Posted on 03/13/2013 3:42:42 PM PDT by Kartographer
Some foods to consider for longer term storage are:
Carbohydrates: white rice, pasta, wheat, oats, dehydrated fruits and vegetables, sugars, honey, fruits, roots and tubers (cook these well) and cereals. For those with wheat allergies, click here. Proteins: legumes, eggs, nuts, peanut butter, canned meats and fish, oatmeal, grains, wheat, quinoa, seeds, MREs, popcorn Fats: whole milk, ensure, peanut butter, oil (preferably plant based oils), nuts and seeds Vitamins and Nutrients: Vitamin C, Vitamin D, vitamin powders, dehydrated fruits and vegetables, seeds to grow vegetables and for sprouting, survival bars
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I need to learn how to make Arepa flour from scratch for the same reason. Making them from fresh corn, while tasty, is time consuming and having it ready for mix and cook makes up for any loss of taste.
I figure in case of emergency one of the major things I will be lacking is enough hours in the day to do things. Having short cuts available will be just as handy then as now.
I have an estimated one year supply of almost everything I need, spent all summer getting weird looks from store clerks and such when I was buying cans after cans of the Augason Farms dehydrated foods,
And coupled with the estimated 5,000 plus rounds of just the .22lr and not mentioning anything else all I get are nasty comments from the “too laters”.
I’m not feeling sympathetic for them, they remind me of the latest Zombieland where a hitch hiker is screaming over and over, “save me!”
yet in the end he becomes roadkill and the survivors who fight just take his backpack.
I’m a survivor and will only continue being so because I must ignore the ones crying for help. Too many, too late.
It is good to have shortcuts. But you just can't beat some stuff that takes a long time. That's why I only make tamales about 4 times a year. ;)
I am still working on building my mud brick horno, because I used one in NM, and I've never baked better bread. And I've baked bread all over the world. Forget the fancy french ovens with the injected steam... a good horno beats it hands down in my opinion. That also takes time to build, but I've got more time than money right now, so it's ok.
/johnny
For water, you need three things to survive in the arid areas of New Mexico. First a reliable well with a windmill to pump water, even in areas where it may have somewhat high salt content. Second, a water harvesting method to capture runoff water from roofs and into cisterns or tanks for storage. Third a method to purify water to remove bacteria and/or salts. The water captured from a roof system will have the least minerals but have contamination from birds. Purification is a must. Water with salt will require a solar still or some other method to remove it. But usually a cistern system with purification can meet drinking water needs while water with some salt can provide water for other domestic needs.
I think I saved the catz lives that day (he spells it “catz”). Think he sent me an email about it instead of squeezing the japapeno starts out of their bodies. If I recall right, the catz spent the rest of the day in banishment outside.
My little Yorkie and yours wouldn't do such a horrible thing.
Yorkies were bred in Yorkshire, England (been there, didn't see a Yorkie), to dig in holes for rats (which is why they are small). True to her heritage, when only a couple of months old, she began to dig holes in the sheetrock wall inside my front door. I tried everything, but she was not going to quit. She would lick the sheetrock until she got it damp, then use her paws and dig a freaking hole, which she did - more than once. I got doggie pepper spray which one sprays on the whatever is threatened with doggie attack and it's supposed to make them quit doing bad things - didn't work. I was spending my whole day watching the wall and her.
Gave up and got a man to place wall material like one puts in a shower, the slick wall sheet, on that wall like wainscot paneling, and she never approached the wall again - she knew she was out of the hole in the wall business.
So, I guess his catz aren't so bad after all.
Did your Yorkie try to dig holes in your house like mine did?
SW NM is about the same with water, it is found at different depths, there are wells 100 feet and some 500 feet in same area, even a few dry holes, not many but just counting on drilling a well anywhere may not work out. Windmills, solar pumps also work good if you get the right one.
Nope in an emergency the first ones to go are Liberals , Lawyers and Drug dealers ....
Did your Yorkie try to dig holes in your house like mine did?
You have one determined little girl there! That's actually pretty adorable. I guess when I see my critters doing some natural instictive behavior, instead of getting mad at them I think it is cute. (Except for the spraying thing!)
Cooper hasn't destroyed much around the house - not even his own doggie toys. He does try to 'bury' bones in the house - scratches at the chair or couch to dig up the dirt, then gently places the bone the 'hole', then meticulously covers it up with 'dirt' with his nose, pushing the 'dirt' from all directions. I think that is smarter than actually burying it outside where he would have to eat real dirt when he retrieved the dirty bone.
I think he is confused about a yorkie's original mining job, though, because he is much more interested in birds than ground squirrels when we go to the city parks. But he will try to get into the squirrels' holes though, and tries to dig to make them bigger. Once, he had a sneezing attack for 20 minutes because he breathed in all that loose dirt. Luckily, a vet visit wasn't warranted after all.
I bought a plush toy tree that had holes in it and little squirrels were in the holes for the dog to get out. I read customer comments and some said they had to show their dog how to get the squirrels out. So, Prissy was young and I thought I'd had to do that. I sat it in front of her and in seconds she had all the squirrels out. If anything is in a hole, she will get it out.
When I tell her, “No!”, she dances a jig as if to say, “Screw you, I don't want to stop.” The first time she did that, I nearly cracked up.
Guess I had better stop talking about dogs and cats on this thread.
MAKING CORNMEAL/FLOUR TORTILLAS: I have a genuine Mexican made heavy metal tortilla press and that's what I use to form the tortillas with my regular cornmeal/flour from the store. Then, I have all that cornmeal and flour in long term storage cans.
I have numerous recipes for making tortillas and they are many. I was looking for simple and several of those recipes are simple. I'm sure all of you have your own method, too.
I admire those of you who grow the corn or buy it and store it yourself.
I have that on my ‘to buy’ list. Thanks.
LOL!
Greeneyes, meant to ping you to my post 47.
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No Problem. I don’t have a clue about Old Sarge’s secret password though.
This may come off a bit tin-hatty to many... But I’m primarily worried about confiscation and control of water by the feds. They have spent thousands of man-hours cataloging and mapping every well, stream, cow pond and damp spot in the state.
I know that water is about the most precious resource in NM, but it isn’t something that I personally worry about, as I was greatly blessed with it. Probably not wise to say more in that respect.
But were I to rely on municipal water, I would definitely be worried.
I don’t know if you are familiar with Dorothy Ainsworth. Her website is www.dorothyainsworth.com. This lady built her own gorgeous log cabin, had a well drilled, built her own cement water tank and numerous other structures on her acreage in Oregon. Here is a piece she wrote about getting a refurbished windmill at her place. It pumps water from the well uphill to her tank. It is a great system, and requires no power.
Here is the piece. http://www.dorothyainsworth.com/wind/windmills.html
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