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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
40. I'm not old, but I am glad during these times that I know how to cook just
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 11:08 PM
Mar 2020

about anything from very basic ingredients.

I am pretty resourceful and talented in the kitchen so I definitely won't starve. The strange thing is that I find I am much less hungry than I am when I am working in the workplace. I was always so hungry in the office.

One meal per day is fine for me now. Maybe it's because I am not as active or as stressed.

I think there will be something like the old victory gardens this summer, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1
We need more gardens Blueplanet Mar 2020 #2
I'm hoping customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #42
I used to watch these videos all the time during the Financial Crisis meadowlander Mar 2020 #3
which story do you want?? handmade34 Mar 2020 #4
Living off the grid and homesteading! Blueplanet Mar 2020 #7
I have a few acres handmade34 Mar 2020 #10
handmade34-what is a food coop? Blueplanet Mar 2020 #11
yes, my chickens are my pets handmade34 Mar 2020 #13
Have you ever read any books from the Foxfire series? democrank Mar 2020 #17
all of them handmade34 Mar 2020 #18
Beautiful Blueplanet Mar 2020 #14
My city won't allow chickens, much less a cow Maeve Mar 2020 #5
Maybe this year Igel Mar 2020 #6
This may be a time to rid ourselves from a crappy diet. Blueplanet Mar 2020 #9
True story: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #46
I visit my daughter who lives on a farm in Indiana at harvest time. tavernier Mar 2020 #8
The only thing I can share won't be much help. phylny Mar 2020 #12
It helps a great deal. Blueplanet Mar 2020 #19
I did that in the 1980's. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #15
I've made butter in a blender Blueplanet Mar 2020 #20
I KNOW! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #45
Many forests and woods were hunted out Lars39 Mar 2020 #16
I Built a Mother Earth Homestead The River Mar 2020 #21
You do the best you can to live a healthy life Blueplanet Mar 2020 #22
A number of people where I live went back to the land in the 70's but didn't last long. Kaleva Mar 2020 #23
If you have cream, you can make butter in a few minutes without any equipment. trackfan Mar 2020 #24
Yes-takes a whole lot of shaking Blueplanet Mar 2020 #26
I still do much of this. Arthur_Frain Mar 2020 #25
I love baking bread Blueplanet Mar 2020 #28
There were days that pulling the flour out of the cupboard Arthur_Frain Mar 2020 #44
Plant an extra row of corn for the crows backtoblue Mar 2020 #27
Well, a lot of us have been pushed into apartments. LisaM Mar 2020 #29
Baking bread is easy and therapeutic. Do it! Glimmer of Hope Mar 2020 #30
My 84 year old husband is from a farm in Ireland CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #31
Thank you CountAllVotes Blueplanet Mar 2020 #35
A beautiful post MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #37
I thank both of you that replied CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #41
All the best to you and yours CountAllVotes Blueplanet Mar 2020 #43
We canned fruits and vegetables radical noodle Mar 2020 #32
Handkerchiefs-Heirlooms Blueplanet Mar 2020 #38
I'm ready to think about a commune. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #33
Don't forget that people are made out of meat. hunter Mar 2020 #34
Love rice Blueplanet Mar 2020 #39
We're baking our own bread since it's now difficult to find MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #36
I'm not old, but I am glad during these times that I know how to cook just smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #40
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