Yeah, preserving is great. All our applesauce and jam is homemade, and quite a bit else. Yummy.
Today’s project: take 4 lbs. ground beef, cook into 150 meatballs, freeze. I will then have easy and cheap meat for many meals (spaghetti and meatballs, cheapo beef stroganoff, and ‘Chinese’ rice dish are what I use them for).
Somewhat of a hijack? You decide…
A Modest Proposal
LNO,
University of Minnesota, silly. How many Ag Studies departments are there in the Twin Cities? How many Universities for that matter? Last I checked, University of St. Thomas didn’t have an Ag department (but I hear they do sell cut rate Bibles used by the Seminary students).
Don’t know if they still do it - it was a couple years ago. But its worth a phone call or two.
Bullets are cheap, cows are slow—but heavy. Don’t get greedy, pick a little’un. “slow elk” is good eatin!!! Get a friend to help with the haul out so you don’t have to linger too long in the hunting area.
Seriously though, there are lots of ways to get food without buying it. Fishing, if you already have the gear, is a good one. I started a few berry bushes a few years ago and now I have strawberries and raspberries coming out of my ears. I end up giving a lot away, but I bet I could sell them if i tried. Jam is easy to make (buy used canning jars at garage sales, the damn things are expensive at the store). An asparagus bed, once started, produces forever. Grow stuff that is expensive, not potatos or onions (though homegrown always tastes way better) unless you have plenty of time. I can tomato juice as well, and that saves a bunch over buying oj and is better to boot. Kids probably wont agree though.
Peanut butter is manna from heaven.
A $200 deep freeze will pay for itself in a year if you shop smart and fill it with fish, meat, and other stuff as it is on sale. I love to barbecue, so when i see good meat on sale I stock up.