You seem to have carried on quite nicely without me.
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Oh, you were gone? (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
Glad the power is back on.
It would be prudent to prepare for unreliable power in future since that seems to be the commie agenda. Food shortages also.
Chases Eagles —
I made a big Costco run yesterday and hit up my local butcher as well, because the time to stock your freezer and pantry is before shortages hit, not after.
I’m also planning on buying a small generator soon, and restocking the firewood pile.
Somebody is gonna think you guys are Doomsday preppers.
I’ve already got the generator and the firewood, working on stocking kerosene and propane. Making a big food run on Tuesday for long-life staples.
Neo, glad you’re well. Are you sure the outage wasn’t a government plot to zap your computer or something? (Well, if you were sure, why on earth would you tell the world on here? Best keep the functionaries guessing about what you know.)
I’ve been spending some time this weekend working on a bit of my ‘prep’. If this is turning into a sorta-open thread, can I ask if any of you have pointers toward quality info about what constitutes a reasonable mix of item or food-group types in a prep stash? (I don’t have a 100-cubic-foot deep-freeze in the basement, before you ask; I don’t even have a basement.) It was on my mind because I’ve been looking at my inventory and feel it’s a bit imbalanced in terms of vegetables vs. grains and so on.
@ Philip Sells > There are a million preppers posting online; these were among the top hits on my search for “food storage,” and a quick scan shows they are in sync with most of what I’ve learned over the last couple of decades.
There doesn’t seem to be a newer edition, but it’s a pretty complete book by
now.
Personal caveat: when we had 5 kids at home, I bought mostly #10 cans and bulk bags of everything; with just the two of us now, I get standard grocery store sized packages. Also, don’t buy anything you don’t already like; a crisis is no time for experimenting with new foods.
And always store chocolate carefully; mice will go through even moderately hard plastic to get to it.
Thanks, Aesop. I’ll consider those.
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Oh, you were gone? (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
Glad the power is back on.
It would be prudent to prepare for unreliable power in future since that seems to be the commie agenda. Food shortages also.
Chases Eagles —
I made a big Costco run yesterday and hit up my local butcher as well, because the time to stock your freezer and pantry is before shortages hit, not after.
I’m also planning on buying a small generator soon, and restocking the firewood pile.
Somebody is gonna think you guys are Doomsday preppers.
I’ve already got the generator and the firewood, working on stocking kerosene and propane. Making a big food run on Tuesday for long-life staples.
Neo, glad you’re well. Are you sure the outage wasn’t a government plot to zap your computer or something? (Well, if you were sure, why on earth would you tell the world on here? Best keep the functionaries guessing about what you know.)
I’ve been spending some time this weekend working on a bit of my ‘prep’. If this is turning into a sorta-open thread, can I ask if any of you have pointers toward quality info about what constitutes a reasonable mix of item or food-group types in a prep stash? (I don’t have a 100-cubic-foot deep-freeze in the basement, before you ask; I don’t even have a basement.) It was on my mind because I’ve been looking at my inventory and feel it’s a bit imbalanced in terms of vegetables vs. grains and so on.
@ Philip Sells > There are a million preppers posting online; these were among the top hits on my search for “food storage,” and a quick scan shows they are in sync with most of what I’ve learned over the last couple of decades.
If we had a year left, I would go with a merger of these two sites.
https://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-kitchen/bare-minimum-food-storage-for-one-year/
https://www.organizedmom.net/52-week-guide-building-food-storage/
Since we don’t, this is a good “do it now” plan.
https://www.backdoorsurvival.com/20-items-to-kick-start-your-food-storage-plan/
The Gold Standard for food storage planning is here (also mentioned in the modern survival link):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008536NOQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=modesurvblog-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B008536NOQ&linkId=3a3b7269b90463cde22a0e1258bfea46
LDS Preparedness Manual, V8, 2012
There doesn’t seem to be a newer edition, but it’s a pretty complete book by
now.
Personal caveat: when we had 5 kids at home, I bought mostly #10 cans and bulk bags of everything; with just the two of us now, I get standard grocery store sized packages. Also, don’t buy anything you don’t already like; a crisis is no time for experimenting with new foods.
And always store chocolate carefully; mice will go through even moderately hard plastic to get to it.
Thanks, Aesop. I’ll consider those.