Toward Ecosophy

Thank you! This sounds like a nice, simple cookbook. I love that it is almost 100 years old. Thrift Books online has a few copies.

Now they have one less. 😁

When I left home at 18, my mother gave me a copy of the "American Woman's Cookbook" edited by Ruth Borolzheimer, 1944 edition. Whenever I'm working with raw ingredients from the garden and foraging or unpopular cuts of meat that I get from the processor, this book gives recipes that modern cookbooks assume no one uses anymore. It's another good resource if you can find a copy.

I havent traveled recently, but years ago I have had good experiences in Hostels, I stayed in the Blue Tortoise hostel in Seattle with one of my teens a bit less than 20 years ago. I stayed in a hostel somewhere when I had all three kids with me on the east coast, somewhere that I could get to Waldens pond and Boston. About 7 years ago, when camping/touring with my youngest, it was getting late and we were too far from a National Forest, and she used a smart phone and we stayed one night in a hostel in Park City Utah, it was off season (sept) so we could get a spot last minute, inexpensive, and much more fun than a hotel, we cooked a simple meal, had a brew, played pool on the pool table, talked to a few folks. Then we were back to camping as we headed North the next day.

Atmospheric River

I haven't followed the link, but 'egg' and 'preserve forever' in the same sentence doesn't ring true to me.
Things, edible, that preserve forever that I know are
-salt
-sugar
-honey
-olive oil
-some alcocholic drinks

Olive oil bottles may give a experation date (2 years after production) but in true, if well stored(dark, fresh place) It will last years and years. It loses a bit of flavor and taste with time, but it's good to eat and to cook with for 10 years or more. That only applies to real olive oil, I wouldn't trust industrial mixed vegetables processed oils.

Kind regards,
Tired21

Teresa -

If you ever find yourself down here near College Park, MD, let me know. I have a hobby (not a business) of repairing old sewing machines. I specialize in "not economical to repair" conditions, and have in some cases fabricated replacement parts in my little machine shop. Hershey's just a little to far for me to drive, though.

Lathechuck

Humidity is a persistent problem.
In my experience when the weather is hot and dry, everything works. When the weather is 'bochorno' hot and humid everything becomes more difficult. But to answer your question my way of handling a similar problem is:
-the cheapest bleach is the best
-reducing the amount of kitchenware in everyday cooking
-Keep kitchen windows open as much as you can
-using lots of towel paper

Kind regards,
Tired21

I have not, that looks interesting.

I have a slightly unusual method. YMMV when it comes to the more woo-woo things like this, but I am personally a fan of orgonite. (I usually get the basic little ones from orgonite-andy. They're not pretty like the shiny pyramids some people sell, but they don't need to be.)

Awhile ago I did a deep dive on it and started experimenting; I liked the results personally. I also read that orgonite can help food keep fresh longer, and should be in or near the fridge, so I put one on top and one or two inside the fridge. And I found my produce and fruit lasted a lot longer. It can still go rotten, but I often have things last many times longer than they did before. It generally takes months of neglect for things to get mold or rot.

Orgonite is a "technology" that supposedly absorbs or transforms things like decay or destructive energy and EMF type stuff. I don't think it's been proven in any scientific way, but many people get results using it. Personally I always have some around my property, because there's a lot of EMF in the area and I like to give myself, my plants, and the bees and critters the best chance of staying alive. I have a piece on my laptop currently, because I use it a lot and it's close to me.

It does seem to give my trees a better shot, and I generally have plenty of bees around since putting it around. There was a significant die-back of bees when another electronic thingy was installed right by my house, but I put out a bit more and eventually they bounced back, though not quite as well or as quickly as I'd have liked, and I got more of the "powerful" bees like wasps and bumblebees and fewer of the small, gentle native bees.

I don't know if any of this is actually about frugality, but it's a part of my life now, as I try to manage living in a rather toxic environment and create a small haven for creatures. (You know those awful smart meters? I have one, and I don't like it. But I put a piece of orgonite on it and now there are spiders living right there on top of it, not minding it at all. Anecdotal, for sure. But nice, too.) Anyway it's kind of nice to not have to buy fresh produce every week because of how quickly it's rotted. Things just last for me really well. I put a piece on top of my parents fridge as well and noticed they also seem to have their fresh things last a lot longer since then.