HI!
I was hoping that we can get together and talk about building stockpiles and general emergency preparedness as well as survival skills etc
We are stocking up right now because with the financial markets tanking we are concerned that we will either be in a situation where we can't afford food or that food will not be available (banking holiday)
I would like this thread to be for support only
:
Anyone Else???
Helpful LINKS
How to Make An OVEN from a Cardboard Box!
http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com...-box-oven.html
As for foraging, if you live in the Pacific Northwest this is a great book
http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Wi.../dp/0882403699
Basic food storage guide lines
http://www.trackmyfoodstorage.com/ar...eid=4&zoneid=1
Link to a serious prepper's EXCELLENT prepping guide. "I know him from a survivalist and emergency prepping forum and he is level-headed and smart about prepping. I've gotten tons of great advice from him. He's not a tin-foil donning weirdo. His guide is worth printing out."
http://athagan.members.atlantic.net/Index.html
This page has instructions to make a whole bunch of different solar ovens, most of them very cheaply
http://solarcooking.org/plans/
Quote:
Canned Butter
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...-butter/Detail
Canned Coffee
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...d-Costa/Detail
But somehow canned cottage cheese sounds really gross!
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...Cheeses/Detail
How to Make Lye Soap
(Thanks Velochic!!)
6lbs. of lard
1 can of Red Devil Lye (I get this at my hardware store, but it's a country general store and I've heard getting pure lye in cities is hard because it's a meth ingredient)
2.5 pints of cold water
-Add the lye to the cold water (do not add the water to the lye!)
-The water will heat up through a chemical process, when it is warm, not hot, add it to the lard and stir it to melt the fat.
-When it's cool, pour it into a wooden box.
-This soap get hard, so make sure you don't let it cool too much before you cut it. Let it cool overnight and viola!
There are some gotchas. The first step... mind that one. Make sure your utensils and pot are safe for lye (Dad has an enamel pot he uses). They cannot be used for cooking afterward. Lye is dangerous, so use gloves. If you want to add a scent, like rose water or scented oil, do it after the lard is melted, but before the soap gets too stiff.
I was hoping that we can get together and talk about building stockpiles and general emergency preparedness as well as survival skills etc
We are stocking up right now because with the financial markets tanking we are concerned that we will either be in a situation where we can't afford food or that food will not be available (banking holiday)
I would like this thread to be for support only
Anyone Else???
Helpful LINKS
How to Make An OVEN from a Cardboard Box!
http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com...-box-oven.html
As for foraging, if you live in the Pacific Northwest this is a great book
http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Wi.../dp/0882403699
Basic food storage guide lines
http://www.trackmyfoodstorage.com/ar...eid=4&zoneid=1
Link to a serious prepper's EXCELLENT prepping guide. "I know him from a survivalist and emergency prepping forum and he is level-headed and smart about prepping. I've gotten tons of great advice from him. He's not a tin-foil donning weirdo. His guide is worth printing out."
http://athagan.members.atlantic.net/Index.html
This page has instructions to make a whole bunch of different solar ovens, most of them very cheaply
http://solarcooking.org/plans/
Quote:
Originally Posted by JTA Mom Just for reference sake: Here's the one that started it all Second Old thread here Third thread that's now debating Here's a link from a guy who lived through the Argentinian collapse and how it has affected society and his family's habits. Btw, I have a 20+ page essay that goes into more detail about the changes society went through. If anyone's interested, please pm me with your email addy. Blog about Argentina's collapse and its effects up to today And this link is from a couple of LDS women, I think. They make food storage much more simple to figure out (look at their baby steps). The one thing I like is that they offer an excel spreadsheet that you enter your meals into, which then calculates what & how much you need to buy of each ingredient used in the meals. lol, I hope what I just said makes sense. Food Storage made easy |
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...-butter/Detail
Canned Coffee
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...d-Costa/Detail
But somehow canned cottage cheese sounds really gross!
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...Cheeses/Detail
How to Make Lye Soap
(Thanks Velochic!!)
6lbs. of lard
1 can of Red Devil Lye (I get this at my hardware store, but it's a country general store and I've heard getting pure lye in cities is hard because it's a meth ingredient)
2.5 pints of cold water
-Add the lye to the cold water (do not add the water to the lye!)
-The water will heat up through a chemical process, when it is warm, not hot, add it to the lard and stir it to melt the fat.
-When it's cool, pour it into a wooden box.
-This soap get hard, so make sure you don't let it cool too much before you cut it. Let it cool overnight and viola!
There are some gotchas. The first step... mind that one. Make sure your utensils and pot are safe for lye (Dad has an enamel pot he uses). They cannot be used for cooking afterward. Lye is dangerous, so use gloves. If you want to add a scent, like rose water or scented oil, do it after the lard is melted, but before the soap gets too stiff.