oneraindog
Senior Member

This is a link I had saved on dehydrating ground beef. This guy says it'll last a year on the shelf but I'd be leary of that. I have done this once and used extra lean ground chuck, worked well but was not as flavorful as I had hoped. http://www.alpharubicon.com/prepinfo...torstryder.htm

D.O.M.

Haven't seen a basket weaving machine but have seen one that wove mats, and it is not much of a step from there to baskets. The mats were done by loading a conveyor with bundles of reed/grasses which passed them though a section of equipment that spread them flat and trimmed them to a uniform length and sorted them by width. These sorted stacks were then machine woven similar to cloth on a loom with a treadle that raised and lowered alternating stems/leaves and stitched across the ends to make floor mats and window blinds. It would only be a matter of cutting and folding to make the flat mats into baskets. I suspect many of the cheap easter baskets sold each year are done with a similar process.

D.O.M.

thanks but wasn't realy lookin for kudo's...she asked how to transport and boil water. btw nice site however minor point..a machine can be made to make baskets but it is not cost effective. I work building machines, I know it can be done however we can pay fifty foreigners for a year to do it for the cost of a machine and employ mexicans while americans go hungry. D.O.M.

You need to pick your prize.

I'll PM you the info on the Damascus,but first I have to post on the jamboree,and unload the truck.

Btw a person that would know more about trails near here would probably be green220kawasaki. he lives down the street from me.