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BiWeekly Prepper Thread (for these strange days)
7/10/2021

Posted on 07/10/2021 4:06:36 PM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Reference
KEYWORDS: baking; foodstorage; oodaloop; prepper; preppers; yeaststarter
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To: tired&retired

That’s huge!

How nice and how great that you have space for this.


61 posted on 07/11/2021 6:52:11 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: Bob Ireland
Forgetting that I am 78 years old, I built a large frame about 8 feet off of the ground and purchased two 420w solar panel

(:

62 posted on 07/11/2021 6:56:42 AM PDT by riri (Hope is not a strategy at this point- Sam Andrews)
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To: Pollard

When we’re finally a full-frontal Banana Republic, there will BE no bananas - except for the Elites. ;)

Looks yummy, though! :)


63 posted on 07/11/2021 6:59:26 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Pollard
"A lot of the Dutch Oven recipes are desserts."

A good Dutch oven meal is Brunswick stew. The wood/coal smoke adds goodness! An old southern outdoor kitchen food for when it's too hot to cook inside. Lot's of recipes on the interwebs.

64 posted on 07/11/2021 7:07:23 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

LOL Pineapple as well. I just opened a random recipe.

full-frontal dem admin, eeeww


65 posted on 07/11/2021 7:10:30 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

Already happened with my garbage collector.


66 posted on 07/11/2021 7:17:19 AM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: aaa; Albion Wilde; Aliska; AmericanMermaid; Ann de IL; Augie; azishot; betsyross60; bgill; ...

Appears I forgot to put a link to the Cooking folder in the OP, https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/B2kTrd2RffrSP2r

Has some alternative cooking methods.

I’ll add links to all files from all prepping threads onto my profile page.


67 posted on 07/11/2021 7:29:07 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard
Ha, I found it. The most thought out, researched and tested solar oven. Requires a good pair of sunglasses.

https://www.williamgbecker.com/MakeSolarOven.html

68 posted on 07/11/2021 7:35:20 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

Thanks!

L


69 posted on 07/11/2021 7:45:29 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: greeneyes

“Plandemic”

Good one!


70 posted on 07/11/2021 7:50:50 AM PDT by CottonBall (MAKE REPUBLICANS WHIGS AGAIN!)
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To: greeneyes

What I found funny was that when fuel prices came down, a lot of them kept the fuel surcharge until people complained enough. Also, when fuel went high, motor oil did too. Went from $1-2/qt to $5-6/qt. Crude oil and fuel prices came back down but motor oil, being less refined than fuel, never came all the way back down. Funny how that works.

Works that way with a lot of stuff. Drought? Food goes up 20%. Drought over? Food prices come down 10%.


71 posted on 07/11/2021 7:52:09 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

Some people have become aware of the price cycle scams and just stop buying till the prices come down. When enough figure it out the swings won’t be as sharp.


72 posted on 07/11/2021 8:23:06 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: bgill
speaking of tomatoes, keep the skins or tops because it all can be dried and made into a powder.

I'm better at saving bacon grease....

I'm even saving dryer lint.

I wash out all my gallon freezer bags, if not previously filled with raw meat, and I reuse them...

little things to save with this inflation...

we're not poor....we could afford new freezer bags, its just the principle of the thing....

re generators...we too have a big generator...not a generac...

however if you are the only ones with power you do become a target, so I would suggest slumming it a bit with off and on again timing....to make it look like you're just "getting by"....

73 posted on 07/11/2021 8:36:04 AM PDT by cherry
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To: tired&retired
"I look at things based upon potential, not a pile of scrap."

like the raised garden beds my husband made...48' by 44" by 24" high....11 of them....out of free pallets...he'll make more next year...

74 posted on 07/11/2021 8:43:21 AM PDT by cherry
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To: greeneyes
"I had a sack swing tied to a tree limb, and a broomstick horse after the broom end was worn out. There was hole drilled in one end and a rope through that for the reins."

yeah, but did you ever go sliding down a hill in summertime on cardboard?....you haven't lived until you did that...

75 posted on 07/11/2021 8:44:29 AM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

I clean out ziplock bags too. They’re expensive really. If nothing else, you can clean them and use for utility purposes. Put some hardware in them or some other non food item. We save our aluminum cans in big black trash bags and I save and reuse those too as many times as I can. We don’t get trash service here so I save dog food and other feed bags to put glass bottles and jars and other non burnable items in to save up for a dump trip.

We keep sugar and other things in a 4 gallon frosting bucket. The grocery store sells them for $2/ea but I just go out back and check the dumpster every time I go shopping. They can’t sell them all so they throw them away. I bring a stick with a nail in the end to snag them out of the dumpster. The round ones have a rubber o-ring seal. Requires very hot soapy water to clean the leftover frosting out of them.


76 posted on 07/11/2021 8:56:17 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

If cooking AFTER the shtf moment, cooking should be done in the largest room in the house so the odors of cooking food dissipate in the volume rather than wafting out as an invitation. Also, cooking in smaller quantities is suggested.


77 posted on 07/11/2021 9:13:21 AM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: Pollard
Everything is now fully linked on my profile page; https://freerepublic.com/~pollard/index

In case you're wondering about the dark background, I use Midnight Lizard addon for firefox which turns any site into dark/night mode or theme. makes things easier on the eyes, especially at night or first thing in the morning.

78 posted on 07/11/2021 10:20:34 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Pollard

Due to changes in the family group we prepped for back when Obama was first selected some of our stores lasted much, much longer than you would normally plan for.

But it turned out to be a good thing in a way because we learned some things about what happens to stored food and other items over long periods of time.

Most people here probably already know most of what I learned but I thought I would share a few things with the group.

1. All plastic containers seems to be permeable and liquids evaporate even though the container factory seals remain intact. We have seen this with bottled water, vegetable oil, condiments like ketchup and mustard and even kerosene in plastic jugs purchased at ACE hardware.

When evaporation occurs the container will usually start to squeeze in as it if is being compressed.
Even so, in our experience, the contents are not spoiled by the loss of liquid.

2. In general, most canned food in old style “tin cans” (really steel cans) keeps almost indefinitely and much better than newer style “pop top” cans.
By old style I mean cans with steel tops and bottoms that require a can opener to open.

3. The first item we had go bad was pineapple in pop-top cans. Some went bad within a year.

4. Some canned tomato products will fail. We have had some canned tomato products go bad while other cans bought at the same time and place remain good for a much longer time.
After a while (years) even tomato products that did not go bad may develop a bit of an off flavor but as long as the can isn’t leaking or bulging the contents remained edible.

5. Canned cranberry sauce doesn’t last as long as other products like canned corn, beans, peas, etc. Cranberry sauce in old style “tin cans” lasted longer than some we had in newer style cans that seemed to be aluminum.

6. In general, food in glass jars seem to last far, far beyond the manufacturer’s” Best By” dates. The weak point is the lid but rarely have we seen a failure.

7. The color and texture of products in jars and cans may change when stored for a long time but in our experience if the container remains intact without bulging and the food passes a visual and smell test it is still edible. One example is pickles - we found that sometimes pickles near the top of a jar become soft but the flavor doesn’t seem to be affected.

We have started to invert the pickle jars on a rotational basis but it is too soon to tell if it makes a difference or creates a problem with the lids.

8. Pasta seems to last forever if kept dry even if it isn’t vacuum sealed. Old pasta takes much longer to cook than fresh pasta but once it is cooked there doesn’t seem to be any noticeable difference between the two.

9. Most dry goods, like cereals, seem to keep well for years if kept dry - even if not vacuumed sealed. The exception is that anything containing, or prepared with, oil or shortening will gradually turn rancid.
As an example, flour seems to last just about indefinitely if kept dry and bug free. But a prepared mix like Bisquick will turn rancid in a fairly short time.

10. We have had home canned fruits, vegetables, relishes, etc. remain sealed and edible for over 10 years.


79 posted on 07/11/2021 1:57:40 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler ( China is building a mighty fighting machine we’re building an army of feminized idiots.)
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To: Pollard; aaa; Albion Wilde; Aliska; AmericanMermaid; Ann de IL; Augie; azishot; betsyross60; ...
Bonus material. 719mb of mostly pdf files on 'Agriculture' geared towards edibles, from nut trees to veggies to mushrooms with lots of supporting info on soils, pests, seed saving etc. There are 22 folders within the Agriculture folder with 21 of them having material sorted by subject and then there's 1 Misc folder. When you're in any folder, you can click the button at the top right to Download all files which will create a zip file for you. On individual items, click the three dots to the right of it and click download. I'm pretty sure I got rid of all copyrighted material, magic mushroom and marijuana stuff. I downloaded this as a torrent years ago and had never gone through it all until today but I didn't open every single file. Just the big ones, apt to be a book and anything with obvious titles. This stuff's not going anywhere soon so take your time and peruse the content and download what's useful to you.

https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/cctrRrEp2QzoePC

Dianna in Wisconsin, you might want to ping your list with this link.

80 posted on 07/11/2021 3:54:12 PM PDT by Pollard
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