What Food Prepping Have You Done?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by seekerman

I probably have a couple of weeks of food on hand and if things get so bad that there is a food shortage nothing longer would really help. A complete breakdown in society would allow those stronger, hungrier and more desperate to risk their lives for food for themselves and food for their families. A few guns in the house might stop a few, but it's not going to stop the starving.

Folks will end up dead with a great stockpile of food for those who killed them.

Which is why you do not tell anyone about your food stockpiles. Not even family members other than those living in your home. It is all about not making your home a target and being prepared to deal with the threat that does show up. (One example of this are a night vision scope and night vision goggles that I acquired. In a night time situation they give me such an advantage in a confrontation that it almost isn't fare to the person trying to break in.)

Originally Posted by Roagiesgal

WOW...you don't have much hope. I do...and I am going to do the best I can to protect and provide for my family and friends...because its important for good to prevail and I believe it will in the end. If I don't see it...I will be with my Lord! I am not afraid...I am prepared! I believe God is leading me and He has provided a way for us to do this...

Exactly.

[CC1]

Roagiesgal - Thanks for the tip on brands of powdered milk. I haven't tried to drink any since I was a kid but I remember I hated it then. However in an emergency I am sure I could adapt and that is an item on my list to get!

RandyWayne - I don't think I have ever seen a big bucket of rice at WalMart. Was it with the regular size bags and boxes of rice? I bought a 25 lb box of rice at Sams Club. Also appreciate the tip on dog food. I have not done that but do need to stock up a 90 day supply since we have three large yard dogs in addition to our little house dog and they go through quite a bit of food. I also want to stock up on toilet paper, paper towel, soap, etc.

[bbyrd009]

Ha amen.

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

You'd be surprised what you could do with very little space. Go to youtube and search square foot gardening... pallet garden... small space gardening. Every little bit helps and it puts us back in touch with our own food supply.

My fave. You could feed 4 for a month on a strip of sweet potatoes 1x10, beside your house. Most of the rest of that stuff is pretty...yacky, innit? Could you guys unclench a little, maybe Google "80 year cycle" or something? I mean, preparedness is great, but when does it become paranoia? Powdered eggs is God's way of telling you to get a chicken!

[Roagiesgal]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Ha amen.
My fave. You could feed 4 for a month on a strip of sweet potatoes 1x10, beside your house. Most of the rest of that stuff is pretty...yacky, innit? Could you guys unclench a little, maybe Google "80 year cycle" or something? I mean, preparedness is great, but when does it become paranoia? Powdered eggs is God's way of telling you to get a chicken!

Not paranoid just prepared and I have freeze dried eggs and "OVA eggs", powered for baking and blending in things...Ova's cook up like regular scrambled eggs. Not as good as fresh but better than hunger...we had chickens at our old house, we had to move from there and can't have any where we are now...OH how I miss my girls they laid beautiful and yummy eggs!

Eggs have come along way.....

[ILG]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Ha amen.
My fave. You could feed 4 for a month on a strip of sweet potatoes 1x10, beside your house. Most of the rest of that stuff is pretty...yacky, innit? Could you guys unclench a little, maybe Google "80 year cycle" or something? I mean, preparedness is great, but when does it become paranoia? Powdered eggs is God's way of telling you to get a chicken!

I think there is a fine line between paranoia and preparedness. Not sure where that line is but I think it's safe to say that preparedness is positive and helps relationships and paranoia is negative and strains them. It's up to everyone personally to figure that out for themselves. Some people are so afraid of paranoia they won't do any preparing. It works both ways.

[RandyWayne]

Too much?



This isn't our house. I have no idea who's it is, but I am looking to eventually have close to this amount of freeze dried and dehydrated stuff.

[bbyrd009]

"I have freeze dried eggs"
"Not as good as fresh"
"can't have any where we are now...OH how I miss my girls..."
"Eggs have come along way....."
("Regressed" is the word you are looking for here, I think)
"freeze dried and dehydrated stuff."
Ty for not calling it food, at least. Really, people? Listen to yourselves, if you will. Are you saving enough food for...tomorrow? Isn't the lesson of manna plain enough to you? I am eating smoked elk, and day-old-eggs, because this is what God is currently providing me (ty, Abba); and tomorrow never comes, folks. Please consider this, and again, I urge you to Google "80 year cycle," your grandparents are laughing in their graves.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by ILG

I think there is a fine line between paranoia and preparedness. Not sure where that line is but I think it's safe to say that preparedness is positive and helps relationships and paranoia is negative and strains them. It's up to everyone personally to figure that out for themselves. Some people are so afraid of paranoia they won't do any preparing. It works both ways.

The last year has been a wild ride in the area of "prepping" for me. Thankfully as the world keeps sliding into the abyss I've actually shifted more toward enjoying life rather than preparing for the inevitable end -which I am still doing, but not feeling the same amount of depression in the process. We actually spent the last few weeks working on all sorts of landscape projects in our yard!

[Roagiesgal]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

"I have freeze dried eggs"
"Not as good as fresh"
"can't have any where we are now...OH how I miss my girls..."
"Eggs have come along way....."
("Regressed" is the word you are looking for here, I think)
"freeze dried and dehydrated stuff."
Ty for not calling it food, at least. Really, people? Listen to yourselves, if you will. Are you saving enough food for...tomorrow? Isn't the lesson of manna plain enough to you? I am eating smoked elk, and day-old-eggs, because this is what God is currently providing me (ty, Abba); and tomorrow never comes, folks. Please consider this, and again, I urge you to Google "80 year cycle," your grandparents are laughing in their graves.

We all do what we feel we need too, to mock is really not productive, but you have a right to your opinion, so I say...inflation is a reality...my income is limited, I want to continue to eat when milk is $7.00 a gallon and bread is 10. There are many reasons for prepping, while I am happy for your riches, not everyone can do as you are, and so we do what we can.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Roagiesgal

We all do what we feel we need too, to mock is really not productive, but you have a right to your opinion, so I say...inflation is a reality...my income is limited, I want to continue to eat when milk is $7.00 a gallon and bread is 10. There are many reasons for prepping, while I am happy for your riches, not everyone can do as you are, and so we do what we can.

Actually, Bigbird isn't rich, quite the opposite. He is essentially bragging about mooching off of other people and saying it is "God providing". The question for you, me, and others like us is, when there is no more easily attainable food, will we give some of our stores to someone who openly brags about NOT preparing?