Emergency food, long-term storage for lazy people like me

[pipz]

Instead of doing all that when the time comes I will just join the Zombie forces. It would be easier. Don't be afraid of change Brooke! 

[ghi]

They have great packages at Costco any size you want and buckets with gama lids, water filters,maybe comes cheaper if you seal it yourself ; 50 lbs bag of rice 14$,   25 lbs pinto beans 13$; that cheap... great insurance for a SHTF scenario;
http://www.costco.com/emergency-kits-supplies.html
 Honey is still cheap, can be stored unlimited ; can't go wrong, even if nothing happens the price is going up, the bees are dying for unexplained reason , they blame pesticides, cellphone towers ; is going to become a rare delicatessen more expensive tham caviar.
I bought a smaller emergency  kitt  for 3 days,  I keep in my truck during winter, igot stuck many times in bad weather closed roads .


Most people believe the credit cards are going to work forever and the grocery stores packed with goodies ;
Naive ,inexperienced and take the economic  stability peace as granted waste $$ on new cars phones every year without investing in basics to survive beyond their fridge. If If a disaster strikes, the government can't feed 300 millions in FEMA camps;

[Brooke]

I also think this is a cheap way to do decent water filtration (not as nice as the Berkey, but 1/5 the price).

Get a Sawyer filter (which will take out the bacteria, and the filter lasts forever -- just backflush when flow is low), $17:
http://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-SP128-Filtration-System/dp/B00FA2RLX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439591730&sr=8-1&keywords=sawyer+filter
Hook a hose on the end and run it into a carbon filter (which will take out organics), $20:
http://www.amazon.com/Katadyn-8013450-Carbon-Cartridge/dp/B0007U0184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439591823&sr=8-1&keywords=katadyn+carbon

[rabbidrabbit]

An appropriate supply of firearms and ammo is a great way to ensure your supplies stay with you and procure additional items as needed. 

[Brooke]

Instead of doing all that when the time comes I will just join the Zombie forces. It would be easier. Don't be afraid of change Brooke! 

Yeah, but you want to keep the humans fed until your next zombie meal.

[Brooke]

Ghi, good points.

(Hey, you live in Windsor!  I used to live in a suburb of Detroit, right across from you.  Hello, neighbor. )

[guncrasher]

They have great packages at Costco any size you want and buckets with gama lids, water filters,maybe comes cheaper if you seal it yourself ; 50 lbs bag of rice 14$,   25 lbs pinto beans 13$; that cheap... great insurance for a SHTF scenario;
http://www.costco.com/emergency-kits-supplies.html
 Honey is still cheap, can be stored unlimited ; can't go wrong, even if nothing happens the price is going up, the bees are dying for unexplained reason , they blame pesticides, cellphone towers ; is going to become a rare delicatessen more expensive tham caviar.
I bought a smaller emergency  kitt  for 3 days,  I keep in my truck during winter, igot stuck many times in bad weather closed roads .


Most people believe the credit cards are going to work forever and the grocery stores packed with goodies ;
Naive ,inexperienced and take the economic  stability peace as granted waste $$ on new cars phones every year without investing in basics to survive beyond their fridge. If If a disaster strikes, the government can't feed 300 millions in FEMA camps;

back in the 70's I read a story in reader's digest about how some people took advantage of shortages in europe and charge outrageous prices.  it was about this lady, she made a lot of money, towards the end of the war when there was little to live on, she had taken all the money she had and bought a loaf of bread and some other little stuff.

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[Brooke]

An appropriate supply of firearms and ammo

That's maybe what I work on as a next step.  (By the way, nice to see you.  )

[ghi]

Ghi, good points.

(Hey, you live in Windsor!  I used to live in a suburb of Detroit, right across from you.  Hello, neighbor. )

Ohh, if you survived in Detroit, zombie apocalypse is piece if cake.

[Aspen]

An appropriate supply of firearms and ammo is a great way to ensure your supplies stay with you and procure additional items as needed.

I saw good quote once that went something like this:  "When it all collapses there will be folks with beans and folks with guns on day one.  On day two, the folks who started with just guns will likely also have some beans, not sure if the folks who started with just beans will have any guns."

[guncrasher]

I saw good quote once that went something like this:  "When it all collapses there will be folks with beans and folks with guns on day one.  On day two, the folks who started with just guns will likely also have some beans, not sure if the folks who started with just beans will have any guns."

yup but there's always somebody with bigger guns.


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[Ripsnort]

I've done a collection of multiple food sources, at more expensive but wide diet varieties.

MREs, Mountain House, canning, plus dry goods like rice, flour, salt, sugar (for curing meat, lots of game in the back yard)

4 of us could survive fat/happy for 2 months, or 'eat light' and go 4 months before I'd have to shoot critters to survive.

Enough fuel and propane to last the generators 2 months. Enough fresh water (600 gallons) for about 2 weeks before we'd have to fetch it from the river behind the house.

If we're going to need food longer than that, then the world ain't worth living in any more. IMO.

[FLS]

You'll want a pressure cooker for the rice and beans. You may need to minimize cooking time. If food is scarce fuel is likely to be scarce too.

[Volron]

If you're really lazy just put up a sign that says "Free Food".

When people come to your house eat them.

Sign ain't lying. 

Human:  The other, other, OTHER white meat.

[BaldEagl]

I forgot to ask.  What are you preparing for?  The end of Aces High?