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Cooking & Baking

Lisa0825

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4. When I was a kid, and our power got knocked out by a hurricane,

Reply to japple (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:48 PM

Jan 2013

my mom had us eating canned spaghetti and cheese ravioli cold. I was flabbergasted at first! It's supposed to be HOT! She said, "Are you hungry?" LOL! I ate it and liked it!

Now, I swear, when a storm is coming, I buy cheese ravioli and canned spaghetti. And I still like it. In a weird way, it's a good childhood memory.

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Basics to have on hand during power outages. [View all] japple Jan 2013 OP

Get two of those LED-bulbed headlamp lights for each person in your house Stinky The Clown Jan 2013 #1

Those things are great! We used them while cleaning dog/cat crates japple Jan 2013 #7

I have city gas, so that's not a huge problem Warpy Jan 2013 #2

My stove/oven are propane powered and my electricity is primarily solar. cbayer Jan 2013 #3

When I was a kid, and our power got knocked out by a hurricane, Lisa0825 Jan 2013 #4

B&M baked beans. RILib Feb 2013 #8

Apples and peanut butter Freddie Jan 2013 #5

We have a generator so outages aren't a big problem here. Lugnut Jan 2013 #6

the big problem is lack of heat RILib Feb 2013 #9