Yup, hot. Real hot. Sunny and humid too.
Friday was a bit of a bust. I got done the stuff outside the house that I needed to do. Did some organization at my secondary space. Picked up some stuff.
Today I need to do some catching up here at the house. I’ve been slack.
I don’t think I mentioned it on Wednesday, but I broke down and vac sealed a bunch of meat for the freezer. 9 pounds of pig roast, into 3 smaller roasts and 4 chops, 6 pounds of hamburger into 1 1/3 pound blocks, 6 pounds of bacon into 1 pound bags, and we ate the steaks I’d bought in the last order. It’s great having <s>some</s> lots of freezer space. I also vac sealed a couple pounds of coffee that I got from my auction guy, $1 / pound. I’d have bought more if he had more in roasts that I like. You get what you see, when you see it if you want it. The vac seal and freezer let you keep it a long time.
Speaking of which, I can’t really imagine prepping without a vac sealer. It lets you keep stuff fresh for a LOT longer than any other packaging technique I know of for the freezer. I’m still using the same one I bought on sale at Costco 5 or six years ago (or maybe 10 years ago). I do have a backup that I picked up at a yard sale (same model), and a couple of backups to that that are simpler and more in the original Seal-a-meal style. I like backups. They were all super cheap at yard sales or thrift stores. Even new in the store, the vac sealer will earn it’s cost back when you can buy cheap bulk food and break it down or when you can buy lots of food when it’s on sale and keep it in good condition for years.
Of course, with a freezer full of food, you’ll want a gennie, or solar setup. Or battery backup and inverters, or hamsters on a wheel…. but that’s prepping too, it’s fractal. And some people have opted for pallets of freeze dried food, or shelves full of canning to avoid worrying about the freezer. If you do that, you need canning supplies, ways to clean them, heat source, storage, etc, and if you go for freeze drieds, you’ll need deep pockets 🙂
Whichever way you go, get busy. You will feel better with food in the pantry. So keep stacking!
nick