Quiet and productive weekend around the house. Canned some Bacon

    As Christmas and New Years are over with we are back to the everyday norm of school and work. This weekend brought the kids and I a three day weekend. I get to enjoy another three day weekend this Friday as I have a VA compensation and pension appointment to go to so they can check one of my service connected disabilities, ONCE AGAIN!!!! I have a strong feeling that they think I will get better when there is no cure. I am sure the oil smoke of the Persian Gulf  during Desert Storm contributed to the condition as I have been surveyed several times regarding Gulf War syndrome.
    We did some early spring cleaning around the house with loading the trailer up for a run to the dump this coming Friday. We have almost got all out storage buildings in order and getting the last few boxes out and throwing away stuff we haven't used in a few years. I did get started on the grading for the garage that I have planned for late spring. The area of the property is somewhat level, but I do need to go down around 3-4 inches on the end closest to the house as I am wanting a 5 inch slab for the floor
     I did a search of the Internet Thursday during lunch and I was looking for dehydrated and freeze dried food as with each upcoming month I will start transitioning to them with a limited stock of canned goods in storage. We just cleaned out some canned goods that dated back to 2012, which I am sure they would still be good to eat, I would rather not until I really had too. I called another one of my neighbors who has pigs and told him to come get them.

 So as I am searching I run across Yoder's canned Bacon, holy crap that stuff has gotten expensive, $144.00 for a case before shipping. I told JUGM about this and we have been wanting to can Bacon for some time so she went to out local meat store and bought 5 lbs to start with. Well here it goes:

1 of 5 packs of Bacon

Masking paper cut to 18 inch's

Thick sliced Bacon placed on masking paper

Second sheet of masking paper placed over top of Bacon

Bacon is folded in half before its rolled up to go in wide mouth quart jar

Rolled up and going in jar

5 quart jars of Bacon pressure canning for 90 minutes

after the Canner

     Sunday morning, one jar was opened and consumed at breakfast.

Bacon unrolled

 Withstood the pressure canner pretty well

In the pan

The finished product

    The bacon went well with eggs, grits and toast. The FDA has discouraged people from canning bacon so pressure can Bacon at your own risk. I have only demonstrated that I accomplished this and have consumed the bacon I pressure canned. Please do your research before attempting and if you are new to canning, please use the Ball Blue book and learn canning of other food items before attempting.

    Well this will be a short week for me, only a few days till our 45th President is inaugurated and the other one is sent packing. I find it ironic that the Rep. Lewis from the Atlanta area said the same thing about G.W.Bush when he took office back in 2001 calling him illegitimate too. Makes you wonder of his racial tendencies...... Take care all.

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It's amazing what can happen in 24 hours when the voters speak. To all the celebreties who said they would leave.....

    The election is over, Donald J Trump won the presidential election and will take office on January 20th, 2017. I must say I am surprised that an everyday citizen of this country and who has never ran for any office can win over the hearts and minds of a pissed-off society that is lashing back at liberal ideology and by-god, he did it. I was worried last night, but texting back and forth to Florida, once Florida fell to him, I had a feeling it was going to be a good night. As I type this post out, I am hearing a story on TV about the polling and all I can do is laugh because the pundit's "F"'d it all up again. President Elect Trump, I wish you much success in your effort to make this country great again. I look forward to seeing your picture hanging on the wall at work.

    So in my post election coverage, I am pleased to know that a majority of the world leaders have embraced the transition of power that will take place in 70 days or so. It's almost like you can feel the relief from the rest of the world that it is not the other candidate and President Obama's days are nothing but a dwindling light fading away and soon too be extinguished. THANK GOD!!!

    As I prowled around the web today I was reminded of the liberal celebrities that said they would leave the country if he was to win as posted on "The Hill.com". Well let me chime in on them:

Bryan Cranston: Breaking bad star, who I still don't know who the hell this guy is nor do I care.

BYE!!!!!

Samuel L. Jackson: Big-Time liberal actor who has done nothing for the Black community and lines his pockets from films and Capital One credit card commercials. I'm sure you will get some points on your Capital One card as you leave for South Africa.

BYE!!!!!

 Lena Dunham: Who?

BYE!!!!

CHER: She said she would go to Jupiter if he won. Better call Space-ex because Obama dissolved all space travel through NASA.

BYE!!!! 

Don't let the Ozone layer hit you where the good lord split you.

Miley Cyrus: I'm laughing right now, I'm sorry, I cant help myself. I guess Trump hurt your Achy-Breaky Heart didn't he?

BYE!!!!!

Barbara Streisand: Can we get a country to take her please? Philippines? North Korea? Indonesia?

Bye!!!!, Please just go

Amy Schumer: This is better than any joke you have ever told. How's that Bud Light commercial working out for you, oh that's right, you were let go.....

BYE!!!!

Whoopi Goldberg: As you said earlier this year that if Trump won you have the money to move. Better call 2 Men and a Truck. 

BYE!!!!

    I don't how many of you have seen on the news tonight but it seems there are many people who are not happy with the outcome of the election and are protesting in several major cities in the US. Well first off if you would have had a "Civics's" course in your school years you would know that the presidential election is decided based off the Electoral College and not off the popular vote. Thank your liberal school systems for making you look stupid. It's obvious that you are the product of the Nanny-system of liberalism for sucking on a nipple your whole life and now it seems that maybe you will have to get a job and support yourself. Hey, Grow Up and do something with your life.

     I feel this election has shined a very large life on Liberalism and the globalist movement we have seen for many years. I honestly feel that with BREXIT and now this historic election, globalism is on the verge of collapse. Pay close attention to Europe and the EU. I would not be surprised that they will fade away soon like our 44th president.

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