I agree. When Rita us, we fell back on our supplies. The one problem we had was no water. We didn't buy enough of it. (we know better now)
The Sheriffs office used to deliver to us ice and water every couple of days. They knew we had a disabled child here. No gas stations were open so we had to conserve what gas we had.
It was 2 years before he could work again, he had a ruptured heart.
When hubby had his series of heart attacks before his stint operation, he was out of work for only two to three weeks. I couldn't imagine him out of work for two years.
It must have been very hard on y'all.
I never dreamed that I would like dehydrated spinach, LOL, I do and have since dehydrated it my self and should still have a new can I bought for storage.
Our storage is full of dehydrated food. With the right seasoning, they are pretty good.
ones who had stockpiled 400 and yes 800 pounds of beans for a family that did not eat dried beans, that complained.
We love beans here, could eat them everyday. We have hundreds of pounds. From red beans, large and small limas, black eyed peas to great northern and any type of bean I didn't mention. Ours will never go to waste. Although hubby may catch hell from me - gas, that man can float the sheets when he eats beans. LOLOL
I don't care for lentil's though I should. I believe they are the most nutritious there is.
I do not attempt to guess what the next disaster will be, but have no doubt there is one out there lurking.....
I agree. We're as ready as humanly possible.
I don’t care for lentil’s though I should. I believe they are the most nutritious there is.<<<
When I cook the lentils, as I do beans, all the herbs and a hot pepper, they are good.
For gas causing in beans, I have always put a half teaspoon of baking soda in mine and have read that ginger cooked in the beans helps also.
Ginger is a new herb for me to use in beans and such, as I recall in the past, I did use it in baking.
Sometimes, if you watch the fresh ginger in the store, you will find one of the roots ready to grow, it makes a nice house plant, or LOL, out of the desert it might even grow in the yard.
One does what they can and gets by, I think that survival is more in the head, than the storage area.
If one has a few clues on how to mix and substitute the different items, they will survive.
I have a fine granddaughter, a good mother, but to talk to her about food, is to talk brand names. She knows of no other way to cook...........LOL, but one of these days she will catch on, as sometimes she calls and asks questions.
I am so glad that you and many other Freepers are prepared for what is going to come, as it surely will, has before and will again.
Stay safe.