SMART PREPPING

WE COVER PREPPING FROM ALL SIDES WHAT TO STORE BUT NOT WHEN OR HOW. SO I'M STARTING A NEW SERIES CALLED SMART PREPPING WE WILL COVER DIFFERENT DISHES EVERY WEEK AND HOW TO PUT IT AWAY FOR LATTER. SO LETS BEGIN

LAST TIME I WAS HOME MY WIFE HAD BOUGHT A LARGE HAM FOR DINNER MUCH MORE THAN WE COULD CONSUME IN A SINGLE MEAL SO WE HAD DINNER AND CANNED THE REST 6 QT JARS PUT UNDER THE BED.


WE STARTED WITH A LARGE UN SMOKED UNCOOKED HAM AND WE RUBBED IT DOWN IN BUBBA RUB PLACED INSIDE AN OVEN BAG AND COOKED AT 240 FOR 9 HRS. WE RUBBED IT DOWN THE NITE BEFORE AND PLACED IT IN THE FRIDGE OVER NITE IN THE OVEN BAG WRAPPED IN 2 WALMART SACKS. IN THE MORNING WE PUT THE HAM IN OUR ROASTER PAN OVEN BAG AND ALL ADDED A CAN OF COKE SEALED THE BAG AND COOKED ALLDAY WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR DINNER WE PULLED THE HAM OUT SNIPED OPEN THE BAG REACHED IN AND PULLED THE BONE. AT THIS POINT ALL THE MEAT IS LYING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG WE PICKED OUT ENOUGH FOR DINNER AND PLACED THE REST IN A LARGE STOCK POT COVERED IN ITS JUICES TO STAY MOIST.
AFTER DINNER THE FUN BEGIN .

WE STARTED WITH 8 CLEAN WARM JARS. WE THEN TAKE A LARGE PAN AND DRAIN THE HAM JUICES INTO THE BOWL THROUGH A COLANDER LEAVING THE HAM EASY TO CAN. WE RETURN THE JUICES TO THE STOCK POT AND ADD 4-6 CUPS HOT WATER AND BRING TO A BOIL.

WE GOT DOWN OUR PRESHER COOKER ( THANKS FRED) AND PUT IT ON THE STOVE ABOUT 1/3 FULL WATER ON A HIGH HEAT.

AFTER THE HAM JUICES START TO BOIL WE TURN OFF THE HEAT AND LADDIE THE JARS FULL TO WITH IN 1 INCH OF THE TOP. PUT ON THE LIDS AND RINGS AND PLACED 4 JARS IN THE PRESHER COOKER LOCK DOWN THE LID SET THE POT AT 10 LBS AND AFTER IT STARTS TO STEAM START THE CLOCK 1 1/2 HRS. AFTER WE START WE SIT AND PLAY GAMES OR WATCH TV TALK WHAT EVER .

AFTER 1 1/2 HR WE TURN OFF THE HEAT AND LET THE PRESHER BLEED OFF ( SAFETY NOTE THE LIDS ON THE JARS WERE TIGHT WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THE COOKER AND ARE VERY HOT DO NOT BANG JARS OR TRY TO COOL WITH WATER THEY WILL EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) WE PLACE A TOWEL ON THE DRYER AND PUT THE JARS ON THE TOWEL TO COOL ( CONTENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BOIL IN JARS) USE JAR LIFTERS. WE LET OUR JARS SIT OUT FOR 6 - 7 DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY SEAL AND THE TOPS DON'T POP UP IN THE CENTER . IF THIS HAPPENS TOSS OUT .

NOW NOT WANTING TO WAST SPACE IN THE NEXT LOAD WE HAD SOME CABBAGE SOUP LEFT OVER FROM LUNCH WE RE HEATED IT AND FILLED 2 JARS SO I WOULD HAVE A FULL COOKER ( 4 JARS) AND REPEATED THE ABOVE STEPS EXCEPT WHEN THE 1 1/2 HR TIME WAS UP WE SHUT OFF THE HEAT AND WENT TO BED LEAVING THE JARS TO COOL IN THE COOKER .

SO AS A RECAP WE PUT UP 8 JARS OF GREAT FOOD AT NO EXTRA COST AND VERY LITTLE XTRA EFFORT . WE WASTED NO FOOD SAVED SOME MONEY AND ADDED TO OUR PREPS . WE DID THE SAME THING THE NEXT NITE 4 JARS OF BRISKET SLICES WITH SPUDS AND MANO SALSA ( NOTE ONLY 3 JARS SEALED SO I HAD BRISKET FOR LUNCH THE NEXT DAY ) SO IN 2 DAYS I PUT UP 11 JARS AND GAVE MYSELF A LOT OF PEACE OF MIND. NEXT TIME WE WILL COVER MADDOG SURVIVAL SOUP MIX..

BUBBA RUB --- IS BROWN SUGAR SALT PEPPER SAGE ROSEMARY THYME AND CHILI POWDER WITH ONION AND GARLIC POWDER TO TASTE. FOOD IS NOT JUST FOOD ITS LOVE SHARE SOME-------MADDOG

MANGO SALSA FOR FRED

FOR MY DEAR FRIEND FRED I'M POSTING MANGO SALSA---

• 2 MANGO'S (PEELED AND DICED)
• 2 PEACHES (PEELED AND DICED)
• CILANTRO DICED 1/4 CP APP
• 2 MILD PEPPERS
• 1 LEMON ROLLED AND JUICED
• 1 SMALL TOMATO DICED
• PLACE ALL THINGS IN LARGE BOWL MIX WELL LET SIT 2 HRS

FRED STUFF THEM PORK CHOPS GIVE YOUR FAMILY A BIG HUG AND REMEMBER WITH FOOD ITS ABOUT LOVE ....LOVE YA MAN ..PAUL

The well armed Prepper UPDATE

Over the years we have talked about the well armed prepper. What guns we should have in your preps. I fell I have failed my readers in this area and will make amends today. After having talked to some friends of mine who teach personal protection classes . We talked alot about the untrained person and they pointed out some very good points I must cover first in the use of shotguns for defence . there is a human condition called SHORT STROKING of a pump shotgun --- this accrues when the slide is not fully slid all the way back and then moved forward causing a incomplete ejection and a jam when the next round is chambered. It has been told to me that the only way to overcome this is practice lots and lots of practice--- I would have never have thought of this because I shoot a lot 300 rnds last time I was home and i do this regularly.
So if you don't practice this can happen to you when it counts there for them who don't have the time to practice I would recommend you get a single shot topper ( most shotgun battles end after the first shot) --maddog

I'm a Cowboy and a AMERICAN

I don't wear chaps but I do wear jeans.

I ride a different kind a horse.

I don't push forty head of bad tempered steers.

I do push forty ton of steel.

Like the cowboy of old I"m

devoted to my craft. For I am a cowboy.

Rain,snow,or shine I'm here.

Be it day or nite, hot or cold

I push my load to market.

I like the cowboy of old

have the greatest view of our

nation. Big bold beautiful

AMERICA.

My country my land my home.

The land of my fathers who would

weep for the nation the freely gave of blood

and LIFE to ensure FREEDOM for the son's.

What do I have to give? and to whom do I have it to share?

I would give of my life for my AMERICA.

THE LAND OF THE FREE.

FREEDOM a word that's on its way out.

I cry for my brothers who went

before me . Were there lives wasted?

At what point do Americans stand up?

I'm standing on the apex screaming

and my voice go's unheard . My body

shakes with anger at the silence.

I have seen America through a windshield

and she is mighty . Her PEOPLE strong

but still I stand alone as darkness

fall's on our nation I will fade to black

a footnote in some paper lost to history.

My line a SLAVE to the STATE.

forgotten are the HERO'S

Falling victim to time and lost are

the pages of the book of liberty.

for she to will be gone....

I AM A COWBOY AND A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN.

MADDOG