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Rising Food Costs - Gardening

Yeah his digestive system could go into shock lol.
I snuck and fed him lasagna last time with spinach in it.
You should have seen the face he made when I got him to try broccoli once. He looked he had bitten into a lemon.
Jon is like me in the fact he loves garlic. Me on the other hand..I love all kinds of veggies.

We were getting dog food once and one of his friends come up and ask him if his food is starting to taste a little strange recently lol. His friends are all as twisted as he is. Jons favorite joke is to get in front of someone and tell them its dark outside he can drive home.
 
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He sounds like a terrific person! I wonder if one day he'll be eating a few more veggies. The way I like mine fried is really more of a seasoned bread crumb coating it just adds to the flavor of the specific veggie I am frying.
Dip the slices in the egg wash 1st then the seasoned bread crumbs. Does he like fried mushrooms? They are good fried! And then of-course many people choose to dip theirs in Ranch Dressing, you may offer him that as a way to make it more pleasing to his palate. Does he eat salads? Try different varieties of green leafy veggies; like baby spinach instead of lettuce. It tastes so good fresh, so different than cooked spinach! I have been very lucky with my children and my granddaughter I am raising, they have always loved my cooking and eat veggies readily:) And she eats like a bird, but what she eats is usually very good in variety. I just think veggies hold a store house of good nutrients for our bod's!!! One time I asked for help on veggie ideas and MamaM gave me a whole bunch of terrific recipes you may want to check that thread out!

Talk to ya' later, Cathy
 
I make him beer batter fried mushrooms he loves.
I am def gonna try him on some other things this summer.
 
How Great! I Guess Fried Stuff Just Tastes Soooo Good Most Of The Time You Just Can't Go Wrong! You Know I Have Even Had Fried Broccoli Florettes, And They Were Not My Favorite, But Dipped In Ranch They Were:)
 
I LOVE ranch dressing. Hidden Valley low fat is the only kind that tastes as good as the regular kind.

lol My father in law got 30 more tomato plants from Jons brother as part of his birthday present. He squeezed them into the garden. I should def be able to dry and can some tomatoes this season.
 
Has anyone heard this one?

They annnounced yesterday that Tyson is raising the price of all chicken products because of everything they could think of.

Chicken used to be a very expensive dish way back in the last century. Then it became one of the cheapest.

So we are stepping back in time once again.

Let's face it - there isn't one food product that is not going to rise, double or triple in price because of whatever reason they can think of next.

And if food is going to go up - so are all other "necessities" for the very same reasons and thensome.

It's no wonder people in America are now starting to hoard food!

Soon enough we'll be back to the Great Depression. This time it will be worse. In those days people helped one another and had a heart - today too many are self-centered and only think of ME, ME, ME.
 
Yah, those nasty businesses are not subject to the same price crunches that we face, so they just raise their prices for "whatever reason they can think of next."

At least in America they have food and commodities to stock up on (hoarding has not started....yet). In other countries they have nothing at all.
 
Dear Mama,

I must sadly say I couldn't agree with you more:( I would pray that maybe hard times will soften people's hearts and cause them to begin to have some compassion for one another! This whole topic of discussion is sad I must say, hopefully it will not be as bad as all that, but all the signs are certainly pointing in that direction.
I can remember all the stories my dear ole' Grandmother used to tell me about the depressions (she lived thru both) and I even have a ration book that belonged to my grandfather and her, it still has some unused stamps in it! Watching the movie "Grapes of Wrath" was scarrey to me!
As far as rising prices I really must say who can blame them! I mean the cost of fuel to transport our commodities and products has sky-rocketed to the point that someone has to raise prices somewhere to compensate. As hard as it is on our pocketbooks it must be.
My answer for my family is to cut down alot on driving unnecessarily, grow a garden, and raise chickens and possibly some rabbits too! I just am determined that my family will eat by Golly! Even if it is just dry beans & rice w/ biscuits:)
Well gotta go. Love ya', Cathy
 
there was an article on line last week - I wish I would have saved it - and it stated that many Americans are starting to hoard food - they are preparing for what is yet to come.

Everything has gone up in this country - except the job market. Part-time jobs just don't cut it anymore. There are no benefits with them either. Foreclosures are at an all time high and there is no end in site. Manufacturing jobs are all in China. And when you see "made in Canada" on an item - most likely it was made elsewhere for Canada.

forget looking for anything made in America. Pretty soon all pregnant women will have to fly to China to have their babies - it seems that anything made/born in America is just obsolete.

The greatest country in the world - and we are lacking in medical, education, housing, taking care of the elderly - you name it.

If I were 30 years younger I would move to another country. What freedom do we have here? Even when voting - our votes don't count - it's the powers that pick and chose.

If you want the government to take care of you - import yourself from another country - then they will house, feed, clothe and pay you to live here, start a business, get a PhD - you name it.

Our government would rather kiss ilegals butts so that they can dig into their paychecks and fill their pockets with tax money. They don't care if you can't feed your family - just keep paying your taxes.

I should hush - I'm a bit sour today..............
 
Wow with that kind of bad attitude you should move to another country. America is a country for people that want to stand on their own two feet and be free to do whatever they want, not to be lazy and expect the government to pamper them with everything. As they say "Freedom is not Free", but Americans take it for granted.

I've lived in other countries and I much prefer it here....and life is good in comparison.
 
I don't exactly have a bad attitude - but I've seen too much that is not right. People who have worked all their lives are losing their homes and everything that they worked for. That is not laziness. At least not to me.

I do not like what this country has become. Too many corporate giants doing anything they want - no regulation on anything. I am against all the companies merging and merging and merging. I said it a long time ago - in "X" amount of years, if this kept up, the whole world would be owned by a dozen of so people. I am also against all these companies moving to China, India, Mexico, etc. It is taking jobs away from too many people.

Cripe - we don't even make clothes in our country anymore.

I'm all in favor of trade with other countries - but I am against all the imports that have taken jobs.

In the past 3 days we've lost a restaurant chain - another 400 or so out of work - and they are waiting to hear if they will get their last 2 weeks of pay that they worked for. Sure - servers don't make much - not even minimum - but they did work for their money and they are worried about losing what little they made.

We had 6 steel plants in the area - now we haven't even got one. There alone were thousands of jobs.

Supermarket chains have merged and merged - and their prices have been too high from all this for some time - because they own all the stores in the area they can do it.

Budget cuts have made our school systems - especially city schools - some of the poorest. Most can't afford books for the kids - and that is something I will never understand. The schools are now serving free breakfasts and lunches to the kids - many will only see food from school - there is none or very little home. Food banks are trying to supply foods to 3 to 4 times as many as they had before - their shelves are empty.

Prices are high and going higher on everything - seniors are choosing between meals and meds. 401K's have lost money. And you can't tell me our stock market is solid - because I don't believe it is.

So you see - it's not laziness - but when you have a government that is paying salaries to the Iraqi people to build up their country (mind you - a very rich country with their oil supplies) to the tune of $10 million or billion (whatever they said) and our own country is going down hill - something is wrong.

Am I against helping another country?? NO! Not at all. But there has to be another way. Do you see them giving us free oil for this??? Now wouldn't that be nice. But then again - due to the lack of government intervention and regulations - the oil companies would probably triple the price of gasoline anyway.

Is it laziness when you are pounding the pavement for 2 years and you cannot find a job? Not much money can be made and McDonald's or Burger King. Not enough to pay for a mortgage or two, car payments, credit cards, utilities, etc. or if you have a family to support.

Too many are unable to stand on their own two feet - they keep getting knocked down.

I would love for you to stand nose to nose with a friend of mine who has a child born with a disease that is considered pre-existing by the insurance companies and they won't pay a cent for any needed treatments - and tell the family they are too lazy to stand on their own two feet because they just can't do it. That family is suffering. But a child from another country born with the same disease can come here with their family and stay as long as they have to and receive free treatment and lodging - not even the trip here and back cost them a penny. What is the difference between the two families? Can you tell me that? Would you say that my friend is looking to be pampered by the government?

This has nothing to do with laziness, or 3rd, 4th and 5th generation welfare recipients (which I am dead set against) - it is what has happened in our country. It started in the mid-to-late 70s and has not gotten any better.

Life may still be better here for now - but for how long? Our country is not what it used to be. Our country does not care about the people - just pocketing tax money for themselves.

Insurance companies run everything - this way they don't have to pay out any money to those that have suffered losses during all these tornadoes, floods, etc. They donate so much money to the political parties (billions) so that they can run everything their way. It doesn't matter if it is health insurance, homeowners, etc. - they are all in it for the money - and they do not pay claims - they play in the gray areas. (don't get me started on insurance companies!)

It's a free country - say what you want - having a sour day doesn't make me a person with a bad attitude. I've worked my whole lifetime - 2 fulltime and a partimne job at once - going YEARS without a day off - including holidays. I'm not lazy - I'm not looking for a handout - never did.

You missed my point completely.
 
I totally agree with you Mama.
I buy alot of tyson chicken every month. Thats def gonna hurt my budget. We are so headed for a depression. No doubt about it.

I was talking to my father in law yesterday and we were discussing that very thing. He was telling me how much more expensive fertilizer was this year than last. His other son has like 70 chickens they are raising but it is costing them a fortune in feed. Plus the grankids have two ponies he is helping them buy feed for. People around here are practically giving away horses because no one can afford the feed and hay.
 
That is what I am talking about! Where is the so called "American Dream" of having a decent job, owning your own home, having a bit of a nest egg put away, kids going to college, less debt in your life and enjoying life and family? It's all going to the immigrants. hey - I am not against any immigrants - my family came over from Italy as well. And they took any kind of job to survive - especially during the Great Depression. In those days you didn't come here and get free housing, food stamps, free medical, money to start your own business and money to send back to the old country.

Now THAT is something I don't understand.

Since when can someone from another country come here 6 months out of the year - receive all kinds of assistance and money - send the money back to their country and then they retire - collect SSI at our expense and they go back to their country and we send them the checks each month??? hello - is anyone listening????

Who is watching that? NO ONE. And we put all their kids through college with all kinds of grants because they are not Caucasian.

Things are getting worse for the Americans. We don't have a country to run to when the jobs, food, money and medical run out.

What do we do for gasoline and car insurance. We pay car insurance and we can't drive like we used to and you dont' see the insurance go down. Will that (gasoline) be rationed as well? Take the city school busses off the road - let those kids walk a few blocks to school like we used to. It didn't hurt us and it won't hurt them.

They want us to think "green" and conserve water and power. What about all these gambling halls that are open 24/7? What about all these business that are open 24/7? We got along just fne years ago when the stored closed at 9 at night, half day on Wednesday and half day on Saturday and were closed all day on Sunday. It gave us family time - something you don't see any more. What about all these malls that are only hangouts???

Drive down the street and you will see 2 dozen or more restaurants in one spot. What for? Soon they won't be in business - no one will be able to pay for meals and tips. Those poor servers that get paid nothing now will definitely starve.

Why do convenience stores have to stay open 24/7? For what? cigarettes and beer?

By it another time and put it in your fridge.

Hospitals are closing down - now it's medical centers. Thanks to the insurance companies. Hey - have your baby and go right back to the cottonfields and pick with the baby on your back - they don't care. They don't care how sick you are - they won't pay. Die instead - it saves them money.

People are dumping dogs and cats out of cars - they cannot feed them anymore.

Families are going without for food. There is just no relief in sight for us. And our government claims that the job situation is fine and jobs are growing (yeah - where??? not here - everything is closing) and that we are not heading into a recession. Wall Street is supposed to be doing fine - why??? Is all the money going into China's stocks? That is where everything is made. Keep investing in China.

They want us to keep investing money in stocks - but can you trust the brokers? Too many friends lost tons of money because of their brokers.

I don't think it is going to end - it is only going to get worse. Hopefully a new president will be able to do something for us.

One thing - I would not want to be the next president in line with all this going on.
 
I would like to hope with a new president things will get better but I hold very little hope.
I honestly doubt people will get past their predjuces towards a woman or a man of color to put either Clinton or Obama in office. I have heard more than one person assume due to Obama's name he is some kind of terrorist. Clinton and Obama supporters will most likely vote McCain if their candidate looses the nomination.
 
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I don't care if our next president is plaid with one eye in his/her forehead and has 4 arms and 16 legs - I just want someone in office that is for the people for a change! Stop catering to everyone else and think about the Americans that have lived and worked and paid their dues!
 
Y'all remember when public service was considered an honor, and attracted top rate people.

Now what do we get? Does anybody here really believe that Clinton, Obama, and McCain are the best we can do? Gimme a break.

There's no doubt. This year, in particular, if "none of the above is acceptible" was on the ballot he would win hands down.
 
There are some things should be kept in perspective before everyone jumps ship.

Last year, the US economy grew the size of the entire Chinese economy. That means if you took our economy from that year and subtracted all but the actual growth, it would be the size of China's entire economy.

There are still the same amount of manufacturing jobs in the United States as there ever has been. The amount of those jobs has not grown, but productivity has has expanded 16 fold since the 1950's.

The U.S. has enjoyed the lowest energy costs in the world per capita and still does. Oil prices are not just increasing in the U.S., they are increasing everywhere. There are legitimate food crisis's in many other countries and that list is growing.

Home ownership is at an all time high.

Unemployment over the last 5 years is at an all time low.

The world economy has done nothing but benefit everyone who participates.

The illegal immigration issue would be solved if those who hired illegals faced jail time. It would demagnetize the country.

As other countries come online, I think you will find illegal immigration becoming less of an issue. With NAFTA, many companies have been expanding into Mexico and many more will flood there if ever corruption can be taken care of there. With the plethora of jobs opening there, many will choose not to cross the borders illegally but heck, just stay home and get a job.

After a while, we will all scream that all the jobs are going to Mexico until Mexicans become aware of the term labor union and raise the prices on production.

I guess what I am saying is, the economy is cyclical. There were land barons, railroad barons, etc., before any of us were born and everyone thought they would run the world in "a few years".. It is old Marxist dogma that really never comes to fruition in a capitalist society.
 
Well spoken Jafo, I see many problems here in the U.S., but also many positives. I still think this to be a great nation even with all it's problems. Every country has their share of problems, we are no exception and I must whole heartedly say I love America!
 
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