result. But yeah, I just don't see myself paying $4.60 for a freakin' eggplant.

Oh, DAT? Just so's ya know -- there ain't no "egg" in them there eggplants.

 :-)

Just like there is no spaghetti in spaghetti squash.  Not even close.   :-)
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2011, 03:09:28 PM »
Just like there is no spaghetti in spaghetti squash.  Not even close.   :-)

Oh :bs:  As an avid veggie and especially SQUASH hater, that's one of the few veggies that I will eat. It's close, if prepared properly.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2011, 03:11:11 PM »
Oh :bs:  As an avid veggie and especially SQUASH hater, that's one of the few veggies that I will eat. It's close, if prepared properly.

I love vegetables, especially squash, and really don't care at all for spaghetti squash at all.  I won't buy it in a store, I wouldn't order it in a restaraunt, but if I was at someone's house, and they served it to me I would eat it.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2011, 03:13:17 PM »
I love vegetables, especially squash, and really don't care at all for spaghetti squash at all.  I won't buy it in a store, I wouldn't order it in a restaraunt, but if I was at someone's house, and they served it to me I would eat it.

Not me. Mrs E made that shit and I told her NFW was I gonna eat that.

I wanna eat a damned plant that looks like worms? I don't think so...... :bolt:
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2011, 03:16:11 PM »
I love vegetables, especially squash, and really don't care at all for spaghetti squash at all.  I won't buy it in a store, I wouldn't order it in a restaraunt, but if I was at someone's house, and they served it to me I would eat it.


I absolutely LOVE spaghetti. However, having diabetes, it's really a bad idea for me to be consuming any type of pasta. I've found spaghetti squash as a viable alternative to pasta. The first couple of times I tried to prepare it, I failed. It sucked. Now that I have it down pat, it's OK. Not a GREAT replacement for pasta, but acceptable. I've also had zucchini used in place of lasagna noodles. The zucchini has a lot of water in it, so, one needs to compensate for that.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2011, 03:53:34 PM »
Not me. Mrs E made that shit and I told her NFW was I gonna eat that.

I wanna eat a damned plant that looks like worms? I don't think so...... :bolt:

I meant, if I was a dinner guest.  I was raised with really good manners.   O-)

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2011, 03:54:47 PM »

I absolutely LOVE spaghetti. However, having diabetes, it's really a bad idea for me to be consuming any type of pasta. I've found spaghetti squash as a viable alternative to pasta. The first couple of times I tried to prepare it, I failed. It sucked. Now that I have it down pat, it's OK. Not a GREAT replacement for pasta, but acceptable. I've also had zucchini used in place of lasagna noodles. The zucchini has a lot of water in it, so, one needs to compensate for that.

I know that it can be good, and it is super good for you, but I have tried it several times, and there is just something off-putting about it.  I don't know what it is.  Have you ever used eggplant instead of lasagna noodles?
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2011, 04:50:59 PM »
I know that it can be good, and it is super good for you, but I have tried it several times, and there is just something off-putting about it.  I don't know what it is.  Have you ever used eggplant instead of lasagna noodles?

No, I don't care for eggplant except when it is battered & fried w/ a little sugar sprinkled on it after it's fried. It's a tad bitter for my tastes.
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« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2011, 06:53:07 PM »
No, I don't care for eggplant except when it is battered & fried w/ a little sugar sprinkled on it after it's fried. It's a tad bitter for my tastes.

See that is why I like it and not spaghetti squash.  Sweet things I don't like so much.  If I make butternut or acorn squash, I have to tone down the sweetness with sage or nutmeg. 
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2011, 11:34:07 PM »
See that is why I like it and not spaghetti squash.  Sweet things I don't like so much.  If I make butternut or acorn squash, I have to tone down the sweetness with sage or nutmeg. 

I don't consider spaghetti squash "sweet". The only way my grandma could get me to eat eggplant (which she almost always fried) was to sprinkle a little sugar on it. I wouldn't eat squash (except pumpkins) until the last decade or so.

And then there's rutabagas, beets and turnips........ :puke:
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2011, 06:15:29 AM »
I don't consider spaghetti squash "sweet". The only way my grandma could get me to eat eggplant (which she almost always fried) was to sprinkle a little sugar on it. I wouldn't eat squash (except pumpkins) until the last decade or so.

And then there's rutabagas, beets and turnips........ :puke:

My dehydrator has been going 24/7 now for a month and I have put up a good 25 pounds of vegetables that are on the discount rack at the grocery store, this is the weight after dehydrating and one pound of dehydrated food weighs in at 3-4 ounces.   

I found that when ham steaks go in sale, when dehydrated, placed in the blender with garlic and some crushed red pepper and turned into almost a flour like consistency it becomes just like the small packages of ham seasoning one gets in a bag of dried beans from the store at a double the price of just a bag on plain beans.

I am now experimenting with greens, lettuce leaves, cabbage, soon the collard greens, spinach, beet greens etc to see how they turn out.

Tomatoes are the best and easiest thing to dry, I just slice them up fill 2 trays on the then chop up onions for the 3 tray and bell peppers on the forth tray when all trays are dry I bag them all together for use as I would stewed tomatoes.  I do add spices to the bag, garlic powder onion salt etc.

It is really surprising the cut down on shelf space when those cans of stuff have been dried down to a 3 oz. sandwitch zip lock bag.

My next project tomorrow is to dry cooked hamburger and prepare it as I did with the ham. Directions for this is to fry up the hamberger, pour off the fat or strain off the fat place in a covered container with enough water to cover and place in the refrigerator until any left over fat comes to the surface.  remove the fat season and then dry.

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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2011, 01:08:30 PM »
The tomatoes I started from seeds (a week ago), along with the pepper seeds I started, still haven't sprouted yet.  I bought a "container" cherry tomato plant yesterday at Home Depot, along with some spinach and broccoli seeds, and just planted some of the spinach in the window box I also bought.  Everything's out on the patio today, as we get a fair amount of sun on the patio in the afternoon.

We found out, for the parish community garden, that there's some sort of cable running through there.  Don't know which--high-speed internet, electric, some sort of gas line--we don't know what.  One of the original 7 is making calls this week.  We hope to have the field disked sometime soon, once we figure out whose it is and how deep it is.
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Re: Here comes the food shock!
« Reply #24 on: April 17, 2011, 01:19:58 PM »
Does your state/city have an information line?  We're required by law to call 811 and tell them of any digging that is planned.  They will come out to your place and mark all electrical/communications/gas lines at no charge.
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