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Posted on 11/14/2011 5:03:54 PM PST by Kartographer
Don’t bother storing survival food. Stock up on ammo and keep track of the locations in the neighborhood where Mormons live.
Ugh...worst movie ever. What a stinker. I wish I had those 111 minutes back.
Cooking tip for old beans.
They can stay tough even with long cooking.
Soak them overnight.
Rinse and then pressure can.
Fill the jars about 3/4 full..The rest with water.
The combination of high temp and pressure will make them tender.
Get real MRE’s and store in a cool room. www.longlifefood.com is a great source.
They’re as compact as you can get and will indeed last a solid 10-12 years. Taste starts going after 5-6, but edible for over 12. They cost more than other options but last far longer and the space concerns are far less.
I store 5lb bags of rice in vac sealed Mylar and then put them in 5 gallon buckets...the ones with the rubber o-ring. You can fit 5 of them per bucket. They stack nice, are mouse and moisture proof (mostly) and are fairly compact for what they hold.
I do the same for beans, lentils and dried peas and such...except in 1lb. bags.
Thanks
Cherry, you’re on the right track. Dry goods (ingredients) can be used to make a multitude of recipes while there’s only so much you can do with a can of soup or ravioli. Dry goods will have a much longer shelf life.
And, storing food in multiple locations in your home isn’t a bad thing. If someone were to try and steal your food, it would take a lot longer to track it all down, if they even could.
I hope you are joking, but now days who knows. So are you posting from your towns OWS protest or what?
Black clouds cover the horizon, the lightening is flashing and there is the distant sound of thunder! The storm flags are going up, will you heed them?
I am very aware that if it’s the great end that there is nothing I can do to stop or change it, but history is full of instances and times when man or nature have caused such a calamity that people have cried out and begged God to end it all.
The bible has many verse such as this:
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
NIV Proverbs 22:3
This verse and others are there for a reason and I urge all to take heed of them, because we are clearly on the edge. Everyday there is a new story about the ‘Yutes’ who grow more restless everyday and when you add the fact that because of the economy people are already on edge it won’t take much to set things off.
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Siege of AR-558 (#7.8)” (1998)
Quark: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.
Today we have ‘yutes’ who roam our streets who are with out morals, without respect for law or life itself. They will look are you with the same ‘doll eyes’ a shark does before he eats you and they will feel no more compassion than the shark does.
That will be the test of many. Most preppers I know are Christian people and they will hesitate to do what they might have to do to stop the ‘yutes’. On the other hand the ‘yutes’ won’t think twice nor lose a minute of sleep, in fact they will smile and laugh about it.
For those who are just starting or are old hands at prepping you may find my Preparedness Manual helpfull. You can download it at:
http://www.tomeaker.com/kart/preparedness1i.pdf
For those of you who haven’t started already it’s time to prepare almost past time maybe. You needed to be stocking up on food guns, ammo, basic household supplies like soap, papergoods, cleaning supplies, good sturdy clothes including extra socks, underwear and extra shoes and boots, a extra couple changes of oil and filters for your car, tools, things you buy everyday start buying two and put one up.
If you like to read more about what SHTF in Bosnia was like take a look at this post on Bosnia War Survivor Selco’s Blog at:
“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger. Underestimation can be fatal.”
As the LDS say “When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.”
Yeah, I’m joking, but the joke depends upon people knowing that Mormoms are encouraged to keep a year’s supply of food stocked up.
Don’t know about 38 years (!), but if you have some beans that simply won’t soften, that means that they are too old. However: they can be ground in a food mill and the resultant cracked or ground *meal* can then be added to soups and gravies, used as a thickener or even as an *instant* soup, by themselves. I have seen recipes for adding this to baked goods, too. It may take a couple of passes thru the mill to obtain something fine enough to be called flour instead of meal.
I believe you need a stainless steel mill, not stone, to accomplish this successfully without excessive wear on the mill.
As for room, I have read about people taking the wall board off and putting shelving between the studs for extra storage space. I think you would then want to add a hinged door over that space.
Grinding would work. Thanks
So let's say you put it all in one place and something happens to that portion of the house. Now you've lost everything. Better to spread it around the house.
Attics, garage corners, closet corners all work well.
And if you don’t have the space, look at what you can sell to raise money and make space.
Sounds like the LDS Bishop’s storehouse concept. The problem is finding a safe communal location, where only members can access it.
When you soak your beans overnight be sure to add a bit of baking soda. It reduces the gas that usually accompanies beans.
Also, think about stockpiling some herbs. Dried herbs can’t compare to fresh herbs but when you’re trying to survive even dried herbs will be a treat.
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