Cinnamon Grammy – I think it was Mama Cando who was getting the water heater. The house I’m living in now already has one that seems to be working pretty well. Thanks for posting all the helpful information though! I’m saving a copy of it for future reference 🙂 As to using a propane campstove for outdoor cooking and canning, my understanding is that some brands of canners aren’t sturdy enough to withstand the high btus produced by that sort of stove. I guess the best thing to do is check with your canner’s manuacturer to see if it’s suitable for use on an outdoor campstove – or maybe get a campstove on which you can adjust the amount of btus emitted (if there are any like that?).
The past several days I’ve been helping a friend prepare for a big move to a new residence. I have also done a few prepping activities though. I watched more of the great video presentations from the Home Grown Food Summit (I loved the one about how to process oak acorns to use them in recipes), and drove down again to the apple products company’s outlet store to check on their used 55-gallon barrels. No luck finding a blue one this time either <sigh>. I then spent two days doing my usual monthly round of grocery shopping. In addition to my regular shopping, I was very happy to find great prices on some items to add to my storage pantry. Here are some of the best deals I found: 500 ml bottles of Avocado oil for $5 US a bottle, 4 lb boxes of Morton’s Canning and Pickling Salt for $0.80 US each, 12 oz. cans of Meyenberg Whole Goat’s Milk Powder for $1.25 US each (yeah!), 30 oz. jars of organic Coconut Oil for $4 US each, 13.4 oz. bottles of Ball Dill Pickle Mix for $0.75 US each, 16 oz. containers of coarse Sea Salt for $1.39 US each, and 3.33 oz. jars of Herb Ox Chicken Bouillon cubes for $1 US each 🙂