Preppers’ PING!!
Just received another month of freeze dried food today.
Back in the 1980’s, when there was a famine in Ethiopia, MRE was said to stand for Meals Rejected by Ethiopians.
1. Canned fruits, vegetables, meats, and soups
2. Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas)
3. Crackers
4. Nuts
5. Pasta sauce
6. Peanut butter
7. Pasta
8. Flour (white, whole wheat)
9. Seasonings (vanilla, salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon, pepper, taco seasoning, etc.)
10. Sugar
11. Bouillon cubes or granules (chicken, vegetable, beef)
12. Kitchen staples (baking soda, baking powder, yeast, vinegar)
13. Honey
14. Unsweetened cocoa powder
15. Jell-O or pudding mixes
16. Whole grains (barley, bulgur, cornmeal, couscous, oats, quinoa, rice, wheat berries)
17. Nonfat dried milk
18. Plant-based oil (corn oil, vegetable oil, coconut oil, olive oil)
19. Cereals
20. Seeds for eating and sprouting
21. Popcorn (not the microwavable kind)
22. Instant potato flakes Instant potato flakes
23. Packaged meals (macaroni and cheese, hamburger helper, Ramen noodles, etc.)
24. Purified drinking water
25. Fruit juices, teas, coffee, drink mixes
Learn how to garden. Consider potatoes, one of the best sources of both calories and nutrition (be sure to eat the skin too).
In the days of communism, the Russians encouraged their people to grow potatoes on the little plots of land the commissars gave their higher ranking worker bees. Supposedly potatoes gave more calories and nutrition than anything else that could be grown in that amount of land.
So... We tried growing potatoes last year and failed miserably. We DID get some potatoes, but not nearly as many as we should have.
We’ll try again this year and hopefully do better.
Moral of this story: Learn now, when you can afford to make mistakes. It ain’t as easy as it looks...
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Different topic: Everyone wants to know WHEN the SHTF will start. None of us knows, but I personally believe time is short.
One reason is that Obama is at risk of losing control of the Senate, and many of the new guys will not be the spineless weaklings we call “Republicans” now. Obama can not tolerate opposition, and will not tolerate losing power.
Obama has laid the foundation for social chaos, and could trigger it at will. He has also built the domestic army he needs to impose marital law in response. This could even keep him in power indefinitely, but would need to be done before he loses control of Congress.
Yes, I think he would stoop that low. In fact I’m SURE he would if he felt he could pull it off.
If he decides to make a move like that he will need to do it relatively soon. No later than this summer.
I do not know if he will actually do this, but I think it prudent to set a goal of being “ready” no later than July.
Something else could be coming instead, or multiple things at once. But there is one thing I’m sure of:
Something wicked this way comes.
Be ready.
I know that there is a guy in LA county that gives classes about what weeds and other wild-grown edibles that are safe to eat. His whole diet is pretty much free. Yummy acorns.
I am so rationed.
Okay, I am truly sick and need help. I simply can NOT read the word “pantries” and not see “panties.” I guess that’s good in a way.
Depends on the MRE. Menu ‘C’ MREs are fantastic.
I'm not sure what the author is talking about here.
True dietary deficiencies usually refers to vitamin deficiencies. Those are quite easily prevented by simple multi-vitamin pills.
“It is common for your physical, mental and emotional state to be affected following a disaster.”
Just ask the Brits. 10 years after WWII they were still rationing food.