My “Game Keeper’s” thumb

“The name comes from the European gamekeepers who would kill their game by grasping the head of the animal between their thumb and index finger to break its neck. Over time, the ulnar collateral ligament is stretched and would eventually cause problems,” I found this on the internet.

Now my hand looks like this:

It was last Wednesday morning and I was working on getting the girls ready for school when I heard something in my thumb POP..  From then on my thumb was rendered unusable.  It hurt like crazy and I gave up the strong fight and went into the doctor.  That’s where I also learned that I cracked something on the inside base of my thumb too.

To me it looks like a repetitive motion injury.  The only thing that I have been doing a lot of has been cutting stuff out for my kids, for me and for Christmas presents. 

This injury and the cast makes it very hard to type, use my right hand, text and to do anything normally.  Now it’s just time to deal with it all, what else is there to do.

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The first process in our journey

Right after I watched the video for yesterdays post I decided it was time to get to work. 

I started working on our 3 month supply a couple of years ago when I was teaching my food storage class.  It’s really funny how our preferences have changed in that time.  I entered all of our data for our dinners; I just have our breakfasts, lunches, snacks, desserts and any mixes we need to finish. 

If you like my spreadsheet or want to make your own 3 month supply with this spreadsheet checkout Food Storage Made Easy they have some really incredible information..

I figured out that our family eats a lot of tortillas, almost a 1000 a year in fact.  So I guess it’s time to start making them. 

I need to finish off my spreadsheet and then I’ll have more for you to see.  Stay tuned……

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Our Journey Begins

Papa Bear is an awesome man and I am extremly blessed to have him with me for eternity.  One of the things that I love about him is our common interests.  One of those common interests is building our food storage. 

He likes to watch You Tube videos of a guy that calls himself the Nut n Fancy project.  His videos are a lot about gun and knife reviews among other stuff.  One set of his videos that he made recently was about food storage and the Honeyville Farms store in particular.

The Nutnfancy Project: Honeyville Farms Pt 1.

The Nutnfancy Project: Honeyville Farms Pt 2.

After watching part 1 Papa Bear called me over to show me, then I started watching the videos my self.  They are filled with some great information. 

These two videos also helped to get us back working on building our food storage and gave us the idea of storing more than just one kind of foods like canned, boxed,  freeze dried and dehydrated.  When it all comes down to  it we will like having the variety. 

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Our favorite way to eat pork chops

PC Pork Chops
5 pork chops
8 carrots, pealed and cut into 1-inch lengths
8 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 onion chopped
5 Celery, sliced
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1. Take out your pressure cooker and start filling with water, just up to the bottom plate.
2. Brown each side of the pork chops with your favorite seasoning.  Then place in the bottom of your pressure cooker.
3. On top of the pork chops dump in the potatoes, carrots, onions and celery.  Next spread the cream of mushroom soup over the top of the veggies.  I usually just drip Worcestershire sauce all over the top until there's a nice color all of the soup (I had to guess on the actual measurement amounts).
4. Now put the lid on the pressure cooker.  Put on the stove and cook between medium-high and medium.  Wait until the pressure cooker starts to rock, let it rock for 25 minutes.
5. When times up take the rocker off and let it cool and quiet down.  Then take the lid off and enjoy.

This is what the pressure looks like on the inside after you put the water in.  Remember just to the bottom of the plate, a little over is ok. 

This is how it looks just before you put the lid on and start to cook it.  Here you can see all of the veggies, the soup and the Worcestershire sauce.  Doesn’t it look awesome!

Time to put it on the stove and let the rocking begin.  Remember to let it rock for 25 minutes on the stove. 
We love this dish.  And the gravy that it makes is just delicious. 

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