Poor Man's Barter Items

Damn, I don't even have a shopping cart, But I've seen a few nice ones id like to jack!

 

I'm done here.

 

Careful dude...if your neighbors see it they might call in on you to the 1-800-FED-RATS $20/conviction Crimestoppers hotline...in some states that's a pack of smokes and a 12 pack...

 

@kellory here you can have your own cart.... Lol
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Note to self..... Never tease kellory about shopping cart =)

 

These kids are going down!

 

@kellory.... Save this in case u need it

 

Dang @Yard Dart your post was certainly from the guy perspective love love love. I never thought of any of those ty
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Sealing lids for mason jars. Not the rings, just the lids. You'd be amazed how many of those you blow through just canning tomatoes. I think I have this humongous stockpile, and then I get to canning pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, oh hey chicken is on sale can up chicken, can dog food, next thing I know I've used up 10 boxes of lids. And pintos? Holy crap! Because if you store pintos dry, they turn to petrified rocks after a couple of years and no amount of cooking ever gets them totally soft again, so I decided to can an entire 50 pound bag of pintos. Well there went all my lids. And jars. I really need to get Tattlers, but those would be all for me.

 

when you do something like 50lbs of a single bulk food item you should look into a couple of 5 gallon buckets and the mylar bagging/02 absorbers ....

 

Ditto DW. EVERY TIME I got to the local grocery store I toss a couple of boxes of lids into the cart. They have a very good selection of canning supplies and are right in line price wise with much larger stores. I've had a couple of the checkout ladies say something like, "Ya'll must do a lot of canning" or "Stocking up for canning season hon?" I just say I ran out last year right in the middle of canning a batch of maters and it was a pain..

I've found that by adding stuff every time, you just kinda get used to it. Next thing ya know, you have a bunch of lids, or whatever.

 

I've mentioned this before in other threads, but for those of us that travel even occasionally raid the hotel room.
That's the first thing we do when we get to the room. Load up the soaps,coffee,tea,creamer/sugar TP. Anything and everything that is put in the room for you to use. If the room doesn't have daily maid service, ask for it. They will restock and you can grab those. We bring our own soap/shampoo,ect. All those little items add up fast if you have to travel much. We have several large totes of everything from soap/shampoo to razors,combs,coffee/tea,TP even dish soap. PSHTF, after our main stores are used up we can fall back to these or more likely, they are barter items.All except the TP, after all pampering my arse comes first

 

I had to stop doing this... I have 2 boxes of this stuff

and its an excellent idea to keep repeating

 

@ditch witch I have never used tattler rings.... I would be so interested in how well they work and how difficult to reuse and reseal....

I've just used mason lids and then thrown away or reused for things that it doesn't matter if they seal like fermented veggies.

Can you share how they work for you?

 

I use to smoke and would purchase two bic lighters instead of one, over the years they add up and take very little space. Stay away from the cheap lighters, they almost always have an issue. Never had an issue with bics. I keep a lot of plumbing parts from jobs I do.

 

Kellorys right! They do exist!

 

Pintos, unlike most dry beans, turn to rocks after a couple of years. I learned that the hard way about a decade ago with mylar sealed pintos in 5 gallon buckets. Even the pressure cooker couldn't get them smooth. That's why I canned these.

@Ganado I haven't used the Tattler but have heard only good things about them. Pricey but being able to reuse them would be well worth it.

 

There is a reason you don't find the tattler lids with the old jars at the sally ann.
Then again...you can barely find pressure cookers or cast iron pans at thrift stores around here anymore...

 

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