[bigwheel]

A magical place of hunting, fishing, camping, sports, and grilling wonder.
They only exist in the southeastern part of the country.

Beg to differ but we got several within range of me and the geriatric tricyle up in Foat Wurth and we aint generally considered SE lol. Last I was in one they had one checker and a hundred folks trying to check out. So I I just set my stuff down and walked out. They dont know much of anything about bicycles either.

 

[bigwheel]

I been busy churning out home made cigarettes to barter.

 

[Spenser]

A magical place of hunting, fishing, camping, sports, and grilling wonder.
They only exist in the southeastern part of the country.

They used to extend into the upper midwest but all those stores are closed now.

Thx for the information Gents..

 

[NotTooProudToHide]

Lately I've been picking up bulk rice and lentils, not the culinary apex by any stretch of imagination but will keep my belly full.

 

[Spenser]

Lately I've been picking up bulk rice and lentils, not the culinary apex by any stretch of imagination but will keep my belly full.

Well, that depends on the person cooking then, as I have seen some culinary masterpieces using those two ingredients as the main ingredient. (my way of saying not to shabby of a prep)

There was this Indian Chef that comes to mind that made a delicious Indian lemon-curry Lentil soup.
If memory serves, the recipe:
Yellow lentils
onion
ground coriander
lemon juice & lemon zest
chicken stock
curry powder
garam masala
fresh grounded Himalayan Salt & freshly grounded Black Pepper
Slow cooked then pureed. Topped with fresh cilantro


With regard to the rice, the Chinese make a dish they call Congee. For those not aware of this dish, it is a soup, (kind of like porridge) it's soup base is purely rice and broth, the rice is not chunky;the rice grains become so saturated with liquid that they break down, forming a thick, buttery, porridge-like consistency. , and they add fix ins to the Congee like preserved pork or fish, or fermented bean curd or 100 year old Duck egg, or a fresh or cooked Quail egg. Some rather their Congee plain, like having Cream of Wheat.

There are numerous "Congee" joints here in both Flushing China Town * NYC China Town. They would consider your rice not only a culinary apex, but a necessity for the creation of their soups.

 

[NotTooProudToHide]

Well, that depends on the person cooking then, as I have seen some culinary masterpieces using those two ingredients as the main ingredient. (my way of saying not to shabby of a prep)

There was this Indian Chef that comes to mind that made a delicious Indian lemon-curry Lentil soup.
If memory serves, the recipe:
Yellow lentils
onion
ground coriander
lemon juice & lemon zest
chicken stock
curry powder
garam masala
fresh grounded Himalayan Salt & freshly grounded Black Pepper
Slow cooked then pureed. Topped with fresh cilantro


With regard to the rice, the Chinese make a dish they call Congee. For those not aware of this dish, it is a soup, (kind of like porridge) it's soup base is purely rice and broth, the rice is not chunky;the rice grains become so saturated with liquid that they break down, forming a thick, buttery, porridge-like consistency. , and they add fix ins to the Congee like preserved pork or fish, or fermented bean curd or 100 year old Duck egg, or a fresh or cooked Quail egg. Some rather their Congee plain, like having Cream of Wheat.

There are numerous "Congee" joints here in both Flushing China Town * NYC China Town. They would consider your rice not only a culinary apex, but a necessity for the creation of their soups.

I try to pick up a couple extra's when I do my normal shopping as well. I like to keep plenty of canned goods/spices in my pantry along with a full freezer. You just never know when something could pop up that causes a run on the grocery stores or shuts them down all together.

 

[JosCND]

Today I went down the flea market, to scratch around in the dust. I came up with a gardening tool that I can I can use for small entrenchment and maintenence (looks sorta like this Mini Tiller - Lee Valley Tools [Admins, I'll delete this if you don't like the link]). He wanted $40 bucks for it, but I mannaged to talk him down to $25. The way I look at this, I got a tool to help me prep and maintain my house, I got a lesson in haggeling, and I got a pretty sweet looking anti-zombie weapon too haha!
Edit: I want to file up the edges to get them nice a sharp.
2nd Edit: I also picked up another can of fish more than I need for food supplies.

 

[Spenser]

I came up with a gardening tool that I can I can use for small entrenchment and maintenence

It is a useful tool for gardening. I also suggest getting a Scuffle Hoe, a regular Garden Hoe, machete, hatchet, folding handsaw, and a hole maker tool. With those gardening tools, you can do pretty much anything.

 

[Back Pack Hack]

Stopped by the local coin shop and picked up a couple c-notes worth of constitutional silver.

 

[One Shot]

I picked up a set of RCBS .303 British reloading dies and a Lyman expander die for $20, I've been using a Lee loader for over 30 years but couldn't pass up this deal.
Bought 10 pounds of mixed beans/lentils/split peas and put them in Mylar & O2 absorber pouches...rainy day fun.

 

[Back Pack Hack]

Another $100 dropped on constitutional silver at the local coin store.

 

[Back Pack Hack]

Picked up another LP cylinder from FB Marketplace. $15. It has half full, so it wasn't much to top it off.

 

[Back Pack Hack]

Added eight 2023 Britannias to my stack o' silver.

 

[PAPrepper]

Ammo purchase.

 

[Back Pack Hack]

Still more silver for da stack. The local stores have been getting emptied out.

 

[NMPRN]

This is probably TMI for a quick project but...

Installed a neat little downspout diverter that feeds two hose bibs. These take about 5 minutes to install and they give you some good options to handle rain water collection.

the diverter slides into the downspout and the hose bib clips into it (tape measure for scale)

this size diverter takes a 2 1/8" hole saw (Sharpie for scale)

two screws hold the diverter in place

the hose bib clips into the diverter, the valve has left, right, both or off. (there's plenty of room for the rear hose, it's just a bad camera angle)

This downspout is slated to feed two 55 gallon drums but the bibs give me the option to fill trash cans, recycle bins, kiddie pools or whatever else I can find that'll hold water.

 

[Back Pack Hack]

I have two of those (not exactly the same design but performs the same function) on my place.

Do you have a couple of short hoses handy to start collection water in containers if you need to do so on short notice?

 

[NMPRN]

Do you have a couple of short hoses handy to start collection water in containers if you need to do so on short notice?

My new dog has ensured that I have hoses of every length. He chews a hole in the hose, I cut the bad part out and put new ends on what's left. ...were a team 😂

 

[Back Pack Hack]

My new dog has ensured that I have hoses of every length. He chews a hole in the hose, I cut the bad part out and put new ends on what's left. ...were a team 😂

And you can use the longer ones to water the garden! Win-win!

 

[Spenser]

Prep 1: Weekly meals: Made 4 lbs. of chicken in my Crock Pot for the purpose of having Chicken stock. Now have 4 quarts worth of stock, and 3 lbs. of chicken (dang bones). The pulled chicken will become BBQ pulled chicken, chicken salad, & also for the chicken soup.

Bought three 3oz containers of Nu Salt a salt substitute. Seems like every damn store in my area aer completely out of "Nu-salt", "No Salt" and Morton's salt substitute so I went to Amazon.com and bought these salt substitutes as I am practically out. Sadly they wont get here for another 5 days, but free shipping, & it was a dollar cheaper per Nu Salt then stores usually sells.

Added water & nutrients to all my AeroGardens, 2 Basil plants have reached 21 inches tall. 10 varieties of hot peppers will be harvesting peppers by this time next month

added a trellis to the far right basil plant to keep it upright, and placed a small pot on the smaller AeroGarden that is germinating mint plants.

Picked up 4 cases of Campbells Soups, and since I bought them out during their sale 4 for $5, I was able to get 3 rainchecks totaling 2 1/2 more cases in the future at that price.

I have several extra large 3 wick scented candles, and unwrapped one of them and lit the wicks & let burn for a couple of minutes; blew them out & poured out the melted wax, and repeated these steps 4 more times to "condition" or "setup" these candles to be ready to use if the power goes out. This method ensures larger wicks, which translates to brighter illumination.