Here's what I'm stocking up on, How about you?, page 2

reply to post by Jesus H Christ

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Ditto on your Hiker filter. I have had one for years when they used to be made by PUR. It has successfully seen me through many backpacking trips without any problems. I did just upgrade the filter cartridge to keep on hand in addition to the standard cartridge. I also keep purification tablets on hand as well.

I have personally stocked up on MREs and heater packs due to their long shelf life and ease of use. I also have stocked up on bulk meals from Mountain House and Backpacker's Pantry; Portable propane cylinders for cooking, light and heat, White Gas for my MSR backpacking stove; IMMODIUM and Pepto to take care of any symptoms from bad water or a rapid change in diet (baked beans 2x's a day); OTC analgesics, antihistamines, Feminine Hygiene products for my wife and daughters (got that idea from another thread).

Granted, a lot of this stuff is for a home based scenario in the event of an emergency or long term power outage especially as the cold Winter months will soon be upon us. If we need to jump ship, I have a couple of BOB's ready and waiting and will just need to throw in some last minute stuff.

reply to post by I_am_Spartacus

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Curious as to why an alternator. I had thought about building a wind turbine hooked up to an alternator and fed into a power inverter. I just never thought it would be that easy so I never did it. But I suppose it could charge a car battery even if you had to manually turn it. I already have a 800 watt power inverter. That will at least keep me on ats for a while.

reply to post by Jesus H Christ

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charging batteries

reply to post by Mortimer452

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I'm curious about something you said. We raise chickens, game birds now, but we've had all sorts over the years. We have at least one 6 year old hen that lays as well today as she ever has. Several 4 and 5 yr olds too. Why ever would you think they are past their usefulness for laying after only 2 years?

See ya,
Shea

[edit on 14-9-2009 by SheaWolf]

reply to post by lpowell0627

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Thanks for the tips. I will be going out tomorrow and getting a few 5gallon buckets. I know just where to get them too. Home Depot sells them for like 4 bucks a peice. They will be great for storing my rice and flour.

Also, How do you know when flour goes bad??

reply to post by Jesus H Christ

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Watch out for those buckets at Home Depot, you can bet they weren't intended for food. You should get buckets made of food grade plastics, others can leach harmful chemicals into your food, if not ruin it entirely.

See ya,
Shea

reply to post by jibeho

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On the feminine products,I would recommend the cloth type.You don't
know how long this will last.

Originally posted by Jesus H Christ
reply to post by lpowell0627

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Thanks for the tips. I will be going out tomorrow and getting a few 5gallon buckets. I know just where to get them too. Home Depot sells them for like 4 bucks a peice. They will be great for storing my rice and flour.

Also, How do you know when flour goes bad??

The buckets from Home Depot may not be food grade.I bought
several from them for this purpose.Buy maylar food bags and
oxy absorbers.The bags should be the same size as the buckets.

reply to post by mamabeth

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Good idea with the bags, food grade buckets cost almost twice as much as the others, in some places....and hard to find. Thanks, that puts a lot of our buckets to better uses

[edit on 14-9-2009 by SheaWolf]

reply to post by BearTruth

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5 cups of Flour
2 cups of water/milk is much tastier
2 tbsp of vegetable oil
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp Dry active yeast
2 TSP salt...that TSP not TBSP!!!!

For fun I'll throw in a couple TBSP of black pepper or garlic pepper and even a cup of shredded cheese but for survival purposes stick to the above bare min ingredients.

Mix dry ingrediants together using only 2 of the 5 cups of flour!!! Set the other 3 cups aside.

Now take your milk and warm it up in the microwave or over the fire.lol.
not so much hot but nice and warm. very warm.

Take that milk and vegetable oil and pour it into your dry ingrediants and mix it up good.

Let that sit for 10 mins. this is called 'The Sponge' and it will rise rather quickly due to the yeast.

After 10 mins pour in the rest of the flour and knead for about ten mins.

The consistancy should feel about like pinching your earlobe. You may need to add a little more flour to get it to where it isn't so sticky.

Let that big glob of dough sit covered with a clean towel in a warm place for about an hour.

Ding, hours up. Now divide that in half and place into two buttered/greased up bread pans. I preferr the glass ones but metal is better to have around for survival cuz....THEY CAN"T BREAK!!!!
You may/will have to puch the bread down into the pans to get the loaves to lay flat and come out looking good.

Now, let that sit for another hour. You will see at the end of the hour that your loaves have risen.

Now put those loaves/pans into a preheated oven at 350 for 20 mins exactly.

Ding!!! I promise you, you will have perfect bread every EVERY time. I have never yet to burn or mess up a single loaf. and I have baked my fair share let me tell you. I will not buy store bought "bread" anymore and neither will you.


That crap that passes for bread in the stores is fluff. It has no nutrients whatsoever.

Now, let me know how it turned out please.



[edit on 15-9-2009 by Jesus H Christ]

reply to post by SheaWolf

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If you ask around subway sandwich stores or the walmart deli, they have food grade buckets they throw out all the time.

Some walmarts have a subway store in them, double whammy!!!

reply to post by Jesus H Christ

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The mylar bags and oxy absorbers can be purchased through,
U.S.A.Emergency Supply.

I have a can sealer and when i find the cans for sale i have canned every thing from food to ammo.
www.canningpantry.com...
www.freundcontainer.com...

The old can sealer i have i got from a old guy that lived in Alaska and canned his own smoked salmon every year plus deer meat and dry food for the year. This can sealer is older then i am and i am 58 years old.

You can take dry beans, rice, flour, or any other dry food and can it then put it in a oven at 175 to 200 degrees for 30 min to a hour and it will kill all insects or other bad things that might be in the food.
Then dipped in wax the canned food will last for years.(if you are in bear country use paraffin wax. not bees wax. the bears can smell bees wax and they can open cans. They have a mouth full of can openers.)

You can even put the spices and mix some dry foods so that all you have to do is add water and cook.
I have done corn meal with diced dry apples for cornbread in the cans ready to add water and bake.

This can be done with beans or rice just wrap whatever dry spices you want in foil and put it in the can with the dry beans.

In a SitX you can use the can as a cooking pot.

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