Posted on 07/24/2009 3:24:45 PM PDT by appleseed
Some see the current economic downturn as tough but temporary times to be endured. But others see it as a harbinger of even grimmer days ahead. So theyre preparing for the worst by stockpiling food: piles and piles and piles of it.
Call them suburban survivalists, or call them, well, a little goofy. But theyre dead serious about being ready for a big crash by making sure they have a nice little nosh in case of a catastrophe. Across the country, there are people preparing for the possibility that we will not have access to food by ensuring that their cupboards, at least, will be far from bare.
Postapocalyptic Pathmark Take Bill Cole, a dad and doctor who runs a successful chiropractic office. He seems like the guy next door which is where you may have to go to politely borrow a cup (or a barrel) of sugar should a fatal financial meltdown occur.
Cole has turned his home in the suburbs of Pittsburgh into a virtual postapocalyptic Pathmark. Ive got enough to last two years for me and my immediate family, he says. His stockpile is filled with foods that can stand the test of time from peanuts to pancake mix, canned peaches to peas.
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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.
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.
Call me goofy, MSNBC, but you’d be s-o-l if you think I’d loan you some sugar.
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 !!!!!
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...
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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! :-)
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.
I think it’s most appropriate with the M8 sticking in it!
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.
Rice is an excellent staple, but it doesn’t have sufficient fat.
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 was buying things I didn't even need, like small pistol primers. All of a sudden that doesn't seem so crazy any more.
Ron peterson all out of 32-20 an 50-110 ?....:o)
got room on yer list for one more ???
A key point is to LIVE survival. Those stocks should be the standard staples of a daily diet.
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
dude yer on a roll...8^}...
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