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Are you seeing empty shelves and food shortages where you live? Other viewers are telling me they're seeing this around the country! Between supply chain issues, bare shelves, and inflation, things are becoming more and more challenging. To make matters worse, this is a mid-term election year, which means things could get really crazy. "Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man." - Proverbs 6:6-11 (ESV) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+6%3A6-11&version=ESV CANNING VIDEOS Boneless, skinless chicken breast https://youtu.be/OK5RCU9HagE Navy Beans with Ham https://youtu.be/A42C5e02FtY South of the Border Chicken Soup https://youtu.be/2tRZFIqlnnA Summer Vegetable Soup (audio isn’t great, bit the recipe is in the description) https://youtu.be/ezODJrQnvmY PREPPING CHANNELS @Poplar Preparedness - Food shortage updates https://www.youtube.com/c/PoplarPreparedness @Magic Prepper - General preparedness https://www.youtube.com/c/MagicPrepper ECONOMIC CHANNELS @The Economic Ninja - Economic insights https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEconomicNinja @I Allegedly - Economic news and anecdotes https://www.youtube.com/c/IAllegedly Want to see more recommendations? Poplar Preparedness has a whole video of some great prepping channels. https://youtu.be/6RMRqjv5S7M For more canning videos, go to one of the best sources on YouTube — @Suttons Daze https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttonsDaze Here are affiliate links to canners like the ones I have: 16 quart Presto Pressure Canner - https://amzn.to/33wVjbR 23 quart Presto Pressure Canner - https://amzn.to/3A97bg4

Are you seeing empty shelves and food shortages where you live? Other viewers are telling me they're seeing this around the country! Between supply chain issues, bare shelves, and inflation, things are becoming more and more challenging.

To make matters worse, this is a mid-term election year, which means things could get really crazy.

"Go to the ant, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
Without having any chief,
officer, or ruler,
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man." - Proverbs 6:6-11 (ESV)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+6%3A6-11&version=ESV

CANNING VIDEOS

Boneless, skinless chicken breast
https://youtu.be/OK5RCU9HagE

Navy Beans with Ham
https://youtu.be/A42C5e02FtY

South of the Border Chicken Soup
https://youtu.be/2tRZFIqlnnA

Summer Vegetable Soup (audio isn’t great, bit the recipe is in the description)
https://youtu.be/ezODJrQnvmY

PREPPING CHANNELS

@Poplar Preparedness - Food shortage updates
https://www.youtube.com/c/PoplarPreparedness

@Magic Prepper - General preparedness
https://www.youtube.com/c/MagicPrepper

ECONOMIC CHANNELS

@The Economic Ninja - Economic insights
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEconomicNinja

@I Allegedly - Economic news and anecdotes
https://www.youtube.com/c/IAllegedly

Want to see more recommendations? Poplar Preparedness has a whole video of some great prepping channels.
https://youtu.be/6RMRqjv5S7M

For more canning videos, go to one of the best sources on YouTube — @Suttons Daze https://www.youtube.com/c/SuttonsDaze

Here are affiliate links to canners like the ones I have:

16 quart Presto Pressure Canner - https://amzn.to/33wVjbR
23 quart Presto Pressure Canner - https://amzn.to/3A97bg4

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Are you prepared for what's ahead? Food shortages + inflation means time may be running out!

There are many Scottish Shortbread Cookie recipes and I've tried more than I can even remember. But I LOVE this recipe. This one is from Taste of Home magazine and it's absolutely perfect. The only thing I change is the amount of time to bake. I live in a humid environment and it seems I can't get that slightly crisp shortbread texture I want unless after their initial time baking at 325º for 20-25 minutes I transfer them to a cooling rack, but then I continue to bake them on low at 200º for probably about an hour — and then I turn the oven off and leave them in there overnight. The next morning, they're room temperature and they're baked perfectly. You may have to play with the time. You'll know if they need to bake longer or if they are the crispiness you love. I hope you'll try these out and let me know what you think in the comments below. Do you have a favorite Shortbread recipe? How does it differ from this one? Tip: If you think the recipe below is going to be too much, you can certainly cut it in half. INGREDIENTS 2 cups (1 lb.) butter, softened 1 cup light brown sugar 4 to 4 1/2 cups flour INSTRUCTIONS 1. Cream together butter and sugar for about 5 to 7 minutes. 2. Add in flour one cup at a time, but reserve about a cup or so of the flour for when you turn it out on your counter to roll out the dough. 3. Work the rest of the flour in and then roll it out and shape it to form the dough into a 9" x 16" rectangle. A pastry bench scraper can be helpful for this. 4. Cut shortbread cookies into any shape you like. I prefer a traditional long rectangle as seen in the video thumbnail image. I also have a lovely shortbread pan that was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law last Christmas, but I didn't use that in this video because I wanted to do this in a way that everyone should be able to do. If you'd like to see the shortbread pan I have, here is an affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3ee8ShZ Original recipe from https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/scottish-shortbread/

There are many Scottish Shortbread Cookie recipes and I've tried more than I can even remember. But I LOVE this recipe. This one is from Taste of Home magazine and it's absolutely perfect.

The only thing I change is the amount of time to bake. I live in a humid environment and it seems I can't get that slightly crisp shortbread texture I want unless after their initial time baking at 325º for 20-25 minutes I transfer them to a cooling rack, but then I continue to bake them on low at 200º for probably about an hour — and then I turn the oven off and leave them in there overnight. The next morning, they're room temperature and they're baked perfectly. You may have to play with the time. You'll know if they need to bake longer or if they are the crispiness you love.

I hope you'll try these out and let me know what you think in the comments below. Do you have a favorite Shortbread recipe? How does it differ from this one?

Tip: If you think the recipe below is going to be too much, you can certainly cut it in half.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups (1 lb.) butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
4 to 4 1/2 cups flour

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cream together butter and sugar for about 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Add in flour one cup at a time, but reserve about a cup or so of the flour for when you turn it out on your counter to roll out the dough.
3. Work the rest of the flour in and then roll it out and shape it to form the dough into a 9" x 16" rectangle. A pastry bench scraper can be helpful for this.
4. Cut shortbread cookies into any shape you like. I prefer a traditional long rectangle as seen in the video thumbnail image.

I also have a lovely shortbread pan that was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law last Christmas, but I didn't use that in this video because I wanted to do this in a way that everyone should be able to do. If you'd like to see the shortbread pan I have, here is an affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3ee8ShZ


Original recipe from https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/scottish-shortbread/

YouTube Video VVVXRFVmVnBnYVF3OEE5XzYxQUhKVU1nLmJOc0xzb09vbDFn

Classic Scottish Shortbread Cookies - Just 3 ingredients! The perfect cookies with coffee or tea.

We're seeing lots of food shortages around here. Supply chain issues? Why is this happening? No one is unable to stock their pantries, but if you expect to get all the things you might typically buy this time of year, think again. In all likelihood, you're going to run into some items that just are unavailable. There may not be completely empty shelves where you live, but you'll definitely see some empty spots where some of your favorites used to be. Add to that the ominous messaging from the White House that half of this country is, "looking at a winter of severe illness and death." I just want folks to be prepared. Are you? What kind of shortages are you seeing in your area? Comment below. I'll be back to posting recipes tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure y'all are thinking about this if you're not already. For daily shortage reports, be sure and watch @Poplar Preparedness. The host reports regularly on viewer comments around the world of food shortages they're seeing in their areas. References: President Biden's comments from 12/16/21 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/16/remarks-by-president-biden-after-meeting-with-members-of-the-covid-19-response-team/ Jeff Zients comments from the White House 12/17/21 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/12/17/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-74/

We're seeing lots of food shortages around here. Supply chain issues? Why is this happening? No one is unable to stock their pantries, but if you expect to get all the things you might typically buy this time of year, think again. In all likelihood, you're going to run into some items that just are unavailable. There may not be completely empty shelves where you live, but you'll definitely see some empty spots where some of your favorites used to be.

Add to that the ominous messaging from the White House that half of this country is, "looking at a winter of severe illness and death."

I just want folks to be prepared. Are you? What kind of shortages are you seeing in your area? Comment below. I'll be back to posting recipes tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure y'all are thinking about this if you're not already.

For daily shortage reports, be sure and watch @Poplar Preparedness. The host reports regularly on viewer comments around the world of food shortages they're seeing in their areas.

President Biden's comments from 12/16/21 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/16/remarks-by-president-biden-after-meeting-with-members-of-the-covid-19-response-team/

Jeff Zients comments from the White House 12/17/21 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/12/17/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-74/

YouTube Video VVVXRFVmVnBnYVF3OEE5XzYxQUhKVU1nLlJ4M3lEQlZmenVr

Food Shortages ahead of Christmas 2021? Are you seeing empty shelves? Are you prepared?

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