In the Can

Didn't get to do much actual prepping today, but I did prepare to prep. I picked up a copy of Better Homes & Garden's "You Can Can" book on canning. I think I've got the vacuum canning down, but I really don't know how to do pressure canning.

On one of Jack Spirko's episodes of The Survival Podcast he mentions it's important to learn some basic food prep skills like cooking and canning. I took it to heart and picked up the book today. I can already actually cook the food -- I'm pretty good at that -- but the food prep part: the saving, canning, etc. of it needs some work. So I've got my eye on a pressure canner and a hot water canner at Walmart and I plan on picking both up tomorrow.

Separately I want to get a Dutch oven too. Jack also mentioned it's a good idea to learn how to use one in a campfire setting -- and doing so now while you can rather than later when you have to -- that I plan on getting one of them too. I spent upwards of two hours today looking at YouTube videos of various stoves and ovens and I'm looking forward to trying out all these new methods of food prep as I enhance my various life skills.