Eat enough Twinkies and the preservatives will stop the aging process in it's tracks. You'll live forever!Twinkies.
Never go bad.
That’s the plan...Eat enough Twinkies and the preservatives will stop the aging process in it's tracks. You'll live forever!
Some higher velocity 12 g #2 steel shot will make a mess out of bad guys. If they don’t get it all out it rusts.
So you consider bad guys as food items?
I offer an alternate approach to inevitable food shortages. Rather than stocking up on key food supplies that will eventually run out, why not develop a more sustainable plan? I've always enjoyed growing things.
Good point. That said, in a real SHTF situation I know exactly where I would be. And nobody else knows where I will be. It's not an easy place to get to and it's unlikely anyone is going to "Stumble" across it.Brother.. if your plan is to garden while 200k people around you starve, I hope you have lots of help or high walls. Your plan likely needs to have the ability to be hostile, agile and mobile. Unless you are going to live as a hermit where nobody can find you, gardening during a real and long lasting SHTF may not be practical.
Brother.. if your plan is to garden while 200k people around you starve, I hope you have lots of help or high walls. Your plan likely needs to have the ability to be hostile, agile and mobile. Unless you are going to live as a hermit where nobody can find you, gardening during a real and long lasting SHTF may not be practical.
My mother used to freeze bread and milk.My grandmother (on my mom's side) froze everything from bread to milk. The only thing I didn't find in the freezer was my grandfather. That came later. She canned and jar's a lot also.
Try washable metal mesh furnace filters. Easy to clean and if your paper filters run around $10 they will pay for them selves in 3-4 changes and they last essentially forever. Sounds like you're in good shape as long as you have power.We’ve been buying extra food, meat and non perishables, since May. I had to install another pantry to hold it all. Been hording water too even though I’m on a private well. Likewise things like cigarettes, Guinness and Bombay Sapphire, toilet paper, trash bags, paper towels, laundry and dishwashing detergent, body wash, dryer sheets, furnace filters, cat food, cat litter, caffeine free Diet Coke and as much as I can afford it and find it, ammo.
Make sure you have enough lead to keep off those hungry neighbors.This is something I've thought about as well. My approach to this point has been a bit different. After seeing the mad dash from people buying up all the pre-packed prepper food packs of late, it occurred to me that this isn't a lot different than what people do every day...buy their food. If all you're trying to do is bridge a temporary gap in supply, this makes perfect sense. However, what if it's more than a temporary gap? How would we know it's temporary when it starts? We really wouldn't. Most of us would have faith that supply will eventually return but we don't know for sure.
In observing the people in my little part of the world, I'm convinced they all believe that food comes from Walmart (substitute any other big box store if you like). I've observed that these folks can't (or won't) do the simplest of tasks for themselves. They hire everything out. Whether it's lawn maintenance, hanging Christmas lights, pest control, washing out their garbage cans (seriously, there's a service for this), car maintenance (wash, oil change, etc.), cooking for themselves, assembling their latest purchase from Amazon, and even picking up after their dogs. These people are totally reliant on the retail and service industries to survive. I see these people as an opportunity should things go sideways.
I offer an alternate approach to inevitable food shortages. Rather than stocking up on key food supplies that will eventually run out, why not develop a more sustainable plan? I've always enjoyed growing things. I've had all kinds of gardens over the years. I've grown vegetables outdoors and indoors using all kinds of methods. Regardless of the kind of gardening I was doing, the result was the same...I always produced WAY more food than I could eat fresh. This led to preserving some of it, selling some of it, and giving a lot of it away to friends. Gardening can be done by anyone, anywhere, and at any time of year. Constant supply. If SHTF, you already have a steady supply of food. That food not only sustains you and your family but it also becomes an extremely valuable asset for bartering with your highly reliant neighbors that are freaking out because they can't get any more food from Walmart and Uber Eats stopped delivering.
Just a thought.