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| In the yahd, not too fah from the cah  |
Do you need gamma lids? Or will the regular food grade lids work? | |||
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I prefer the gammas for ease of access. Regular lids work fine, I'm sure. | |||
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I never considered myself a prepper until recently. Can someone recommend one book that would go over the basics? | |||
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Depends on your definition of "basics". If you're looking for what to buy to get you thru a few months, any beans, bullets and band-aids book will do. If you're looking for self-sustaining survivability, my 2 favorites are The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Emery and The Survival Medicine Handbook by Alton. ____________ Pace | |||
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Just think of the chaos of a few weeks without the usual comforts, food, electricity, whatever? I may not be a true ‘preppier’, but can get by fairly well. It makes sense to be able to go a week or so without resupply. If nothing else, be ready with storms or natural calamities. | |||
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Bolt Thrower |
Chicken is currently in short supply. | |||
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Wife and I had the opportunity to do a little testing of our longterm food stuffs during the scamdemic. We figure we have a 1 year supply of dry and canned goods stored up and in good shape. We will be adding a bit more just in case. The garden provides some fresh veggies for all but a couple of months. Cold frames are great. We did stop canning a number of years ago but can do it again if the need arrises. Plenty of deer and tree rats right now. No telling how the meat supply on hoof, foot and wing will go if true chaos grips the currently insane world. Many of us in this part of the county hunt. ____________________________ "It is easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled." Unknown observer of human behavior. | |||
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How long does commercially packed frozen chicken in bags last past the expiration date? | |||
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Right now I have enough that I wouldn't have to leave the house for four or five months. But if the shit really hit the fan, I would bring my two sons home from their apartments. I'm not really that worried,I just think it's wise to be prepared. Oh, if you ever think you'll need to barter, stock up on alcohol!! | |||
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Thanks Pace, I'm sure there are things I haven't thought of. | |||
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If never thawed, it will store for years, but the quality/taste may suffer over time. I have kept frozen boneless breasts for several years and it was fine. If the sealed bag is opened or breaks, and it is not fully resealed (heat sealed and vacuum bags at home are best) then the moisture in the food will sublimate and odors will be absorbed. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Based on the recent headlines across the globe, it's about to get much worse. All anyone needs to do is go to your favorite search engine and search for "Bird Flu". Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
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I think I'll go to Krogers tonight!  If chicken lasts that long in the freezer,I'll buy 300 dollars worth. Hamburger too. I have two freezers. | |||
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Carry a small notebook and pencil for a week. Write down everything you do and then answer 2 questions: 1) Is this something I really need to do? If yes, go to question 2, if no cross it off. 2) How am I going to do this in grid down/shtf? If you're anything thing like me, the first biggie in the morning is going to the bathroom At the end of the week, you'll have a pretty good idea of what you need. Just remember that there is no power, no shopping, no running water, etc. ____________ Pace | |||
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Thanks, sigmonkey. These are sealed bags of breaded nuggets from Perdue. I've thought about opening them and sealing them in vacuum bags, but maybe it's best to leave them be if they will last a few years the way they are. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
If they are not vacuum sealed they'll get freezer burned fairly quickly. Still edible but not too tasty. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
^^^^^ LOL, my neighbor, retired cop, has bought multiple cases of the small, what do you call them like a hip pocket size, of various liquors like whiskey bourbons tequila vodka gin etc etc etc. He has a shitpile of them. He states that if SHTF people will be doing a lot more drinking and thus more willing to barter. . | |||
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It's not that regular people will want to start to drinking more, It's the alcoholics who can't get what they need. Sell their soul for more. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
We vacuum seal some items. Other items no. It does help for sure. Have multiple freezer spaces. Have little to no freezer burn issues. There may be environmental factors, I don't know. I have had Meat in the freezer for two or three years. Can out wonderful when cooked. So different strokes for different folks I guess. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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