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Brent S said:
I saw groceries were up 6% from last year but it seems like a lot more than that to me. Stocking up is a good idea.
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you are right I have seen some price increases but I make good money and can deal with the increase except for BEEF that has gone through the roof,,,,if you don't raise you own beef I don't see how anyone can afford anything but hamburger,,,,and most of it is over $5.00 a pound
 
I'm extending my stock of flour a little, because there is a shortage. I also ordered 3 buckets of red hard wheat and 1 bucket of hard white wheat to grind my own if need be, that gives me 8, 5 gallon buckets of red and 5 buckets of white. Each bucket holds 36 lbs.


There is a shortage of aluminum for cans, so soda cans, so Coke and Pepsi are limiting productions to only there popular flavors. Cans of soup are also getting in low supply.
 
Rellgar said:
I'm extending my stock of flour a little, because there is a shortage. I also ordered 3 buckets of red hard wheat and 1 bucket of hard white wheat to grind my own if need be, that gives me 8, 5 gallon buckets of red and 5 buckets of white. Each bucket holds 36 lbs.


There is a shortage of aluminum for cans, so soda cans, so Coke and Pepsi are limiting productions to only there popular flavors. Cans of soup are also getting in low supply.
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I found out about the shortage yesterday,,,,,it came as a surprise
 
Danil54grl said:
Why just hamburger? Not sure how old your bull is but when we had to butcher ours, those were the best hamburgers. He was around 7 yrs old. You get more of a beefy flavor and the meat was darker.
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well it boils down to cost,,,,,even if you butcher your own cow you end up with a lot of hamburger over all cost and final yield of a cow puts you around $5.00 a pound,,,,I can still get hamburger at the store for $3.00 and under per pound,,,yesterday I got 20lbs for $2.50 per pound,,,simple math,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10lbs tubes for $24.95 each at Walmart
 
grayghost668 said:
well it boils down to cost,,,,,even if you butcher your own cow you end up with a lot of hamburger over all cost and final yield of a cow puts you around $5.00 a pound,,,,I can still get hamburger at the store for $3.00 and under per pound,,,yesterday I got 20lbs for $2.50 per pound,,,simple math,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10lbs tubes for $24.95 each at Walmart
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Sorry I meant to quote Arctic. He seems to be in the same boat we were in last year when we had to put down our bull. I will edit.

as for you buying hamburger, I completely understand.
 
Danil54grl said:
I was talking with hunny yesterday on our way home from the beach. He was telling me that there is some type of gadget (sorry dont know name) you can attach to a tractor that can lift 6 square bails at once to stack but they have to all be side by side. We deal with round bales here. Tractor with a hay spear, no problem.
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I think it's a bale accumulator. The ones I've seen around here pick up 8 bales. The place I'm getting my hay now will load 30 bales at a time on my trailer. They agreed to keep my hay in their barns until I can pick it up. Not many people make small bales around here any more. Mostly 600-2000 pound square bales. I have very little flat ground here so large bales are hard for me to move and stack without tipping the tractor over. I get it up on 2 wheels too often now.
 
Danil54grl said:
Sorry I meant to quote Arctic. He seems to be in the same boat we were in last year when we had to put down our bull. I will edit.

as for you buying hamburger, I completely understand.
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The bull is 4 years old. I may take some other cuts too. I'll probably give most of the meat away. I have a steer in the feed lot now that I'll butcher in September and I don't have the freezer space for all this meat.
I've got a vet scheduled to come up next Thursday to look at the bull and see if he thinks he'll ever breed again.
 
Rellgar said:
I'm extending my stock of flour a little, because there is a shortage. I also ordered 3 buckets of red hard wheat and 1 bucket of hard white wheat to grind my own if need be, that gives me 8, 5 gallon buckets of red and 5 buckets of white. Each bucket holds 36 lbs.


There is a shortage of aluminum for cans, so soda cans, so Coke and Pepsi are limiting productions to only there popular flavors. Cans of soup are also getting in low supply.
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I didn’t know about the flour shortage. Where did you here about it?
 
Rellgar said:
Its all over, because of home baking has skyrocketed. Yeast is also scarse.
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That makes sense. Guess I just missed it. I’ve been baking a lot too, but I always have. Preppers need to make sure they can start their own yeast and know how to keep it going. Always keep plenty of flour and wheat in buckets. Also have more than a couple of manual grinders.
 
Rellgar said:
Its all over, because of home baking has skyrocketed. Yeast is also scarse.
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A friend of ours owns a small bakery in town. She had to shut down for awhile because she couldn't get yeast. Some grocery stores had a limit of 1 small packet of yeast. Just another consequence of the China flu scare.
 
Rellgar said:
I'm extending my stock of flour a little, because there is a shortage. I also ordered 3 buckets of red hard wheat and 1 bucket of hard white wheat to grind my own if need be, that gives me 8, 5 gallon buckets of red and 5 buckets of white. Each bucket holds 36 lbs.


There is a shortage of aluminum for cans, so soda cans, so Coke and Pepsi are limiting productions to only there popular flavors. Cans of soup are also getting in low supply.
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Flour disappeared off the shelves over here during lockdown. It was down to packaging problems rather than a shortage of flour itself. The packing plants could not keep up with demand and flour disappeared off the shelves along with baking powder, baking soda, yeast and other baking ingredients.
Yeast is still difficult to get hold of so I always buy it when I see it now.
It took me a while to replenish the stocks as I normally keep 20lbs of plain, self raising and bread flour in the stores and I'm glad I did because I have only just now managed to get to that level again. I normally practice one out, one in, ha! that was impossible.
 
GeorgiaPeachie said:
I would have no problem doing that! They can be made in cast iron skillets too.
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In our family (both sides) we've never known any other way of making cornbread except in a cast iron skillet! I guess I can remember my mother using the cast iron molds for a while when I was young, but went back to making it in a skillet. Both grandmothers used cast iron skillets and my wife has never made it any other way.
 
DrHenley said:
In our family (both sides) we've never known any other way of making cornbread except in a cast iron skillet! I guess I can remember my mother using the cast iron molds for a while when I was young, but went back to making it in a skillet. Both grandmothers used cast iron skillets and my wife has never made it any other way.
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Same here doc
 
I’m almost ashamed to admit it but jiffy cornbread is still my favorite. I normally don’t like boxed or canned foods but I’ve never had a better tasting corn bread.
 
Brent my husband (the yankee) likes jiffy mix too. That is what his mama made. He also wasn't a rice eater when I met him but rather potatoes. But I have won him over to the no sugar variety. He now eats rice like a pig and loves my Louisiana cooking (or else ) . Smart man ;)
 
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