I Think This Might Be The Year When Gifts Of Food Will Become The Trend For Christmas Gift-Giving…

@Atlotto My neighbor was trapping for furs one winter and he had caught raccoons. One evening after skinning the animals he was drinking and decided to put a raccoon in the smoker. He calls my husband over and I watched him take his knife and slice off a piece and eat it and he said it tasted just like smoked ham. He smoked a few of them after them. The possums he saved up in a big trash bag in his deep freeze and when he got 20-30 he would take them to a man he worked with who paid him $2 each…paid for his diesel fuel for his little Luv truck that he used to make his trapping rounds every evening.

@cherokeepatti Interesting...I wonder what the man did with the possums...I'd have to be starving before I'd eat one.

@Atlotto He roasted them with sweet potatoes, possums are really greasy. I can’t imagine them smelling good since they eat everything including garbage, cat crap, venomous snakes, etc

@4meAndyou I’m thinking even a bag of potatoes, a couple bags of beans, some rice, canned veggies & fruits & baking supplies will be welcome. And people will learn the meaning of hospitality and appreciate it much more.

@cherokeepatti Aldi can be a dangerous place starting at about this time of year. German holiday goodies are showing up.

@Crazywaterspring I can’t have anything with gluten so I am safe

@Crazywaterspring Here’s a little tip if you don’t have a quarter

@Mardrae if you can dehydrate veggies and store them it might be good, no salt needed. You have to rehydrate them and then cook them but it would be a good option. You can buy frozen veggies like peas ,mixed veggies etc and skip the blanching that is usually required for veggies & dehydrate them for an easier option.

I’m sorry- I meant to put low histamine diet. I have MCAS. I edited my post. All canned foods are very high histamine @cherokeepatti

@cherokeepatti i heard people used them for door stoppers , i wish , then i could go around collecting em all from shop fronts

@FurryFace I think that was just a joke. What they did was regift them to other people and they kept going around until someone who actually liked it kept it for themselves.

@FurryFace we have world famous fruit cakes here that's made by a college. Pricey but delicious

@MrBrownstone I have stocked up on some canned veggies & fruit and pantry basics like beans and rice. Can make a lot of pantry meals with that. Also have a container of spices because beans or lentils on a regular basis needs to be seasoned up well and with different flavors for different meals or you will get burnt out on them. I have found some real bargains at the discount store (Amazon and other store returns) on some pantry items like cans of dry milk, cocoa mix, Mac & cheese etc…even gluten-free items I’ve gotten quite a few of those (and they are expensive in regular stores)

@4meAndyou It was all good food. We had a Jersey cow that gave a lot of cream, very rich flavor. Butter, fudge, cream pies and whipped cream were really tasty made with the cream and rich milk. We grew the fruit to make jams & jellies and my uncle butchered the hog and smoked the hams and bacon. Pretty sure that the family ate good during the holidays when the kids were home from school.

@cherokeepatti Ham is SO good. I haven't had any for two years now.

@4meAndyou I haven’t had any in 55 years but that’s OK.