Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Ms P" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> You got 3 bucks to feed three people dinner....what you gonna have?
>>>> That's just not going to happen at my house. There's always enough food
>>>> in
>>>> my house to feed the two of us for a good month. Company shows up and I
>>>> can
>>>> throw a meal together out of my pantry and freezer for 4 to 6 people
>>>> fairly
>>>> easily.
>>>>
>>>> I can cut the grocery budget way back if I have to though and hubby never
>>>> knows we're eating cheap.
>>>>
>>>> I could do a whole list of budget meals since I did it for years and years
>>>> when my kids were at home and I was single.
>>>>
>>>> Ms P
>>> Dad and I, and even the pets, could live out of what is in our freezer
>>> and the can pantry for a month, easily.
>> At least three months or more worth in our pantry and freezer, the
>> greater majority of it home preserved.
>
> Home preserved... That's a good thing. :-)

We don't know any other way to live. We will have been married 49 years
in December and both came from families that grew and preserved their
own food. Our pressure canner was bought in either 1964 or 1965, neither
of us remembers. It still works fine so we keep on using it. We've
probably worn out a dozen or more boiling water bath canners and I'm not
going to estimate the amount of jars we've gone through. It's still fun
so I guess we will keep on doing it. Plus we know what goes into our food.