How the pioneers ate in Winter

[jansman]

Nice little link here.Granted that it is about American pioneers,but some good and basic food storage information.

http://www.askaprepper.com/pioneers-sto ... ve-winter/

[pseudonym]

They also put their time and effort in, knowing that no-one else would help them to survive.

[Deeps]

An interesting read, I've never heard of a clamp before, basically an above ground root cellar, food for thought, in winter the ground is pretty waterlogged at mine.

[jansman]

The time and effort they put in was evident.It shows how tough they were,but also how soft we are today.

[Deeps]

The time and effort they put in was evident.It shows how tough they were,but also how soft we are today.

I remember reading about the settlers in New Zealand when I was a kid and living there, we have it soooooo good, its one thing fantasising about living like that but its bloody hard work, a bad year and people died. No passengers back then, I'll take today's lifestyle over it any (and every) day of the week. It was barbaric, no facebook or anything.......

[Brambles]

An interesting read, I've never heard of a clamp before, basically an above ground root cellar, food for thought, in winter the ground is pretty waterlogged at mine.

I can remember helping my dad set the clamps in the garden. It's a lot of work, but worth it. It was very rare to have a freezer in the 60's so this was a way have veg on hand. They didn't always work though and boy what a stink when you broke open a rotten one.