Whiner lady educates you on FOOD and GUNS! Revelation.

[Arete]

I am still giggling thinking about how the goats are going to teach the kids the facts of life. :lol:

[maybeizfundie]

maybeiz, you are lucky to live where you do. Where I live the milk is full dairy horror. From what I can tell (there's always doubt, IMO) My two options are Organic Valley or Stonyfield for ethically raised easily accessible milk. And I pay a premium - $7 a gallon.

:( That is sad.

[OkToBeTakei]

maybeiz, you are lucky to live where you do. Where I live the milk is full dairy horror. From what I can tell (there's always doubt, IMO) My two options are Organic Valley or Stonyfield for ethically raised easily accessible milk. And I pay a premium - $7 a gallon.

Eight pints in a gallon? I pay £1.14 for 2 pints. £4.56 for a gallon.

Which would be $6.95. No idea if I was expecting a difference. Interestingly similar.

[AuntCloud]

CAD $8.49 for a gallon (4 L) organic milk. Switched to organic after a friend discovered a lump in her 7-year old son's breast, never went back.

[EyeQueue]

I'm still confused why she can't make her own soda because she's in California. I've not read much on her blog, so would someone be willing to very quickly fill me in on why her family is in a situation where they rent their household items and can't make a lot of homemade food (she indicated this in one of her comments).

Thanks!

[Arete]

I'm guessing for the same reason she is buying individual containers of steel cut oats as opposed to making a big batch. She is one of these people with absolutely no concept of cooking or soda making, and thinks you need a 2000 sq ft kitchen with a Viking range to make "real" food.

Bet you anything she thinks you need some kind of complicated soda making machine, as opposed to put syrup in glass, fill with sparkling water, serve.

This new "discovery" of "real food" that has been hidden from the masses all these years is going to provide some EXCELLENT entertainment on this forum. :popcorn2:

I believe they are temporarily renting in California because her husband has some type of intensive multi-month job training out there. After he is done it is back to Georgia.

[Coconut Flan]

I live in California and have no idea. It has nothing to do with state regulations that I can see. Home brewing of beer is allowed but regulated. Soda making equipment and supplies may be purchased in any number of stores including Wal Mart, Target, Macy's, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The only reason I can think of is that if they live in an apartment it could be forbidden in their lease for some reason.

Or as suggested above, it's simply ignorance.

[August]

Eight pints in a gallon? I pay £1.14 for 2 pints. £4.56 for a gallon.

Which would be $6.95. No idea if I was expecting a difference. Interestingly similar.

Factory milk is a lot cheaper. Maybe half? Your gallons are different, too. 3.8 vs 4.5 L.

[OkToBeTakei]

Factory milk is a lot cheaper. Maybe half? Your gallons are different, too. 3.8 vs 4.5 L.

Lordy it is all so complicated. I have had a few disasters when cooking due to my misunderstanding of US measures :(

Yes supermarket milk is way cheaper here. I must take a look next times and see the ingredients.

ETA

£1 for 4 pints.

Asda. One of the cheaper Supermarkets here. No additives but does not say what type of dairy etc :/

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/c ... 4921923736

[OkToBeTakei]

I'm guessing for the same reason she is buying individual containers of steel cut oats as opposed to making a big batch. She is one of these people with absolutely no concept of cooking or soda making, and thinks you need a 2000 sq ft kitchen with a Viking range to make "real" food.

Bet you anything she thinks you need some kind of complicated soda making machine, as opposed to put syrup in glass, fill with sparkling water, serve.

This new "discovery" of "real food" that has been hidden from the masses all these years is going to provide some EXCELLENT entertainment on this forum. :popcorn2:

I believe they are temporarily renting in California because her husband has some type of intensive multi-month job training out there. After he is done it is back to Georgia.

I am ridiculously happy about this :lol:

[EyeQueue]

I'm guessing for the same reason she is buying individual containers of steel cut oats as opposed to making a big batch. She is one of these people with absolutely no concept of cooking or soda making, and thinks you need a 2000 sq ft kitchen with a Viking range to make "real" food.

Bet you anything she thinks you need some kind of complicated soda making machine, as opposed to put syrup in glass, fill with sparkling water, serve.

This new "discovery" of "real food" that has been hidden from the masses all these years is going to provide some EXCELLENT entertainment on this forum. :popcorn2:

I believe they are temporarily renting in California because her husband has some type of intensive multi-month job training out there. After he is done it is back to Georgia.

Thanks, AreteJo and Abigail!

It sounds like she's just quite ignorant. Even if they're in a temporary housing situation, there's no real reason you can't prepare your own food and not rely so much on convenience items that are mostly devoid of nutritional value. The American cheese thing, in particular, slays me. Uh....yes, dumbass, there is a substitute to American cheese. It's called pretty much any other cheese EVER. You jus have to know how to make a sauce base to get the melty and silky goodness in pasta applications (as others here have already pointed out).

On the other hand, I didn't know CA regulated home brewing of beer. I wonder if that extends to home brewing of sodas (which I was going to try my hand at).

[Coconut Flan]

I can only find regulations about home brewing of items containing actual alcohol. They're relatively lax as long as you make and consume it on your own property. There is an annual limit, but I've never seen anyone checking to see how much beer the relative we have who brews his own has made in the basement. I don't think Cali cares if we make soda. I made wine once without even considering there might be laws or regulations. It never left the house so didn't think anyone would care (or know).

[spinsterwv]

The egg one was new to me. Sounds very yummy. Will definitely try it.

I use penne instead of macaroni, the basic sauce with extra mature cheddar and gruyere. I make a parmesan crust with ciabatta (always some dried up bits in my house) and then top with sliced beef tomatoes. Why yes, it is a very 70's retro look :lol:

I love bacon in mine! Very, very rare treat as I look at all the cheese and see a coronary nightmare to which I'm about to add even more fat :lol: So yummy though.

I make a stovetop verion with 2 cups macaroni. Once it's cooked, I stir in 1tsp dried mustard, butter, 2 scrambled eggs, 3 cups cheese (I think) and a can of evaporated milk. I usually add a little extra regular milk, salt, pepper and whatever else. It's really awesome and creamy. It needs to cook on a really low heat, though.

[OnceModestTwiceShy]

:lol:, she's silly. Even just seltzer + fresh squeezed citrus juice (you don't need a fancy machine to do that!) = homemade soda. Easy-peasy. I've made it when I lived in a dorm room.

[slickcat79]

So I just had the opportunity to read the entry, and...goddamn. She is OBSESSED with that USDA organic label, when it really doesn't mean all that much. And then this:

By the way, as far as "organic" veggies and fruits go.....don't waste your money! Unless you grow it yourself from an heirloom seed, your best hope is to go to your local farmer's market and ask what kinds of seeds they use!

She just uploaded eleventy pictures showing us how absolutely crucial it is to buy organic soft drinks, chips, crackers, cookies, popcorn, instant mac n cheese, etc. Then you get to something where it is genuinely beneficial to buy organic, and she doesn't want us to waste our money :? Now, I would agree that the best way to get quality products is to buy local and know what your local growers use. But if you're going to be obsessed over organics, I fail to see how going out of your way to buy organic dried apple chips is smarter than just buying organic apples.

[August]

:lol:, she's silly. Even just seltzer + fresh squeezed citrus juice (you don't need a fancy machine to do that!) = homemade soda. Easy-peasy. I've made it when I lived in a dorm room.

Yes, but was it a Californian dorm room?

[Arete]

We are forgetting about the "regenerating" seeds. Which apparently only heirloom seeds can "do". First of all, a seed is just part of the lifecycle. Of both heirlooms and hybrids. Your hybrids may not breed true, but they will, in fact, go to seed at the end of their lifecycle.

Sure, you can get packets of seeds for things like "seedless" watermelons, but those things are the exception, not the rule of most annual food plants.

[LadyBlue]

Had a reply & lost it by accidentally leaving the page *sigh*

Anyway, brief summary, if she ever decides to grow apples trees, she's going to be out of luck with "heirloom" seeds if she wants a particular type of tree....apples don't breed true, you have to take cuttings. Recently read a great article on how we're losing the massive variety of apples that used to exist and about a man who is trying to preserve as many as he can find......http://permaculturefreepress.com/?p=237

I think it's good to avoid Monsanto patented seed varieties, if you can, but it's really hard to do unless you know what you're looking for.

Could someone enlighten this poor, confused Canadian on what "American cheese" is? I'm guessing from the posted recipe it's Velveeta or similar?

[Dysfundamental]

Oops, I checked and my soy milk has carrageenan. Oh well. Unless it comes from a farm, you couldn't pay me to drink regular factory-farmed dairy milk like Hood. Blech. I'll take my chances with the additive.

It's unlikely to give most people any problems. I'm just one of the unlucky ones whose inflammatory system is out of whack!

[OkToBeTakei]

Well she has to eat all the processed crap food because all she has is in California is a cooker/stove, with oven and four gas burners. Microwave. Fridge. Shocker, I believe it is also has electricity. I think (could be wrong) most folks call that ........a kitchen? :shock:

Now granted it is fairly small. Pretty sure I could knock up a cracking meal for 10 in there no problem. When I think about some kitchenettes I had as a student or the tiny kitchen in my Gran's house where she turned out a cooked breakfast, cooked lunch and three course dinner from scratch (no other way in those days) for her family of 9 plus an elderly Aunt and Uncle next door. Then later all of us grandkids, I really feel Whiner lady is going to struggle in the end times she is looking forward to :lol:

She'll make a great prepper as long as she has all of her modern conveniences. Hopefully before she realises this, we get to see the fornicating goats.

[formergothardite]

I'm am 100% sure Carla Emery would not approve of all the junk food she is buying. I just looked at her kitchen and it is only a little smaller than mine(most older houses have big kitchens, sadly mine doesn't) and I just finished canning jams and peaches and I'm getting ready to start on salsa, beans and tomato sauce. And I still managed to cook oatmeal that isn't in little pre-made pouches. I actually went and foraged for wild blackberries to make jam with. And I just found out that there is a whole blueberry patch on our property that I never noticed before. If the world as we know it ends, I think I would outlast her easily.

[Dysfundamental]

I am envious of everyone here who cans; though I love to cook, canning is beyond me.

When I was a kid, I knew a lady who made amazing preserves in the kitchen of her mobile home. And this was in the 1970s, when mobile homes were waaaaay smaller than they are today.

Whiner Lady should retitle her blog "The Pampered Prepper".

[Sumeri]

Well she has to eat all the processed crap food because all she has is in California is a cooker/stove, with oven and four gas burners. Microwave. Fridge. Shocker, I believe it is also has electricity. I think (could be wrong) most folks call that ........a kitchen? :shock:

Now granted it is fairly small. Pretty sure I could knock up a cracking meal for 10 in there no problem. When I think about some kitchenettes I had as a student or the tiny kitchen in my Gran's house where she turned out a cooked breakfast, cooked lunch and three course dinner from scratch (no other way in those days) for her family of 9 plus an elderly Aunt and Uncle next door. Then later all of us grandkids, I really feel Whiner lady is going to struggle in the end times she is looking forward to :lol:

She'll make a great prepper as long as she has all of her modern conveniences. Hopefully before she realises this, we get to see the fornicating goats.

This tickles me. My house is over 100 years old. The kitchen is by far the smallest room in the house - because that's just how it was back then. I have a 4 burner range with oven, a standard size fridge and...that's it. No dishwasher (wonky plumbing) no microwave (nowhere to put it) and about 8 square feet of counter space.

In spite of this, I have never had a problem cooking for my family and guests. And I can stuff. Seriously, if she wants to get all organic and back to the land, how does she imagine people did this back when they HAD to?

[August]

I believe the rest of the world calls American cheese processed cheese.

I've fed my family for multiple nights out of one of those fridge/microwave units you find in some hotels. For the price of one restaurant meal I could get plates, knives, forks, chopping board, tea towel, strainer, big bowl for cooking in microwave.

[YPestis]

I laughed at the Whiner Lady's new obsession. She's a pampered rich wife who demonstrates a (not so shocking) lack of scientific understanding and critical thinking. I've read her other articles on her "research" and the "shocking" things she's discovered on the interwebz. I give her six months before she gets tired of this new hobby.

I wonder what brought all this end times prepping on. Her family is well off, she has (what appears) a loving family. I guess anyone can turn doomsdayee but....her tirade about gay marriage and evil socialist Obama makes me think she's reacting to the social changes around her. She lives a 1950's life and wants the world to go back to that time. A black president who advocates for universal healthcare and gay marriage goes against everything she's grown up with. Perhaps she feels her world and morals are under attack and seeks refuge with the idea that God will bring down wrath on the wicked world and she'll see vindication. Why else would anyone be gleefully looking forward to an end of the world scenario which will kill millions and bring untold suffering? Yes, I think our Whiner Lady is feeling the heat. Her world is perfect and happy. She is baffled as to why no one else sees it as that way, so it must be the world is run by evil people and Jesus is a 'coming!