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Posted on September 8, 2009 by Steven M. Mihajlov | Posted under Politics
Survival Food Storage Secrets
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Two. Learn to 'put up' food - canning, food dehydrating and other strategies are easier than ever with modern gadgets designed to preserve food. It requires a minimal effort - but on a kitchen counter you can dry enough herbs for a year ; you can make real powdered and flaked pepper, garlic and onion. Three. Next survival food storage secret is if you freeze food, be sure you've a means to keep it going in an emergency. If the electricity goes off you do not need to lose a year's supply of food! Have a generator and fuel, get a propane refrigerator, have some way of keeping that food cold. Putting food aside is only part of insuring your food supply - storing it safely is the other issue. Four. Be discreet. Don't brag about your food supply and don't spread the word you have half a year of food in your basement. If you do, and there is a crisis, you may be overrun with people who know you have plenty stocked away. Are you then prepared to defend your food supply? Five. Storage a problem? Use areas most don't think of. The cupboard is good for many things but if you are putting up lots of jars of spaghetti sauce, preserves, soups and other sauces you're going to need room. Have a protected corner of the basement up off the ground ( enough that a wet floor won't damage the food ). Six. Here is another survival food storage secret. Along with your food supply have a means to prepare food including water, grill and gas/wood/charcoal, and so on. If a storm knocks an area down for 2-3 weeks be ready to rely on your own resources for those 2-3 weeks. Have available not only requirement items but a few luxury items as well . These might include a little candy, or cookies or something that just makes things a touch more like home. Seven. Don't forget storing private hygiene items - you can make a 'composting toilet' from free plans onlinehaving this available with sawdust or slices, toilet tissue and other items can significantly increase the comfort in an emergency. Eight. Do not depend on the governing body helping - or on folk being friendly. A catastrophic situation like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina showed the governing body can't handle it - people have got to be in a position to rely on themselves. Prepare and have plans in place for tornado, fire, emergency evacuation and sheltering in place ( being limited to home ). Remember a train derailment or other issues can change things in a hurry! Practice that evacuation. You have 10 minutes- what do you grab? Hesitating can be deadlyhaving a plan can mean survival. Nine. Be able to cook from the start, make bread and do other abilities to get through if you had to. If you have the food stocked up it does not do any good if you can not use it. If you are dependent on mixes make your own mixes in Ziploc bags that seal firmly - label with a marker right on the bag with how much liquid, egg and oil to add. In a pinch, that bag can be the bowl - simply put wet ingredients in and mix, then pour into a baking pan. Experiment with your griddle to make things before you've got to. Ten. Being able to hunt and fish can mean having a continual food supply. Having fishing gear and hunting supplies can mean the difference between eating or not. In the depression some spoke of having a small dog that would go through culverts and flush out rabbits while the large dog at the other end dispatched the rabbit as it ran out. Sporting? Maybe not but if it comes to eating or not, how moral will you be after not eating for 4 days? Get prepared now. Work on getting things growing, on learning the skills you have got to to survive. When the public food supply is interrupted it'll be too late. About The Author: Stanley G. Mihajlov is a father of five and loves sharing with others on how to live dependant on Jesus and independant from the World. Follow him at his survival newsletter at http://essentialsurvialgearcatalog.com/ |
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