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Food Plan For Immediate Action

Food Plan For Immediate Action

Concerned about what might happen to you and your family/loved ones if the system collapses? You Ought To Be!

Got food? Longterm foodstuffs that will last and enable a good variety of basic meals? This thread will discuss just that. What you can buy/acquire now that will see you through.

First, got basic cooking tools, some cookbooks? You can find this stuff at almost any THRIFT or RESALE. If money is a concern, and why wouldn't it be; try checking some of these places out to get basic gear you might need. You want STAINLESS STEEL cook pots, quality knives without serrated edges for easy sharpening. Lots of spoons in all sizes. Grain and Meat grinders, pepper mills all sorts of gear to enable you to process your food including raw meat.

What do you need for the basics in food?
I endorse ORGANIC foodstuffs because they can improve your immune system and general health. Eating is our main activity to promote health and well-being. The life is the blood; very true. Build good blood and your body is fit and able to weather the storm. Eat poorly and you will feel poorly and likely be sick more often.

Salt and other basic seasonings are important. You want to be able to make basic foods palateable or adapt them to have variety. Garlic is a great food to ward off illness. Onions the same way. Raw Garlic and dried onion bits are defnite musts. Store raw onions in a cool dark place. They'll last several months easy or dehydrate them now for longterm storage.

Basic foods store the best.
Hard Red Winter Wheat offers the highest protein count of any wheat variety. Makes the most nutritious breads. For pastries or cakes, you want some lighter flour. Golden or White Wheat works for those purposes. All can be found in your typical grocery-chain bulk dept or your healthfood store. A few 2lb bags of Fleischman or Red Star yeast, lasts forever and very cheap, enables you to bake. You will need a grain mill to turn wheatberries into flour. Ready milled flour will store for months, so buy some of that now for immediate use; but you want Wheatberries/raw wheat for storage. Gotta have that grain mill to get much use of your raw wheat. Probably about 300lbs is enough for a family of 4 for a year. Maybe less if you store a wide variety of other basic foods.

Short-Grain Brown Rice is a huge component in the global diet. Goes with everything and is a superfood. Combine with some canned beans or your favourite bean recipe and you get a Complete Protein. About 200 lbs for a family of 4 will last a year.

Rolled Oats. Can't beat oatmeal and granola for basic breakfast or wholesome snack foods. Make your own granola.

Beans. Very high protein source. Good with a small amount of meat for flavoring. Sausage works very well. Black beans, Small Red Beans, Navy Beans for soups, Pinto Beans for mexican, Garbanzo Beans for Mid-East. Then you have Peas and Lentils. Look for a Macrobiotic cookbook at your library. Lots of ideas in there for basic bean recipes. Red Beans and Rice: YUM>! Think about variety. Anasazi beans and Adzuki beans have great flavor. Black, Navy, Pinto and maybe Kidney beans are most common to recipes. Buy a variety and have at least 100lbs to choose from.

Honey, better than sugar for sweetener. Molasses same way. Maple syrup pretty pricey, sugar for trading or baking. Honey lasts a LONG TIME. Maybe 40lbs for a family for a year? How much honey do you eat now?

Canned tomatoes are a mainstay. Can't really go wrong with any canned food, especially if you can find organics. You might find that Muir Glen org tomato products are as cheap as Hunts or DelMonte. Crushed or whole tomatoes are basis for much pasta or chili type caseroles, spaghettis, and ragouts. Tomato paste is great for thickener. Some come with Basil already included.

Butter is great, stores well. Olive Oil better for you, also stores well. Extra virgin for salads, reg olive oil for cooking/browning. Also endorse Mazola corn oil. Popcorn is a creature comfort food. Kosher salt, grind it yourself for use on your popcorn. If you like fried food, try soybean oil. Keep a can of Crisco for greasing your baking vessels.

Pastas of any kind store well. Spaghetti works for soup and many dishes besides the obvious. Egg noodles also for soup like homemade chicken noodle. Macaroni also for caseroles.

Canned meats like Spam, Dinty Moore stews, canned chicken, tuna, and turkey, devilled ham, vienna sausage; about anything canned is already cooked and edible out of the can. Crackers and Pilot Bread, tortillas are decent storable breads.
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Original Message AT this point I've got a pretty decent list of non-perishable foods put together, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. I'm putting in a bulk order tomorrow, but it won't be the complete supply, so I don't miss anything that may be essential. Throw out ideas, links (I'm sure there are a number of old threads on GLP alone, but I don't have the time right this second) etc. Thanks for all your help over the years GLP!

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