Posted on 03/02/2011 4:25:06 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
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You can get them from this place Netrition if you can't find them in your local stores.
I am not an agent for Netrition, just one of their customers.
I ALWAYS keep it in my survival pantry. Takes up a small amount of space, and keeps for a long, long time. Mixed with water, it's palatable enough to be almost good. Add some powdered milk and you're good to go.
Are you talking about stuff like what comes from GNC for body building or something else? What brand do you recommend? Thanks!
I should have kept reading the thread...here's an answer!
Thanks. We’ve got plenty of those oxygen absorber packets.
Remember, it takes much more than a list of supplies.
We ALL have to be ready, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I'll check out your list, thanks. If you (or anyone else) wants to, check out my about page. We should compare notes.
Stay safe K.
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Anything canned as long as there are no signs of leakage. I saw a show on canning a while back, and it said a few years ago they found a 2lb can of cooked beef from 1824. They fed it to lab rats, no harm done at all.
see post 108...
You can make the vanilla extract from the vodka, you know.
Just put some dry vanilla beans in a bottle of vodka (you may have to “extract” some of the vodka to make room)
and let it sit for a while. When dark brown, it’s vanilla extract.
Do you have a test strip in with the packs that you’re storing?
Over long periods of time, the O2’s become worthless, but the indicators will tell you.
Careful when you store molasses. I know someone to had an old jar in their pantry. The jar exploded and a quart of molasses dripped down into the apartment below. Impossible to clean up. (no, it wasn’t me)
I do the same thing; it’s inexpensive (per meal USRDA % of protein is about $1 if you’re using the good stuff), tastes great, and is easy to store.
GNC is generally the most expensive place to buy protein. If you go online, prices are 40-70% less expensive.
I’ve been buying the stuff for years as part of my nutrition schedule for bodybuilding. For straight whey protein, I think that BSN makes the best-tasting stuff (I’m having some of their Chocolate/Peanut Butter as I type this!) with their Syntha-6 product, but it’s the most expensive at about $90 shipped for 10 lbs. Ten pounds is roughly 100 servings.
I also like Optimum Nutrition; the taste is pretty good, and it’s a little less expensive. You can find both types right on Ebay.
I’ve been buying Knorr Italian Sides lately; they’re 2-serving packets of pasta with freeze-dried cheese, milk and butter powders, herbs, etc. sealed in a metalized pouch. Delicious, decent amounts of fat, protein and carbs, and fairly inexpensive - anywhere from $.75-$1 per packet.
Expiration dates are about 18mo from purchase, so I’m guessing about an 8-yr shelf life. Do you know anything about this product?
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New to me. I’ll have to check it out.
It seems to me that someone could innovate a low cost home CO2 generator for ordinary, low pressure storage.
While typically, some people use dry ice to do this, there are lots of circumstances where dry ice just isn’t available. Likewise, ordinary baking soda and vinegar, used to generate CO2, can be stored for a long, long time without going off, at room temperature.
All that would be needed are storage containers with two small valves in its lid. One would be the input for the CO2, and the other would be an escape valve for air. CO2 is heavier than air, so would push it out of the container as it is pumped in.
And though both gases are invisible, an ordinary burning match held over the escape valve would go out when all the air was gone and CO2 was being pumped out. It wouldn’t take any extra effort to cap the valves when done, either, because the CO2 would remain in the container.
The generator itself could be as simple as a plastic two liter bottle with white vinegar in the bottom, with the other end of the hose with an airtight seal, passing through the screw on lid. Add a couple tablespoons of baking soda to the vinegar, and by the time you put on the lid, most of the air would be purged from the bottle, and CO2 would be coming out the end of the hose. Then plug that end of the hose over the inlet valve of the storage container.
Get a food saver vacuum system and vacuum pack the rice in about 4lb bags = 10 each. This will kill any bugs and greatly extent the storage life of brown rice.
I purchase totes from Home Depot to store these vacuum packs.
Freezing dry goods in 5 gallon buckets and then storing them in a closet at room temperature didn't cause any moisture or condensation build up that affected the dry goods? I ask because bug infestation is our main concern and are always searching for methods that can help. I wonder if this method would work for dry beans, wheat, barley, etc as well?
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