Comments on: An Addition On To The Food Storage Room http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=840 Coverin the bases in Miz Judi's Kitchen Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mikki & Butch http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=840#comment-985 Mikki & Butch Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:02:05 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=840#comment-985 We love your food storage building. Right now we are using a back room in our basement. We sold our house, to save money on taxes, insurance, and upkeep expenses. We rent now so we cannot build a building outside, but have been giving thought to one inside our 3-car garage in one corner. A window air unit could be added also. I'd like a way to save garden crop seeds also, any ideas? We have 5 adult kids with families so we are going to ask them to contribute to garden expenses so we can put up enough for all of us with their help of course. My canner pan is starting to rust so will be replacing it this fall. I have even put up some dry dog food in canning jars for our pups. I vacuum-sealed dog food in bags, put it in canning jars to use if we need to for our 3 pups. Got a 6 month supply so far, our dogs are toy breeds and only eat 1/4- 1/2 cup of dry kibble at a time. Made up 12 quarts of an easy low calorie gravy to mix in 1/2 tsp. in each dish to make it somewhat softer for them. They are part of our family. Some friends think we are off the deep end a bit, but we shall see. Thanks for you insulation ideas. We love your food storage building. Right now we are using a back room in our basement. We sold our house, to save money on taxes, insurance, and upkeep expenses. We rent now so we cannot build a building outside, but have been giving thought to one inside our 3-car garage in one corner. A window air unit could be added also. I’d like a way to save garden crop seeds also, any ideas? We have 5 adult kids with families so we are going to ask them to contribute to garden expenses so we can put up enough for all of us with their help of course. My canner pan is starting to rust so will be replacing it this fall. I have even put up some dry dog food in canning jars for our pups. I vacuum-sealed dog food in bags, put it in canning jars to use if we need to for our 3 pups. Got a 6 month supply so far, our dogs are toy breeds and only eat 1/4- 1/2 cup of dry kibble at a time. Made up 12 quarts of an easy low calorie gravy to mix in 1/2 tsp. in each dish to make it somewhat softer for them. They are part of our family. Some friends think we are off the deep end a bit, but we shall see.

Thanks for you insulation ideas.

]]> By: Kimberly http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=840#comment-984 Kimberly Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:41:52 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=840#comment-984 Not too shabby as they say. I probably would have seen how much it would be to get the addition spray foam; that stuff is really great for creating a complete seal as well as insulation. I pressure bottle some things. However, freezing is often the best way to preserve flavour and sometimes texture. Plus, with pressure bottling you often have the vegetables sitting in water which robs the nutrients. Some foods just have too low an acid content and to pressure bottle and be safe you have to process for long times. For example, corn has to stay in the pressure bottler for 85 minutes. Not too shabby as they say. I probably would have seen how much it would be to get the addition spray foam; that stuff is really great for creating a complete seal as well as insulation.

I pressure bottle some things. However, freezing is often the best way to preserve flavour and sometimes texture. Plus, with pressure bottling you often have the vegetables sitting in water which robs the nutrients. Some foods just have too low an acid content and to pressure bottle and be safe you have to process for long times. For example, corn has to stay in the pressure bottler for 85 minutes.

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