If it turns out to be a zombie apocalypse, I'm breaking out the zombie jerky. Otherwise, I'll stick to Soylent Green with a beer chaser!
Posted on 03/23/2012 4:00:55 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
If it turns out to be a zombie apocalypse, I'm breaking out the zombie jerky. Otherwise, I'll stick to Soylent Green with a beer chaser!
My husband probably could. During Katrina, he ate MREs and he loves them. He still eats one every now and then from the supply he has left from the storm.
Water is the problem. I’m on a well that is deeper than hand powered pumps can manage. Insufficient rain and creeks.
I’m stocking soups and the like that need no water. There’s a weight penalty, but all these things involve tradeoffs.
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Interesting...thanks.
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For some people, getting water is not a problem.
My husband probably could. During Katrina, he ate MREs and he loves them. He still eats one every now and then from the supply he has left from the storm.
MREs are like a home cooked meal ,freeze dried is like eating sand from a dirty cat box ,not saying I’ve ever eaten sand from a dirty cat box
Anybody who lives anywheres near a small body of water could probably supplement their diet quite well on small fish and various crustaceans. The only advantage I can see to freeze-dried is the shelf life, but in fact canned goods can last just as long, if not longer.
I’d rather have it and not need it, then need it and not have it. But thanks for coming by.
“Water can be boiled or stored in advance, while bleach and iodine are useful in killing pathogens like Giardia lamblia in fresh water. But that’s a lot of work to decontaminate your water...”
Why is this a lot of work? Seems pretty easy and cheap too. Why don’t more people store water this way, instead of buying it? Honest question...
SOYLENT GREEN “Now with more GIRLS!”.. Hilarious!
Freeze Dried food for eats? No problem...very tasty.
Remember to keep your pets FAT.. Just sayin’
I've eaten a lot of freeze dried and dehydrated foods. I'm fine with them, and I'm a culinary school graduate.
Maybe it depends on how you cook them.
/johnny
Fess up; you're among friends.
If weight or storage space was not a problem, canned food would be better in most cases.
You can tie a clear plastic bag or ziploc to the end of a branch and let the evaporation collect. If one tree yields 3 cups a day, that’s three cups, anyway...
Then pull your water up by hand
No fun but works
Where I am in NM the humidity is routinely single digits. The trees moisture content is less than kiln dried lumber.
It’s dry.
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