Posted on 03/31/2012 4:37:13 PM PDT by Kartographer
Some people say you can’t prepare for every situation. I say, you can because every situation has one common element that can and will hurt you outside of the event itself: other people. Lets face it, if you die in a storm, a nuclear/biological/chemical event, or terror attack, then you are dead. There is nothing from stopping God’s will.
You don’t prepare for those events, you prepare for surviving those events. There are many events, (and not far-fetched crazy extreme events) which people should be prepared to deal with to protect themselves and their families when it’s over and you are alive.
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a padlock in a sock or tied to a bandanna gives you more reach and you can palm it to
Two years ago my wife spoke as you do. Hated them. Feared them.
Today, we went to the range. She did some practice with her .38 special revolver, fired a few magazines through her .380 semi auto and took some lessons from me on a .22 rifle with a scope and one without. She doesn't like my 9mm Beretta though.
Keep thinking about it and reconcile yourself with the way things are going to be soon. It only makes sense.
As part of my prep I am looking for some seeds for Ahipa and Tarwi. If anyone knows where to find some please let me know!
I don’t think I have, but the word seems familiar. I searched on Yahoo! for 5 minutes and didn’t come up with anything. What can you tell me?
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Re: “On Doomsday Preppers I saw the one lady preserving eggs by coating them in some kind of cooking oil. Does this work?”
Yes it does. And there are various similar, proven, ways to extend the life of eggs for up to a year without refrigeration.
The secret to coating them with a substance like cooking oil is that it seals the pores in the eggshell and makes them airtight.
Other substances that have been used are vaseline and water glass (sodium silicate).
This technique works and is perfectly safe. If an egg does go bad you will know it as soon as you crack the shell. I have eaten eggs stored without refrigeration for months and they were perfectly good.
This way of preserving eggs was well known by our forefathers but the advent of electrical powered refrigeration has led people to forget the old methods.
You can learn a lot about food preservation without refrigeration from long distance small boat sailors and the books they wrote. People have been sailing across oceans in small sailboats for over 100 years. To do that they have had to stock up on foods that will last for months without refrigeration. So they know many techniques and ways of living without refrigeration that others are not familiar with.
There are many books offering good information on the subject from people who have actually had to live off their non-refrigerated stored foods. So they have actual experience in what preppers are trying to learn.
One good book to start with is “The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew” by Lin and Larry Pardey.
You can also Google “storing eggs with water glass” for more info.
We bought a gun last year. Had never wanted to own one before, but some friends of ours lived in Mississippi during Katrina. They related the terror they felt when they were home unarmed and saw a gang of thugs coming up the street in their neighborhood breaking into houses and looting. Thankfully, the gang left before they got to our friend’s home.
We never want to be in that position.
Ghee ... yes, that’s why glee sounded familiar. Thanks!
You must maintain Vitamin C in your diet or be subject to deadly Scurvy.
What causes scurvy?
“…The primary cause of Scurvy is insufficient intake of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). This may be due to ignorance, famine, anorexia, restrictive diets (due to allergies, food fads, etc.), or difficulty orally ingesting foods. Historically, scurvy was the result of long sea voyages where sailors did not bring along enough foods with vitamin C...” MedicalNewsToday.com
http://www.culinaryanthropologist.org/recipe%20pdfs/Preserved%20lemons.pdf
I have this on hand for everyday use but, did not know the extreme value. It takes 30 days to cure the citrus. Any citrus will work ie, lemons, limes, grapefruit, oranges etc.
Found this little item that some may find useful. Its called a potato tower, and permits a greater potato yield while maintaining a small foot print. That is important since my yard isn’t too big. It is easy to construct and I’m currently got a batch started in the ground and will be interested in seeing how many spuds I get from it.
http://www.veggiegardener.com/how-to-build-potato-tower/
In prep for the crop, I’m working on dehydrating potatos. Got 5lbs done yesterday and a second in the dehydrator now.
LOL!! I knew whatcha meant! ;)
Yes, that last much longer than candy bars. I'm also thinking canned choc syrup.
spelled: ghee
It is available in most specialty stores that carry Indian food and also in organic grocery stores.
Basically, clarified butter. Just fat without the milk solids.
Very long shelf life.
The fragileness isn't as risky as you might think. I've used regular store bought eggs to make Easter pysanky eggs and they've lasted for years. Whole eggs with the insides still in them. Of course, the difference between my dyed eggs and the lady's eggs covered with oil is that hers are meant not to dry out so if they rot then gases may make hers explode.
Ghee must be made at the lowest possible temperatures to prevent denaturing the butterfat. Done correctly, it is a long-storage item. Done incorrectly, and it will turn into a sour, rancid mess. (voice of experience here...)
Lol, yeah, it did. The guy claimed the gun misfired. Sorry he got hurt but one would think he’d have known better than put his thumb over the exit hole.
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