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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on October 17, 2010, 03:05:25 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x81300
Oh my.
old mark (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-16-10 02:20 PM
THE OLD PRIMITIVE
Original message
If you can get produce grown in your area, by all means try it! we get a lot of local fruits and veggies this time of year...just bought some winesap apples, red bell peppers and a cauliflower this morning, along with some homemade peanut butter, with nothing in it but peanuts - not even salt!
This is so much better than shipped, agribusiness produce it is like two different things.
If you haven't done this, please try it - you will be amazed.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-16-10 04:02 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
Response to Original message
1. Been doing this for years now.
Local, grassfed meats and poultry straight from the farm, too. It's totally worth it, nothing beats it.
Hmmm. Mrs. Alfred Packer showed up.
The hippyhubby Wild Bill must be out, and so she's sneaking on the computer. One suspects Wild Bill's out with his brother--the one with both eyes on the same side of his nose--building a still in the woods of northeastern Oklahoma.
old mark (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-16-10 04:27 PM
THE OLD PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #1
2. We got a larger freezer a few weeks ago, and will visit a local stand at the farmer's market for meats to fill it. You are right, nothing beats it. FWIW, we baked the cauliflower this afternoon and it is incredible.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-16-10 04:39 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
Response to Reply #2
3. We have a local state-wide coop that delivers once a month so I only stock up for a month, plus we try not to eat too much meat even if it is the healthier stuff.
I only have the freezer over my fridge and I'm always afraid of loosing too much in a power outage. It has happened so that keeps me from going overboard stocking too much frozen meat.
Actually, there's a story behind Mrs. Alfred Packer's freezer.
A couple of years ago, Mrs. Alfred Packer confided in her husband Wild Bill that there was nothing in the world she wanted more than a chest freezer.
Wild Bill told her no, because the electricity might go out.
That the electricity might go out however doesn't seem to prevent the presence of other electrical appliances in the Packer household.
Wild Bill was just being a cheap old tightwad, not wanting to spend the money.
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You know I've been thinking about the Packers. They live in oil country. Oil has as a byproduct, gas. Gas is plentiful and cheap in their part of the world. There's absolutely no reason at all with their history of power outages to not have a standby generator.
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Salt, pepper, sugar and flour is just about all my mother bought at the grocery store when I was growing up. I just didn't know how good I had it.
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Hippies love their vegetables. :evillaugh:
Too bad they didn't feel the same about water and soap. :banghead:
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Wal Mart to sell more local produce (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS298623779620101015)
Shhh, don't tell the DUmmies.
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Actually, there's a story behind Mrs. Alfred Packer's freezer.
A couple of years ago, Mrs. Alfred Packer confided in her husband Wild Bill that there was nothing in the world she wanted more than a chest freezer.
Wild Bill told her no, because the electricity might go out.
That the electricity might go out however doesn't seem to prevent the presence of other electrical appliances in the Packer household.
Wild Bill was just being a cheap old tightwad, not wanting to spend the money.
They should probably invest in a generator, we've borrowed my in-laws a few times and we're thinking of getting our own.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x81300
Oh my.
Hmmm. Mrs. Alfred Packer showed up.
The hippyhubby Wild Bill must be out, and so she's sneaking on the computer. One suspects Wild Bill's out with his brother--the one with both eyes on the same side of his nose--building a still in the woods of northeastern Oklahoma.
Actually, there's a story behind Mrs. Alfred Packer's freezer.
A couple of years ago, Mrs. Alfred Packer confided in her husband Wild Bill that there was nothing in the world she wanted more than a chest freezer.
Wild Bill told her no, because the electricity might go out.
That the electricity might go out however doesn't seem to prevent the presence of other electrical appliances in the Packer household.
Wild Bill was just being a cheap old tightwad, not wanting to spend the money.
LOL! Lessee here... I guess I ain't buying a PC, fridge, iron ,etc because the power might go out. I got a freezer and when the power goes out, I usually don't open it up until it comes on. I can understand if maybe your power goes out in the summer a lot... but sheesh, buy a generator.
Oh wait... we are talking about Dummies here. :banghead:
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I just ate one of the juciest and sweetest navel oranges I've ever had. It had a sticker on it that said South Africa.
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I just ate one of the juciest and sweetest navel oranges I've ever had. It had a sticker on it that said South Africa.
HA HA! :cheersmate: