Food

Right now, before we need it is the time to think about survival food. I sincerely hope I am wrong but I believe that we will need a good supply of food for what is going to happen in this country.We are probably going to see one of two possibilities. Either we are going to see a hyper-inflation or we are going to see martial law. Either way, food is going to be a valuable commodity. If it is hyper-inflation, having a good supply of food on hand will save us a lot of money. If it is martial law, they will probably try to ration the food that is available. This brings us to the point of what type of food and how much.

First, I never recommend MREs or similar meals. I have a couple of days supply of MREs on hand and that is for a true emergency of short duration. I might also add that I got them free in a trade. There are currently too many meals in the supermarket to pay a premium for food that, to me, does not taste very good. One thing that you can do is to dehydrate your own food. I am just getting ready to do some apples. These are apples that I found on state land that were free for the picking. When I am done I will have very little invested in my dehydrated apples. I will soon be doing tomatoes which I grew in the garden. I will also do bananas and pineapple, but both of these I will have to purchase. Bananas and pineapples just do not grow well in central Wisconsin.

I own both a solar dehydrator and an electric dehydrator and I will probably use both as long as the weather allows me to. Later this year, after hunting season, I also hope to be making jerky. Now for just making enough to use right away, just storing your dehydrated foods in a jar works fine. However, when looking at long term storage, you cannot beat a good vacuum sealer. I have been using one for over ten years now and find it was well the money we paid for it. Actually I am on my second one and still no complaints. I have used mine, not only for food, but for ammo and many other things. I used it for seeds and if I had silver or gold for investment and survival, I would use it for that also.

When you think about food, think about what you can get for free. As I mentioned, I got my apples free this year. We now have about thirty jars of applesauce. We also have about twenty jars of elderberry jelly from elderberries we picked along roadsides. We also have blueberries, raspberries and blackberries in our freezer and they also were picked wild. Then there are the fish in the freezer and hopefully several different types of meat will join those fish. Now I know that fish and game do not come exactly free, but if you do your hunting and fishing close to home so that all you need to buy are your license and ammo or bait, it can still be reasonable. I paid seventy dollars for a shotgun forty years ago and I am still using it. That comes out to less than two dollars a year and that is not bad.

But back to the problem of food. I believe that everyone should have a two year supply of food on hand at all times. These should include cold cereal, instant hot cereal, rice, powdered milk, dry beans, macaroni, (or noodles or both), instant potatoes, sugar, salt and pepper, and many of the new ready to heat and eat packaged meals. Along with your dehydrated foods and any food from the wild you can have an excellent variety. There are many things that I could add and you may add them.

Now all you need is a safe place to store all of that food. It will not do you any good if martial law is declared and they set a maximum of a one or two week supply is all that is legal. You will not want them to find your food and confiscate it. There are many ways to secrete food and I do not have room to go into all of them. I do have a book out titled "Stash It" which sells for $8.50 plus $1.50 shipping and handling. This gives many good ways to secrete not only food but any other valuables, such as guns, that you may not want in plain view. Anyone interested in the book can leave a comment at the end of this blog and I will get back to you.

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