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Bunkers, Food, Armor: Disaster Prep Hits Mainstream
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| April 7, 2012
| Bob Owens
Posted on 04/10/2012 10:01:25 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: mylife
I may have cooked some of them. Nothing better than taking the crap you get from wherever it comes from, and turning it into something that you and 600 of your best friends can choke down without suicidal thoughts.
The military taught me a lot about cooking, as did working in fine dining establisments. I use skill from one to help in the other and vice-versa.
/johnny
To: mylife
Some of the best meals I have had were in the field.
LOL In Nam we’d steal condoments from the mess halls. We concocted some pretty tasty meals out of C Rations. C-4 was our heat.
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:04:11 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: JRandomFreeper
One of the best memory’s I have is of being in the Appalachians eating fresh brook trout stuffed with butter and wild onions with scrambled eggs and coffee
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:06:07 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: barmag25
Have you ever prepared or used freeze dried or dehydrated foods? Ever? Can you live on them without menu fatigue? Do you eat out more than 5 times a week?
Training might be a better investment. Don't get me wrong, I dehydrate my own mirepoix for blanc stock for the more intense flavor. But I'm not living on dehydrated food or freeze dried anything.
Too many other options out there.
I did buy freeze dried egg product from Rainy Day, but I know how to use it, and my chickens don't lay so well in the winter.
/johnny
To: unkus
I thought I invented that until I went to write the MRE cook book LOL
Boy was I late to the party!
The best tip I have for this sort of cooking is “fire makes it better” LOL
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:08:26 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: JRandomFreeper
Dehydrated trinity?
That’s hardcore!
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:09:46 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: unkus
C-4 was our heat.It does burn nicely. I'm not big on the nitrates for food flavor.... and your experience led to the development of the fire tabs that are issue today.
Thank you for your service. C-Rats. Back when you got smokes with your meal. At least today, you get the gum and the bad butt floss.
I carry a roll of Charmin without the cardboard tube in a doubled plastic bag in my go bag.
Priorities.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:15:37 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: mylife
Did you really write an MRE cookbook?
We had one early MRE meal and I can’t remember what it was. The C-4 would cook the hell out of anything.
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:17:12 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: mylife
I'm very serious about good stock. I had beef shank marrow on artisian toasted bread for late supper tonight. Whatever it takes. Brown stock or blanc.... the dehydrated mirepoix makes stock better. Just don't try to brown the dehydrated mirepoix. It doesn't work. But added later to a brun.... with a burgundy, reduce au sec... mmmmmmm. And marrow... cooked right on crustini cooked in the house.
I'm poor. Seriously poor. But I will eat good.
$1.70 for 3/4 pound of the shanks. 2 meals.
/johnny
To: unkus
No. I was going to, but then I realized there are millions like me and that it had been done already.
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:20:45 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: bruinbirdman
I really want those rich guys to make it. I can sell them food when they get tired of MREs and crappy freeze dried stuff.
And I'm all about making a buck with my skills.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Eatin good in the hood ;)
Pho Tai Nam is like a drug for me.
Roast 15 lb of marrow bones...
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:23:27 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: QT3.14; Kartographer; 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:23:46 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Thanks, johnnie.
We had “Heat Tabs” but preferred C-4.
We’d get whole cartons of smokes and destroy what we didn’t
use so Charlie didn’t get them. Some guys would urinate
into a pack of smokes and leave it where it could be
seen. “Happy smokes, Charlie”.
Charmin is good to have. LOL
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:23:54 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: mylife
Pho.... I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow. Or later today... whatever.... Slurp.
So many kinds. I've never had bad, except I'm not big on lungs. I just don't like 'em.
My younger daughter's married family is Cambodian, and I can get real nuc mam made 'fresh'.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
really want those rich guys to make it. I can sell them food when they get tired of MREs and crappy freeze dried stuff.
And I’m all about making a buck with my skills.
I like your thinking.
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:31:08 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: unkus
I was told I'd never move from E-6 as long as I smoked. That's how it is these days.
And they were right. I never made E-7. And I still smoke. Eff 'em.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Never have tried freeze dried or dehydrated foods. I was wondering about the taste and the cost of packets that could be used for hunting and fishing trips.
My hens laying tends to fall off in the winter as well, even though North Ga. winters are more mild than most areas. I did have golden comets but after switching my chickens three years ago to leghorns the fall off wasn’t that bad.
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:31:38 PM PDT
by
barmag25
To: JRandomFreeper
I can sell them food when they get tired of MREs and crappy freeze dried stuff.
The freeze dried and dehydrated are really not that bad. I keep the freeze dried in the very deep larder and use the dehydrated regularly. From soups to stir fry is ok. Never really ordered the prepared dishes just the basics such as vegetables, meats and other items.
The dehydrated I get from
Honeyville. Just found it to be a better deal for shelf space than canned. It takes up less space, is fresher and better tasting. Of course I have multiple sources of water. YMMV.
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posted on
04/10/2012 11:31:46 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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