DOOMSDAY PREPPING – PLAN FIRST, BUY LATER

Preparedness Blog ^ | 4/5/12 | TIM SHETTLESWORTH

[Kartographer]

I keep hearing statements about how expensive it is to prep. Although it is not cheap it doesn’t have to be that expensive either. You do not need to stock 20 years worth of food to be properly prepared. As a matter of fact I would advise against it. Stockpiling a large food and water supply means you have to stay put and defend it. That may not be your best option in a lot of scenarios which means you would lose that investment. Do you think you really have enough ammo to defend a 20 year food supply for 20 years? The cost of that alone would be staggering.

One big mistake in prepping that most people make including me is waste when you first start out. Either buying the wrong things (toys and gimmicks) or finding out later as you become more experienced that a lot of the things you bought in the beginning you really do not need.

[JRandomFreeper]

I am a culinary school graduate It was civilian, traditional French battalion style, fine dining, Careme and/or Escoffier kind of thing where the final practical exam was making a perfect hollandaise directly over open flame (no double boilers) while the chef screamed at you.

And got honors from the Joint Navy/AF cook school when I went to that.

I've cooked all over the world, for a SecAF, and for 1500 of my closest and smelliest friends on deployment. And make a pretty good navarin for the fine dining side.

I'm more of a breakfast, sauce, soup and bread bitch than anything else, but I can cover grill or dishwashing if required.

/johnny

[Shadowstrike]

your choice.

As I said tho, living on the Gulf all my life, we prepare for Hurricane Season every year. That includes both people, and animals.

Preparing for what is coming for the Country is the same thing. If you haven’t prepared right, that’s your fault, not mine.

Just remember one thing. You will answer to God for eating those pets who looked to you for protection, and who protected you.

[cherry]

I’ve thrown out tomato paste as well...once opened, there was a lot of pressure....tomatoes may be the one can good item you need to watch the dates on....the ones I threw out were post exp date...