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Amish Heart said:
Now, see, there's no reason, unless they're thinking truck maintenance or gas. Hey, maybe it's a green tax. But we don't even do recycling where I live.
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Well they did send a notice that our services will be changing in June because they passed a law that we now have to put any food waste or food waste covered packaging in the yard and garden now versus the trash bin. Guessing that’s their excuse for the price increase
 
Amish Heart said:
We got a letter from our garbage service that they were going up $8 a month. Why? Husband called them and they said, "Everybody is raising prices". Hmm. Maybe the gas for the truck? We're switching to a small dumpster instead of the three roly bins we've been using. Better price with the increase. And I don't have to move anything to the edge of the driveway on Tuesday night.
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Double R said:
Our trash service went up a few months back. Just got another notice they are raising it again.
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Just FYI: not sure how it is where you are, but I haven't had garbage service for years. It was up to $30+ a month. We make about 1 can every 3-4 months. A load to the dump is about $8 and odd things that build up in the garage can also go. The dump is only a few miles away so not a big deal for us.
 
LadyLocust said:
Just FYI: not sure how it is where you are, but I haven't had garbage service for years. It was up to $30+ a month. We make about 1 can every 3-4 months. A load to the dump is about $8 and odd things that build up in the garage can also go. The dump is only a few miles away so not a big deal for us.
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For us here in this crap state we are not allowed to cancel trash service and haul our own off. Definitely not allowed to burn anything. When my aunt escaped this horrible place her property was empty for over 6 months and they still wouldn’t let her shut off trash service. If she defaulted on the payments they would attach it to the land.
 
Good info to know, @LadyLocust - thanks!

@Double R, you should come out to our farm, southern Ohio - the freedom would stun you. We don’t even have building codes. (Not that most people don’t build to standard codes anyway, but the point being that you don’t have to get permission for what you want to do on your property and pay someone else for that permission.)
Edited to add: our county is unique in this respect.
 
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Coastal state will suffer less than the inter states will. We have ports & depend on trucks & trains less than other states do. I am hoping the up coming election will back down some of these mandates.
 
When it is cold, I make a lot of soup, so I normally keep replacing the broth I use. There is a broth shortage at the stores. There are some available, but where it is at is largely empty. I also make my own broth, and I am not seeing bones for bone broth. There is a special freezer for bones for broth. 2019 when COVID was first happening, I was trying to make bone broth and the freezer with bones was often empty.
 
Back at the store today. Sorely picked over: fresh meat section and preserved meats, potatoes, again the chips aisle (not that I was looking for any ...:rolleyes:), juice, broth.
Supplied well enough: cereals, baked goods (commercial and in-store), dairy. Did not go through entire store. Chalk it up to Saturday night and everybody home for the weekend...? or short supply? Same thing? But that was just one store, the cheapest one.
 
I'm probably going to make a store run tomorrow, just to see if any of them have more supplies than earlier this week when there were plenty of empty spaces. I don't really need anything, but since all the mountain passes are closed until atleast Sunday anything coming from the east won't get here until then.


Weedygarden said:
When it is cold, I make a lot of soup, so I normally keep replacing the broth I use. There is a broth shortage at the stores. There are some available, but where it is at is largely empty. I also make my own broth, and I am not seeing bones for bone broth. There is a special freezer for bones for broth. 2019 when COVID was first happening, I was trying to make bone broth and the freezer with bones was often empty.
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If you have chicken on the bone, use those. Or any type of meat cuts that have bones with it.

I buy whole body roaster/fryer chickens cause they are cheaper, then cut it up myself into meal portions and cut the breast off the bone. I save the wing tips and the remaining carcass to make broth. I'll even save the leftover bones from a meal, to add to the broth pot.

Beef is the hardest to find anything with bones, as most cuts nowadays are boneless. And feet (beef or chicken) are even harder to find, but if you do, they make the best broth. You can tell when the broth has been chilled and it turns to gelatin. Lots of good healthy stuff right there.
 
Caribou said:
What is the difference between stock and broth. I see chicken broth but very little chicken stock.
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I had to look that one up.......and I guess what I make is actually stock.

Stock.......is made from bones and vegetables and herbs/spices for the gelatin leached from the bones.

Broth......is made from meat and vegetables and herbs/spices, but has no bones in it

The Difference Between Broth vs. Stock (thespruceeats.com)



I still call it broth cause it's just easier to say I guess
 
JustMe said:
I buy whole body roaster/fryer chickens cause they are cheaper, then cut it up myself into meal portions and cut the breast off the bone. I save the wing tips and the remaining carcass to make broth. I'll even save the leftover bones from a meal, to add to the broth pot.
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I do that too, I'll buy several whole chickens when they're on sale, then spend the time cutting them up myself and sorting out the body parts for how we use them. I vacuum seal things in meal-sized portions for our family. And all the tiny little pieces that don't work well in other groups gets put into large sized ice cube trays (2" cubes), covered with water and frozen (two chicken cubes thawed, drained, and mixed with bbq sauce works great on toasted bread for a sandwich). So nothing is wasted, everything is prepped for cooking, money is saved, and I get bones (and skin) for stock. :) I admit I get tired sometimes, depending on how many chickens I do. But I'm always so thankful for it later, when all I have to do is grab a certain cut out of the freezer.
 
Now the hospital cafeteria is out of a lot of food. None of the prepackaged sandwiches, wraps, yogurt stuff. They say it’s because of the snowstorms. Half of the drink case is gone and vending machines are all empty.
lots of old stale stuff. 😭
Of course this happened the one week my RV refrigerator went out so I’m not bringing my own food. Ugh.
 
The better 1/2 wanted some new curtains yesterday, and found the local Ikea had exactly what she wanted in stock online. Headed there (45 min drive) only to find the size/color combo out of stock even though their website said they had a dozen in stock! The shelves were severely bare - especially in the self-serve warehouse area. IDK if all the stock is on a ship somewhere, or if Covid is preventing the manufacture of goods overseas, but it felt vaguely dystopian in person.
 
JustMe said:
I'm probably going to make a store run tomorrow, just to see if any of them have more supplies than earlier this week when there were plenty of empty spaces. I don't really need anything, but since all the mountain passes are closed until atleast Sunday anything coming from the east won't get here until then.





If you have chicken on the bone, use those. Or any type of meat cuts that have bones with it.

I buy whole body roaster/fryer chickens cause they are cheaper, then cut it up myself into meal portions and cut the breast off the bone. I save the wing tips and the remaining carcass to make broth. I'll even save the leftover bones from a meal, to add to the broth pot.

Beef is the hardest to find anything with bones, as most cuts nowadays are boneless. And feet (beef or chicken) are even harder to find, but if you do, they make the best broth. You can tell when the broth has been chilled and it turns to gelatin. Lots of good healthy stuff right there.
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I do some of that as well with chickens. Once in a while I buy a roasted chicken, clean the meat off of it, and put the carcass in a pot and make broth. It is beef bones that are difficult to find now. I like to use beef bones with marrow and beef knuckle bones. I think there is some good nutrition there.
 
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