tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post7783881603336916453..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: honky food 2 of 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-32793354086993424302019-11-18T18:24:16.971-08:002019-11-18T18:24:16.971-08:00I think I screwed up that description. The coffee...I think I screwed up that description. The coffee can faces down, the shortening can faces right side up, inside the coffee can. That is the end result you want. Sorry, brain dead at the end of the day.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51650320778262597092019-11-18T18:21:46.941-08:002019-11-18T18:21:46.941-08:00Take a metal coffee can, must be large enough. Pl...Take a metal coffee can, must be large enough. Place plastic tub of shortening ( I don't do lard any more. 50% more expensive, goes rancid in 4-5 years. Shortening goes a lot longer ) upside down. Place coffee can over that, then flip both over. Now the fat can is upright, the coffee can facing down. Place lid of coffee can. Mice can't get in unless they chew into the shelf it sits on. Just make sure the fat still has the plastic film sealed, and it should be good stored as is. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46719124448452854132019-11-18T15:02:16.987-08:002019-11-18T15:02:16.987-08:00How and where did you store your lard? Did you buy...How and where did you store your lard? Did you buy it at a grocery store in a plastic container? Did you do any extra packaging of it for storage such as mylar bar, oxygen absorbers, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-10811166051005830042018-12-06T18:31:51.172-08:002018-12-06T18:31:51.172-08:00Okay, thank you. I had never heard that before, a...Okay, thank you. I had never heard that before, and I'd wonder, how could Russian peasants eat turnips? I was only used to the raw taste. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-10724850676719138972018-12-06T18:29:27.912-08:002018-12-06T18:29:27.912-08:00Yes. It's all storage food, technically. But...Yes. It's all storage food, technically. But I look at them in tiers. Your collapse storage is for exactly that. Your grocery storage, where you buy your everyday food in bulk, is a different storage that is for unemployment. You can eat it everyday, but you should always be added in multiples for every one you take out. I look at grocery storage as six months of everyday eating except produce. When any item is on sale, you buy dozens. You eat one, you at least replace one, and then wait on sale to buy dozens. Say, six months mac & cheese is twenty boxes. If you have forty on hand, you can keep eating until the next sale, at least until you get down to 20. Then you must replace at regular price, absent a sale. It doesn't have to be anal compulsive. I just eyeball/rule of thumb it. I never stressed this aspect previously, from lack of space and lack of a on grid freezer. But these last years I went crazy on money savings and everyday food savings. It was my way of dealing with the stress of the world going crazier. My recommended amounts are of course just what allows me to sleep better at night. You might want more or less. I'm trying to go Full Pessimist. Well, not exactly. REALLY paranoid I'd have taken all that money and had forty years of just wheat. But since I can't see living too much longer, or finding a replacement tribe, I felt safe going long on meat and butter and a bit of variety ( for instance, I never used to have any sugar. Now I feel comfortable splurging on that ). I guess the short answer is I came to view, as a more likely scenario, a longer period of Not Quite Collapse/End Of Decline. It was what I wasn't as prepared for. Now I am. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-80801425571076886412018-12-06T17:36:01.343-08:002018-12-06T17:36:01.343-08:00"Most likely there will be a period of extrem..."Most likely there will be a period of extreme decline where you live off of more storage foods, but not exclusively."<br /><br />Several years ago you had an article answering the question, "When do I start eating my stored food?" You gave several options such as unemployment, food stamps/EBT weren't enough help, reduced availability so you're slowly losing weight, etc. Your conclusion was that you don't dig into your stored foods until it's mad max/WROL/chaos in the streets. Do you still feel the same way, or is your position becoming more flexible?<br />Peace out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-62082070479993209112018-12-06T17:03:00.637-08:002018-12-06T17:03:00.637-08:00If you like potatoes, you will probably like turni...If you like potatoes, you will probably like turnips, as the two taste very similar. Baby turnips are tender enough to be eaten raw. The skin on turnips has the taste of radish, so eating baby turnips raw is similar to eating a radish. Cooking them kills the radish flavor, and then they taste similar to a potato. Cook them as you would a potato, and add a little butter and salt and pepper, and they are very good. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-27956089686867106572018-12-06T16:41:37.215-08:002018-12-06T16:41:37.215-08:00You might find this interesting Mr. Dakin.
https:...You might find this interesting Mr. Dakin.<br /><br />https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181206135643.htm<br /><br /><br />https://www.oilandgas360.com/repsol-and-armstrong-energy-announce-largest-u-s-onshore-conventional-hydrocarbons-discovery-in-30-years/<br /><br /><br />https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/middle_east/is-there-really-more-oil-in-the-golan-heights-than-is-saudi-arabia/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-76987752398924058862018-12-06T15:03:37.052-08:002018-12-06T15:03:37.052-08:00I haven't found anywhere cheaper than Wally. ...I haven't found anywhere cheaper than Wally. I could be wrong-there seemed to be lots of cheap mail order vitamin companies way back when. Could still be. Nothing shows up on a Google search, though.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-15662610442696169862018-12-06T13:44:54.203-08:002018-12-06T13:44:54.203-08:00I second the recommendation for storing some vitam...I second the recommendation for storing some vitamins. Vitamin C crystals I use to keep pealed apples from turning brown until I can cut them up and put in a pie, then oven. Tablets are available at Costco cheap. I buy the big bottles on sale. Keep the vitamin C and the B's in a cool place out of sunlight! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-86679898270659657662018-12-06T12:25:37.721-08:002018-12-06T12:25:37.721-08:00I consider five years worth of Vit C and multi'...I consider five years worth of Vit C and multi's a minimum. Just like wheat. But just go ahead and start at one year at a time. Build up from there. Then just keep it rotated. Sprouts are priceless for enzymes and trace amounts of stuff not known. Supplements do most of the heavy lifting. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-71876782070839939172018-12-06T10:04:42.090-08:002018-12-06T10:04:42.090-08:00Even if you hate turnips, after awhile of mostly w...Even if you hate turnips, after awhile of mostly white flour you might change your mind. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-58016208449316259572018-12-06T10:02:24.554-08:002018-12-06T10:02:24.554-08:00Mr D
I hope folk are buying nutritional supps als...Mr D<br /><br />I hope folk are buying nutritional supps also ... we and the great apes are the only critter who do not synthesize ascorbate ... hello scurvey. Building collagen and maintaining anti-oxidant function requires Vit C (and Zinc)<br /><br />Anything is gonna be better than nothing. Tabs should be ground up w/ mortar and pestle to enhance absorption. The RDA touted in labeling is the amount that prevents frank scurvey ... smart does is 1-2 grams a day ( 1000 > 2000 mg)<br /><br />Like you're saying, cheapo now; priceless later<br /><br />Multi's, C, B-plex, D, Ca++ / Mg++, Zinc and chromium. A respiratory enzyme that exchanges CO2 and O2 in alveoli require chromium. CA and MG are really important for immune function, asnd competively inhibit the absorption of bad-boy metal 'cousins' [cesium, strontium, rad-K, et al] that continue to kite in from weareFuckedShima; Calms and CalmsPlus are a great source<br /><br />Cheap now ... likely unavailable laterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-27928051249342810612018-12-06T10:02:17.394-08:002018-12-06T10:02:17.394-08:00I "wants to have" my money turned into t...I "wants to have" my money turned into tangibles. Alas, I need to have money, for the period between No Jobs and then hyperinflation. So turning my savings into a Want is retarded, yes. I must constantly remind myself of this. The last time I got extra nervous about "too much soon to be inflated cash", I ended up buying overpriced land I'll probably never use but can't sell because of the loss. That was an expensive lesson- $3k. Damn, and thirteen years ago. How time flies.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51467563389868304142018-12-06T08:58:11.871-08:002018-12-06T08:58:11.871-08:00One possible option if wheat is scare in your area...One possible option if wheat is scare in your area, would be to buy the white flour in bulk, and a few sacks of wheat berries from Walmart, online, or what not. You could then use the bulk of the white flour as filler (One up from Africans with their mud pies) and sprout the wheat berries as a source of green nutrition. My understanding is that the greens are rich in vitamin C, as well as many other nutrients. <br /><br />I know as little about gardening, as Rosie O’Dumbbell knows about dieting :D But one time I grew some turnips. My first crop did surprisingly well, and would have done better had I only heeded the advice on the seed package to thin the plants to prevent overcrowding. Why do I mention this? Well, turnips, in addition to storing well, are rich in carbohydrates, as are most root crops. In addition, the turnip greens are said to be some of the most nutritious of all. In fact, some people grow them for the greens alone. In the old days it was common for some farmers to grow them to tide their livestock over the winter. This might have been in the days when such crops were thought of as “poor people” food, not fit for consumption among the upper classes. Turnips are very easy to grow, and everyone should try their hand at growing them as survival food. They’re tasty too, in my opinion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82816786770552875682018-12-06T08:24:52.888-08:002018-12-06T08:24:52.888-08:00Yeah, stick with the guns ya brung. Round out all ...Yeah, stick with the guns ya brung. Round out all of the other more important needs before going gay for some wants. Nice to haves won't be available post collapse anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-51434689210253304842018-12-06T08:10:25.110-08:002018-12-06T08:10:25.110-08:00I just spent almost two rifles worth on canned but...I just spent almost two rifles worth on canned butter. I SHOULD be upgrading from the Enfield to 5.56 bolt actions ( or break-opens ), to halve my ammunition expenditures ( accuracy wise ). But food first, always. I could do both, granted. I still might. But I can always survive without a modern arsenal. Without food, not so much. You WILL wake up one day with the stockpiling option gone.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-61040297194788308342018-12-06T07:27:00.539-08:002018-12-06T07:27:00.539-08:00Your putting rounds on target, Jim. All costs for ...Your putting rounds on target, Jim. All costs for food and commodities are, or will increase. (they stealthly rise under your radar, inevitable) Any sale pricing is just loss leaders or clearance of back inventory. When factoring pricing food staples I use it's projected storage life and storage durability into the price consideration. Canned meats, dehydrated potatoes, pasta, rice, etc. At any decent sale pricing, they will increase it's value due to natural evil banker inflation, and on hand availability when out of money, out of work or no income, or the stores are closed. That usefullness later on is a value added asset when talking food in the belly. "Whatever you may pay today, will most probably be cheaper than what you pay tomorrow". Minions are advised to use obsessive phsycosis storage methods (vacuum sealer, mason jar canning,etc) to safeguard and preserve their "investment". Food stocks are more valuable than those queer flir topped ar15s. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com