What changes can we make to our lives to deal with the economic and energy crises ahead? Have you already started making preparations? Got tips to share?
biffvernon wrote:Just maybe, those tea-lights are not made from palm oil that was grown at the expense of rain-forest destruction?
This candle is made from natural organic clean burning soya and palm wax (100% vegtable palm oil). The material supplier of these materials is a member of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. All these waxes and oils are traceable from plantation to factory and the crops are not from deforested areas. Often the wax is gained from reclaimed rubber or coconut plantations that have been replaced by palm.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
I picked up about 200 tea-lights for nowt at our local "bring-and-take" do the year before last. And 2 demijohns! Last year I got an excellent pair of mountaineering keks ("Mamout" iirc) they've since been up Snowdon.
We also have a 30-litre wine-making kit in case things get really desperate.
biffvernon wrote:I never did understand how one got hamburgers from a beef animal.
Not very mysterious actually. You just take a cut of meat that is too tough or too small to use as a steak or roast and run it through a meat grinder to create "ground beef" . In practice as you cut up your steaks and roasts the small ends and trimmings get cut up into strips or cubes and placed in a bucket or bowl headed for the grinder. Some of it looks like (and could be) stew beef. You control the percentage of fat by how much fat is added to the bowl. As a farm kid I remember being given a rib cage to work on , trimming the meat from between the ribs to add to the hamburger supply. "Waste not- want not".
biffvernon wrote:Ah, two nations separated by a common language.
We have beefburgers made from beef and hamburgers made from, er, well, the creature that gets turned into ham.
I occasionally see references to "pork burgers" but most all of our pork gets ground into sausage with the spices mixed in during the grinding process. Same grinder just different recipe.
Ground ham wouldn't hold together as a burger very well.
It looks like Hamburger comes from Americans immigrating from Germany around the time the meat grinder was invented 1847 +/- . http://www.smartkitchen.com/resources/l ... -hamburger
We don't do hamburgers very much, if at all. The thinner cuts go into a casserole and minced beef into shepherd's pie, meat balls, a Bolognese, Lasagne, Mousaka or Greek pasta dish.
kenneal - lagger wrote:We don't do hamburgers very much, if at all. The thinner cuts go into a casserole and minced beef into shepherd's pie, meat balls, a Bolognese, Lasagne, Mousaka or Greek pasta dish.
Shepherds pie, meatballs and Lasagna are favorites but your Bolognese, and Mousaka are not on my menu. Burgers and french fries or burgers with mashed potatoes and a vegetable are a quick meal the less adventurous cook can make when it is your turn at bat. We often just eat the burgers as a meat portion without the customary bun or bread saving that for summer barbeques and picnics.
PS_RalphW wrote:Simpler and less energy - filter the water to get the worst gunk out, then boil in the kettle for a couple of minutes and it will be drinkable once it is cooled down, provided it does not contain mineral toxins. We ahve a kelly kettle and plenty of fire wood and a wood stove.
A stock of decent water filters is one of the few doomer things I think are worthwhile as once you have them you can build a community with them (see link above) Once the initial investment is made the water you give away has no real cost to you, but is massively useful to your neighbours..
vtsnowedin wrote:Shepherds pie, meatballs and Lasagna are favorites but your Bolognese, and Mousaka are not on my menu. Burgers and french fries or burgers with mashed potatoes and a vegetable are a quick meal the less adventurous cook can make when it is your turn at bat. We often just eat the burgers as a meat portion without the customary bun or bread saving that for summer barbeques and picnics.
We had shin of beef cooked in a hay box cooker throughout the day and it was tender and delicious.
The bolognese is really just mince beef cooked in a tomato and herb sauce served with pasta of some sort.
Not quite. Pyrodex rs is a black powder substitute for muzzle loading rifles. and 4350 is smokeless rifle powder. The IMR stands for "improved military rifle". We have hunting seasons here where each is used and I have the tools to reload my own centerfire rifle ammunition. Shot shell powders are formulated differently to create different (lower) pressures and have names such as Red Dot and Unique. In the UK you might use Royal Scot RS401 made by the Scot powder company.
The rifle season for White tailed deer opens tomorrow at 0 dark thirty+30 minutes. I have tracking snow on the ground.
Burgers and french fries or burgers with mashed potatoes and a vegetable are a quick meal the less adventurous cook can make when it is your turn at bat. We often just eat the burgers as a meat portion without the customary bun or bread saving that for summer barbeques and picnics.
