If food shortages threaten, what would you stock up on?

[g5000]

Also check the weather patterns in your area for different times of year. You want to know which way the wind is going to carry any debris/fallout.

I also have an up to date print version of a road atlas.

 

[BS Filter]

Baked beans and bacon or ham.

 

[g5000]

When Covid hit, the things which disappeared off the shelves in my local grocery store were toilet paper, paper towels, all purpose flour, sugar, and vinegar.

And, of course, hand sanitizer.

 

[Muhammed]

This strikes me as odd.

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My wife makes soap. She'll add essential oils for fragrance but I just prefer washing with the regular ashes and grease.

 

[MisterBeale]

My parents were dirt poor during the depression. They didnt notice anything too different. They had chores on the farm. Get the eggs from the chickens.

It was city folk jumping out sky rise windows

Thank you. My folks were the same.

I remember once asking my mom, why do you save all the tin foil that isn't dirty, and why do we have to always wash the ziploc bags.

Waste not want not.



That is pretty much what I am getting at. Folks in this thread talking about hording for the apocalypse. . . the mentality of scarcity will be the problem, not the solution.

Folks in the country don't worry about such nonsense. The just got together and all did their part to keep civilization going.



Today in fact, many of them dream of Big Brother in D.C. just going away, while it seems to terrify the preppers.

 

[Lesh]

Without becoming a 'prepper', what foods would you squirrel away against possible shortages due to the ominous forecasts concerning the weather, shortages of fertilizer, possible price hikes?

My choice would be peanut butter and whole wheat products.

Pizza

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

This is going to be very very bad.

Bullets, beans and bullion.

I have stated on here many times for people to prepare.

Stick to the basics with some flash to barter.

If you live in a city above 25K, you are dead anyways.

They are gonna eat your food and rape your wife for desert while you watch.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

In addition to the things I listed in my previous post, I have three buckets of gourmet MREs. A few hundred meals.

I also have large water storage containers and a dozen cases of bottled water. And some bleach to keep the stored water purified. Eight drops per gallon every six months.

Also several hundred rolls of toilet paper and paper towels.

We made it through Covid with toilet paper to spare.

A lot of camping supplies. Camp toilet. Tents. Candles. Lamps. Stoves. Pots and pans. Batteries. Propane. And so forth.

My grandparents were snowed in their house in Maine every winter and I learned from them.

There is a weird design flaw in my house. A long hallway to nowhere that is completely underground. My family calls it "The Bunker" as a joke. I installed a lot of shelves on one side for dried goods, and the opposite side is floor to ceiling paper goods and other stackable items.

I also have a couple survey meters and other scientific equipment. Heh.

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Yep! That's being prepared!

During covid, I had toilet paper to spare, for which my mail carrier and a couple of neighbors were grateful.

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[WorldWatcher]

we've been thinking commercial freeze drier , any advice???

~S~

A commercial generator and commercial fuel tank to go with it.

WW

 

[Woodznutz]

In addition to the things I listed in my previous post, I have three buckets of gourmet MREs. A few hundred meals.

I also have large water storage containers and a dozen cases of bottled water. And some bleach to keep the stored water purified. Eight drops per gallon every six months.

Also several hundred rolls of toilet paper and paper towels.

We made it through Covid with toilet paper to spare.

A lot of camping supplies. Camp toilet. Tents. Candles. Lamps. Stoves. Pots and pans. Batteries. Propane. And so forth.

My grandparents were snowed in their house in Maine every winter and I learned from them.

There is a weird design flaw in my house. A long hallway to nowhere that is completely underground. My family calls it "The Bunker" as a joke. I installed a lot of shelves on one side for dried goods, and the opposite side is floor to ceiling paper goods and other stackable items.

I also have a couple survey meters and other scientific equipment. Heh.

How about fuel?

 

[Woodznutz]

When Covid hit, the things which disappeared off the shelves in my local grocery store were toilet paper, paper towels, all purpose flour, sugar, and vinegar.

And, of course, hand sanitizer.

During Covid my store at one-point rationed TP to one roll per purchase. I already had a good supply. Free as well as my student tenants would often leave several full rolls behind when they moved out. I only recently had to buy TP after years of getting it free. We also have a large supply left over from when we had office tenants (we have bathrooms in the basement office area of the building). I also keep a good supply of paper towels for use in my shops. I could cut a roll into thirds on my bandsaw and have serviceable TP.

 

[sartre play]

During Covid my store at one-point rationed TP to one roll per purchase. I already had a good supply. Free as well as my student tenants would often leave several full rolls behind when they moved out. I only recently had to buy TP after years of getting it free. We also have a large supply left over from when we had office tenants (we have bathrooms in the basement office area of the building). I also keep a good supply of paper towels for use in my shops. I could cut a roll into thirds on my bandsaw and have serviceable TP.

This whole post is very sad.
Sounds as if many of us do not think we can get AMERICA back in any kind of reasonable shape. Please consider some kind of balance of power, by demanding our elected start working for All of us.

 

[Woodznutz]

This whole post is very sad.
Sounds as if many of us do not think we can get AMERICA back in any kind of reasonable shape. Please consider some kind of balance of power, by demanding our elected start working for All of us.

Our 'leaders' don't go looking for our needs. They're up to their butts serving the interests of big business. They tell us what we need, we don't tell them.

 

[Woodznutz]

This is going to be very very bad.

Bullets, beans and bullion.

I have stated on here many times for people to prepare.

Stick to the basics with some flash to barter.

If you live in a city above 25K, you are dead anyways.

They are gonna eat your food and rape your wife for desert while you watch.

That assumes a complete social breakdown. I believe people will rise to the occasion and get through it.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

That assumes a complete social breakdown. I believe people will rise to the occasion and get through it.

When there is no fertilizer, when there is no money, when the supply system us run on a spider’s thread. When there are no farmers when those in the cities have no concept of self sufficiency things will go crazy fast.
In the 1930’s 40% of Americans lived in rural communities. Today it’s 20%. Farming and family farms were also a major employer. Today it’s miniscule.
We were also 95% high trust, white European. Today the population is 59% white European.
The cities will be death traps. We will collapse.

 

[luiza]

If food shortages threaten, what would you stock up on?​

Americans .
Solves the fat problem .

Plus insects for missing protein --- caterpillars , grasshoppers and meal worm are excellent .

 

[Concerned American]

And I third this.... canned goods!

Canned goods have been known to go bad over time--I would lean toward dehydrated food myself. Very shelf stable, light to carry and small to store. They have served us well in combat situations over the past 50+ years.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Canned goods have been known to go bad over time--I would lean toward dehydrated food myself. Very shelf stable, light to carry and small to store. They have served us well in combat situations over the past 50+ years.

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I've got four years old canned veggies that are starting to be questionable. Some old boys say the contents are fine as long as the seals are intact.

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[Concerned American]

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I've got four years old canned veggies that are starting to be questionable. Some old boys say the contents are fine as long as the seals are intact.

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I'm sure that you've seen 'swollen' cans over your lifetime. That is a sure sign that the contents have turned. My experience has been that as long as there is no swelling or dents in the can that would compromise the seal--the contents will be safe. LOL, I've eaten canned goods that were in excess of ten years past the printed exp. date.

 

[Woodznutz]

When there is no fertilizer, when there is no money, when the supply system us run on a spider’s thread. When there are no farmers when those in the cities have no concept of self sufficiency things will go crazy fast.
In the 1930’s 40% of Americans lived in rural communities. Today it’s 20%. Farming and family farms were also a major employer. Today it’s miniscule.
We were also 95% high trust, white European. Today the population is 59% white European.
The cities will be death traps. We will collapse.

Farmers will just have to use natural fertilizers; manures, compost, green manure, cover cropping, domestic mineral fertilizers. We'll grow the foods that will grow given soil conditions and nutritional needs.

We can also return the "victory gardens".

Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany during World War I and World War II. In wartime, governments encouraged people to plant victory gardens not only to supplement their rations but also to boost morale. They were used along with rationing stamps and cards
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