BLACK SHEEP MINISTRIES

Old fashioned corn…

Something our ancestors knew, something we should know. In a pinch when food gets scarce corn will come through in a pinch. Dried corn is one of the most easily stored foods, plus it provides much needed nutrients as a supplement to your “stocked” foods. I take dried organic Non genetically altered corn and store it in 5 gallon buckets. I use it through out the year to supplement our meals. I takes dried corn soak it in lime water ( that is water with pickling lime), then dry it again. Next I grind it in my grain grinder. Making a course cornmeal. Then I place in sort of container or freezer bag. I use it make many old -fashioned recipes for meals or to supplement our meals. I am posting some of my recipes. I hope you enjoy…

Corn bread ( if I have sour milk)

2 C cornmeal

¼ t soda

2t baking powder

1t salt

2 eggs Beaten

2 C sour milk

2 T melted fat or oil ( I use coconut oil)

Sift dry ingredients. Add eggs to milk and stir into dry ing. Added melted fat. Pour into a hot greased pan about 8 inches square, and bake at 425* 20 to 30 minutes. Makes 6 servings

* great recipes if you have sour milk you want to use up.

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Sweet cornbread

¾ cup sugar (I use Rapadura sugar)

2 eggs

1 C cornmeal

1 C flour

1 t soda

2 t aluminum free baking powder

2 T coconut oil, olive, butter, or lard

1 cup sweet milk

½ t salt

Mix all dry ing. , milk eggs , add oil last. Bake at 450* for 25 to 30 minutes. This makes an 8-inch square panful or 9 servings

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Corn meal mush ( A family favorite here at the McKeown household)

4 C water

3 C cornmeal

1 t salt

Bring hot water to a hot boil and take meal and just add a small amount at a time and stir all the time until the mush becomes thick . Remove pan into a glass loaf pan. I usually make this the night before and stick in the fridge to cool overnight. Then in the morning slice like scrapple. Fry in heavy skillet with your choice of fat or oil.

These are just a small sample of what you can do with corn. Hey, and corns not that hard to grow provided we don’t have a drought. The time is now to start learning the ways of our ancestors . I suggest reading and studying, and talking with older family or friends to see how they did things in the “olden days” we may need there wisdom.

If anyone has any questions feel free to email…

Mmc (natural girl)

Inflation , food, and frantic… If I could think of 3 words to go together today it would be those. I have began to research for an article I am writing “ food shortages coming to a grocery store near you.” It has been grueling work. My time is limited so in between home schooling, cooking, studying naturopathy, campaigning for Ron Paul, trying to read my Bible, being a wife, and about a thousand other things, I am working on this article. As time will allow I am starting to dive into this, reading article after article of a possible food shortage in our country not fully understanding the big picture. Talking with local farmers, and other food buying club individuals, I continue to run across this statement “ before the shortage the price of food will rise.” Well, I have heard this was coming, and I have seen a slight jump in food, but nothing to write home about. We usually buy in bulk, and raise most of our food, so I am not so effected , or so I thought.

I have an Organic/ natural food co-op. We order every 4-8 weeks depending upon how many we have ordering. Today was my ordering day, so I thought I will order extra, because I always like to stock up .

We are into the preparedness lifestyle, so it is nothing out of ordinary for me to do so. Well, as it just so happens I called the company in which I order from, she proceeds to take my order. Let’s just say that I did not get no where near as much stuff as I wanted to get. In the last 4-6 weeks prices on some things have doubled. I could not believe what I was hearing. Now, I have heard many on the shortwave radio talk of these things but I have never seen it so in your face as I have today. The girl who took my order was not surprised that I felt that way, apparently she is dealing with this on regular basis now(probably every call). Others are probably just as flustered as I was hearing those prices. She did inform me that this is nothing, everything is going up, especially the grains. “ They are going up, and they won’t be going back down any time soon.“ Which brings me back to the comment that I have been hearing as I have been researching my article “before the shortage the price of food will rise.” Are we seeing the build up before the storm or is it just inflation?