Don't Waste Your Money: 5 Pantry Items You Should NEVER Buy

A bag of pinto beans five years old can boil all day and never go soft, and most of the stock-up advice folks follow before winter wastes more than it saves. Grandma Ida's cellar up a Kentucky holler was never a bunker, and I'll tell you what it was really for. Ten keeping foods go on my shelf before the first frost, each with how long it truly lasts, and five so-called bargains I wouldn't spend a dime on, the last one costing folks the most. There's a freezer trick that kills weevils in a new sack of flour, a smell test for turned cornmeal and fat, the one rule for bulging tins and seam dents, and the reason my year's flour and sugar come home in the weeks before Thanksgiving. The free Pantry List, The Thirty Foods That Keep for Years, is in the pinned comment too, so stick it inside a cupboard door. THE RECIPES Mama's Salmon Patties (makes 6) Ingredients: - 1 can salmon, 14 to 15 ounces - 2 tablespoons liquid from the can - 1 egg - 1/2 cup cracker crumbs - 1/4 cup grated onion - 2 tablespoons flour - 1/2 teaspoon black pepper - Grease for frying, about 1/4 inch deep Steps: 1. Drain the salmon and save 2 tablespoons of the liquid. 2. Pick out the big pieces of skin. Mash the fish, bones and all, until the little bones mash to nothing. 3. Stir in the egg, cracker crumbs, onion, flour, pepper and the saved liquid. 4. Let the mixture stand 5 minutes. 5. Pack into 6 patties, 1/2 inch thick. 6. Heat 1/4 inch of grease in a skillet over medium heat. 7. Fry the patties 4 minutes a side, and don't move them while they cook. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:28 Dried Beans 1:23 Cornmeal And Flour 2:38 Rice 3:15 Sugar, Salt And Fats 4:15 What Cellars Are For 5:04 Canned Goods Safety 5:48 Salmon Patties Recipe 6:41 Potatoes And Onions 7:27 Home Canning And Leaveners 8:27 Five Never Buys 10:29 Start Small List TAGS kentucky mamaw pantry before winter, what to stock before winter, depression era pantry, appalachian pantry staples, winter pantry list, how long do dry beans last, old beans wont soften, how to keep weevils out of flour, salmon patties old fashioned, canned salmon patties recipe, best by date meaning canned food, storing potatoes and onions, how to soften hard brown sugar, test baking powder freshness, pantry tips fixed income seniors, great depression cooking, frugal grandma cooking, appalachian cooking