“For the people who have the energy to do it, and who keep freezers full of great meats and such, they should be prepared to can everything worth saving.”
I try to keep enough empty jars on hand in case my freezers go. I’m feeling vulnerable now since my garden produce has been taking my emergency supply, lol!.
and having a gas stove is crucial too.
“””and having a gas stove is crucial too.”””
People with gas are fortunate, every prepper should have backpacking stoves, which I do, including passive stoves that burn twigs, but for the home and convenience my countertop prepper stove is this one “Gas One GS-3400P Propane or Butane Stove Dual Fuel Stove Portable Camping Stove” they also have a 15,000 btu version.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HQRD8EO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For backup, people with natural gas or propane should also try to purchase the appropriate free-standing heater that doesn’t require electricity and practice connecting it somewhere, like a tee off of the furnace gas line or a tee off of the kitchen stove gas line, or off the water heater gas line, or gas dryer line, wherever the best room for the family to gather around the heater if you were without electricity and your furnace or pellet stove.
Here is an example of such a heater. https://www.amazon.com/ProCom-Heating-Natural-Infrared-Heater/dp/B0BLF54R22/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=natural%2Bgas%2Broom%2Bheater&qid=1694958508&sr=8-7&th=1