It sounds like you are in a good location and well prepared. I have a large canner also but have not yet tried any tattler lids.
I will be running another cook-off challenge in the next few weeks so if you want to get in on it that would be great!
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Still buying the tattler lids (only a couple of gross so far) but they are plastic with a reusable rubber seal. The only strange part is they check for seal a little differently. once they cool off, Instead of checking for a drawn down seal dome, you try to rotate the lid. If it is sealed it will not turn. If it turns, reprocess it! I will use standard lids on long run veggies, for possible barter material.
I am glad you have the Big Canner, they are a useful tool! I will have a big one running here shortly to begin the homeless meal meat preparation. I can cook 20 pounds of chicken in one batch. I will cook the penne pasta in a 24 quart stock pot, and the spaghetti in a 20 quart pot. Tomorrow should be Fun, LOL! :)
Have to cook the pasta tomorrow, not enough refrigerator space! :(
Who do you cook the homeless meal for? It sounds like noble work.
We feed the people who live under the bridges. The ones really at risk. We fed 364 today, plus one pit bull
That's awesome! When we get the homestead up and running, one of the things I want to do is plant extra food to donate to the food bank. Stuff like squash that keeps for a long time without refrigeration. I thought about meat too but that gets tricky because it needs to be properly inspected even if it is donated and not sold.
If you plant a macaroni and cheese bush, you will be very popular, LOL. We had about 70 gallons of hot food, and they ate it all. They are good people, in a bad spot. Such a blessing. I'd do it more often, but I am not tough enough.... We put 7 dozen eggs in the salad, but it could have used more.
On the meat, most states gave a wild game donation program. Hunt, and donate, no inspection needed. Here it is open season on wild pigs.