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Lessons learned during the pandemic...
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I think most all of us have or addictions and druthers. We have become so used to having about anything we want on a whim. Especially the females. I am surrounded by them and one thing I have learned through this...….I am doomed.
Meals on hand is a good place to start. Preppers generally measure their stores by number of days of food. Get an estimate of number of meals and divide by 3 and again by number of people you expect to feed to estimate number of days of stored food. 30 days is good place to start. Some work towards 60 or 90 days or longer storage which will get you past the vast majority of possible problems.
Set your own comfort level and stock to it. Then do not waste that food. Rotate and eat what you store. It doesn't do any good to put away a bunch of food and then waste it.
Set your own comfort level and stock to it. Then do not waste that food. Rotate and eat what you store. It doesn't do any good to put away a bunch of food and then waste it.
We were in pretty good shape when this whole fiasco started. I had let life get in the way of maintaining our minimum of 60 days of supplies, but we were still at 30 plus. Right now, we have 2 full chest freezers and 2 full refrigerators full of food (mostly protein) as well as a huge pantry full of dry/canned goods.
However, listening to the storms roll through last night, it made me realize how dependent we are on the grid being up and running. I have a good sized back up generator, but really need to look into a long term (like weeks/months) solution to our power dependency. Also alternative heat sources that are not grid dependent.
So instead of buying another CZ pistol (like I need another), I am going to start planning more long term.
However, listening to the storms roll through last night, it made me realize how dependent we are on the grid being up and running. I have a good sized back up generator, but really need to look into a long term (like weeks/months) solution to our power dependency. Also alternative heat sources that are not grid dependent.
So instead of buying another CZ pistol (like I need another), I am going to start planning more long term.
spencer rifle
Grandmaster
Looking after my addiction - chocolate.
Spent the last two weeks buying up Easter chocolate on sale for vacuum packaging and storage in a 5-gallon bucket (didn't all fit this year).
And not just anything. Prefer Dove, Godiva, Cadbury eggs (caramel and chocolate cream only) and Russel Stover. Hershey is OK, Franklin is marginal, and anything Palmer has a lot of nerve being labeled "chocolate." More like processed sawdust.
Current stock should last most of the year.
Spent the last two weeks buying up Easter chocolate on sale for vacuum packaging and storage in a 5-gallon bucket (didn't all fit this year).
And not just anything. Prefer Dove, Godiva, Cadbury eggs (caramel and chocolate cream only) and Russel Stover. Hershey is OK, Franklin is marginal, and anything Palmer has a lot of nerve being labeled "chocolate." More like processed sawdust.
Current stock should last most of the year.
spencer rifle
Grandmaster
Might be the time to invest in a pressure canner and supplies. All meat can be canned, and some of it is improved in the process, but it takes a lot of time and heat.
I got stung pretty bad this year on garden plants and seeds. My preferred greenhouse is driveup/curbside only, which I don't care for. The farm and hardware store that normally have big sales have a weaker selection and pricing that is higher than routine.
I thought I would try starting seeds this year. I started way too late and also did not research the heat needed to get things to germinate (like pepper plants) so I'll still be buying some. But that's OK; I finally have a good place to start seeds in our new barn. Next step is to save seeds: I don't know if I'll do that before retirement. I've collected a few seeds before but that also ends up being canning and hunting season and I never got them properly stored and catalogued.
indiucky
Grandmaster
Brother...You've met mine...
"Let's finish up that chicken I grilled yesterday..."
"Nah....I'm tired of chicken..."
"You JUST ate it yesterday!"
"I know...I just want something else...That was a breast...Can you grill me a thigh wrapped in bacon??? That's what I really want..."
"Yes ma'am....You know you should really just...."
"Blah, blah "there's a pandemic going on" blah, blah "other's aren't so fortunate" blah, blah..Just fire up the grill and you eat the chicken from yesterday..."
"I don't like chicken..."
"Well Geary boy!!! Ain't you heard? There's a pandemic going on and others aren't so fortunate...Eat yesterdays chicken and fix me a fresh one...."
"Yes ma'am..."
True story....
indiucky
Grandmaster
Wrapped in bacon and with BBQ sauce on a bun I can eat it and keep it down.....
I just bought my first package of boneless thighs last week. Wrapping them in bacon and grilling them sounds good! I've never tried that before.
indiucky
Grandmaster
About 45 minutes indirect heat at 300-350 on my PK Grill.....WAY better than chicken breasts...Perfect for sammies....
How so? They have been great for me.
I have found the problem of trying to buy groceries and clean things an incredible unsolvable problem. To be clear I do not fear C-19 but it has made me think about what if...
A hypothetical:
So while getting groceries you pick up a can with an unseen deadly virus, you put it in your cart, run it through checkout, you have it on your hands, you must get out your CC to pay, then put the contaminated can and all it touches in a bag in your truck. At home you must get the stuff out, clean it and put it away.
In what order do you touch stuff to put it away?
I want to see what you got...
A hypothetical:
So while getting groceries you pick up a can with an unseen deadly virus, you put it in your cart, run it through checkout, you have it on your hands, you must get out your CC to pay, then put the contaminated can and all it touches in a bag in your truck. At home you must get the stuff out, clean it and put it away.
In what order do you touch stuff to put it away?
I want to see what you got...
I've pondered this...you know what I do? I put my stuff away and wash my hands. I do sanitize after returning my cart before getting in my truck.
I go the store (no gloves, no mask, no goggles, etc) I pick up what I'm shopping for and place it in my cart. I take it to the self checkout, scan everything, pull cash out of my pocket and pay. Then I bag everything and head to my car. I put my bags in the trunk and return my cart to the corral. I go home and take those bags out of my trunk and into my house. I then put my groceries away. If I remember to, I wash my hands. If I forget I make a sandwich or something else with my dirty hands and have lunch. I then go on about my day. Easy peasy.
I'm not asking what anyone does about C-19, what if it was a real killer contaminate? What would be a safe protocol?
