Posted on 07/22/2010 3:39:45 PM PDT by Kartographer
Natural disasters--such as a flood, hurricane, or blizzard--often come without warning. Stocking non-perishable food items ahead of time (and choosing wisely what you include) will help you weather the storm with less stress.
By: Vanessa DiMaggio
Fueling your body during an emergency is very different from your everyday diet. Because you’ll probably expend more energy than you normally would, you should eat high-energy, high-protein foods. And because you have a limited supply, the higher-quality foods you eat--and the less of them--the better. “In a disaster or an emergency you want those calories,” says Barry Swanson, a food scientist at Washington State University . “You want some nutrients and some fiber—something to keep your diet normal.”
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If you were comparing it to fresh milk, and drinking it yes. If you compare it to the usual nonfat dry milk, it is tons better. Try mixing it in with something else that has its own flavor (like the meusli), and it is okay.
It isn't just my opinion. Nido is the favorite of backpackers.
Walmart’s Mountain trail mix has LOTS of M&M’s !
Thanks! I’m hypoglycemic and have to eat all day. The trail mix is very high in calories. :)
When I flew as aircrew for the USAF, I had that on every flight.
It has it all, proteins and carbs
Dont the M&Ms spike your sugar levels?
on the label! ☺
just a reminder to those who don’t know, excess protein puts a load on the liver and kidneys, and so increases water needs (constipation/dehydration); adjust intake according to your local conditions
high glycemic Carbs (+30% of meal)plus protein (milk/cheese) make you sleepy and slow, so jasmine rice and fig cookies for the kiddies, but long-grain rice and dried cherries or apples for you if it’s your night to stand watch
sea survival (’coast guard’) biscuits require minimum body water to digest.
It’s always a good idea to see if your family can tolerate two weeks of heavy gluten foods before you are in a situation where that is all you have.
Good luck.
I like whisky too. What brand do you recommend? I like Jim Beam for some arcane reason. What food products do you suggest?
....glad you mentioned water Repeat offender...our well is way too deep for hand pumping, so today I went up and chlorinated our spring...it’s up on the side of the mountain behind our house...right now it’s putting out 560 gallons a day....but by Oct it will drop to half that before it roars back in late winter...in past power failures, our neighbors would go up there to fill their jugs also....a good spring is a real neighborhood resource.
.....I would encourage anyone with a spring or even a seep on their land to try and develop it...a good reference link can be found here:
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag473-15.html
.....Good luck to all, I think we’re gonna need it.
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Does the spring stay cool enough to chill beer?
A good spring should multitask.
“Does the spring stay cool enough to chill beer?”
....well I’ve never done that with beer but it will turn a watermellon cold and crisp....the secret is to put the mellon in the night before.
That’s a fine spring
There is a spring back in the woods were I grew up, that Grampa always had a stash of them glass bottled cokes in for me and he always had a beer in there for him.
I used that spring later in life to stash a beer or two.
I was just lamenting today that the one thing I really need is a well.
Here is my emergency food cach plan.
No less than 6 3 gallon water jugs, I do have a well and a stream so a water filter will be also added.Lots of powdered Gatorade and or other juice powders with vitamins.
Granola bars I really like especially the soft ones.
Top Ramen by the case, mixed with canned tuna and some velveta its a meal.And the Bowl of noodles, add tuna.
Chili con carne, misc crackers.
Corn beef hash, and Spam mixed with instant omelettes, the better quality instant mashed potatoes or a mix of the bulk cheap and then a treat of the quality stuff for variance.
In as such as vegetables the bagged ones seem to hold flavor better if kept frozen, I have a deep freeze. I don’t relish the idea of living off of canned foods, too much sodium, a vacuum bagger is what I really need, and then a fruit dehydrator, I’ll make my own trail mix, I cannot eat nuts because of my teeth but I could make my own mixed nut type of peanut butter.
What do I need it for in a septic system?
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