I remember when our electric was off one afternoon when my husband was VERY dirty from work and the kids were hungry. I was out of town and wondered how they would do. It began raining hard and we lived out in the country with no nearby neighbors so he had the kids go out on the front porch and they took 'showers' in the run off from the rain gutters. He told them they were going to play "little House on the Prairie for fun. The well couldn't pump water with out electricity so we had no water for showers nor flushing. He got a pail of water from the horse trough and flushed with that and they had hot dogs on a fire later when the rain stopped. Even roasted marshmallows. They actually had a great time so your experience brought back a good memory for me. Thanks for this video.
After the last hurricane we had down here in Florida I was without power for 2 weeks. I was one of the very lucky few who also had a roof. Only one in 15 to 20 homes survived with the roof in tack. We did not avoid the flooding however and we had knee high (2 feet) of dirty contaminated water in every room under that roof. None of the appliances were above the water as everyone has a 1 story home with no basement. The water began draining out of the house the first night and was lower than the house (not the yard or street) by afternoon of the next day. Our generator was in a raised shed that like everything flooded but the motor was high enough that it would still run. Our gas grill was also in the shed and worked. Our chest freezer was floating and we were able to blow out the water and clean the motor and it still worked. Thankfully my husband was able to use his mechanical skills, tools and equipment to clean and service most of our appliances into working order for when we did get power back and could start rebuilding the home from the foundation up to the ceiling. Having a gas grill or even a camping stove is extremely useful when you don't have power. A electric (if you have a generator) or propane griddle can also be extremely helpful in power outages. When I lived in New England (Ct, Vermont, NH, Maine) I kept the propane stove and griddle available year round as we lost power often and due to it's design the wood stove was not always a option for cooking. The nearest open grocery store and gas station were 1.5 to 1 hour away, and they both had limits on how much you could purchase. Keeping the generator going required gas and we could only get 10 gallons max, regardless of what you put it in (car or container). I have been through several hurricanes and never flooded before so I wasn't prepared for that to happen. I was prepared for loss of electricity and water. When the "Camping" equipment go on sale in the spring and/or end of season your family should consider getting the cooking items and small propane or butane fuel containers they require along with some extras. With all the new extra features that are available now, like a tiny oven for the camp stove, they will ensure that you will be able to prepare yummy homemade foods and treats for your family even when you don't have electricity or ability to use a generator for cooking.
We were all electric and lots of power cuts in the 70's due to industrial action. We had a camping gas stove that my dad got out so we could heat up tinned food and make tea. We had candles everywhere. One time my dad managed to get some indoor fireworks. He used to make tinfoil mobiles balanced over the candles with a knitting needle. Anything to keep us amused and not frightened. We got to actually look forward to the powercuts.
Nothing like a power outage to show us what we’re missing in our preps. You rocked cooking on the coal stove! Hope power is back on and all is well with you. PS the cookies looked so pretty, I think I’ll give those a try.
I have always been grateful to have had the experience of camping while growing up. We traveled for 2 weeks around the US camping on vacation. The weather did what it would, and we cooked all of our own meals, no fast food meals or restaurant stops(couldn't afford that with us 6 kids).😊 My kids grew up the same way, and they are not panicked when power goes out.😊
I have a small butane burner. It is a single burner but its enough to make some hot food . I got this as a backup for camping and it works great. I think they are still under 30 dollars and easy to store away! It is good that things like this happen, it helps us to find the holes in our preps and makes us think outside the box! Great video, so glad you kept going and didnt just stop your video! Blessings!
No judgement from ANYONE! S**** happens, and we have to adjust fire (pun intended, lol). Just wanted to say, that pink sweater is really pretty on you - makes your skin look extra luminous! (I firmly believe that every woman deserves to get at least one compliment a day, so I do my best to give them when I can.)
Great video even with the bumps in the road. In a pitch, you could make and use the Girl Scout Cook Oven. We made with a good cardboard box, aluminum foil, empty soup or juice cans and balance a wire rack on the cans. Place six to eight hot charcoal pieces in the box, put in what you want to bake, and close the lid.
You seemed to have taken the lack of power in stride. I guess you understood the lesson the Lord was allowing. I hope many blessings came from your powerless days. God bless & keep you
In the winter my mom always moved the grill where it was a short shoveled walk from the back door because she wanted to have access to it in a storm. It is something I always thought was funny but as an adult I totally understand it. Not having power is always hard.
Coleman and camp chef makes some great stoves and ovens for camping situations. I have used my Coleman propane stove indoors many times but it's a good idea if using it to crack a window for some air flow.
You did well dealing with no power, being creative by working with the resource available to you and using pantry foods! I’m confident you will process this experience and make a doable plan should this happen again. We’ve had experiences without power for daaays. It’s much easier during the winter as far as cooking and keeping our food cold/ frozen. Heating part of our home - we used a very dependable cylinder shaped kerosene heater. The 12” diameter top surface allowed my husband to set a stainless steel pot on top to heat water to pour into our coffeemaker. Gravity did the rest. Then, he used a skillet and cooked sausages and eggs. That was the first meal of the day! Propane grill made it relatively easy to cook other foods. Making sure we always have kerosene and multiple tanks of propane are part of our preparations. Hopefully your power came on shortly!
We bought a Volcano stove. We have used it in our garage with propane when power was out. We also used it in the fire pit with wood to cook on inside. Very versatile and useful.
We have a campchef oven. It has 2 burners on it as well. We keep it on our back deck and use in summer to keep heat down but also pull it close to our back door to use during winter if no power in house. Not ideal, but a good alternative for the situation
We are fortunate enough to have a wood cookstove so power outages aren't as concerning for us. We are in the process of making an old fashioned kitchen in our home. It's a work in progress but it's coming along. We have a hand pump which will bring water from our well into the house which will be amazing, can't wait for that! We too have a generator but try and use it for the freezers and fridges. We don't run it continuously either, only a few hours at a time. Hope you soon have power again. I think you did a great job making your supper on a coal stove, I know absolutely nothing about those. Loved your video.♥️
This was a great awakening for all of us. So sorry this happened to your family but you worked it out. We all need to go back over our what if’s in case of any emergency. ❤
I would recommend you get a butane stove lie many who deonstate cooking, with fast one pot eals.fir bread you could try flat breads that can be made on a stovetop.
Look up videos on cooking on a coal stove. Im Sure there are some out there. Its good to have multiple ways to cook for the family. Especislly during power outages. I live i. An apartment, we only have electric stove. We lost power for 3 days. I used a tea light candle stove. A cake pan lined with foil about a dozen tea lights and a cooling rack on top. Took awhile to get water hot enough to use for tea and heat easy foods, about 20 to 30 minutes. But we ate hot meals those 3 days. Reheating food was easy wrapped in foil or in a covered pan. I put my survival skills to the test that day. So glad it worked.
It always sucks when you get a long outage, we live in a somewhat remote area and have outages lots. Sometimes flor days. I always keep gallon jugs of ice in the freezer then I can put it in a cooler for items from the fridge that need to be refrigerated . Fridges can stay cold for hours, freezers 24-48 hours depending if it’s a chest or upright. Get your self a butane stove. Teheran work great and you can use it safely in the house. I could go on and on but won’t. Great job making your supper cheers 🇨🇦🌷
Wow!!! I love loved loved this episode. Very good to think about. I have a small plug in stovetop and a solar generator. But more long term in winter cooking off grid would be challenging. Something to think about. I would love to see more unconventional cooking methods from you!
you can cook dried beans on your coal stove, if you have canned beans in the pantry it will cut your cooking time you should be able to bake/fry corn bread too.
Great job adapting sister! May I suggest, if finance & space permits, installing a platform type woodstove in your garage. We are considering it both for this reason along with providing heat in there for my husband while he works on our vehicles in the winter which inevitably happens. Haha.
I've been cooking dear meat for yrs.raised my kids on it a little trick I learned especially on burger meat wash it with cold water really good then cook it in butter,they want know the difference.i do it to all my cuts of dear meat can't tell difference between it and beef
You made an adventure out of that. There is an Australian mom that cooks on her outdoor barbecue because her oven broke down. Its called Our small footprint.
Interesting! I’ll check her channel out! I’m gonna start researching some more indoor options too. We have the grill but it was seriously blizzard like outside. Would work if absolutely necessary but I’d love more options.
I think some people are confusing power outage alone with power outage plus extreme weather conditions outside. If you can cook while avoiding going outside in a blizzard, why go grill in - you know, a blizzard. I have a grill and if there’s flooding outside for example, I’m not going out there to use it.
😂 yeeeeah seems that way. I mean if need be it’ll have to do but I’m not choosing to stand in the frigid cold with high winds and heavy snow if I figure out an option inside. I’m gonna see what other options I can come up with to be better prepared next time!
It is always best to be prepared for different circumstances. We have 15 extra gallons of gas on hand for when we lose power for our generator. We have wireless thermometers in our freezer and in our refridgerator which work great. They came with a counter top digital display hygrometer thermoter monitor that you can read what the temperature is in each appliance. They have 330 ft. range. They are unni brand. Last month we lost power for twenty hours. We could see what the temperatures were in each appliance and plugged them in when we needed to. We also have a butane stove, which worked out great with not having any power. We heated up water and made instant coffee and heated some chunky soup. We also have some battery power lanterns and some head lamps.
I have a blackstone and camp chef. I will also have a gas grill and charcoal grill in the future. I love to cook outside. If anything happens where I have no power I will be able to cook outside.
I have baked on my gas grill during snow storms. It works pretty well. But I will say, in a pinch, we did some crazy southern hillbilly stuff to bake before lol we have a wood heater, much like your coal stove, it has grates on it. We can cook on it, but it does take time. We "built" a makeshift oven 😂.... We stacked bricks and made 3 sides. Wrapped 2 paver stones in foil to lay across the top. Then cut a piece of cardboard in foil, bent it at the top and inserted the flap in between the two top stones to act as a door. You can bake in it, it does take a little longer, but it does work. Lol may not be up your alley but thought I'd throw that out there 😂 thank you for sharing your real life with us!!!😊❤️
Coleman two burner camp stove, the one that looks like a suitcase when stored. It’s amazing and you can buy a conversion kit to change from white gas to propane bottles. Mom also had a fold up Coleman oven that worked amazing on the stove. Takes up no room when not in use but so handy. Great job on video considering no power. Can you flip up/ remove the decorative top on your stove for those times when you need to cook on the top?
I want to switch our electric stove for a gas one. That way I can still cook inside with no electric. I have a wood burning fire place that I have cooked in when needed but it would be convenient to be able to use the stove.
That's great that you can cook on that stove! I would like to learn to do something like that on my little wood stove(outside). I think it would be a good skill to practice 🙏🙂
I don't mean this to sound critical but weather is rarely a surprise anymore. Just do all of your baking before the storm hits. It's way less stressful and the dishwasher still works. I live in an area that gets hurricanes and learned the hard way.
I don’t know, they’ve been known to be wrong about when, how bad it’ll be, the course it will take, etc. I’m glad though that they get it pretty accurate in your area.
We live we learn, your coal on your dutch will work 100% but it will take practice to know just when your goods are just right since temp control is an issue. We have daily power outages anywhere from 2-8hrs, I have a gas stove and oven, solar for heated water, and solar charged led lights. The luck is here in sunny SA I don't have to contend with snow so the fire grill is always an option for cooking even in winter. Its great in a way to have these "problems" as you said it shows us where we still need to improve.
Yeah, it stinks to lose power. I live in the DFW area & lived through the 2021 Snowid here. I put thawing food from my freezer in the backyard where it stayed frozen solid for 4 days!
I love the "I'm just heating up my freeze dryer.... " LOL.... Plus... you can always hide potatoes in your chili. Chili covers a multitude of interesting foods... Hugs from Esquimalt
Honestly you did fantastic! Some suggestions, if you are game to read... 1. snack foods to make a food platter. 2. Meal ready canned foods. Hot dogs, 3. use lots of lids to get pots to boil. 4. Spaghetti and sauce. 5. Oats and milk.....not oatmeal. 6. Tuna or chicken salad 6 different ways.... on crackers, on spaghetti, on garlic bread, on rice, on corn bread and on cous cous.... We believe in you! Hugs
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If you have more of the cherry tomato corn salsa you could use it in some chicken tortilla soup or drain the liquid off of the salsa and add it to some canned or cooked dried black beans that have been drained to make a corn & black bean salsa. Google Allrecipies for black bean salsa…just another way to get the family to eat black beans with adding more protein to anyone’s diet. Have you ever tried mixing half venison and half ground breakfast sausage? Makes the meat not as dry, adds more/ better flavor to whatever you use the venison for. This mixture is good for grilled hamburgers, chili, Mexican Lasagna, tacos, tostadas etc. your hamburger buns look beautiful! You can also cook things in pots on your grill…I saw a lady bake macaroni & cheese in a casserole dish in her grill. Also, if you have a fireplace you can help younger children roast hot dogs over the fire in a fireplace. It is entertaining for them and then do s’mores. After everything gets back to normal then return to more healthy things. You can even bake potatoes rolled up in foil and place in coals to cook. Hot dogs, potato chips and s’mores usually thrill kids along with pop corn and hot chocolate. Lol Hope you all get all of your power restored soon. I have been there! I think I would be camping out in my mother’s home if not! Lol. 😂
I had my husband make me a tealight cooker and this video was the inspiration. I buy made in the USA tealights in bulk online and this is a wonderful way to heat up your food when you want to do it safely indoors. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3aVKYFT14Ro.html I also have a XL HERC oven that uses tealights as well. Big enough to hold a 9x13 baking dish. It takes longer than a typical oven, but totally doable. I also have a thermal cooker which is used like a slow cooker. Boil your food for 10 minutes (I love my rocket stove) and then pour in and add the lid. It's like a big thermos. People think they are prepared by having a grill, but when it's cold outside, why not cook indoors?
