Poverty food
Like oriental food? Like Italian? Mexican or Tex-mex? Scandanavian food? What do all these foods have in common? They are poverty foods. The ones that everyone eats everyday.
Take Oriental food... It's cheap stuff. Local. Cooked simple. And good. And some of it takes time.
Same with all the rest.
The traditional food of the people is the cheap stuff that is available prepared with care and whatever time it takes.
What does that mean for preparedness? You may not be able to get stuff you eat normally. But you can eat well with local stuff, or people wouldn't be living where you live. And don't give me that crap about living in the city. Pigeon is edible. And good, done well. Baby ones can get $28 a plate done well enough in the right restaurant.
And those weeds you walk by every day? Your great-grandparents waited for them to show up in spring.
All this pre-supposes that you have the knowledge to use the available resources and the training to turn those resources into mouthwatering meals. And that means you have to study.
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I'll eventually post the whole thing when I finish it.
/johnny
50X10 ramen noodle packs last a long time.
Bullion is great too, makes water taste like something.
The only problem with prepping is when the criminals (or police) try to raid your house to get to the food.
I just purchased a lot of plastic vodka flasks for all the hand sanitizing and disinfectant.
If you’re building a ping list for your article, I’d like to be on it.
I hope you will post some of your recipes in your article!
:-)
I am looking forward to reading this when you are done.
You always have good food ideas!
One thing that might be useful for people, that you may consider adding is butchery, since I know you know how to do it.
Please put me one your ping list for when you post this. I will probably learn something and am in north Texas and north eastern N.M. often or close enough to check this out.
Great-grandparents!! How about my father. He ate dandelion salad every spring. Just the fresh greens, tossed with some sliced hard boiled egg and a dressing made from bacon grease and vinegar. I've had 2 bowls already this spring. Ok I didn't use bacon grease but fat free italian dressing. Dandelions are VERY nutritious. Pick them early before they get bitter.