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Anonymous Coward User ID: 64823715 United States 10/01/2015 12:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Develop a taste for legumes (beans). Probably the best would be lentils. Coincidently, lentils were the first domesticated bean and dried lentils don't take as long to re-hydrate when you are ready to cook them. Dried and kept away from pests, they last a pretty long time and are fairly easy to stock. Pretty much any dried bean is a good long term storage item. Alcohol - a pretty much universal disinfectant, and if it's grain alcohol, it's drinkable. Also good for bartering. The high proof "Everclear" is probably the best, but Vodka can work also. They can be mixed to the user's taste, unlike Whiskey, which has a finite number of flavors it can be mixed to. However, Whiskey by it self can suffice for barter on it's own. If you have the skill set, learn how to make alcohol. Once all the laws are gone, if you are secure in your surroundings, you can run batches of alcohol for further trade. Probably the best still set-up is the reflux still variety. I was able to achieve 83% ABV on a single pass. Just be careful, that level is flammable right out of the chiller head. Use clean ceramic shards in your boiler to provide nucleation points for your mash to boil, and keep your steam head right at the alcohol condensation point. Discard the first half ounce or so of your condensate and you lessen the methanol threat, which is already low since brewers yeast doesn't like to make methanol. What you get is pretty much akin to strong vodka. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 64823715 United States 10/01/2015 12:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's made by stuffing a clear bottle with blueberries and then topping it off with sugar and water. Make sure you use a vent cap (which you can get an most brew shops). The natural yeast on the skin of the blueberry produces alcohol when it is exposed to direct sunlight. What you get after a few weeks, may be of questionable palatability, but it can mess you up. (drunk) quite well. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 36998602 United States 10/01/2015 01:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you have steel racks, use something like duct tape to go from post to post...first on the outside...then on the inside...so the sticky part of the tape touches its self. ..making a double strength strip. Position the strip to hold product on the shelf so even in a good shake up the containers will be kept from falling. I saved and collected old white sport socks. I cut them into about three or four "rings" depending on the length of the sock. Then I put the rings around the fruit jars and tucked them into their boxes. They are secure and cushioned. Some I wrapped with duct tape...they are secure...but are gonna be a bitch to clean someday. The socks are easy and reusable. I also put a piece of that strange shelf paper that is non-skid between the boxes to keep them secure. I stack bags of beans, flour, rice on the jars for added padding. I use a lot of plastic juice bottles...especially the gallon sizes to store grains and salt, sugar, flour, baking soda, nuts, candies, 10 grain hot cereals, split peas, lentils, beans, rices, and lots of other things. If your house floods or gets caught in mud flows etc. your supplies will be safe, and dry. You may have to dig them out...but they will be fine. You can also bury some of your plastis jugs with things inside. Even the bugs and mice cannot get into the tough jars. I have tested this out and I have a perfect record of secure, safe, dry and rodent free preps. You can pick up tons of these empty jugs at the recycling places. I paid with some fudge and got all the jugs I need. If you pay a little attention now to the details of securing your stores it might save a lot of waste and loss later. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 64823715 United States 10/01/2015 02:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Read up on Basal Metabolic rate. That's about how much food you need at a minimum on a daily basis, and can give you some insight as to how long your stores will last. [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] Based on an ad-hoc tally at a nearby supermarket, 750 to 1500 people will consume about one linear foot of shelf space in food every single day, just at the basal rate. Stores will run-out quite fast. At that point, things will start to get dangerous. |
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