the first few moments of this made me so sad...noone should ever have to eat mud. We have done without a lot in the last 15 years...but not food. I look in my cabinets and our pantry and breathe a sigh of relief...three times a day I thank our ladies (ducks and chickens) for their eggs. Iwork on my garden and thank God for the patience, the rain and the sun. I also know at our age (early sixties) that most of our friends our age claim they are too old to stock pile. Yes, it is work, yes some mornings I dont want to get up and tend animals...but...we wont be eating mud cookies. Im tired...this is a tiring life style...but it wont get any easier when the stores shut down or the supply chain stops. We are looking at 2 years of canned and dried food....to some that is awesome...to me...its a start.
Old fashioned oats can be processed with a food processor or blender into oat flour. With looming wheat shortages, or for someone with a gluten sensitivity, this is an easy, inexpensive way to make oat flour.
Have family members who have gluten intolerances. Just be sure that the oats say “gluten free”. Some oats are handled and processed with wheat products so can be cross contaminated.
You can also make flour from other foods like rice. If you have oak trees, acorns can be made into flour once you treat them to remove most of the tanins. Do not eat raw acorns.
Look for old recipe books by Royal Baking Powder…the ones published around the First World War include recipes for biscuits and quick breads using potato flour, peanuts, and oats…wheat had to saved for the troops!
Beef and chicken boullion cubes, ghee, granulated onion and garlic, powdered gravy packets, powdered cheese, powdered heavy cream, powdered sour cream, powdered milk and spices that I vacuum seal in pint jars.
Learn from my mistake! SALT DOESN'T JUST GET HARD, It PULLS MOISTURE FROM THE AIR and can RUN, ruining everything below or next to it, including metal.
That’s a good tip. We also found that when honey was stored in plastic bottles, it seemed to crystallize more easily. So if we got a bottle of honey in plastic, I poured the honey into a clean canning jar and seemed to stop the clogged spouts and crystallization.
If you are going to prep so you can eat... & live, you better prep to ensure no one can take what you have. And have the balls to do what it's going to take to do the job. Where I live, During the last 5 seroius weather events over the last 8 years, there were county workers, state workers, firemen, news reporters, first responders, some business owners, and neighbors,,, ALL out working... what was missing? The cops... police... law enforcement... They were nowhere to be found. **Keep that in mind... YOU WILL BE ON YOYR OWN. Two years ago we made it clear that the cops were to be out in the community & answering calls, NOT sitting in the station house and collecting a paycheck. After the last storm, the county manager fired 12 cops for "sitting around" during a 12 hour shift. Things are Not getting better, Be Prepared to take care of yourself. Have a neighborhood plan for cutting up trees, making repairs, helping the older folks, and managing who enters your areas especially after dark.
Thankfully, I have built up a stockpile. I work with a prepping group. We have volunteers that work at food pantries. They ask for the stuff that the food pantries throw away. The people who visit the food pantries do not want certain things. The people do not want canned meats, or food that requires work. The people do not cook from scratch and only want easy microwave food items. We get things like the big pork loins that need to be defrosted and sliced into boneless chops and small pork roasts. I vacuum sealed them into smaller portions. Then I filled a bin of my portions and froze them. Now, it is big boneless turkey breasts that are labeled as chicken. I know chicken is smaller and a different shade of pink. It's Turkey. I just have to repackage them and label them correctly.
@Holly-ys1me' I stopped working at the food banks. It was sicking how folks threw away so much food, because they only wanted chicken nuggets, mac& cheese, ramen, and soda. Cases of fresh vegs and meats, get put in the bins.
@@Shadow-7773 Ask if you can have the food before it is thrown in the dumpster. We work as a group to get it and repackage it and divide it up so everyone gets plenty.
@@Holly-ys1me' MS Holly That was i was doing, takening the food from the banks and takening them to folks homes and apartments. It just got to be to much to see. I guess living in this wealth state, folks can be picky?
If anything scary happens and you need your windows covered. My husband says people stay away for what they can't see make sure you have very long screw's and away to take the bedroom and closet doors off and cover windows. Something better then nothing and we don't have lumber hanging around. If you need weight put your beds against. Have that tent just big enough to hold you and put up in the home they will keep you warm. If you get an emergency alert fill your tubs fast and sinks with water. Remember we're all out here praying for your safety as ours. We don't know what's going on but keep a list for ways to keep safe we all just can't run out a door .
Knorr’s powdered bouillon in the large container. I keep chicken, beef, and chicken with tomato on hand and in my backup stash. I prefer powdered because it dissolves so quickly even in cold water. Tons of rice , pasta, dried beans/peas/lentils. Lots of salt, whole peppercorns and spices.
Plain rolled oats, raw white rice (any variety), dry spaghetti pasta, dry macaroni pasta, packets of dry Ramen noodles and dried pinto beans are all still affordable in the U.S. And these all have a lot of calories per 16 oz. No, you cannot be well-fed on just these six foods alone, but one or more of these foods can make a frugal and high calorie foundation for a home-cooked meal. Cook some diced garden vegetables in a homemade sauce that uses butter or olive oil as an ingredient, add some cooked pinto beans, flavor it with a little canned meat or a crumbled slice of cooked bacon per person and serve over cooked rice or pasta for a substantial meal at low cost. Rolled oats + water + powdered milk simmered together until the oats are tender and topped with a sweetener make a substantial and inexpensive porridge breakfast. Stir in one raw egg or one tablespoon of peanut butter per serving of piping hot oatmeal porridge and you have boosted the protein of this thrifty breakfast. Can't cook? If you can boil a pot of water, you can learn to cook oatmeal porridge -- just simmer over medium-low heat while stirring often so it does not scorch and when the oats are tender and much of the water has been absorbed, the porridge is ready to eat. The directions on the oatmeal package will tell you how much oatmeal and how much water to use for a specific number of servings. Yes, you will need a measuring cup to get the amounts right.
For vegetables, I like getting frozen bags of peas, carrots or mixed veggies and dehydrating them for use in soups or ramen noodles. They don't even have to be thawed first.
This doesn’t apply to all situations; but I have switched everything to 1/2 gallon jars after rodents breached several of my 5 gallon buckets. Lesson learned ☹️
I keep my 5 gallon buckets in the house. I also have 2 cats that love to sleep by day and stay up at night. I place their food near the food buckets and I fill their food before I go to bed. They walk over to their food all night long. I dare rodents.
That's a great idea. People don't realize how dangerous rodent damage can be. Plastic does not protect it. I use a hand pump automotive brake bleeder with the FoodSaver lid attachment to vacuum seal dry foods into all size canning jars. No electricity needed I experiment with lots of things like crackers, cookies, works great. Now I'm trying coffee. I also like the LDS Home Storage Center. Everything is in a gallon size metal can. It is rodent, pest, water proof. Very good deal for the money.
In WWII Germany, flour was mixed with sawdust to extend it. It was called ‘ertsatz’, and people were sick and malnourished. My father-in-law would give children his rations.
A process we currently use is recycling our dish washing water to flush our toilet. "So it looks dirty!" Flushing the toilet with good drinking water is (in my opinion) very un wise. People should be practicing "survival/conservative" ways today. Incidentally our monthly water bill has gone down at least 25%.
We do the same thing , do dishes in a bowl, also use a wash bowl and then transfer to the toilet , another trick is catching the cold water in the hot water line that normally would be flush down the drain till the hot water comes, and put that in our Berkey, saves about a gallon every morning.
@@nzbrotrev9028 You'll be able to recognize the high-rises with people still living in them post HTF by the wall of fecal matter that will surround such a place as their systems clog up and become unusable and everyone just dumps their honey buckets over the balcony. Windy days would just suck for the lower levels for sure. Good luck.
I love my Freeze dryer. So I was going to buy two chickens to cook, but I seen that the rotisserie chickens were within a couple of cents, so I just let them be the cook. So I took it off the bone and they were in the freeze dryer today along with broccoli on the fourth tray. I’ve made up vegetable beef soup. I had a few meals out of it and I still did four trays in the freezer so I have eight meals and I love those mylar bags like the MRE’s like my own bowl when I went backpacking in the old days. However, I’m 74 now so I don’t do that. But I have went on a trip to Williams Arizona. I took my own restrained meals so I didn’t have to eat out the motel had a refrigerator as well as a microwave, so I fix my own meals at lunch. I eat with the seniors and it was only four dollars and they fed really good. Not so much that good in some areas but up there they do. so I’ve been freeze drying a lot of vegetables and I love apples and cinnamon and that’s my daughter-in-law’s favorite so I did for trays of those this week. So I want fruit vegetables, meat, protein. I eat a lot of eggs I eat two eggs and a mango every morning. I should be tired of that after four years. But I know I have at least one years worth of freeze dried eggs and I’m not sure how much I have in mangoes, freeze dried, but I do like the fresh ones. But I have them for later ready to go. I only got my Freeze dryer in an October of last year. What if I was buying the freeze dry meals, which I know I have in the past and some is paid for itself already. And when I catch some meat on sale, I cook it up and I freeze dry it so when we need it later will have some protein. I’m big on making sure we have protein because we can’t always have beans Dog might be a little upset sleeping under the covers. Just joking but not yes we can eat beans and rice but as you said he gets old so I’m trying to make things more healthy for me with not as much high carbs. My son and my grandson they can use those high carbs cause they use more energy with protein not so much meat. But I also have a lot of tuna here so we have other proteins. Yeah, the thing I found out which was great the Mormons let anybody buy from them so I had couple of nice orders come through them and well stocked on some of the things, and I did learn how to make bread this year for the first time at 74 years old. I am gardening, but it is a little different here in Arizona. So I’m doing my best to learn, but we have a little farm down the road and I buy from her and she is so willing to explain to us how to do things so I got some seeds some her today because they’re good for this area. However, when the store has things on special, I stuck up for that be fresh or canned, and I freeze dried to fresh.
How very sad that this world is suffering for the decisions of ungodly leaders. Praying for the poverty stricken, starving people of third world countries. Every country, including America, is seeing food costing more with less quality and quantity. This is what historic wars were fought over. Get your preps ready but , most importantly, get your life right with Jesus Christ. There is great peace of mind when you know that He is in charge of everything on earth and in Heaven.
In Africa it's not uncommon for people to eat mud cookies due to anemia and other mineral deficiencies. While people who are anemic in the Western countries typically will chew on ice.
Yup I loved ice I would chew a cup everyday had no idea why one year and it turned out I was so severely anemic I almost passed on.. crazy no one I met knew it was a sign. After I got my iron up , I never wanted ice again
I think over the long term we are going to arrive at the conclusion that putting the country first in every policy guarantees the survival of America as a country. We need to arrive at the time when we are expecting other countries to take responsibility for their citizens instead of encouraging, illegal immigration to America. We are going to go through a lot of pain to realize that America should have remained a strong independent nation instead of the globalization of resources that we have now food is too important for a country not to be able to self sustain their current population.
Everytime I can something requiring a 75 minute processing time I fill any open spots with some type of bean (for pints) so they are ready to use. When I have small amounts of various beans left I combine them and use for bean salad or soup.The soup is really good with cornmeal dumplings and stretches the amount of servings.
I’m with you If I could only have the essentials it’d be; Pintos Rice/sopa & Oatmeal I can live on those forever. Actually beans make a great breakfast and we have them often. If I had Instant coffee and Powder milk …I’d feel very blessed and spoiled . I make beans the simple way, I Cooke them in water with garlic cloves, diced onion, and an ancho chilie. When they are nearly done I add my salt. For breakfast, I just fry up some of the beans and wrap them in a tortilla or put them on a plate with an over easy egg on my warmed up rice. 😋rice with eggs and refried beans, my husbands fav breakfast., or lunch, or dinner. I never want to eat mud cookies my cousins and I tried that as little kids, we baked them in the sun, and dusted them with dry dirt Yuk! But hearing of someone so hungry they tried roasting the hide to eat that sent a shiver down my spine. 💔 I just don’t know how we will feed and house all those immigrants 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
By continuing to spend money we don't have. The current administration won't spend anything for legal Americans but have billions upon billions for illegals and Ukraine. They better pray the Chinese don't call our debt in.
I have been storing No yolk" noodles after finding a package in the back of my pantry that expired 5 years ago. I cooked them up poured a can of soup over them, it was very good, and we didn't get sick.
Having had several times water went out 1 gallon a day is not enough. 2 gallons a day is my minimum also don't forget any animals my chickens go through alot of water.
Maybe you do this already, but I suggest that you toss the box of pasta in your freezer for 48hrs to kill any insect eggs that might be hitchhiking . Then allow it to come to room temp before sealing in mylar.
One tip I can offer is to try to grow some things like lettuce or herbs indoors. It’s good to have canned and dried foods but anything fresh will be very helpful. You can find videos and other information online that tell you how to do it. With the rising cost and lower quality of produce right now, even things like lettuce and herbs like parsley and basil can be grown in pots on a sunny windowsill or with a simple grow light.
When my husband still drank a lot of pop ,( thank goodness he finally stopped), I wound up with a lot of empty bottles. I store my salt, baking soda, beans in them. After filling them I melt food grade paraffin wax and dip the lids in them to seal them in. I have also used, bay leaf or a oxygen sealer.
The difference between 1st and 3rd world food issues is PRESEVATION . 1st world's food is Stored, Preserved to make it available in seasons of deprevation. So folks Learn to Garden and Learn to Preserve it. CANNING, DRYING, SMOKING, PICKLING, FERMENTING .... (With power you can also use freezers and freeze dry, refigerate) .
Thank you for your video. If there's any bulk Purchases you can make of local resources, take full advantage of them. Are there food processing companies handy that will give you discounts on cases of their product? How about Farms? Fishing season is half over and Huge insulated Fish Totes are being damaged beyond repair all the time and they are MINE! I found one Tote "stabbed" by the forklift and the bottom of it badly damaged but the inner food grade HD plastic is still tight so it's now full with a half ton of whole wheat. Cost $210. ..... and there's room for 200 pound more easy. I dump two bags of Grain, then sprinkle a can of D.E. over it all for insect control, then repeat until full. The other Tote fell off the back of a truck and don't laugh. It spent three days in the ditch and two days on the side of the road where someone left it after changing their mind about taking it I guess. I scooped it up no qualms at all. Just needs a lid and I'll make that out of plywood I'm sure. Or old steel roofing. That stuff is vermin proof. It's a weird shaped thing though, it's long and low rather than cubed shaped like the rest are. Could be why it was left in the ditch eh? I want to fill the weird one with whole Corn. I just checked my wallet and I believe I can get a half ton of that stuff too. $385 a ton that stuff costs. Still, that's cheap slave gruel. Oops! I mean "Chicken Feed" of course, yeah, cheap Chicken Feed. Slave gruel, how silly of me, ... Still, anyone cutting firewood for me will defiantly be fed and fed well. You need calories for cutting wood in the winter. Then there's the two grain mills I'm looking at for around $300. I'm getting the one that comes with two sets of grinding wheels. One for dry and one for wet milling. I've always wanted to soak Wheat until it just starts to sprout then mill it wet and let the dough sit overnight to let those living enzymes do their thing on the starch and gluten and other particles that are harder to digest. Then in the early morning you set your dough with yeast and whatever sweetener they used back then. This was a common method of making your bread dough long ago. Even when the flour wasn't milled wet, it was mixed with water and then left to sit overnight. There's something about it sitting all nite that's important, or used to be. Probably wasn't "profitable" for today's man of means eh? Then I'll be broke for another month. It's all part and parcel of my motto of "Be Screwed Now And Avoid The Post SHTF Rush", ... Imagine post SHTF when everyone is broke, ... Surprise, surprise. At least I'll be used to it. If I can go four weeks without a penny, four months or four years will "just happen". AGGHHH!!!! That little Mill though, even if I don't need it for making my own flour, it'll make Chicken Feed till the cows come home. As long as there is 110 electricity that is. Set the little mill wheels for cracked corn and they may last a while before wearing out. I wonder how long it would run with my little solar system and power invertor? "When" and after the SHTF a few times, I'm sure the community will like some flour too. I better order extra mill wheels. And this Mill will make Flour. Although one remark stated it wasn't "commercial", it defiantly is heavy duty. Keep up the great work and good luck.
I started home canning meat A LOT and tons of veggies I hate using them but do on occasion…… thank God we have good storage and I started storing water in plastic bottles in a cool area, and I re-purpose my laundry detergent, containers with water for washing hands and washing dishes or whatever you’re a blessing! We live in Arizona, so unfortunately having a garden or any type of cool cool area is hard…
All the goofy stuff going on right now makes it difficult to connect the dots. The dots keep moving around. The only thing I can figure out is that the end game was described in rule number one of the Georgia Guide Stone. Dirt nap, anyone? The people who make these rules are aging out, and want to be around to see things through. up to you...make them wait...or.....
Here in New England Apple picking season has been cancelled due to (IMO) over Weather Modification. The Apples got a fungus because of too much Rain. First year i can recall this.
I love sardines too!!! If you have an Ollie’s (liquidation store) nearby, they might have some in sunflower oil. They’re delicious! I got a bunch for $1.29 a can. That’s only slightly more than Dollar Tree and I don’t think they’re from China.
Thx AG. Excellent info. My favorite foods in legume family are chickpeas and split peas. I love hummus on flatbread, on most anything. And I love jazzed up (barley or rice, lima beans and/or cannellini beans, dehydrated: onions, peppers, celery ...etc and spices) pea soup. It's rainy here and feeling like zoup season.
Q I went to an international food store recently and found an Asian bullion. It was mushroom 🍄 soup powder bullion. I thought it'd be interesting to try it, as I am a big BIG fan of mushrooms 🍄 in general. Q ❤
I feel very concerned for my friends. I have tried to gently encourage them to put aside extra food and my words are generally falling on deaf ears. One friend actually got upset with me saying I was looking at the glass half empty and asking me if I was afraid of starving. I am more afraid for this friend because she is doing nothing to prepare. A positive attitude is great, but it does not put food on your table.
I agree. We have a good friend, he is an older single man. He has a home here in the US and one in Canada. We were talking about food prices last weekend, he said he's not storing food a his place here because he thinks the stores are still well stocked, plus he has some friends and a neighbor who showed him their large pantries and he thinks that they would be an option if he needed food. He did say though the situation is different in Canada and he has to work on putting aside food/water and supplies there even though he has family not far from him. We all need to not be fearful and try to think clearly each day, fear really causes you to not use the logical and calmer part of our brain. There are lots of options and good ideas and good to have a channel like this one what gives good practical advice.
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences trying to encourage others. It is frustrating when others won't listen and do the minimum to prepare. Preppers are not glass half empty thinkers, we are filling our cups to overflowing to make the best future for ourselves and our families.
@@AlaskaGrannymy motto is the glass is never empty, what looks empty is filled with air. I believe that the future will require a change in perspective for many
@@joycedagostino8869kind neighbors might be willing to share a meal in a pinch but unless he has assurances that they are willing to fully support him with their pantry he might be in for a rude awakening. PS I read somewher about buying bulk Ramen from Costco and giving that away to people who come asking.
Winter squash the roasted seeds are are good and flavor them however you like and you can make pies, cookies, scones etc. same for many apples, preserves, pie filling, chips, vinegar, applesauces and butters, apple mint jelly. Same for zucchini, beets dried peppers and greens. Hoping to try cold dried meats, again. Success everyone!
Might just be Walmart or the person picking my order, but I have gotten the smallest chicken and cabbage I have ever seen. Cabbage is the size of a softball 😂
I do all Walmart groceries curbside pick up. When I have ever been unhappy with anything, I just call their customer service and I have been credited back for it. Never a question. Even such things as a dented can, which is unacceptable to me, unacceptable produce, even meats. Don’t pay for what is unacceptable. In my experience, they’ll make it right.
@@kareni8640 Thanks, yeah, I will occasionally have to do that. This stuff is sold by the pound so no big deal (pun intended). It was just funny, I don't think I've seen either a chicken or cabbage this small.
I use a brake bleeder for storing things in jars and have even things with a higher fat content have lasted for years... ie brown rice, nuts. Great video AG 🤗🤗🙏 Kendra
Great ideas , AG!! I do Mylar, Mylar in buckets and oxygen absorbers! I have so much stuff in 1/2 gallon jars. They help make up my bed stand.😂😂 have a great weekend everyone!!
you can make oxygen absorbers at home fold a paper towel so you get 3 layers place some salt and iron inside the paper and tape it closed but ensure the paper is not totally sealed so O2 can pass through the paper layers and be absorbed , Rust is the process of oxidization, or converting oxygen into another chemical binding the O2 in the resulting rust that stays sealed in your paper wrap
Here in the Netherlands it's a reasonably good season to stock up certain items, as it's harvest time and stores are running their buy one, get one, sales on things like frozen and preserved vegetables and even some types of meats. Next week's Sunday I am turning my chest freezer back on and filling it up with cauliflower rice, kale and other items I finally fully rotated. I regret not having ordered more parboiled rice. It's something I use a lot and not too common here. Your advice on lentils is good, I have lots of them, great to make soup, I prefer to cook them at 85 ~ 90 Celsius for an hour and a half with beef stock, kale and some meat. Tasteful and healthy. Sometimes I binge eat that soup all day long while keeping it warm in my instant pot (always keep it at or above 65 Celsius if you're doing it). This is a very comprehensive video! Thanks!!!
I am new to your site and enjoy it very much, but you need to please turn up your volume alot. My Puter speakers are on 100% and also my volume bar for the videos, Thankyou so much
I got some cranberry beans is coming in from the Amish area to the ARIZONA at the little farm. I go to. I like them better than pinto beans and they cook faster.
Dear AG, just one or two questions... how to preserve black vinegar and what to use it for? And can you make us a video on how to treat foods like hard sugar, honey, ( I know the honey way), frozen bread, soda that lost its bubbles, hardened spices any suggestions welcome on any foods .
Mayor of Chicago just announced that they are planning on opening city run grocery stores. It will start slowly and then spread throughout US. Food rationing by the govt is coming.
Thank you, for another great video, with great reminders. I have been prepping, canned protein, like fish, tuna, chicken and spam. Thanks again, have a great weekend. 👍🙏✨❤️🌟🌻💫
Now that I have stopped eating SOY foods and/or "Bioengineered Ingredients" my choices have narrowed significantly. Piling up all I can find without the soy, etc. Mostly veggies. It's ok, probably more healthier down the line, -- I guess. Also, CORN is now bioengineered. Ugh not my corn....
I know. It can be done, we avoid those bioengineered foods too. We have a regional health food store that sells only organic products and they work very hard to make sure it is organic and no GMO’s.
@@doricetimko5403 I think I’ve heard that right now, garden seeds aren’t GMO, only the seed sold for big field crops like corn, soybeans and sugar beets. Also look for seed companies that show they took the Safe Seed Pledge.
watching a you tube vid called "kitbasher" he tells you prepping/surviveing/camping is to live and survive, it may not be at the level you had before any event, but you survive and eat/drink. this i live, so i know that i will be around for the future not to eat the ways of our nomalcy before the ballon goes up. (also i'm getting in the habit of eating only twice a day not three). not bad and i'm not hungrey. (if i am i eat snacks).
Not sure why i write it because of the very reason most people would not read it. Has nothing to do with human intelligence, just that most people learn from their own experience thinking that nothing bad would happen to them. People who have never seen hard would never believe that it's even possible because nether them, or their families have never experienced it; therefore, it's not going to happen to them. If several generations lived relatively comfortable, they believe that us how it's always going to be. People don't stop what they do even when people around them suffer. It simply can't be happening. For someone who have never stayed in line not even knowing what they can get, or if it's even enough for everyone in line, it only happens in movies and in some countries they have never heard of. I don't think "preppers" help the situation telling people to put food in buckets for decades to people who don't cook and barely have anything in their kitchens. It's the same as trying to explain nuclear physics to an average person who has never studied physics, or maybe took the intro course. People don't believe that something is happening even if they are in the middle of it. Natural disasters happen regularly, and people still do nothing to protect themselves except maybe run to stores grabbing milk and bread right before it. Telling these people that they have to buy buckets with lids is beyond not being realistic. No pun intended.
@Janedow5366 You are correct! People will be in the middle of a storm and discount it for something else. We can't help them nor their stupidity. However, they're are still a lot of people who finds practical value in these messages. For those of us who prep, we are grateful for AG's thoughts and tips.
I have been through a lot in life. I have survived an abusive Mommy Dearest. I have survived a foster mother that was like Cruella De Vil. I have survived floods, blizzards and tornadoes. I have survived my first cancer death sentence. I have survived people trying to off me. I have survived 5 years of being a homeless cancer patient. I lived in a historic 4 room farmhouse without modern conveniences. I lived without indoor plumbing. Daddy had his children go through his version of wilderness survival camp that most people couldn't handle and I survived that too. I have been there and done that on so many levels. I grew up poor and had to be frugal and stretch those buffalos and pinch the Lincoln's as far as I could. Most people call me cheap. Yeah, bad things happen but it gets easier when you are prepared to get through whatever comes.
@janedow5366 true. I got stranded in a freak snow storm while camping and realized I would never survive a total collapse. It's one thing to be uncomfortable/inconvenienst for awhile but long term.... 😮 We have not been trained for that.
@@pamkunz6619 I reference that quote about good times creating weak men, weak men then creating hard times, and then hard times creating strong men. It’s that process of “creating” that gets scary.
the first few moments of this made me so sad...noone should ever have to eat mud. We have done without a lot in the last 15 years...but not food. I look in my cabinets and our pantry and breathe a sigh of relief...three times a day I thank our ladies (ducks and chickens) for their eggs. Iwork on my garden and thank God for the patience, the rain and the sun. I also know at our age (early sixties) that most of our friends our age claim they are too old to stock pile. Yes, it is work, yes some mornings I dont want to get up and tend animals...but...we wont be eating mud cookies. Im tired...this is a tiring life style...but it wont get any easier when the stores shut down or the supply chain stops. We are looking at 2 years of canned and dried food....to some that is awesome...to me...its a start.
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Make sure your dogs are counted in the water.
Old fashioned oats can be processed with a food processor or blender into oat flour. With looming wheat shortages, or for someone with a gluten sensitivity, this is an easy, inexpensive way to make oat flour.
Thanks for the tip! My daughter can't eat eggs or wheat so I'm always looking for alternatives to those.
Yep I have made oat flour for specific recipes. I don't buy ot because I don't use it enough to not waste it.
Have family members who have gluten intolerances. Just be sure that the oats say “gluten free”. Some oats are handled and processed with wheat products so can be cross contaminated.
You can also make flour from other foods like rice. If you have oak trees, acorns can be made into flour once you treat them to remove most of the tanins. Do not eat raw acorns.
Look for old recipe books by Royal Baking Powder…the ones published around the First World War include recipes for biscuits and quick breads using potato flour, peanuts, and oats…wheat had to saved for the troops!
Beef and chicken boullion cubes, ghee, granulated onion and garlic, powdered gravy packets, powdered cheese, powdered heavy cream, powdered sour cream, powdered milk and spices that I vacuum seal in pint jars.
Get plenty of spices for all those beans, rice, and oats. Great ideas Alaska Granny.
Learn from my mistake! SALT DOESN'T JUST GET HARD, It PULLS MOISTURE FROM THE AIR and can RUN, ruining everything below or next to it, including metal.
I store my honey in a high cabinet where it is warmer (hot air rises) It is less likely to solidify.
Never thought of this, thanks!
That’s a good tip. We also found that when honey was stored in plastic bottles, it seemed to crystallize more easily. So if we got a bottle of honey in plastic, I poured the honey into a clean canning jar and seemed to stop the clogged spouts and crystallization.
If you are going to prep so you can eat... & live, you better prep to ensure no one can take what you have. And have the balls to do what it's going to take to do the job. Where I live, During the last 5 seroius weather events over the last 8 years, there were county workers, state workers, firemen, news reporters, first responders, some business owners, and neighbors,,, ALL out working... what was missing? The cops... police... law enforcement... They were nowhere to be found. **Keep that in mind... YOU WILL BE ON YOYR OWN. Two years ago we made it clear that the cops were to be out in the community & answering calls, NOT sitting in the station house and collecting a paycheck. After the last storm, the county manager fired 12 cops for "sitting around" during a 12 hour shift. Things are Not getting better, Be Prepared to take care of yourself. Have a neighborhood plan for cutting up trees, making repairs, helping the older folks, and managing who enters your areas especially after dark.
Thankfully, I have built up a stockpile.
I work with a prepping group. We have volunteers that work at food pantries. They ask for the stuff that the food pantries throw away.
The people who visit the food pantries do not want certain things. The people do not want canned meats, or food that requires work. The people do not cook from scratch and only want easy microwave food items.
We get things like the big pork loins that need to be defrosted and sliced into boneless chops and small pork roasts. I vacuum sealed them into smaller portions. Then I filled a bin of my portions and froze them.
Now, it is big boneless turkey breasts that are labeled as chicken. I know chicken is smaller and a different shade of pink. It's Turkey. I just have to repackage them and label them correctly.
@Holly-ys1me' I stopped working at the food banks. It was sicking how folks threw away so much food, because they only wanted chicken nuggets, mac& cheese, ramen, and soda. Cases of fresh vegs and meats, get put in the bins.
I cannot imagine!!
@@Shadow-7773 Ask if you can have the food before it is thrown in the dumpster. We work as a group to get it and repackage it and divide it up so everyone gets plenty.
Can the boneless meats! It's easy peasy and will last forever on the shelf.
@@Holly-ys1me' MS Holly That was i was doing, takening the food from the banks and takening them to folks homes and apartments. It just got to be to much to see.
I guess living in this wealth state, folks can be picky?
Everyone do what you can to have & leep food for you & Family & proceed with caution when it comes to your neighbors!
If anything scary happens and you need your windows covered. My husband says people stay away for what they can't see make sure you have very long screw's and away to take the bedroom and closet doors off and cover windows. Something better then nothing and we don't have lumber hanging around. If you need weight put your beds against. Have that tent just big enough to hold you and put up in the home they will keep you warm. If you get an emergency alert fill your tubs fast and sinks with water. Remember we're all out here praying for your safety as ours. We don't know what's going on but keep a list for ways to keep safe we all just can't run out a door .
Knorr’s powdered bouillon in the large container. I keep chicken, beef, and chicken with tomato on hand and in my backup stash. I prefer powdered because it dissolves so quickly even in cold water.
Tons of rice , pasta, dried beans/peas/lentils. Lots of salt, whole peppercorns and spices.
I would love to try freeze drying Better than Boullion, only because of all the flavors.
Ask bakeries for the buckets. They get their frosting in these buckets! They either give them out or sell them for very cheap.
My local stores gives me lidded buckets for free, usually 10 at a time.
Plain rolled oats, raw white rice (any variety), dry spaghetti pasta, dry macaroni pasta, packets of dry Ramen noodles and dried pinto beans are all still affordable in the U.S. And these all have a lot of calories per 16 oz. No, you cannot be well-fed on just these six foods alone, but one or more of these foods can make a frugal and high calorie foundation for a home-cooked meal.
Cook some diced garden vegetables in a homemade sauce that uses butter or olive oil as an ingredient, add some cooked pinto beans, flavor it with a little canned meat or a crumbled slice of cooked bacon per person and serve over cooked rice or pasta for a substantial meal at low cost. Rolled oats + water + powdered milk simmered together until the oats are tender and topped with a sweetener make a substantial and inexpensive porridge breakfast. Stir in one raw egg or one tablespoon of peanut butter per serving of piping hot oatmeal porridge and you have boosted the protein of this thrifty breakfast.
Can't cook? If you can boil a pot of water, you can learn to cook oatmeal porridge -- just simmer over medium-low heat while stirring often so it does not scorch and when the oats are tender and much of the water has been absorbed, the porridge is ready to eat. The directions on the oatmeal package will tell you how much oatmeal and how much water to use for a specific number of servings. Yes, you will need a measuring cup to get the amounts right.
For vegetables, I like getting frozen bags of peas, carrots or mixed veggies and dehydrating them for use in soups or ramen noodles. They don't even have to be thawed first.
This doesn’t apply to all situations; but I have switched everything to 1/2 gallon jars after rodents breached several of my 5 gallon buckets. Lesson learned ☹️
I keep my 5 gallon buckets in the house. I also have 2 cats that love to sleep by day and stay up at night. I place their food near the food buckets and I fill their food before I go to bed. They walk over to their food all night long. I dare rodents.
That's a great idea. People don't realize how dangerous rodent damage can be. Plastic does not protect it. I use a hand pump automotive brake bleeder with the FoodSaver lid attachment to vacuum seal dry foods into all size canning jars. No electricity needed I experiment with lots of things like crackers, cookies, works great. Now I'm trying coffee. I also like the LDS Home Storage Center. Everything is in a gallon size metal can. It is rodent, pest, water proof. Very good deal for the money.
I put moth Balls* on the floor & shelves Only if u don't have PETS**
@@Favorite-catNipmy sweet mama always used mothballs in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
In WWII Germany, flour was mixed with sawdust to extend it. It was called ‘ertsatz’, and people were sick and malnourished. My father-in-law would give children his rations.
Pine needles are high in vitamin C makes a decent tea too. You can ferment spruce cones.
A process we currently use is recycling our dish washing water to flush our toilet. "So it looks dirty!" Flushing the toilet with good drinking water is (in my opinion) very un wise. People should be practicing "survival/conservative" ways today. Incidentally our monthly water bill has gone down at least 25%.
That is a great idea if you are in a grid situation. But otherwise, I like to see clean water in my toilet after flushing..
Great idea, had not thought of that. Good info for future use
We do the same thing , do dishes in a bowl, also use a wash bowl and then transfer to the toilet , another trick is catching the cold water in the hot water line that normally would be flush down the drain till the hot water comes, and put that in our Berkey, saves about a gallon every morning.
@@nzbrotrev9028 You'll be able to recognize the high-rises with people still living in them post HTF by the wall of fecal matter that will surround such a place as their systems clog up and become unusable and everyone just dumps their honey buckets over the balcony. Windy days would just suck for the lower levels for sure.
Good luck.
Yep all used water in my house flushes toilet and waters my plants
I love my Freeze dryer. So I was going to buy two chickens to cook, but I seen that the rotisserie chickens were within a couple of cents, so I just let them be the cook. So I took it off the bone and they were in the freeze dryer today along with broccoli on the fourth tray. I’ve made up vegetable beef soup. I had a few meals out of it and I still did four trays in the freezer so I have eight meals and I love those mylar bags like the MRE’s like my own bowl when I went backpacking in the old days. However, I’m 74 now so I don’t do that. But I have went on a trip to Williams Arizona. I took my own restrained meals so I didn’t have to eat out the motel had a refrigerator as well as a microwave, so I fix my own meals at lunch. I eat with the seniors and it was only four dollars and they fed really good. Not so much that good in some areas but up there they do. so I’ve been freeze drying a lot of vegetables and I love apples and cinnamon and that’s my daughter-in-law’s favorite so I did for trays of those this week. So I want fruit vegetables, meat, protein. I eat a lot of eggs I eat two eggs and a mango every morning. I should be tired of that after four years. But I know I have at least one years worth of freeze dried eggs and I’m not sure how much I have in mangoes, freeze dried, but I do like the fresh ones. But I have them for later ready to go. I only got my Freeze dryer in an October of last year. What if I was buying the freeze dry meals, which I know I have in the past and some is paid for itself already. And when I catch some meat on sale, I cook it up and I freeze dry it so when we need it later will have some protein. I’m big on making sure we have protein because we can’t always have beans Dog might be a little upset sleeping under the covers. Just joking but not yes we can eat beans and rice but as you said he gets old so I’m trying to make things more healthy for me with not as much high carbs. My son and my grandson they can use those high carbs cause they use more energy with protein not so much meat. But I also have a lot of tuna here so we have other proteins. Yeah, the thing I found out which was great the Mormons let anybody buy from them so I had couple of nice orders come through them and well stocked on some of the things, and I did learn how to make bread this year for the first time at 74 years old. I am gardening, but it is a little different here in Arizona. So I’m doing my best to learn, but we have a little farm down the road and I buy from her and she is so willing to explain to us how to do things so I got some seeds some her today because they’re good for this area. However, when the store has things on special, I stuck up for that be fresh or canned, and I freeze dried to fresh.
How very sad that this world is suffering for the decisions of ungodly leaders. Praying for the poverty stricken, starving people of third world countries. Every country, including America, is seeing food costing more with less quality and quantity. This is what historic wars were fought over. Get your preps ready but , most importantly, get your life right with Jesus Christ. There is great peace of mind when you know that He is in charge of everything on earth and in Heaven.
To make powdered sugar, add one tablespoon of corn starch for each cup of sugar. Blend for 30 seconds or until fluffy.
Thank you very much. I did not know that.
In Africa it's not uncommon for people to eat mud cookies due to anemia and other mineral deficiencies. While people who are anemic in the Western countries typically will chew on ice.
It's called PICA. People in the US also eat things like baby powder, dirt, or other inedible items due to deficiencies.
Horses chew on wood fences and barns when they have PICA
Yup I loved ice I would chew a cup everyday had no idea why one year and it turned out I was so severely anemic I almost passed on.. crazy no one I met knew it was a sign. After I got my iron up , I never wanted ice again
My mom and I spent all day prepping the garden harvest for storage today. We had a great time. I LOVE prepping!
I think over the long term we are going to arrive at the conclusion that putting the country first in every policy guarantees the survival of America as a country. We need to arrive at the time when we are expecting other countries to take responsibility for their citizens instead of encouraging, illegal immigration to America. We are going to go through a lot of pain to realize that America should have remained a strong independent nation instead of the globalization of resources that we have now food is too important for a country not to be able to self sustain their current population.
Everytime I can something requiring a 75 minute processing time I fill any open spots with some type of bean (for pints) so they are ready to use. When I have small amounts of various beans left I combine them and use for bean salad or soup.The soup is really good with cornmeal dumplings and stretches the amount of servings.
I feel a change in your tone that is more geared toward people who are not so able to able to buy buy buy. I like it. We are so spoiled.
I’m with you
If I could only have the essentials it’d be;
Pintos
Rice/sopa
&
Oatmeal
I can live on those forever. Actually beans make a great breakfast and we have them often.
If I had
Instant coffee
and
Powder milk
…I’d feel very blessed and spoiled .
I make beans the simple way, I Cooke them in water with garlic cloves, diced onion, and an ancho chilie. When they are nearly done I add my salt.
For breakfast, I just fry up some of the beans and wrap them in a tortilla or put them on a plate with an over easy egg on my warmed up rice.
😋rice with eggs and refried beans, my husbands fav breakfast., or lunch, or dinner.
I never want to eat mud cookies my cousins and I tried that as little kids, we baked them in the sun, and dusted them with dry dirt
Yuk!
But hearing of someone so hungry they tried roasting the hide to eat that sent a shiver down my spine. 💔
I just don’t know how we will feed and house all those immigrants
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By continuing to spend money we don't have. The current administration won't spend anything for legal Americans but have billions upon billions for illegals and Ukraine. They better pray the Chinese don't call our debt in.
I have been storing No yolk" noodles after finding a package in the back of my pantry that expired 5 years ago. I cooked them up poured a can of soup over them, it was very good, and we didn't get sick.
Having had several times water went out 1 gallon a day is not enough. 2 gallons a day is my minimum also don't forget any animals my chickens go through alot of water.
Some pasta I leave in the original box and vacuum seal it in bags. It keeps the pasta from breaking or poking a hole in the bag.
Maybe you do this already, but I suggest that you toss the box of pasta in your freezer for 48hrs to kill any insect eggs that might be hitchhiking . Then allow it to come to room temp before sealing in mylar.
@@_evilqueen Definitely yes. Before I started freezing and vacuum sealing, I lost several packages of beans and pasta to weevils and moths.
One tip I can offer is to try to grow some things like lettuce or herbs indoors. It’s good to have canned and dried foods but anything fresh will be very helpful. You can find videos and other information online that tell you how to do it. With the rising cost and lower quality of produce right now, even things like lettuce and herbs like parsley and basil can be grown in pots on a sunny windowsill or with a simple grow light.
When my husband still drank a lot of pop ,( thank goodness he finally stopped), I wound up with a lot of empty bottles. I store my salt, baking soda, beans in them. After filling them I melt food grade paraffin wax and dip the lids in them to seal them in. I have also used, bay leaf or a oxygen sealer.
everyone one pof those bottles which contain a bay leaf will smell and taste like bay leaf. Ask me how I know that🤢😳
The difference between 1st and 3rd world food issues is PRESEVATION . 1st world's food is Stored, Preserved to make it available in seasons of deprevation. So folks Learn to Garden and Learn to Preserve it.
CANNING, DRYING, SMOKING, PICKLING, FERMENTING .... (With power you can also use freezers and freeze dry, refigerate) .
Thank you for your video.
If there's any bulk Purchases you can make of local resources, take full advantage of them. Are there food processing companies handy that will give you discounts on cases of their product? How about Farms?
Fishing season is half over and Huge insulated Fish Totes are being damaged beyond repair all the time and they are MINE!
I found one Tote "stabbed" by the forklift and the bottom of it badly damaged but the inner food grade HD plastic is still tight so it's now full with a half ton of whole wheat. Cost $210. ..... and there's room for 200 pound more easy. I dump two bags of Grain, then sprinkle a can of D.E. over it all for insect control, then repeat until full.
The other Tote fell off the back of a truck and don't laugh.
It spent three days in the ditch and two days on the side of the road where someone left it after changing their mind about taking it I guess. I scooped it up no qualms at all. Just needs a lid and I'll make that out of plywood I'm sure. Or old steel roofing. That stuff is vermin proof.
It's a weird shaped thing though, it's long and low rather than cubed shaped like the rest are. Could be why it was left in the ditch eh?
I want to fill the weird one with whole Corn.
I just checked my wallet and I believe I can get a half ton of that stuff too. $385 a ton that stuff costs. Still, that's cheap slave gruel. Oops! I mean "Chicken Feed" of course, yeah, cheap Chicken Feed. Slave gruel, how silly of me, ... Still, anyone cutting firewood for me will defiantly be fed and fed well. You need calories for cutting wood in the winter.
Then there's the two grain mills I'm looking at for around $300. I'm getting the one that comes with two sets of grinding wheels. One for dry and one for wet milling.
I've always wanted to soak Wheat until it just starts to sprout then mill it wet and let the dough sit overnight to let those living enzymes do their thing on the starch and gluten and other particles that are harder to digest.
Then in the early morning you set your dough with yeast and whatever sweetener they used back then.
This was a common method of making your bread dough long ago. Even when the flour wasn't milled wet, it was mixed with water and then left to sit overnight. There's something about it sitting all nite that's important, or used to be. Probably wasn't "profitable" for today's man of means eh?
Then I'll be broke for another month. It's all part and parcel of my motto of "Be Screwed Now And Avoid The Post SHTF Rush", ... Imagine post SHTF when everyone is broke, ... Surprise, surprise. At least I'll be used to it. If I can go four weeks without a penny, four months or four years will "just happen". AGGHHH!!!!
That little Mill though, even if I don't need it for making my own flour, it'll make Chicken Feed till the cows come home. As long as there is 110 electricity that is. Set the little mill wheels for cracked corn and they may last a while before wearing out.
I wonder how long it would run with my little solar system and power invertor?
"When" and after the SHTF a few times, I'm sure the community will like some flour too. I better order extra mill wheels. And this Mill will make Flour.
Although one remark stated it wasn't "commercial", it defiantly is heavy duty.
Keep up the great work and good luck.
I started home canning meat A LOT and tons of veggies I hate using them but do on occasion…… thank God we have good storage and I started storing water in plastic bottles in a cool area, and I re-purpose my laundry detergent, containers with water for washing hands and washing dishes or whatever you’re a blessing! We live in Arizona, so unfortunately having a garden or any type of cool cool area is hard…
All the goofy stuff going on right now makes it difficult to connect the dots. The dots keep moving around. The only thing I can figure out is that the end game was described in rule number one of the Georgia Guide Stone. Dirt nap, anyone? The people who make these rules are aging out, and want to be around to see things through. up to you...make them wait...or.....
Here in New England Apple picking season has been cancelled due to (IMO) over Weather Modification. The Apples got a fungus because of too much Rain. First year i can recall this.
Damn, all the cheap food grade buckets vanished from Walmart, now they are almost $10 each now, some one is waking up!🤬🤬
I love sardines, and I buy 10 cans each month along with a can of salmon and other canned fish.
I prep lump crab meat for crab cakes, chowder and gumbo
I love sardines too!!! If you have an Ollie’s (liquidation store) nearby, they might have some in sunflower oil. They’re delicious! I got a bunch for $1.29 a can. That’s only slightly more than Dollar Tree and I don’t think they’re from China.
Thx AG. Excellent info. My favorite foods in legume family are chickpeas and split peas. I love hummus on flatbread, on most anything. And I love jazzed up (barley or rice, lima beans and/or cannellini beans, dehydrated: onions, peppers, celery ...etc and spices) pea soup. It's rainy here and feeling like zoup season.
Excellent recipes for lentil gumbo (chef John, Food wishes) here on You Tube.
@@nancyk-ms3pc Thx. I like Chef John's recipes. I use his lentil loaf recipe.
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I went to an international food store recently and found an Asian bullion. It was mushroom 🍄 soup powder bullion. I thought it'd be interesting to try it, as I am a big BIG fan of mushrooms 🍄 in general.
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I put sugar, pasta and salt in closed jars or plastic containers, no o2 absorbers.
I feel very concerned for my friends. I have tried to gently encourage them to put aside extra food and my words are generally falling on deaf ears. One friend actually got upset with me saying I was looking at the glass half empty and asking me if I was afraid of starving. I am more afraid for this friend because she is doing nothing to prepare. A positive attitude is great, but it does not put food on your table.
I agree. We have a good friend, he is an older single man. He has a home here in the US and one in Canada. We were talking about food prices last weekend, he said he's not storing food a his place here because he thinks the stores are still well stocked, plus he has some friends and a neighbor who showed him their large pantries and he thinks that they would be an option if he needed food. He did say though the situation is different in Canada and he has to work on putting aside food/water and supplies there even though he has family not far from him. We all need to not be fearful and try to think clearly each day, fear really causes you to not use the logical and calmer part of our brain. There are lots of options and good ideas and good to have a channel like this one what gives good practical advice.
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences trying to encourage others. It is frustrating when others won't listen and do the minimum to prepare. Preppers are not glass half empty thinkers, we are filling our cups to overflowing to make the best future for ourselves and our families.
@@AlaskaGrannymy motto is the glass is never empty, what looks empty is filled with air.
I believe that the future will require a change in perspective for many
@@joycedagostino8869kind neighbors might be willing to share a meal in a pinch but unless he has assurances that they are willing to fully support him with their pantry he might be in for a rude awakening.
PS I read somewher about buying bulk Ramen from Costco and giving that away to people who come asking.
Winter squash the roasted seeds are are good and flavor them however you like and you can make pies, cookies, scones etc. same for many apples, preserves, pie filling, chips, vinegar, applesauces and butters, apple mint jelly. Same for zucchini, beets dried peppers and greens. Hoping to try cold dried meats, again. Success everyone!
Might just be Walmart or the person picking my order, but I have gotten the smallest chicken and cabbage I have ever seen. Cabbage is the size of a softball 😂
That is why I do my own shopping!
@@patriciagale5047 I used too. Then Walmart went self checkout for everyone. Screw that.
I do all Walmart groceries curbside pick up. When I have ever been unhappy with anything, I just call their customer service and I have been credited back for it. Never a question. Even such things as a dented can, which is unacceptable to me, unacceptable produce, even meats. Don’t pay for what is unacceptable. In my experience, they’ll make it right.
@@kareni8640 Thanks, yeah, I will occasionally have to do that. This stuff is sold by the pound so no big deal (pun intended).
It was just funny, I don't think I've seen either a chicken or cabbage this small.
I use a brake bleeder for storing things in jars and have even things with a higher fat content have lasted for years... ie brown rice, nuts. Great video AG 🤗🤗🙏 Kendra
Great ideas , AG!! I do Mylar, Mylar in buckets and oxygen absorbers! I have so much stuff in 1/2 gallon jars. They help make up my bed stand.😂😂 have a great weekend everyone!!
I got a bunch of totes from menards. They have a seal on them to lock out air and bugs. They work great.
you can make oxygen absorbers at home fold a paper towel so you get 3 layers place some salt and iron inside the paper and tape it closed but ensure the paper is not totally sealed so O2 can pass through the paper layers and be absorbed , Rust is the process of oxidization, or converting oxygen into another chemical binding the O2 in the resulting rust that stays sealed in your paper wrap
Interesting! How much iron and where to obtain it?
@@sueh6287 1 gram of each equals a 2000 cc O2 absorber , old nails are best
Thanks -- I'll give this a try if I can locate the old nails.
Make organic flour from acorns. Salads from dandelion greens n eat cattails n add a multi vitamin
We have purslane here and I love it.
Excellent survival foraging. Don't forget Elderflower, Elderberries, rosehips, hawthorn and sloe
Informative as always AG! And your channel followers always post such helpful comments too! I always carefully read the comments!
Add lentils and grated carrots to meals eg stews, mince, patties, curries
Another note on vinegar. I put some in a spray bottle and clean pots snd pans counters clothes wash many things. Great product.
Thanks for sharing this useful tip.
Here in the Netherlands it's a reasonably good season to stock up certain items, as it's harvest time and stores are running their buy one, get one, sales on things like frozen and preserved vegetables and even some types of meats.
Next week's Sunday I am turning my chest freezer back on and filling it up with cauliflower rice, kale and other items I finally fully rotated. I regret not having ordered more parboiled rice. It's something I use a lot and not too common here.
Your advice on lentils is good, I have lots of them, great to make soup, I prefer to cook them at 85 ~ 90 Celsius for an hour and a half with beef stock, kale and some meat. Tasteful and healthy. Sometimes I binge eat that soup all day long while keeping it warm in my instant pot (always keep it at or above 65 Celsius if you're doing it).
This is a very comprehensive video! Thanks!!!
Need to have alternative way if cooking without electricity or gas
I like barley -it’s one of my favorite dry goods
We like barley too, great in soups. I also found organic barley four and add some when baking breads and it helps make a nice soft loaf.
Good video, thanks for sharing, God bless !
Another great video. Very useful suggestions and very thoughtful points. Thank you.
I am new to your site and enjoy it very much, but you need to please turn up your volume alot. My Puter speakers are on 100% and also my volume bar for the videos, Thankyou so much
Thanks again AG! Your favs are pretty much my favs!
Lentils do not need pre-soaking so they can help you save water on food preparation
I got some cranberry beans is coming in from the Amish area to the ARIZONA at the little farm. I go to. I like them better than pinto beans and they cook faster.
I have been ordering them from Amazon. My stores never have them and they are so delicious.
Dear AG, just one or two questions... how to preserve black vinegar and what to use it for?
And can you make us a video on how to treat foods like hard sugar, honey, ( I know the honey way), frozen bread, soda that lost its bubbles, hardened spices any suggestions welcome on any foods .
What is the shelf life of molasses?
Indefinite. Good prep.
As always, great suggestions!!
Love all you do! I’ve learned a lot! ❤😊
I have maplesyrup and quinoa and othee whole grains in my stash
Have not seen storages at any store
Consider yourself lucky but sometimes luck runs out so be ready.
Mayor of Chicago just announced that they are planning on opening city run grocery stores. It will start slowly and then spread throughout US. Food rationing by the govt is coming.
Joined your channel today. Thank you so much for sharing the information. Great ideas
Great tips AG!
Thanks for posting 😊
Bakeries have those buckets free or cheap
Thank you great video 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you AG
One of your most needed videos
Thank you, for another great video, with great reminders.
I have been prepping, canned protein, like fish, tuna, chicken and spam.
Thanks again, have a great weekend.
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Now that I have stopped eating SOY foods and/or "Bioengineered Ingredients" my choices have narrowed significantly. Piling up all I can find without the soy, etc. Mostly veggies. It's ok, probably more healthier down the line, -- I guess. Also, CORN is now bioengineered. Ugh not my corn....
I know. It can be done, we avoid those bioengineered foods too. We have a regional health food store that sells only organic products and they work very hard to make sure it is organic and no GMO’s.
Check your ‘seeds’. Many of those are bioengineered
@@doricetimko5403 I think I’ve heard that right now, garden seeds aren’t GMO, only the seed sold for big field crops like corn, soybeans and sugar beets. Also look for seed companies that show they took the Safe Seed Pledge.
I make mocha mix using the freeze dry coffee ☕.
Great video sweetie, thank you
Excellent advice, as always AG, & absolutely true, "You can replace things, but not your Life."
TFS AG, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
Thank you! You too!
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I missed seeing Teddy.
From vermin freeze for 3 plus days then put ox absorber n store.
Good information! ❤ Tks AG
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Mayor of Chicago just announced plans to open city run grocery stores.
U need 2 read labels lady . Dont want gmo,s in food and other things as well bad stuff it will poison you.
Mud and dirt contains many minerals the human body needs
It shouldn't be the main course.
They have aways ate mudd chips there maam .
They pick up minerals, but you have to admit that Haiti has always been one of the poorest,if not THE poorest country.
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watching a you tube vid called "kitbasher" he tells you prepping/surviveing/camping is to live and survive, it may not be at the level you had before any event, but you survive and eat/drink. this i live, so i know that i will be around for the future not to eat the ways of our nomalcy before the ballon goes up. (also i'm getting in the habit of eating only twice a day not three). not bad and i'm not hungrey. (if i am i eat snacks).
Not sure why i write it because of the very reason most people would not read it. Has nothing to do with human intelligence, just that most people learn from their own experience thinking that nothing bad would happen to them. People who have never seen hard would never believe that it's even possible because nether them, or their families have never experienced it; therefore, it's not going to happen to them. If several generations lived relatively comfortable, they believe that us how it's always going to be. People don't stop what they do even when people around them suffer. It simply can't be happening. For someone who have never stayed in line not even knowing what they can get, or if it's even enough for everyone in line, it only happens in movies and in some countries they have never heard of. I don't think "preppers" help the situation telling people to put food in buckets for decades to people who don't cook and barely have anything in their kitchens. It's the same as trying to explain nuclear physics to an average person who has never studied physics, or maybe took the intro course. People don't believe that something is happening even if they are in the middle of it. Natural disasters happen regularly, and people still do nothing to protect themselves except maybe run to stores grabbing milk and bread right before it. Telling these people that they have to buy buckets with lids is beyond not being realistic. No pun intended.
@Janedow5366
You are correct! People will be in the middle of a storm and discount it for something else. We can't help them nor their stupidity. However, they're are still a lot of people who finds practical value in these messages. For those of us who prep, we are grateful for AG's thoughts and tips.
I have been through a lot in life. I have survived an abusive Mommy Dearest. I have survived a foster mother that was like Cruella De Vil. I have survived floods, blizzards and tornadoes. I have survived my first cancer death sentence. I have survived people trying to off me. I have survived 5 years of being a homeless cancer patient. I lived in a historic 4 room farmhouse without modern conveniences. I lived without indoor plumbing. Daddy had his children go through his version of wilderness survival camp that most people couldn't handle and I survived that too. I have been there and done that on so many levels.
I grew up poor and had to be frugal and stretch those buffalos and pinch the Lincoln's as far as I could. Most people call me cheap. Yeah, bad things happen but it gets easier when you are prepared to get through whatever comes.
@@marlonchin1214I'll make it short. You have no idea how you or anyone would act in a dire situation. I wish nobody did.
@janedow5366 true. I got stranded in a freak snow storm while camping and realized I would never survive a total collapse. It's one thing to be uncomfortable/inconvenienst for awhile but long term.... 😮 We have not been trained for that.
@@pamkunz6619
I reference that quote about good times creating weak men, weak men then creating hard times, and then hard times creating strong men. It’s that process of “creating” that gets scary.
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