BiWeekly Prepper Thread (for these strange days)

7/10/2021

[Pollard]

This is the BiWeekly Prepper Thread for all things prepping.

In these Strange Days, it's not a bad idea to have a little set back. Or a lot. I think we all saw empty shelves last year. We didn't go without though. Since I'm a prepper, I stocked up on TP and food and even bought a small freezer for meat when I saw empty shelves in Italy. My wife no longer thinks my prepping mentality is a little wacky, 20 years later. This year is turning out to be the year of systems hacking. Extreme weather events can happen most anywhere at any time preventing travel to a store.

The first thread was based on Water and this second thread on Food Storage and Preservation which I'm providing some related downloads for. Anything involving prepping can be discussed though.

Here are the download links. You can browse all files in the folders and preview most of them as most are pdf files. Alternatively, you can download all files as a zip file which is 42.9mb using the bottom link.

Curing (folder with multiple files)
https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/gPC7xKQH5n96CFe

Drying (folder with multiple files)
https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/4ifqKn9J7dnNsdz

Misc (folder with multiple files)
https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/gB3NJEz92dptHnq

Storage (folder with multiple files)
https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/AXYDL3t6eQ5WcRL

All of the above in a zip file, food.zip
https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/nFWW6JA48ajrfRz

Here are the links to the AZ Granny info from the previous thread which covers most things prepping related.

Individual html files
https://permasteader.com/AZ_Granny/stor01.html

As a zip file with the html files in a folder. Save the zip, unzip and you'll have a folder with 75 html files. Keep those files in the folder and the links will work when you open in a browser.
https://permasteader.com/AZ_Granny.zip

Here are previous prepper threads

BiWeekly Prepper Threads

1. Water

nw_arizona_granny's Prepper Threads

1. Thread #1
2. Thread #2
3. Thread #3

CottonBall's Prepper Threads

1. Thread #1
2. Thread #2

[Pollard]

Ping for BiWeekly Prepper Thread

[Billthedrill]

A bump for the Prepper Thread. Same story here: they were laughing, now they’re asking for advice.

[outofsalt]

Ping for all

[tired&retired]

Just purchased a 30 ft long walk in with last 8 ft freezer. 8 ft wide with 8’ 6” ceilings.

That gives flexibility.

[MercyFlush]

Just got done restocking. We’re good through 2022.

[Pollard]

Nice. Would make a nice little meat processing plant.

[SuperLuminal]

For later...

[Pollard]

National Center for Home Food Preservation

https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html

Canning, Curing, Drying, Fermenting & Pickling

All as pdf files

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I’ve been a low key prepper since 1960. Always figured I had better be prepared for anything.

So far I have not needed to use any of what I learned but did have a decent “stockpile”.
When out of a job my stash of food came in handy.
In an ice storm a few years back we were without electricity for several days. We did just fine as I listened to the one radio station still broadcasting and realized how many people were crying for “HELP”.
Some people were advertising their only bottle of lamp oil for anyone who needed it at a high price.

[Varsity Flight]

Corn beef hash

Water

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for the ping! *BUMP* Be back later. :)

[Openurmind]

Very cool... Could freeze dry quantity in that. Anyone ever want to know how to freeze dry in a normal freezer just holler.

[Pollard]

Funny, I mentioned hackers in the OP and now there's a new hacking/ransomware attack article. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3975056/posts

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Well, I can freezer-burn food in a normal freezer, no problem. That’s practically like freeze drying.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Openurmind]

That is exactly what it is. And it can be accelerated by slicing thin on racks. Putting in a small fan to circulate the air around. And putting a new bag of cat litter in the bottom with holes punched in it to absorb the moisture. We use a huge stand up freezer so that we can do a whole bunch at a time then vacuum pack it. Only takes about 2-3 weeks and much cheaper than buying freeze dried products, they are crazy out of sight with those prices.

[silent majority rising]

Might want to consider a generator. We have a Generac that is capable of running all the power in the house and comes on automatically when electrical power from the grid is lost. We have it fueled by propane, and have a large enough tank to keep us with electricity for at least a month or two at full power (a lot longer if we ration by zones). They are expensive systems (our costs $12,000, but we survived 15 below temperatures and didn’t lose all of the freezer food in the process.

[Pollard]

Just figured something out. If you’re browsing say, the “Curing” files and decide you want all of them, there’s a button at the top that says, ‘Download all files’ that will pack them up into a zip file for you.

I just installed this cloud app, Nextcloud and I’ve played with it before didn’t know that trick.

Also, when you’re viewing a file/pdf, there’s a close X button for the file viewer at the top right but it fades away after a few seconds. Just move your mouse pointer off of the file viewer or up to the top right corner and it will appear again.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

How does the flavor hold up? Freezer-burned meat is pretty nasty.

I dry a fair bit of food with a hot-air dehydrator. Would freeze drying be effective to remove more water from already dehydrated food? I don’t have an extra freezer to devote to freeze drying, though.