Store or Starve: A beginner’s guide to food storage

nationalexpositor.com ^ | 1/21/10 | Ron Shirtz

[Kartographer]

I want people to store food not only for their sake, but for mine as well. I don’t want to decide which of my kids have to go hungry when you and your unprepared kin come knocking on my door. Contrary to progressive-collectivist thinking, every individual who takes care of themselves and their families benefits society by not becoming a burden. So take responsibility now and start today. Don’t expect the Feds to come by to hand you your ration of government-rationed cheese. You could be in for a long wait. Wait too long, and you may end up with a green-stained mouth from eating grass, like the poor Irish during the potato famine in the mid 1800’s. Or seriously reevaluate your aversion to cannibalism. Compared to those desperate methods, dumpster diving comes off as luxury cuisine.

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Per previous post ... info at this site

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299939/posts

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>>>Well, I’m not completely sure the science of it..I just purchased a pressure canner and that was the warnings on directions...<<<

There are two basic reasons not to use water bath canners/pressure canners on glass top stoves...

1. Weight - a full canner can be 40 pounds - risking cracking of the stovetop.

2. BUT, main reason is that the base of those canners is much larger than the heat circles on the cooktop. This causes intense heat to be applied to a large outside the designed area which can cause the stove to fail.

OK, it can be done, but you need to use a smaller canner to avoid problems - lots and lots will post that they have done it for years, just like I have carried over a ton in a half ton pick-up. Sooner rather than later though you gonna have troubles...

[Bearshouse]

I went to a Mormon church several times with a friend 40 years ago and they were very big into food storage and survival even then. My mother thought it was such a great idea that she bought a food dryer and we always had several gallon jars full of dried peas, carrots, peppers and beans to use around the house.

[DelaWhere]

>>>If we lose power I lose a ton of frozen meat. Does anyone have a plan for this contingency or suggestions?<<<

Cook - Can - Dehydrate

I have lost power for two weeks in an ice storm - Even though I have a generator and inverter, I canned most of it and dried several batches (I have 3 dehydrators), I opted to prepare it for long term storage rather than continue running the freezer on the generator - however if you don’t have propane stove or a generator, you may have to resort to other methods.

16 brick Rocket Stove, kerosene Butterfly stove both of which will operate your pressure canner. Remember, as long as there are a few ice crystals in it, it is still good to eat.

You should ALWAYS keep plenty of jars on hand - I keep over a year’s supply of lids and save the used ones (they CAN be reused in an emergency - inspect them carefully before using and boil them a bit longer than normal. (Note: I can about 80 cases each year.)

[Kartographer]

But you know there comes a time when those who failed to heed must pay. You can only carry your brother so far. Even God closed the doors of the ark when the time came:

13 On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, 14 they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. 15 So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. 16 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him.

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Likewise:

Matthew 25

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
“Then all the maidens woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
“ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The maidens who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
“Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’
“But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

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Wife and I have several false starts.."

For a moment, I read that as "salsa farts."

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