Suburban survivalists stock up for Armageddon (Food, guns, ammo., etc.)

msnbc.com (GAG) ^ | July 23, 2009 | Mike Hammer

[PapaBear3625]

Rice is also a good long-term item, for all the reasons you name. I would prefer a large air-tight ammo box full of rice, plus another of pasta, over wheat. As you point out, rice will soak up the gravy/broth of whatever you mix it with, and is good for stretching canned meats.

[HKMk23]

Homestead Mills Here. Hard Red Spring Wheat berries. And you're in luck! A 50lb sack is now just about $23! Such a deal!

[HKMk23]

Would it not be better to get two electric and two hanf crank grinders, just as backups?

Wood burning ovens?

Good ideas, all.

My own thoughts run along the lines of cultivating a group of trusted neighbors so that some of the less affordable things could be shared. I buy this, you buy that, they buy the other, and we share all of it among us so that we all benefit without having to bear inordinate -- probably prohibitive -- costs.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Call me goofy, MSNBC, but you’d be s-o-l if you think I’d loan you some sugar.

[Squantos]

That is better with the bayonet. Great message. I printed it out an will frame it an put it up in my office at work an home

Thanks !!!!!

[GeronL]

If I won the lottery I would be searching for the perfect people to bring to my little community I would build out in the sticks.

Veterans
Someone who knows how to raise a big garden/fruit trees
Someone who knows how to take care of cows/pigs/chickens
Someone who can keep a water well/waste system operating
Someone who knows about defense-shooting & such
Someone who knows about woodworking, metalworking and other things.

The community would include a large storehouse and underground bunkers. Each home would have a generator and large tanks connected to the water system so if the power went out we would have that much water available right there.

The storehouse would have two generators, one dedicated to a freezer to activate automatically upon an outage.

I would make sure we all had guns of common calibres such as .45 for pistols and AR-15’s for rifles.

I know I know.... you might say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one...

[Cottonbay]

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thank you!

[hiredhand]

Aha! So there’s the critter! You probably KNOW this, but they’re edible! ...and easier to skin than groundhog! ...tastes better too IMHO. Neither groundhog or muskrat is up high on my menu list right now, but I can tell you from first hand experience that they CAN be eaten! :-)

[hiredhand]

Please forgive me for just jumping in, because I know you were asking PapaBear3625 about wheat...but you do NOT have to grind wheatberries into flour before using them. You can BOIL them!...whole...and it’s a lot “like” rice...not quite of course. But we eat it on occasion that way here...either put salt on it, or butter. I get tired of it like that QUICKLY though.

[hiredhand]

I think it’s most appropriate with the M8 sticking in it!

[elkfersupper]

Bullets will be a HUGE bargaining commodity. Stock up while you can.

Actually, cartridges would work better.

Since I can't find cartridges in any caliber I shoot, I have been looking for powder, primers, casings and bullets.

For the most part, those are hard to come by also.

[Lurker]

Rice is an excellent staple, but it doesn’t have sufficient fat.

[Squantos]

Survival schools in Panama, the PI,Oz an alaska taught me that stuff I wouldn’t feed my dog is edible.

Hopefully proper planning will keep our menus palatable.

Nite .....

[Lurker]

For some strange reason I started stocking up on powder, primers, and bullets 4 or 5 years ago.

I was buying things I didn't even need, like small pistol primers. All of a sudden that doesn't seem so crazy any more.

[Squantos]

Ron peterson all out of 32-20 an 50-110 ?....:o)

[hiredhand]

Survival schools in Panama, the PI,Oz an alaska taught me that stuff I wouldn’t feed my dog is edible.

Hopefully proper planning will keep our menus palatable. Nite .....

I hear ya.... I've actually eaten Skunk before. It's not the eating part that's difficult. It's pretty good actually...as good as Squirrel. It's the SKINNING part that's tricky!

Agreed! Let's try to keep our menus palatable! :-)

Nite! :-)

[Gilbo_3]

got room on yer list for one more ???

[ctdonath2]

A key point is to LIVE survival. Those stocks should be the standard staples of a daily diet.

[Gilbo_3]

If they don't like it, or get testy about it, we'll walk them out of the area

dude, lets be realistic now...

I noticed on the master list in 89...powdered lime...

depending on circumstances though, we might just hafta eat the bastids...

after all, I bet they taste like [ are ] chicken...BBBWWWAAHAHAHAH

[Gilbo_3]

dude yer on a roll...8^}...