No One Is Talking About the Mass Food Shortage and Grocery Bill Increases US Is Barreling Toward

[heisable2]

I was watching a video on YouTube about dehydrating frozen vegetables. I tried this about 5 years ago and tried dehydrating a large bag of mixed vegetables. That whole bag fit into a pint size canning jar. About that time I was fixing to move to back to Florida I never did try again to dehydrate frozen vegetables.

But now that there's a food shortage you bet your bottom dollar I'm going to go get some big bags of various frozen vegetables and dehydrate them. I just got a delivery of two boxes of quart size canning jars. I'll use my food saver to suck the air out

Now's the Time for each of us to check out some of the various YouTube channels for how to prepare for a food shortage and how to store your food properly.

Also get yourself some cookbooks about how to use items from your pantry.

If this is serious as they say it's going to be then keep adding things to your larder for hard times and also to help friends and family

I also got another four cases of 16 oz canning jars and I'm going to start canning some of the meat that I've got in my freezer.

So don't keep your heads in the sand and think this is going to pass easily. Get educated to know how to survive. Also it's a comforting thought to know that anything that you have put aside could be used by unsaved family members and Friends.

 

[Belle of Grace]

Prophecy is being fullfilled as foreshadowing of the tribulation the stage being set for Ezekiel 38

Yes, ma'm! This is what Andy Woods was saying just last week. . .stage setting

 

[Everlasting Life]

I tried this about 5 years ago and tried dehydrating a large bag of mixed vegetables.

Do you remember how long it took?

 

[heisable2]

Do you remember how long it took?

It was less than a day. I didn't have an Excalibur food dehydrator. I had one of those food hydrators that have the circular trays that stack up. One big bag of frozen vegetables dehydrated to one pint jar. They look so pretty sitting in there. So give it a try and get a package of mixed vegetables first and see how long it takes. I would imagine the peas wouldn't take as long.

On one of the YouTube videos I saw she even indicated that you could use the dehydrated corn and grind it down to make cornmeal. I would imagine that the corn really has to be dry.

If you've not dehydrated before try dehydrating apples. They're pretty easy to do. I'd suggest taking off the skin.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Herbs are very easy to dry or dehydrate
Most are pretty easy to grow, as well.
Easy way to learn growing and preserving one's own food.
And an excellent way to cut costs because herbs, especially organic, non-irradiated, no-preservative, etc. herbs and spices, are EXPENSIVE!
If herbs are dried in the kitchen, the kitchen smells nice, too
A hanging bamboo rack with a tray underneath to catch stuff that falls is beautiful and functional

 

[RonJohnSilver]

I've noticed here in Texas higher prices but nothing specific or continuous that I can point to as being in short supply. What items, specifically, are in short supply?

Also, regarding Andy's question about specific prophecies being fulfilled....I used to think that the destruction of Damascus (Isaiah 17) was the next item to be checked off. However, I've been reading a lot about that and I'm beginning to think that that specific item may have occurred in the ninth century BC. I read from EnduringWord.com and a book called Russia Rising (Mark Hitchcock) and another commentary all of which pointed out that Aram (Syria) and Ephraim (the dominant tribe of the northern tribes) were in cahoots basically against the southern kingdom (Judah) and because of that alliance and other idolatrous practices, God reduced both lands to basically pastureland. The Damascus verse that is often quoted in verse 1. Verse 2 and following refer to Israel (Ephraim) and related lands. So, my thought is 1. if the chapter is meaning a current/future destruction of Damascus, usually nuclear, it would happen to Israel as well, so kind of a nuclear exchange. 2. In the text, there is reference to idolatrous practices and that seems more in line with an OT type of judgment. A little later in Isaiah, chapter 37 I think, is the destruction of the 185K Assyrians in a night which may be an additional judgment on Syria. I'm pondering both options, and both have some merit, but I'm becoming more doubtful that the Damascus destruction will be next on the prophetic timeline, if it's even on the timeline.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I sometimes dry the cilantro too and have some of that on hand but it loses a lot of what makes cilantro so good when you dry it.

Could you grow a plant on the windowsill or under a grow light and just snip off what you need, when/as needed?

 

[Tall Timbers]

Could you grow a plant on the windowsill or under a grow light and just snip off what you need, when/as needed?

I probably could, but I probably wouldn't. We use a lot of Cilantro. I don't have any windowsills but would need several of them chalk full of Cilantro plants. The stores are stocked back up, and since I buy a lot of it, Fred Meyer's usually gives me a coupon for it.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I don't have any windowsills

Meant to say I don't have any windowsill planters...

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Meant to say I don't have any windowsill planters...

I just figured you meant you had no usable interior windowsills because of quadruple/quintuple pane windows taking up the space

But I don't think anyone needs chalky cilantro

 

[Tall Timbers]

I just figured you meant you had no usable interior windowsills because of quadruple/quintuple pane windows taking up the space

But I don't think anyone needs chalky cilantro

I wish I had quintuple pain windows but the best I could gind were triple pain.

 

[Andy C]

I just read a short article which claimed 20 percent of all workers runs out of money in between each payday.

I remember the financial struggles I had as a junior Marine, raising a family. Never had much to spare back then, and more than a few times the bank account was bare.

 

[heisable2]

Ocala, FL
I watched a YouTube video about stocking up on supplies from Aldi. I got a few good ideas so I decided to go yesterday to check it out. I guess I wasn't surprised about the bareness of the shelves.

The only pasta that I saw was macaroni and cheese and a few boxes of spaghetti and lasagna noodles. There was no pasta like elbow macaroni, rotinis, etc.

I decided to go down the bean aisle and I could not find a can of beans anywhere even amongst the Mexican food. I was looking for kidney beans, garbanzo beans, dried beans. Not a bean in sight.

I was looking for frozen vegetables like mixed vegetables, peas, corn. Nothing there either. I manage to spend $138 on other things that they had.

Today I decided to go to my local Walmart.

The pasta aisle was bare except for elbow macaroni and lasagna noodles. The smaller box of the Walmart brand was cheaper so I bought six boxes.

Picked up some large bags of dried beans and other canned goods. I found some 5 lb rolls of ground chuck and I bought two because I want to make chili and can it.

I managed to spend $300. A lot of money for food that will be used to make things that I can such as soup, chili, etc.

I did find large bags of frozen vegetables and I bought six bags of those. All I have to do is put the vegetables on my dehydrator food trays and it'll take 8 hours to dehydrate. It's a little late now so I'll do that tomorrow.

My extra canning jars came in from Walmart so I will probably make a bunch of chili and can it.

Lastly, I found some of my potatoes that have a lot of eyes on them, so I'm going to plant them for more potatoes. I won't have to buy potatoes for a while.

Over and out. Have a blessed day.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Is it possible to make more money selling marijuana for its food value (green vegetable)? Asking for a friend.

I'm told it makes a good appetizer.

 

[Everlasting Life]

I'm going to plant them for more potatoes. I won't have to buy potatoes for a while.

When do you harvest your potatos?

 

[heisable2]

When do you harvest your potatos?

The potatoes don't take as long to grow as sweet potatoes. They take maybe 4-6 months.
I would say just regular potatoes would take half them at a time the only way to tell is to stick your hand down in the dirt and see if you can find a few

The secret to planning potatoes is not to plant them at the top of your pot. It has to go deep because as the potato grows it keeps moving upwards so to speak as it grows. And if it's planted in the shallow pot the potatoes going to get green and it's going to be toxic to eat.

Another thing good about potatoes is if you forget about some of the little ones in the dirt, they will grow and you'll get more potatoes.

I've read that buying seed potatoes and a nursery is safer because they're bug-free.

I've grown potatoes from my own larder and wait for the little eyes to appear and then cut parts of the potato with one or two eyes on them and plant them. You can use any potato. I'm not sure how the russets would do cuz I've never grown them, but I've grown the red potatoes and the white potatoes.

As a child my mother planted a bunch of little white potatoes out in the backyard and from time to time is the plants grew bigger she'd have one of us go outside at dinner time to get some potatoes from the dirt. I was still pretty young and I always thought that potatoes came from the dirt. Thinking back now my mother was pretty smart woman growing potatoes.

And on another note my grandparents came from Russia. In their story that I wrote for them my grandmother said that many times they would eat potatoes all year long. Potatoes are good for you it isn't just a starch. There's some protein in there and you can fix them all different ways. I thought that was interesting that they would eat potatoes for that amount of time.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

The potatoes don't take as long to grow as sweet potatoes. They take maybe 4-6 months.
I would say just regular potatoes would take half them at a time the only way to tell is to stick your hand down in the dirt and see if you can find a few

The secret to planning potatoes is not to plant them at the top of your pot. It has to go deep because as the potato grows it keeps moving upwards so to speak as it grows. And if it's planted in the shallow pot the potatoes going to get green and it's going to be toxic to eat.

Another thing good about potatoes is if you forget about some of the little ones in the dirt, they will grow and you'll get more potatoes.

I've read that buying seed potatoes and a nursery is safer because they're bug-free.

I've grown potatoes from my own larder and wait for the little eyes to appear and then cut parts of the potato with one or two eyes on them and plant them. You can use any potato. I'm not sure how the russets would do cuz I've never grown them, but I've grown the red potatoes and the white potatoes.

As a child my mother planted a bunch of little white potatoes out in the backyard and from time to time is the plants grew bigger she'd have one of us go outside at dinner time to get some potatoes from the dirt. I was still pretty young and I always thought that potatoes came from the dirt. Thinking back now my mother was pretty smart woman growing potatoes.

And on another note my grandparents came from Russia. In their story that I wrote for them my grandmother said that many times they would eat potatoes all year long. Potatoes are good for you it isn't just a starch. There's some protein in there and you can fix them all different ways. I thought that was interesting that they would eat potatoes for that amount of time.

They also have Vitamin C and potassium.

 

[mattfivefour]

It's not just exploding prices; it's the lack of products on the shelves. Our major grocery chains regularly have large selections of shelving empty or nearly empty with signs apologizing for the missing products. They say they're "working with our suppliers to try to rectify the situation." I was speaking to a man in Romania tonight and he could not believe America was experiencing such problems. He agreed it was like the dark days of the Soviet Union when Russian and Ukrainian and Romanian etc shelves were usually empty. Today he says there are plenty of goods on their store shelves. He asked me what has happened to America. I told him the truth.

 

[TrustinHim]

There is a well known farming community near me, Zellwood. They have a sweet corn festival every year in April or May. This may not happen next year if nitrogen based fertizer becomes unavailable. Zellwood sweet corn is available in Spring because of the warm Central FL climate.
It is.my understanding nitrogen increases yields substantially, by 30% or more. If you have 40 acres to plant but your yield is cut by 30% do you still plant?

Big dairy farms around here use massive amounts of liquid manure to fertilize fields, they have a pipeline if you can believe that. People used to only use manure for fertilizer before WWII I'd guess so food can still be grown without the chemical fertilizer.

 

[Len]

People used to only use manure for fertilizer before WWII I'd guess so food can still be grown without the chemical fertilizer.

In our little country town fellowship we have a few sheep and cattle farmers who are struggling with the cost of fertiliser (for hay feed growth) which has gone from $200 to $600 (not sure if that is per hectare or ton )so were looking at alternatives, which God answered through one of our other church members who runs a poultry shed cleaning business, so has access to truck loads of heavily manured straw which is rich in nitrogen .... but even so they may have to scale back on some production, which makes the meat scarcer and more expensive eh! let alone the wheat and grain farmers