Originally Posted by
Carrie in PA
Now that is interesting. I would never hear the end of it if i had one of those. The joke around my house is that i am a "crazy prepper." I like to stock pile items when they are on sale and i do a lot of canning in the summer. I think old fashioned and electric free is awesome. I like the way it is worded, "true Do It Yourself ethic." Every time i get teased i will quote that.
Carrie, if there ever is a time when there is no electricity for an extended time, you will be the one laughing at them if you have this machine and your food supplies. I'd say go for it! I went without electricity and heat a week due to a bad storm several years ago, and that experience makes this machine look all the more attractive. I did use my Singer 127 treadle a lot during that time, and sewed by the light from the window.
I had been lobbying unsuccessfully for a wood cookstove (Grandma taught me to cook on hers) or at least a wood heat stove on which to do minimal cooking, and being in the cold all that time let me know I was right. Hubby doesn't think so, though. Hmmmmmm..... Any advice?
Cricket