Infographic: Ten Most Common Emergency Food Fails

shtfplan.com ^ | 11-16-13 | Mac Slavo

[dynachrome]

You have your 1,000 pounds of wheat. Your 500 gallons of water and enough ammo to make Chuck Norris jealous but the question remains, are you truly prepared? Just because you’ve been prepping for twenty years doesn’t mean you haven’t made some mistakes along the way. It’s not enough to just have your emergency food storage, you have to be able to store it, eat it and even move it if things really get crazy.

[dynachrome]

Basic, but everyone can use a reminder. (water. storage of. I will rotate it out tomorrow.)

[Scrambler Bob]

M4L

[driftdiver]

Not sure the water thing is really accurate. Bottled water is certainly good for much longer than 3 months. Sure you shouldn’t use non-food grade containers or store in a way that encourages mold growth.

[JRandomFreeper]

People with Corona grain mills and a bunch of wheat will have a suprise coming if they actually try to make bread with that setup.

Bread was one of my specialties at culinary school. 4.0 GPA for baking.

/johnny

[posterchild]

I would think that malted barley, hops, and yeast would be important also.

[driftdiver]

Best grain mill - Country Living Grain Mill

Very Pricy but will last the rest of your life even if you use it.

[JRandomFreeper]

Booze can be made from anything that will ferment. I doubt people will be really picky about Cascade hops if TSHTF. ;)

/johnny

[Cloverfarm]

I was thinking about this ... we farmers have corn all over the place. My family might include corn tortillas instead of bread.

[SkyDancer]

Never use milk jugs to store water. As I’ve heard.

[JRandomFreeper]

You need lime to make masa from raw corn.

/johnny

[driftdiver]

Yeah they break down and start to leak. Not to mention giving the water a funky spoiled milk taste. We buy cases of bottled water and use it occasionally to cycle through it. I also have 3 water bobs to put in the bath tubs, 5 gal water jubs and a couple of 50 gallon barrels. Multiple means of sanitizing or purifying water as well.

[JRandomFreeper]

You are correct. Uncontaminated water doesn't go bad.

/johnny

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[B4Ranch]

How to purify water in an emergency

[B4Ranch]

How to purify water in an emergency

[SkyDancer]

Our house has a twenty gallon pressure tank operating off the well pump. We have a generator to run the pump as well as other things.

[Skepolitic]

Like you, I think the malted barley is a good idea. Even better, however, is an inventory of good Scotch whisky. Here’s why. Its shelf life is longer than your life expectancy (and much longer than malt syrup or any food item) and its price only goes up. Don’t get me wrong: I think a reasonable amount of food prepping makes sense, but I don’t like freezed dried meals enough to make them part of my dietary routine. And, if you don’t rotate stock, food eventually expires. Good Scotch whisky can serve as a barter item if the SHTF, but it can be enjoyable even if it doesn’t. So building an inventory of Scotch is an investment that works either way.

Now, if can only persuade my wife with this argument ...

[dynachrome]

Strain, boil, maybe a touch of bleach if you still aren’t sure. I figure straining thru a clean cloth and boiling will do it. If on the road, strain and iodine .

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Not learning how to get viable seeds from your garden produce.

It is not as easy as it looks.

[jy8z]

Never use milk jugs to store water. As I’ve heard.

I store water in them after a thorough bleach cleansing for my pets. Potable water is stored otherwise. In doing so, I rotate the jugs every eight months as they do have a mandated life span. I haven't had one leak yet or killed any pets. I keep around seventy five gallons this way.