Week 48

Well I couldn't get Blog to work yesterday so back to posting this on Thursday this week.

We had all different weather yesterday. 
Rain, sleet, snow, a few minutes of sun and of course high winds gusting to around 55 MPH. 
A lot of the snow has melted off with this warm front and we are down to our ice layer in many places. Makes it real fun going up and coming down from the chicken coop.

Another cold front hits this weekend with intermittent days of snow.


Dave said our road had a tree down all most all the way across the road when he went to work yesterday, but he managed to get around it on the side.


Still working on quilts this week.
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New 51 Week Storage Ideas Week Forty Eight

 

This is for two (2) people so buy according to your family’s size.

 

Non-food list:

 

Wind up radio: 1 at the very least.

Reminder-How To Books: On cooking outdoors over an open fire, cooking in Dutch ovens, camping, trapping, living out doors, gardening, cooking over wood stoves, repairing clothing, making moccasins, knitting or any others that interest you or those in your home. Many can be picked up as used books or information printed off the Internet.

Plastic: 2 large rolls. (Even 3 mil. thick works) Can be used for so many things, even as replacement if a window is broken.

 

Food list:

 

Baking soda: 2 mediums or 1 large (you will be surprised how much you will use from cooking to brushing your teeth and adding to wash water.)

Spices: 1 or 2 containers of each you feel you use a lot of. As in Cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, ginger, pickling spice, garlic, onion, sage or poultry spice, red peppers etc.

 

Recipe:

 

Graham Crackers

This recipe is from the Making The Best Of Basics Family Preparedness Handbook

We enjoy these.

½ cup butter or margarine

2/3 cup brown sugar- firmly packed in measuring cup

2 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

(½ cup water)

Cream butter and sugar. Mix remaining dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternating with ½ cup water. Mix well, let stand 30 minutes. Roll the dough out on a floured surface to about 1/8 inch thickness. Cut in 1-inch squares (or size you like)

and put on a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until slightly browned.