tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904885245832204730.post4782266592122426561..comments2023-08-27T01:48:49.823-07:00Comments on Gram's Survival Kitchen: Step Two! Food!shirleykendrick1951http://www.blogger.com/profile/03742093071037252948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904885245832204730.post-37023838610200396252012-03-09T05:12:38.545-08:002012-03-09T05:12:38.545-08:00Mary, No I haven't heard of pink slime but I w...Mary, No I haven't heard of pink slime but I will start researching it today. Sounds like I need to get my hand meat grinder out and start buying round and chuch roasts to grind for ground beef now. I will have to dig for it because I bought it years ago and got lazy and it is buried in the back of my corner cabinet. So I guess it is time to clean and organize that cabinet. Uhg..... I hate crawling in that cabinet.... But I need to get all of my hand operated kitchen gadgets together anyway. By the way We all need to have several Swing a Way hand can openers in our kitchens. I haven't owned an electric can opener since 1999 when I started prepping. I still have several non-electric kitchen items to buy. Think about what you have in appliances and how you could substitute non-electric items. Lehmans Non-Electric store on the net is a good place to look for substitutes. By the way Mary do I know you personally? I have a friend named Mary who frequents here but it is a fairly common name so I just wondered.<br />Have a blessed day.shirleykendrick1951https://www.blogger.com/profile/03742093071037252948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904885245832204730.post-39801518238858909992012-03-08T21:01:00.587-08:002012-03-08T21:01:00.587-08:00Wow Gram! I really enjoyed hearing about some of y...Wow Gram! I really enjoyed hearing about some of your childhood. Maybe those tough times were to prepare you for what could be ahead of us all.<br /><br />I too believe families and neighbors do come together during tough times. But today, like you said, we are spoiled, some of us more than others, and we just have too many distractions. We are so busy tweeting, texting and even blogging with complete strangers that we spend less and less time with those closest to us. Sometime I too wish for simpler times and days gone by. But as they say, careful what you wish for.<br /><br />On a different note, I just wanted to ask if you have heard about pink slime? If not, it's as bad as it sounds; a cheap filler found in 70% of the ground beef at most grocery stores. Avoid it if you can by purchasing ground beef that is stamped USDA organic or buy your own cuts of meat and grind it yourself. Also, Costco claims all their ground beef is "pink slime" free.<br /><br />Well that's the only tip I've got. But thank you again for enlightening people like me who are very new to the whole "Preparedness Plan". You truly are an inspiration and a survivor!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758220305129563236noreply@blogger.com