Ping
I bought steak today. It’s up 2,3,4 dollars a pound.
Beans and Simethicone
And ketchup.
Ping!
So much for those on low carb.
Prepper thread today; https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3971224/posts
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I may still have a bag of rice in the cabinet left over from the Y2k panic.
Six months is for brown rice.
While whole wheat or brown rice or other minimally processed ingredients may be slightly more nutritious they have a shorter shelf life and your body will gain less energy from them.
A good thing now when we are surrounded by delicious calorie available food in abundance and must restrain ourselves.
In a survival situation where you are having to do physical labor, not so much.
Peanut Butter and Refried Beans opened with a resealable opener will replenish you with protein and b vitamins.
Don’t forget a good mega multivitamin with minerals…..
When you diet suffers they will help maintain some balance…..
Also, your spices and salts, they will dramatically change a very bland diet into a culinary escape….
Bookmark. Good thread.
Spam. Period.
For milk I keep stocked up on evaporated milk and use it for cooking when fresh milk is called for to keep it rotated, including making vanilla custard ice cream. It keeps for and couple of years and would be so very beneficial.
For the flour, don’t forget to stock up on active dry yeast and vegetable shortening.
I try to keep stocked for a year of all non perishables. Canned chili and protein bars are good to keep.
I hate Spam and Goya’s similar version but I do keep it in stock. It’s good for five years usually and I’ve found a few recipes to enjoy it in, just to keep it rotated.
Paper goods and cleaning supplies I go for 2 years stock, some the plandemic. They’re not done messing with us.
One the initial expense is doled out you can just replace as used and it keeps it rotated at no additional cost.
Tuna feesh. 🐟 Long shelf life, pure protein. I eat it from the can or pouch. So do our cats, if they let Big Daddy have any first. *chuckle*
Oats are highly nutritious for a grain and do not pack on pounds like wheat does. Not so much for vitamins but for minerals, they seem to be the best grain.
They can be had relatively cheap at Sam’s or BJ’s or some bulk store.
Wheat can be ground into flour; rice and lentils eaten together gives you all the proteins you need. Hard corn lasts a long time appropriately stored; it can be ground into cornmeal. Now add things like salt, pepper, spices ( you can get them at Sams in bulk for practically nothing) and you have the basis for plenty of practical meals.
Don’t forget things like fuel and vegetable oil. Crisco stores pretty well, keep other oils cool and out of the light to minimize breakdown/oxidation.
The oilI get for long term storage is Berio Olive Oil in the can.
The can is a better seal than plastic bottles.
The cheapest things to stock up on are the things you can produce and/or obtain for free. Gardening is a skill that takes time to develop, but can provide an impressive amount of food. If you save your own seeds, it becomes even more affordable.
Some things you can grow need canning, freezing, or dehydrating in order to preserve them, but others can be stored for long periods just stacked up in an out-of-the-way spot. Look for things like potatoes or winter squash that are described as good keepers. Each variety is different, and some keep better than others. There are also things like pinto beans or flint corn that are dried as part of the harvesting process, they can be stored the same as store-bought dry beans or corn.
Check your area’s hunting and trapping regulations, chances are there’s something you can harvest without too much expense. In Wisconsin for example, a landowner can hunt or trap rabbits and squirrels on their own property, without even needing a license. The meat would need to be preserved, but it’s still cheap meat.
I know a few people who raise their own meat. There are expensive ways to do that, and there are inexpensive ways to do it. The hows of that would take too long to post here, but if that’s something you’re interested in I recommend researching on your own. I’ve even heard of people raising quail on the balcony of their apartment.