You can only survive 3 Weeks without it, start storing food, NOW!!!

This looks pretty decent

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No "cooking" oil that cheap that I know of. Maybe some garbage reprocessed shit, but not any decent food quality oil. Can't even buy a pound of crisco, which is really shit, for $5 these days.

Gonna consume a cup of oil to get those calories? Really mess up your digestion and likely make you very sick. About the only decent quality cooking oil these days is Olive oil. Mazola corn oil is likely GMO laden. All other "vegetable" oil is blended mish-mash of rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, maybe it resembles canola oil but is really almost inedible. Soybean oil is mostly GMO. Probably better off eating "manteca" or Lard...

White rice has NO Food Value. Empty calories. Make you fat, but won't "feed" you. Does NOTHING For Your Body...

Really need to be eating the best foods, most nutritious foods, and take vitamin supplements (natural, not synthetics) when you're under stress like never before.

Believe me I can survive a lot longer without LOVE. there's way too many things to do that's more fun than the opposite sex

Unfortunately that type of rice is crap for your body, as is most rice, even brown.

For a few dollars more you should purchase Basmati rice. It can be found in any major city at the local Indian Grocery store. It can be purchased online too. It is the only rice that is considered a whole grain. It cooks in 12-15 minutes and tastes more like popcorn.

Tip to the non green thumbs.

The time that a farmer faces starvation isn't the Winter (maybe you don't farm, but that isn't the point of this comment). Starvation comes in the Spring after the Fall harvest has ran out and before the new crops have matured.

One of the big ways that subsistence farmers have dealt with this is by planting greens. They love the cool weather, grow quickly, and are full of vitamins and minerals. The cool thing about greens is that dumb thugs haven't got a clue what they are. You can grow them in the wide open. Corn and tomatoes, on the other hand, are easily identified by anybody.

Sooo, everybody ought to have a little patch of greens growing in a corner of the back yard. It'll help make up for the carb rich but vitamin deficient white rice that so many of us keep.

Picked up a few good ideas from these videos...

That's a load of crap.
White rice has plenty of useful CARBS and caloric value.....especially if you are working outside.

Empty calories are sweets and the like.

Wise up.

And a pound of ascorbic acid will last the family many years.

Dude you know your shit but stop telling people that! Its not true at all. Look at any one of those links i gave in the opening post and you will see the truth. Most of everyone's long term bulk food storage is white rice! millions of people cant be storing it and eating it every day if it does nothing for you!!!!

Even
"Empty calories" will keep you alive and warm. Might miss a few amino acids and essential fatty acids till you kill something, but it's better than starving to death.

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3 lbs of Crisco, $4.58

You were saying?

Also, in a scenario where you are having to rely on emergency storage food to survive, do you really care about GMO and processed food? Likely you will be consuming anything and as much as you can to stay alive.

In 2009, we opened a self-packed 5gal bucket of Organic short-grained brown rice that I put up in 1995 or 96. The rice was in perfect condition and tasted great.

Have heard of Brown rice going rancid, but never seen it.

Probably better off eating Popcorn for the corn has more nutritional value than any polished or white rice.

Wheatberries can be cooked like rice and at least they have lots of nutrition. Grind them for fresh whole-wheat flour; or crush them for cracked-wheat cereal. Sprout them, grow wheatgrass, make Ezekiel bread....

White rice may taste good, but the food value is NIL.


Very easy to buy paint buckets with gasket seal lids at paint or hardware store. We used sherwyn-williams. Did not use any special liners or o2 absorbers. Clean bucket with water/bleach mix to assure cleanliness, dry.

Get your grains organized before you intend to pack them. 5gal bucket will hold about 35lbs of grain, 25# if oats. Can buy Dry Ice, CO2 at grocers. One brick should treat 5-10 buckets. Bring straight home from store or it will evaporate over a few hours.

Fill buckets 1/4 full with grain, label bucket contents. Break Dry Ice brick in towel w/hammer. Put about 9 fingernail size chips on top of each layer, leave enough room in bucket for lid to close tightly. Once last layer of Dry ice chips is laid on, put lid LOOSELY over bucket. In 30mins CO2 will have permeated and you can hammer down the lids.

Why pay tons of money for shit food when you can diy and store best quality food for less money?

it's true.

deadfall traps are good for small game but you have to have bait.

It's funny that after eating pizza and cheeseburgers all these years that during a survival situation people want organic basmati rice and shit.

I agree!

That is true as well.

When there IS NO FOOD....like happened in Argentina in 2001....you will be HAPPY to have that candy bar.

5 stars and green karma for you op. Thank you for posting this.

We see what happened to the twinkies. said they we shutting down ,, mad rush to stock up.

You're getting ripped off! I can buy that for $18.50! GOTO Sam's and buy it by the 25lb sack! Get Jasmine rice instead!

Great point! I dont care what something taste like or if its gmo or not.

If I am breaking into my food storage that is going to be the last of my worries. Go for bulk and volume over taste and nutrition. Supplement with a multivitamin, they are also cheap in bulk.

This thread is for the person that doesnt have any food stored away and is just learning. Bulk items like white rice are cheap and will last forever. after you have a years worth of the base items stashed away, then focus on the other things to make your life better.

if theres 1 food you should buy or grow,its tertas(spuds),you can live on spuds for ages,they have everything you need, a true superfood!

If you store shit-food, like white rice, freeze-dried meals, stove top meals and the other crap found commonly in most US grocers, your health will suffer.

Freeze-dried meals may taste good, but they are hell on your digestive tract. Of course, if you don't move your bowels but once or twice a week, you may never notice. You won't have any clue why you get sick and maybe die from complications.


Food is meant to NOURISH your body. You don't get minerals from water. Minerals and vitamins supposed to come from your food. The food you have will be the stuff you are stuck with eating. Most Americans don't even know how to cook from scratch or improvise a meal. Most don't keep more than a couple days food in their homes...

Got a cookstove that works when there is no electric power or gas service? Probably not...

Got a source for water? Got a cistern or swimming pool to draw water from? Got your own well? Got a pump that will work when power is down?


Got water to clean your utensils and cook with?



If your food storage isn't high quality and chosen for Nutritional Value, you're likely to be slowly depleting your immune system and on the path to being susceptible to disease and illness. Gonna be lots of sick people around. Your immune system is critical to preserve your health...

Eating is not simply a matter of pigging out and feeling full. If you choose to eat poorly, you will suffer.

I mean it's a great vid, but that anchor chick was annoying. She'd be fine, but just... don't say "mhm" and don't look around so much, jeez.

A Garden will be worthless without a GUN.

Just as this thread doesnt point out.

OP, this is exactly what me and my family have been talking about the past month. We have been working faster on our food preps. I think something is about to go terribly wrong this year and food is going to be a huge issue.

No thanks. I'm a fatass and could stand to lose about 15 lbs. After that, I'll just eat grubs and stuff. Maintain my new hot physique.

I prefer to just shot their ass when they come in the door. But good advice for someone scared of guns.

Last Edited by Desert Fox on 01/18/2013 07:56 PM

With the white rice, parboiled is the way to go. Some of the nutrients get forced back into the grain.