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Reply to: Dressing up ramen Posted October 9, 2022

Assuming you’re looking to dress up the dry noodles, the Budget Bytes website has some great recipes for this. I generally try to make fast versions of ramen with broth/better than bouillon, sautéed mushrooms and tofu, gojuchang. I like the Budget Bytes fast peanut ramen–I make the quick peanut sauce white heating frozen broccoli and tofu in the microwave, stir with cooked noodles.

Reply to: Complications an HOA brings to prepping Posted October 1, 2022

Talk to the HOA president or board member(s) and ask what recent infractions they have had to deal with. My experience is that HOA rules are more about the spirit than the letter of the law–the rules are designed for the long term and interpreted that way. So our rules ban tents, drying items outside, etc. But no one has ever complained when I’ve dried my dog’s beds outside or let some towels air dry–the rules are just trying to prevent permanent clothes lines. Our rules ban tents but people put them up for parties, kids backyard camping nights, etc–the rules are trying to prevent long term tents staying up.

Reply to: Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year Posted January 18, 2022

I’m also pretty baffled, to be honest. The deterioration is all right around the edge. They were stored in an interior ground floor closet that stays pretty cool and is dark except when someone turns the light on to get the vacuum, so…not that often 🙂 The differences definitely seem to be between the stacked vs not stacked containers so lesson learned there!

Reply to: Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year Posted January 17, 2022

Thanks! I never touch the inside of the containers or the lids after I bleach them to minimize contamination opportunities. I previously air dried after using the concentrated bleach. This past year was the first year I’ve had issues and while I do think it’s from putting too much weight on them and the lid gaskets starting to deteriorate, I did a rinse and then filled with tap water right away. I am now more than ever a big fan of adding a bit of bleach in, as you can think you have been careful and still open it up to an unpleasant surprise! Fresh bleach is a bit of extra insurance. I also won’t be stacking my water stores any more!

Reply to: Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year Posted January 17, 2022

I might pick up some of those. In opening up all of my stored water, the water in the Waterbricks that were stacked all had visible issues and the ones that weren’t stacked look fine. I did notice that all the lids were showing signs of deterioration inside after 4 years of use. I’m replacing all the suspect WaterBricks with Scepter containers.

Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year

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Posted January 16, 2022

Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year

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Posted January 16, 2022

Reply to: Dressing up ramen Posted October 9, 2022

Assuming you’re looking to dress up the dry noodles, the Budget Bytes website has some great recipes for this. I generally try to make fast versions of ramen with broth/better than bouillon, sautéed mushrooms and tofu, gojuchang. I like the Budget Bytes fast peanut ramen–I make the quick peanut sauce white heating frozen broccoli and tofu in the microwave, stir with cooked noodles.

Reply to: Complications an HOA brings to prepping Posted October 1, 2022

Talk to the HOA president or board member(s) and ask what recent infractions they have had to deal with. My experience is that HOA rules are more about the spirit than the letter of the law–the rules are designed for the long term and interpreted that way. So our rules ban tents, drying items outside, etc. But no one has ever complained when I’ve dried my dog’s beds outside or let some towels air dry–the rules are just trying to prevent permanent clothes lines. Our rules ban tents but people put them up for parties, kids backyard camping nights, etc–the rules are trying to prevent long term tents staying up.

Reply to: Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year Posted January 18, 2022

I’m also pretty baffled, to be honest. The deterioration is all right around the edge. They were stored in an interior ground floor closet that stays pretty cool and is dark except when someone turns the light on to get the vacuum, so…not that often 🙂 The differences definitely seem to be between the stacked vs not stacked containers so lesson learned there!

Reply to: Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year Posted January 17, 2022

Thanks! I never touch the inside of the containers or the lids after I bleach them to minimize contamination opportunities. I previously air dried after using the concentrated bleach. This past year was the first year I’ve had issues and while I do think it’s from putting too much weight on them and the lid gaskets starting to deteriorate, I did a rinse and then filled with tap water right away. I am now more than ever a big fan of adding a bit of bleach in, as you can think you have been careful and still open it up to an unpleasant surprise! Fresh bleach is a bit of extra insurance. I also won’t be stacking my water stores any more!

Reply to: Water storage issues–water bricks contaminated after 1 year Posted January 17, 2022

I might pick up some of those. In opening up all of my stored water, the water in the Waterbricks that were stacked all had visible issues and the ones that weren’t stacked look fine. I did notice that all the lids were showing signs of deterioration inside after 4 years of use. I’m replacing all the suspect WaterBricks with Scepter containers.