Survival in Place, Stocking an Emergency Pantry

Self | October 24, 2009 | Beancounter

[mamelukesabre]

probably also the first time that people didn’t store cash.

[driftdiver]

My cash is in the bank, where its SAFE!

[Son House]

ACORN or the Census takers has the global position coordinates for my front door step, I just know they are coming for my cupboard full of spaghettio’s, and yes that is my Emergency Pantry as of now

[oldbrowser]

Need some more fruit and some vitamin C.

[taxcontrol]

Here are some vendors of large scale bulk foods:

http://www.readymaderesources.com/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=2821

http://www.shelfreliance.com/pages/survival

[omega4179]

I would ditch the pastry flour and get more beans instead, I used to read about this stuff and I think they are whole protein as is the peanut butter.
Need yeast to make various breads.
Have plenty of Rice too , it stores well.

[McLynnan]

True, eight pounds of coffee would barely get me through 5-6 weeks. Good point about the TP. Also need to stock a basic medicine chest and first aid kit.

[driftdiver]

http://www.nitro-pak.com

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/

[fso301]

All bulk dry goods are stored in these plastic containers, along with a couple of commercial grade oxygen absorber packets. These are widely available and are very inexpensive. I bought 100 for $20. When you put them in a bucket that has beans in it (for example) then seal the top (all of our buckets have "O" ring seals) the absorber draws in all of the oxygen in that contained atmosphere, which leaves mainly nitrogen inside. Nothing we know of can live in a Nitrogen atmosphere, so even if you have a live insect in there someplace, it will not last for long.

I think you need to consider what happens in if a nitrogen leak occurs. I believe blending food grade diatomacious earth will protect your food from insects should a seal failure occur.

[cherry]

where do you buy the oxygen absorbers?....hardward store?....I have no idea....a Mormon friend brought me some little ones once but I need more..

[AZ .44 MAG]

Bookmark and BFLR with Mrs. MAG.

Thanks for posting.

[smokingfrog]

What? No Spam?

More coffee and booze needed. Also good for barter.

Don’t forget plenty of ammo. Ideally you should have some of this stuff stored in more than one location. What if you have to evacuate your house?

[Free America52]

Stock Up Now

[rolling_stone]

I hope you have some hardware to help maintain/keep your stash if things get really bad....

[driftdiver]

I think thats why you should use a mylar bag inside the bucket. In the end a continious maintenance plan needs to be used to keep things fresh and insure spoilage is minimized.

Plan for a certain loss rate and rotate perishables through the storage.

[autumnraine]

More alchohol.

I have 16 gallons of Vodka, not for us, but for trading.

Also, invest in some deals on loose tobacco. You’d be surprised what people will be willing to trade for a cig.

[autumnraine]

Oh yeah, and COUGH SYRUP AND FEVER REDUCER!

[Lurker]

I'd pick up a couple of pounds of yeast and store it in your freezer. It'll keep almost indefinitely there. Also think about some baking powder and baking soda. Make sure you rotate that.

Think about 15 pounds or so of honey and molasses, too.

You also don't have near enough fruit. I'd look into either canned stuff or freeze dried #10 cans. Fruit isn't just for the vitamins and minerals, there's the fiber.

How you fixed for medical supplies?

[FlyingEagle]

A year + ago when Hurricane Ike hit Houston, the electricity grid was shredded. The biggest problems were access to drinking water, and ice to keep food fresh.

The gubmint FEMA brought in water about 5 days after the storm but volunteers in Hoston had to unload it, Homeland Security and FEMA were useless.

Generators use a lot of gasoline, so they are not very practical although we did have one for about 7 days. All together we were out of power nearly 2 weeks.

Water was the key shortage.

[AngieGal]

Thanks for posting. Bookmarked for later...