tangent4ronpaul
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With the coming food shortages and price spikes, I'm wondering how we as a movement overlap with the prepper community. I'm really kicking myself, we went garage sale hopping n we ran across 2 freezers for $15 each. They were big and I passed them up. Now I'm thinking it would be a good time to get one before prices spike and fill it with hamburger, chicken, corn, peas and stuff like that...
I really want a 12v one, but they are expensive along with solar panels and batteries.
We do have canned bacon, pork, chicken n hamberger - but they are expensive and have a 20 year shelf life. Don't want to use them on a year long event. (crop shortage this year)
Sprouts are a good source of greens. And CHEAP!
So I'm wondering how much food storage peeps here have. Assuming next year isn't the same (weather), 1 year worth - the Mormon recommendation, per person is ideal. FEMA wants you to have 72 hours. This doesn't work. In the recent east coast blackout due to the storm, some houses had no energy for 2 weeks.
Bulk dehydrated is probably best. Freeze dried. In a 5 gal container, inside a mylar bag that can be sealed with a curling iron or a regular iron. In the old days a regular iron was a formed chunk of metal that could be placed on a wood stove or a open firepit of coals... O2 can be driven out with dry ice or compressed or generated gasses.
A descant and O2 absorber are desired and will greatly extent the life of your preps. Warming the food in an oven over a period of time can have the same effect as a descant. Seal promptly.
Prices are going to spike. Stock up now! Even if that only means buying a case or two of cans. Or a few packets of meat, while the prices are still "low" to toss in your freezer or whatever. Corn, soy beans, chicken, beef, gas... not sure how extensive this will be. Potatoes?
Anyway, how prep oriented are people around here?
-t
I really want a 12v one, but they are expensive along with solar panels and batteries.
We do have canned bacon, pork, chicken n hamberger - but they are expensive and have a 20 year shelf life. Don't want to use them on a year long event. (crop shortage this year)
Sprouts are a good source of greens. And CHEAP!
So I'm wondering how much food storage peeps here have. Assuming next year isn't the same (weather), 1 year worth - the Mormon recommendation, per person is ideal. FEMA wants you to have 72 hours. This doesn't work. In the recent east coast blackout due to the storm, some houses had no energy for 2 weeks.
Bulk dehydrated is probably best. Freeze dried. In a 5 gal container, inside a mylar bag that can be sealed with a curling iron or a regular iron. In the old days a regular iron was a formed chunk of metal that could be placed on a wood stove or a open firepit of coals... O2 can be driven out with dry ice or compressed or generated gasses.
A descant and O2 absorber are desired and will greatly extent the life of your preps. Warming the food in an oven over a period of time can have the same effect as a descant. Seal promptly.
Prices are going to spike. Stock up now! Even if that only means buying a case or two of cans. Or a few packets of meat, while the prices are still "low" to toss in your freezer or whatever. Corn, soy beans, chicken, beef, gas... not sure how extensive this will be. Potatoes?
Anyway, how prep oriented are people around here?
-t
