Not being able to sleep sends the brain into spins, so I am up again. Maybe a little of this will help me tire of too much thinking!
The following are some tried-and-true recipes sent from my friend's mother, who apparently uses some of them when there is no emergency, even though she and the daughter survived Katrina! She says she especially likes the laundry soap.
Toothpaste:
3 Tbsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. Glycerin
Flavoring - to your own taste
Little water to stir
Salt (option- for a scrubbing agent)
Liquid soap:
1 bar of soap- grate it (any brand)
10 cups water- warmed on the stove to dissolve the grated soap in.
Laundry Detergent:
Borax
Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
1 bar Fels Naptha Soap
Grate the bar of soap. Put in a pot on the stove. Enough water to cover it.
Heat and stir until it melts. Pour it after it melts into 5 gallon bucket.
Add 1 cup Borax, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda.
Fill it up with warm water- stir and it's ready to use.
Use 1/2 cup for medium load.
Dishwasher detergent:
1 cup salt,
1 cup Borax
CANNING:
Meat is canned on 10 lbs of pressure for 90 minutes.
You can pack the jars with raw or cooked, with or without bones.
1 lb of meat is 1 pint
2 lbs of meat is 1 quart
He also said that he uses in some of his meats a tsp of salt and a bullion cube (for flavor)
He did say that chicken, for example, doesn't need to have liquid added, it makes its own- so just pack it in there.
For acidic vegetables and peanuts put them in a water bath for 40 minutes.
Canning Butter: Melt the butter on a low boil, skim off the top stuff, pour into jar and place lid and rig on it, it will seal by itself.
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Oh yes, Mom says that on the detergent, while it does a great job, after 6 or so months of continued use, she noticed her clothes becoming a bit dingy, so she switched to the normal stuff for about 2 weeks and went back to the homemade after that.
that's because it builds up inside the washer. Where do you get some of this stuff at? Would love to try some of it.
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