Posted on 03/05/2011 9:14:08 AM PST by Kartographer
We all realize it won’t happen, but the dollar is very weak. That’s just a fact.
Anything I read about survivalism indicates to keep at least a few weeks or even months supply of food on hand. As far as guns and ammunition, I seriously doubt that one person can protect what they have if people are starving. This means a network of friends is needed. That way the things that you have can be shared and protected.
I do know many people will say they can’t afford it. A food item that costs $1.00 today could cost $2.00 or $3.00 or even more by mid summer. We should all know that gasoline which won’t even store well, especially now with the ethanol can’t really be stored in quantity for any length of time.
The interest on just about any investment is presently much less than the increase in the cost of food. Therefore, a few hundred in savings spent now, will increase in value faster than just about any investment there is.
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I use 1/2 gallon glass jars and a vacuum sealer.
Really appreciate the email of the manual. I thanked you in advance, but here is some more thanks on the back end.
One comprehensive manual.
Ping for later!
Exactly...just because the odds may be stacked against you doesn't mean you shouldn't fight back with all you've got. If you don't make it, you can sure take plenty of them with you, and make their "victory" a costly one.
Also, make sure you take whatever you can off the MZBs you drop, after you've successfully defended your homestead. Grab any ammo, weapons, walkie-talkies, and anything else that could possibly used for barter goods.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Just a piece of advise if it’s from my stash don’t eat the rice with the red gamma lid. ;-)
WARM clothes, blankets, and survival blankets, wool socks, wool "anything," and a way to make a fire indoors if your electricity goes out in the winter. Fireplaces/woodstoves are not just pretty additions here, they are survival items.
Render suet into tallow, which will keep indefinitely. Buy Red Devil lye, and make soap with it. Stockpile tinder for firestarters. I've even put dryer lint into paper egg cartons, drizzled the whole thing with melted wax, and broken them off as needed to start a fire.
Food Saver bags! Large plastic pails, jars, and tubs. Dark, cold, storage spaces. The list is endless. 19th century, here we come, apparently! (Prof. Farnsworth)
Oops.....dishwashing CRYSTALS or detergent....slipped up there!
Thanks for the tip.
Sauerkrout, eh? My parents used to make their own and it was so good. I’m so spoiled. Never learned how to make my own preserves or how to can food. I’m too afraid of botulism to even attempt it.
Great idea.
Thanks
Oh, and I use the Marshmellows in diswasher CRYSTALS, NOT liquid....fyi
Hmmm...you got me thinking....I need a hotplate....
I've got a year's worth of dry staples stored up. That's coffee, cereals, canned goods, dry milk, water and toiletries. I have easily a years supply of meat and frozen veggies in my freezers.
I'm not talking about ammo or fuel, that IMO would be foolish specially on a public forum.
I can be completely "off the grid" for three months and not sweat it. Working on making that 6 months. I've read some people on here can go a year....
If you can warm the jars and heat the lids and rings, they will contract and seal tightly when they cool. Not recommended for foods other than sugar or salt, of course...
An excellent catch on your part. Food grade bags which can be purchased at a local restaurant supply make great liners for these buckets though. Paper bags work well as long as the lid is kept on and moisture kept to a complete minimum. Assumes dry good storage too...
THAT’s what I do, too....bleach containers, etc...fill them with water...and stash them, with the date.....I rotate once a year. I suppose I wouldn’t have to rotate “cleaning” water....but, I have.
I was just thinking of something entirely unrelated...If anyone is stockpiling grains like corn, wheat, or barley, in their whole forms, I hope they are also giving good thought to a STURDY, hand-operated grain mill to grind it with.
So here’s a good rule when it comes to stockpiling food: think like the Pilgrims. You need to have enough food on hand to get through the “tough months” until you are able to produce on your own, if necessary. Whether the tough months means “winter” or longer, you want to be able to get through it, even if others around you are starving.
For me, it boils down to this: I don’t ever want to look at my four year old daughter and hear “I’m hungry” and be completely unable to feed her. Same for my two year old son.
The food I have on hand cost less than my automobile insurance for the year, and is true *life* insurance against a major disaster... and some minor disasters.
For the long term, I have property and seeds. I even have books on edible wild plants, if it comes to that.
The whole thing is a bit ridiculous, because I still contribute to my 401k and go to work every day. I’m expecting the world to continue. But, like I said, my kids... man... I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I hadn’t prepared and they suffered.
Oh, finally, if the crisis does last one year, a year’s worth of food will be just fine *probably*. (Unless we are talking about something like The Road.)
Read “One Second After.” If you can last a year in a crisis like that, there will be far, far fewer people left to compete for scarce resources when it is over. If you can last a year, you’ll persist when others have perished.
No problem. Use the site carefully. They have a lot of food storage “luxury” items which go way beyond basic needs.
Flour, sugar etc store well in vacuum sealed glass jars.
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