I hope you all have a food stockpile.
I stockpile my food in the pasture!
What’s your strategy?
Discussion
None at the moment. Brain malfunctioning due to phlegm overload...
But I wouldn't mind me some lamb shanks!!!!
Send some to Sonoma, please!
Sincerely,
#Sick in NorCal.....
This is perfect. Next best option is to pay your neighborhood rancher in bitcoin to store it for you.👍 nostr:nprofile1qqs9ql6mlqm8cxyr7y2am70wjhmeaf5ncuswkkj6suvygw5elgcgj4qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszn2ne9
On the hoof and in the womb on pasture...
https://video.nostr.build/db30db864c11f07818bb11dd32652ba459f71b8efcdd3e6b89f8d867b8214d14.mp4
...In the freezer...
... In the root cellar....
... Frozen and dehydrated.
All the meats, all the places. Best of all, in the belly washed down with raw milk and fermented foods. 🫡
1 stand up freezer for 1/2 cow. 1 chest freezer for fruit harvested through out the summer.
They look great 🤩
We're working on our pasture to be able to feed a small flock of sheep! #goals
In the meantime - ducks and rabbits plus beef from a nearby ranch
Why ducks and rabbits? I see more and more people raising smaller animals rather than cattle. Why is that? Is the yield on meat or something else?
Unique to each individual and their resource base, but the cattle market being at all time highs likely has something to do with it for some folks.
It's just very easy to start with them. Rabbits in particular take very little space and you can feed them for free or nearly for free if you have access to a bit of forage. You can scale up or down very quickly (31 day gestation, so with just a bit of planning you can quadruple your meat production in a matter of months). Also I think that rabbits are actually the best converters of leaves into meat of nearly any animal besides fish.
However - beef or lamb/mutton is SO much better than rabbit! You just need more land, decent pasture (or be ready to supplement with hay for a while), good fences, and a watering system. Some folks want to work up to that, and many have larger animals as well as the smaller ones.
I have meat I get on sale and a freeze dryer!
I have meat I get on sale and a freeze dryer!
How does freeze dried meat taste? We're thinking about a FD but haven't made the leap yet.
It comes out tasting exactly as it went in. We don't season our meat so it can be used for whatever we want, just give yourself plenty of time to reconstitute. We have done steak, hamburger, bacon, sausage, pork steak. Cook and rinse as much grease as possible before freeze drying. Good luck!
Do hairy sheep need grooming? LaCroix?
Nope, they shed. Just like sheep in the wild. Wool that needs clipped is a trait humans selected for in order to manufacture textiles.
I'm always a little skeptical of men who raise sheep. 🤔😂😂 (jp)
I haven't got enough pasture to store them standing.
I had to make do with 2 X 300L freezers.
Same
I keep my coffee beans green until I want them... 
Gasoline, bullets, diesel, and tp can feed a family for a long time.
how do you slaughter them?
I make KOJI Kin in my basement all year around and then ferment it to make sweet Amasake and Shio Koji -- the ultimate fresh alkaline ferments, which I use like condiments -- one sweet, one salty --- depending on your cravings! Add them to any food, taste the UMAMI and feel the satiety within a few bites, cut your food bills in half as a result of eating less but feeling more satisfied...
Me, too.
My base is milk and eggs.
Yes! Did the same myself. Best food prep is self replicating, fresh when you need it, and the food we were meant to eat!
total self sovereignty is the goal
