I completely disagree, Lou. Things like fishing, hunting, growing crops, canning vegetables, salting or smoking meat and the like were once survival skills. Hopefully they won't be needed as such in the future, but if things go down the tube you may wish you had these abilities. Plus, for me, doing for myself is a lot more satisfying than having others do for me. And they can be fun. I like fun.
.. shotgun and a rifle and a four wheel drive.. yes, indeed. (...ain't too many things these ole boys can't do.)
Maybe not exactly fun, but there is a great deal of satisfaction in looking at healthy, home grown food preserved in jars and thinking, "I did that. Me, myself and I." The fun comes in opening the jar and eating scrumpitidyumptious food.
Exactly @Shirley Martin I know what I prefer to eat and that’s good clean heathy food in presence to stuff from China / Twain I was poisoned by eating frozen blueberries from China about 5 years ago ( they were labeled product of NZ ) but we’re processed grown in China
A law firm started a class action them dropped it so the producers got away with it scot free I’d imagine there would be still something on line about “Patties poison berries . I contracted hepatitis A think it was https://www.theage.com.au/national/...-berry-hepatitis-a-scare-20150217-13gxw6.html @Dwight Ward
Speaking of tomatoes, you know the stickers that you get with store-bought tomatoes... Well, I thought that those stickers were put on by the grower or wholesaler or food store or somebody. Imagine my surprise when stickers started appearing on my garden tomatoes! Now, I knew that they modify tomato genes to make them tasteless and so they last a long time for shipping across the country or on slow boats from South America. Evidently those same boys put in genes to grow these stickers right on the tomatoes. It must be very scientific and all, what with the stickers being plastic. You can't read them until the tomato gets about half sized.
Maybe ,maybe not. If its canned at home you know whats in it. Plus if anyone has exstra xrops and some fire they can be preserved if the power is lost. Dehydrating works too.We use to can all kinds of food but not anymore.Too much work for us to keep up.