It always cracks me up when people say they just can't eat the same thing every day. BS. I was poor growing up and we ate the same thing for breakfast, 7 days a week for the whole time I was growing up. Our diet consisted of some basic foods every day. If you are hungry, you'll eat it. It's just that simple.
I’m not even American, and when he says “God bless America - long live The Republic” I get misty. He’s a believer - and so am I - that’s enough. Great vid!
@@savahbejin7511 I'm not sure he loves America but our Lord, just like me. Americans have commited many atrocities as to be loved like the silenced genocide of more than three millions of Filipinos and the war they started against Spain in 1898 for no reason at all except greed of territories
Perico De Lospalotes our govt does a lot of things that many Americans don’t agree with. Sadly, I’m sure many people in other countries just kinda lump us all together and see our govt as a representation of its citizens.
We WANT God to bless America. NEED! America is no longer what it symbolizes. Yes, we have more freedom than others. BUT this is America! We shouldn't have to compare, as a way to feel proud.
I'm learning about prepping because of the coronavirus and even if ends up being a scare and we easily recover from it, I now know that I'll be a prepper for life. Cheers.
Welcome Marco, all i can say is learn who's advice to take and once you do you will find some of the best most down to earth people anywhere in this community..
I've been watching a lot of videos by Jon Townsend over on the Townsends channel. While not "survival" or "prepper" related, his area of interest is life in the 18th century, and a lot of the cooking methods and lifestyle requirements are directly applicable to long term no-grid survival.
I watch Townsend's channel all the time.thought it was pretty cool never would have thought in the civil war you got one pound of meat for your food each day he just didn't know if it was going to be salted meat or what
Don't forget moral boosters; Vacuum seal some of your favorite cookies and crackers. Coffee, cream and sugar; very important. A small amount of your favorite adult beverage. Gum. Candy bars. These items can make an uncomfortable situation a little more bearable.
This is so true. Most people are addicted to sugar and the withdrawal symptoms are a bitch. I have lots of really sweet granolas and powdered milk stored. Coffee? Oh my Lordy! Talk about being addicted! Yes, store much coffee. Freeze dried coffee has an extremely long shelf life.
VERY timely video, Sootch! I'm recovering from a surgery I HAD to have while the govt. as shut down. My wife works for one of the agencies that was impacted. We missed two paychecks, or 5 weeks without any money coming in. I have been a prepper for about a decade, and my wife is SLOWLY opening HER eyes. She does buy some extra food to put back, but I have been buying the bulk of it. We heat with Kerosene in the Winter Months, and during the Spring and Summer, we buy the fuel we'll need for the following Winter. We have an "adequate" Solar setup for emergency lighting and communications, and we keep about 60 Gallons of ROTATED gasoline on hand for the cars. So, when this latest shutdown happened, we ate-NORMALLY. We had heat-NORMALLY. We had lights-NORMALLY. Because my family was prepared, we were able to financially assist two of my wife's co-workers, one of whom literally would have run out of food. Prepping isn't about just yourself-it is also about being able to HELP OTHERS!
Before the coronavirus virus hit I had already purchased some can stuff because we ate all our food preps from the years before..and it all came in handy when this stuff hit worldwide. Always good to have storage food
Started my food preps one month ago. Just getting a few extra cans every time I go to the store. So far got 20 days worth, and building it up slowly :)
I am so glad that you mention food fatigue. There are some people who get it easily and others who voluntarily eat the same five things day-in and day-out. As with most human behavior, it's not so simple as "If you are hungry enough, you'll eat it." I am one of the first, and my room mate is one of the second. My roommate will eat the same supper for seven or eight days in a row, and for me, I can go twice, or even three times and then I am done. But I am a firm believer in 'play with your preps' so this is something that has helped me, who is at risk of food fatigue and maybe it will help others.. First of all, there are some things I can consume every day, like tea, coffee, bread, salad and other things. What keeps me going with these daily foods is different flavors. I have several salad dressings, make different sandwiches, and so forth. So, when playing with my preps, I try to keep things as base (I use that word deliberately) as possible. For example, scrambled or crumbled ground meat is the base for (at least) spaghetti sauce, tacos, pizza topping, sloppy joes, and taco salad. Skill turns flour, fat and salt into pasta, tortillas, pizza base, bread and croutons. Another example is that my room-mate would roast a whole chicken and then eat warmed over roast chicken all week. I, on the other hand, will take that same chicken, section it and use it far more varied. The breast fillets become chicken parmesan, wings and tenders - buffalo wings, legs and thighs - fried chicken, and the carcass chicken soup with dumplings. One chicken, two people, five meals, no boredom. It takes some effort, and a little imagination, but food fatigue, for those of us for whom it is a true issue, can be life threatening and I have read several case studies. The other thing to consider is how many clever Eastern European cooks turned basic ingredients into a cuisine? I am learning from my wonderful Russian-American neighbor who survived Perestroika that there are more ways to cook cabbage, flour, onions, carrots and meat scraps than are statistically possible.=) Keep up the good work. I enjoy your insight.
Agree. This series is among the bes, the advice are made out from a risk assessment that seem most realistic, even if some may live in areas more prone to flooding or similar disaster which may make it more likely you need to leave home. And the ability to eat real food also sustain for being able to keep your mental and cognitive ability to task. I'm very suspicious of those who say that living on proteinpowders and supplements for an extended period will make things easier. In experiments with mice they have found that muce who lives on a diet of highly processed food are mire prone to severe autism symptoms, like degenerated social skills and adequate risk estimation (while some may say that is being brave fact is that a mouse who behave as if it a tiger will be killed even by other mice).
I have a disease that causes my digestive system to not work, at times. I had a feeding tube for years, because, I almost died of malnutrition, since I couldn’t eat. I assure you, when you are starving, you will eat anything. It is a horrible feeling! Thanks to Jesus, I now eat food by mouth, and am doing okay.
I have grown a garden for years, canned vegetables, dehydrated foods and prepped for most of my life. When you spoke of drying meat I though about my Grandpa, he had a smokehouse with hams hanging in there. I never saw smoke coming out of it so I believed they were drying. He has passed away. I wished I would have asked him more about how he did it. This is a great video!
My grandmother used to preserve meats and veggies in honey. (She was a beekeeper) Even if the honey crystallized they were still good to eat once worked on. They’re technically good for centuries.
Ive been watching you since 09 but I don't think Ive ever said thank you for all your knowledge and words of advice, so thank you Don and family for your hard work. From my family to yours, and long live the republic!
Hey my friend. I'm in China now and I prepped before this outbreak. Your advice really helped. We also saw the writing on the wall before the travel restriction set in place. -Thanks
@@tomasmorales814 The death rate reported was 2-3% but there is a problem with that. Honesty, accuracy, and transparency are not strong attributes of authoritarian systems. Perhaps the rate is correct but I have a strong feeling the nominal number of sick and dead are grossly under-inflated. What of more important to know is your risk level. Those who died were not healthy, young, fit, or in general good health. Developed countries have fewer at-risk groups compared to China. Take precautions but there is no need to over react.
I have the idea to get one can opener for every xx cans I store. It's a little tricky because of the different levels of price and quality. The $1 ones can last a year or a week. The $12.99 will probably last 6mo to several years. Also depends on how many cans get opened per day.
Great video! I guess I was "prepping" before it was cool... I am 52 years old, been hunting, fishing, raising cattle, pigs ,chickens, and a garden and canning all of my life, that's just how us Southern farm raised country boys roll! And actually, it is smoking or salt curing meat, not drying it. ;-)
my husband just took a mushroom foraging course. What he learned was that there are so many varieties in the pacific northwest where we live, and some look identical on the outside, but are widely different microscopically, that you really need to know what you are doing to not kill yourself. Where he grew up, there were few varieties and his mother went out all the time, and no one died. Hence his interest. So don't just rely on some pretty pictures in a book.
I really wish more people would have watched this video when it first came out. I was very fortunate to have a father who taught me a lot about being self reliant. I also learned so many life skills from classes at my church when I was young.
Put them deer and rabbits in the freezer, canning jars, and venison makes EXCELLENT jerky. Every year we take a whole deer and make only jerky with it, then vacuum seal it in bags for storage. A large amount of protein in small packages. Then we take a whole deer cube it and can it. And a 3rd one for venison sausage in links and smoke em in the smokehouse
@David Blackfoot ... Rice is actually one of the best foods to store up for SHTF. As for water, you should have plenty of it and a means to get more otherwise you are dead anyways. Also, what kind of rice do you cook that has a strong odor? I cook white rice all of the time and never smell anything while its cooking. If adding seasoning to rice, add it after it is cooked to avoid the aroma while cooking.
The canneries are now called LDS Home Storage Centers. Per their faq and some calls, anyone is welcome. They no longer offer canning services, but sell pre canned food at good prices. Shelf life is still 30 years.
I like to add. Salt and pepper and other seasonings. Salt and pepper for sure. I notice a lot of preppers don't mention this. Is it necessary? I don't think so, but it's like a campfire though. It'll definitely boost morale in my opinion. In a SHTF situation it could be used for bartering too.
Many herbs are very easy to grow. Especially basil, oregano, cilantro (aka coriander), parsley, and rosemary. Oregano tip: When you grow it in a pot it eventually gets root-bound. Get an old long breadknife (50 cents at thrift stores). Pull the plant out. Cut into 2 or 4 pieces like a cake. Replant each in its own pot in fresh soil. I did this for several years. All my neighbors had oregano by year 2.
I always pick up and save extra salt, pepper, sugar, sugar substitute, lemon juice packs (vitamin C), pizza cayenne pepper pack, (parmesan cheese packs go rancid), extra napkins, etc... I hope to not need it, but if I do, it'll be there. If not, someone else will be set for a while.
mark burrell Considering how people were eating zoo animals after a few weeks I imagine the family pet was gone quickly , one less mouth to feed and a decent amount of meat .
Sad but true. How many small children will go the way of the cats and dogs? We will never hear that grisly side of the story. It's coming people. Feed the crows, starlings, pigeons and doves in your yard. If you look closely, you might have a turkey land in your yard. You might have to pick them off with a bow, sling shot or bee-bee gun in the future.
Thanks boss! Food prep is definitely something I need to get better at. I never knew about the Mormon canneries. It turns out there's one about 15 miles from my home. (It makes sense - it's in the town where the Mormon church originated.) One word of advice regarding freeze dried meals and dried bulk foods like beans and rice: water. You'll need a reliable supply of clean water to be able to prepare those. If you're going to be traveling to a bugout location, or will need some time to get a water source established (like a well), consider also stocking canned foods or MREs to get you through until more water is available.
There’s a shop near me that specialises in off grid food production. Interestingly they have all kinds of resources for fermenting, preserving, micro bee keeping (honey a natural antiseptic), seed harvesting and milling flour from various dried grains and legumes. So many lost skills that could make a critical difference - well worth considering.
One of my favorite supplemental long term food supplies is from wise food company. If you shop around, you might find them on Midway or direct from manufacturer on sale for half off. They are still pretty pricey compared to a bag of beans, but they last so long. Buy a box every other month or so and soon enough you have quite a compact stash going. I really enjoy canned fruits as the last supplement, since most of the wise foods are beans, rice, meats, and veggies. My rotation is to use up the oldest stuff first in first out to keep it fresh. It's easy to forget the old stuff, but I like trying to keep things relatively fresh.
We were at 1 year for 3 people then her older daughter moved back in... darn... now down to 6.5 months for 4 people. Made me think about not just us here at home but she has another daughter and I have 2 older sons living outside the home. Just when you think you are good... don't forget relatives, especially older children that may find their way home in SHTF. Guess my new goal is 1 year for 8... hope we don't have grand kids anytime soon. And as for gardening... on that. Hopefully gardening would stretch 6.5 months to 1 year for 4 people. Added 2 bee hives as well. Always growing... always learning...always thankful for your channel for helpful info. Please keep the videos coming.
I first started prepping in 1998 and then in 2012 I really got into it. I can say I’m prepared as I have many, many items. Somethings I haven’t enough money to buy, but for the most part I’m set for 6 months. It pays to be a prepper.
My girlfriend of 4 years now was born and raised in Venezuela and still has a lot of family there. With saying that she has a very strong opinion about having emergency food storage and protecting 2nd amendment rights.
GET A HARVEST RIGHT & MAKE YOUR OWN!!! I deployed to GRID DOWN PUERTO immediately after the hurricanes, DIDN’T use ANY GEAR AT ALL....CAME HOME AND BOUGHT A HARVEST RIGHT FREEZE DRYER. 🇺🇸
Spencer 7445 I regret to say this, but Doom's reasoning comes from the weakness of the NEW Generation Americans. I wonder what his ancestors would think about those comments as they traveled across this country. I'm sure they were thankful for the jerked meat and whatever else they could scavenge as they crossed this great country as settlers. It only takes two generations to forget, he should listen more closely to Kyle's story of his ancestors.
Doom You said " Dogs can't pick up a gun and blow their brains out at the thought of bland beans or rice for the 23rd day in a row." I can only guess that the statement is in reference to my original post that a hungry dog will eat the same dog food every day. I made that statement in response to the story of the guy who tried eating his stored food for 20 odd days in a row, meaning that if hungry enough, you will eat what you have no matter the taste or lack there of. My question for you is, since water tastes almost exactly the same, are you gonna blow your brains out because that is all you have to drink for 20 days in a row? Any person with a full belly can be picky about what they WANT to eat. Go to the grocery store on a full stomach and see what you purchase vs when you go on an empty stomach. Without a shopping list, my guess is that those purchases will differ at least slightly. All that said, I cannot believe I wasted this much time explaining such a simplistic statement, so I now retire from this discussion!
If you have good food and just can't bring your self to eat it. That may be the thinning out of the detective from the herd. Some feel we are carrying a lot of people who should be able to walk on their own and that is why system will collapse. If you feel perfect food and electronic games are truly that important it's your choice to make.
If u live in USA u can buy 120 types of soup in can - tomato suop, mushroom cream, beef broth, chicken broth, chicken soup with rice etc. So u know... I live in Poland, so i have only corn, bean, pineapple, mandrin in can, so i dont survive SHTF too much comfortable with this guide, but thx for this, have a nice day or night.
Yeah but you folks in Poland have the world's best and loudest firecrackers! I'll trade you 5 cans of the best canned soup money can buy for just one Little Joe firecracker
SQBunny Thank you for being polite in showing how SPOILED rotten we Americans are. Because we are. Your comment should drive that home to people here. Even with all this abundance (at the moment), people still don't prepare. It's sad. Good luck to you. You probably have survival tips you could teach us all.
Love the mormon canary worked in them off and on for years even made peanutbutter one year sister canned tuna, would love to go again but still have some thats over 30 years old and yes we opened one and it was still good.
Grow sweet potatoes. Get a few organic ones from the store. Cut it up suspend the pieces in water with toothpicks so it can root. Then plant . Watch the leaves and flowers when they become withered and yellow then pick one, rub it, see if the skin stays on. If it does you can harvest. But you have to leave these veggies out in a dry place on a kitchen towel to cure for 10 days. If you et butter, you can make ghee. Really easy to make.
YOU SIR ARE THE MOST PREPARED PERSON I KNOW OF FOR A SHTF SCENARIO. YOUR GUN REVIEWS ARE TOP NOTCH AND YOUR PREP VIDS ARE INFORMATIVE , THANKS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Thank you sir for so much info in this short video. I needed this boot up the backside just a bit. Great info, reminding us how quickly things can change. Bee WELL, stay safe. Regards, dog bugler.
I used to work for the USDA at a university. There was a mycologists who would take groups out to learn how to find edible mushrooms. I’ve seen tours like this in community college “community classes” that anyone can take too. I’d call your local university mycologists to ask where you can find plant foraging classes.
Surely though the catch 22 is that to make a food prepping system work you need to be eating that survival diet right now if you want to cycle your food so you always have the maximum shelf life at any given point.
@Talk is Cheap Lol I deleted my own comment, sorry watching 2 videos at the same time. He went to a mormon cannery, you can go to their website which is easier and the shipping is cheap.
Something I don’t see many people mention is vitamins and supplements. To stockpile these for SHTF to help supplement “pun intended” where you maybe nutritionaly difficient in. Let’s face it most foods that’s good for a long time doesn’t have the best nutritional value generally speaking, so supplements I would think would help. Even whey protein to help supplement possible protein difficiencies. Also many supplements can help heal you when your ill. Just a thought. Thanks for the video Sootch
*OBTAINING MEAT IF SHTF* (etc) Most people, even in urban areas, have access to birds, squirrels, raccoons and various other types of small game, even fish. There are various types of pellet rifles available that one can hunt with and the pellets are dirt cheap compared to regular ammo. Buy at least two of them and learn to shoot them. Buy pellets in bulk. Animal traps will provide meat and several leg hold traps can be bought for 100 bucks.These can be used without bait if you know how to trap. Buy some and at least learn. Yes, it's a cruel way to catch food. Starving is a cruel way to die. Pick one. These traps can be placed along the paths raccoons follow in streams and using bait they will easily catch possums or crows on land. Crows are edible. Personally, I would only eat a stinking possum if I was starving. Yummy! Fishing supplies are cheap, especially hooks and line. Be sure to buy plenty of the very small wire bream hooks. Store them in oil to prevent rusting. You can catch smaller fish for bait on larger hooks and turn a small fish into a big catfish.Trotline string isn't very expensive and has multiple uses. Vitamin C is a must. Keep a supply handy. Not sure if sealed containers of vitamin C go completely bad in a few years. The yellow pollen pods on the tips of pine trees are loaded with vitamin C if eaten young before powdered pollen forms. Many types of survival radios are sold that have lights built in and have hand cranks and solar chargers. Many can be used to charge other devices. An AM booster coil can easily be built by wrapping 120 turns of 26 AWG magnet wire on a paper towel tube. Wrap turns side by side and close together with no overlap. Secure the windings as you wrap them with hot glue or crazy glue. Connect both sides of this coil to longwire antennas and stretch antenna wires out through the bushes or on lower tree limbs then place coil near a small AM radio and you can hear stations from up to several hundred miles away during the day. Use longwires that are at least 100 feet long or longer. The longer they are the better the reception. Never use them during storms because lightning can hit them. If you live in an urban area install a wood burning cooking stove in your house. It's good to have a magnifying glass for starting fires. At some point in the future lighters might be a thing of the past. It's very easy to make a small oil lamp. One can be made from something as simple as an aluminum can and a piece of a cotton shirts or sock. Cheap vegetable oil works fine. A tarp can be used to collect rain water in various ways. Buy seeds from a seeds supply store by the pound. It's Soo much cheaper than the tiny little packets they sell to rip you off. Dry beans from the store are dirt cheap and can be planted. Save seeds from cantaloupes and melons and butternut squash and plant those. Most plants like leaf lettuce and other greens will make thousands of seeds if you allow them to grow long enough. These seeds can be stored in the freezer for yeats. If you like green onion tops plant the bottom section of the green onions that you buy and they will produce more green onions for several months. The heart of sprouted bulb onions can be planted as well along with garlic bulbs from the store. You can plant a small garden on your property by spending a few days tilling up a spot with a shovel. Greens like mustard can be planted in some out of the way area by just throwing them on the ground in autumn. They will reseed the area year after year. They can survive a freezes if you live in a warmer area and will grow throughout the winter. You can also plant sprouted potatoes. This is a fun project for kids and will usually get them interested in gardening. Okra can be planted without tilling up your backyard. Just dig holes with post hole diggers, fill with good soil, then plant two or three okra seeds. You can mow and weedeat around them. Climbing beans can be planted along a fence for a huge harvest of green beans. Climbing vegetables take up very little space for a large continuous harvest all spring and summer in many areas. Try growing green beans and cucumbers this way. These things are a good idea to learn. Allow some to go to seed and you won't have to buy seeds the next year.
I read an article about a Russian family that lived for 40 years out in the Siberia with just seeds they took unaware of ww2 and lived eating potato patties, mix with Rye and hemp seeds for like 40 years before any other human contact.
Before you store up gran, beans, rice, put it in your freezers for about three days to kill any bugs that mite be in them. Then put it in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers.
We grow and can vegetables, and also can meat, mix in grocery store items, and some long term food storage, as well as some water. We also hunt, forage, make maple syrup, etc. Thanks for the content Sootch00 !!! Edit; Some people could raise animals too, we have chickens, quail, rabbits, and dairy goats, (One billy, and two nannies at the moment), we just processed a goat last weekend.
Totally agree, Sootch. I favor canned soup. One can is a balanced meal for two people when used with rice. Easy to get at Costco or sams club in 8_10 packs
Theyre are a lot of items easily acquired here in Canada that are great for prepping.the sooner the better folks. I use a vacuum sealer from cabelas. Lots of lentils, beans and rice. I get the point of not liking these foods, that’s why I also vacuum seal curry powder, granulated garlic, kosher salt, garam Marsala, honey etc...
In a SHTF situation, why worry about short term sodium levels? Remember that if you're walking miles or doing heavy manual labour, you'll be sweating lots and losing sodium. It's the same with sugar. Empty calories are better than no calories.
Gardening takes a minimum of two years of practice. You will get something but to get a good amount of food you have to have some sort of compost system. The number one rule is good soil !!!!
Awesome video! It would be interesting to see a video of you testing the various survival offerings to find the best most cost efficient and tasty storable survival foods.
If you're going to store food, you may want to consider how much ENERGY it takes to cook it. Something that only needs boiled water, like oatmeal, or beans needing only heated is far better than something that requires hours worth of wood to cook. If an outage only lasts a week, that is one thing. If you have to get through a summer or winter, that is another thing, regarding how much energy you need to stock pile.
Pancake mix (complete, not the kind you must add eggs and milk to) good for pancakes, but also for bread substitute, or for making breading for other foods. Can use as baking ingredient also in a pinch. I swear they must make krispy Kreme donuts out of it. Think about the taste - very familiar actually. And the fine texture. Point is, pancake mix is a multi-purpose food in a pinch.
@@justme8108 Judging from your critical comments on 3 different videos, critical of everything. Biscuits not even the topic. Topic was diversity of uses for pancake mix on this one.
Something to stock up on is rice vermicelli. Those are the Asian dried rice noodles. The noodles come in different thicknesses, but buy the really skinny strands (vermicelli). I found some at the Asian store for a dollar per one pound bag. The advantage is that it needs almost NO cooking. You could soak it in lukewarm water and it would be edible.
When it comes to canned food for long term I found it best to stay away from most fruits and anything tomato based. The acids in thosefoods will eventually eat through the cans.
Canning with metal cans. Many people forget about the glass "BALL" jars (can find under many other names) my parents and all my aunts have jars of many items that are decades old. If that lid is still concave, the seal is good. then let your nose do the talking.
I’ve been wanting to make a batch of hardtack just to have some extra calories that should have an extremely long shelf life when I need it. Now I just need to figure out how to make it taste better and not be such a rock.
The grains u will be using for your hard tack are far different then the grains used in history. They will not have the nutritional value explained threw history.
People need to learn the difference between dehydrated and freeze-dried. Lots of dehydrated food needs cooking to make it edible. Freeze-dried food typically only needs hot water without actual cooking. Many dehydrated foods are inedible without cooking them.
Watch some of the dehydrated foods. Some brands have to be cooked for 30 min and was so heavily seasoned that every starving Zombie in a 3 state area could have smelled it post SHTF.
Practicing the skills before hand is a big thing that many preppers don’t think about. You don’t want your life to rely on a skill that you are trying to learn at the time.
Got bees Got a garden Got chickens Got fruit trees Got 400 lbs of freezedried food Working on a water catchment system Will probably die stubbing my toe on a rock anyways:/
100% beleave in gardening. I started a small vegetable garden years ago. And it releases stress. Also normally I over produce something and give it to neighbors/friends. In return they just give back. Ie I grew way too much zucchini and summer squash last year. I would just gave it to some people I know(it would just go to waist). In return I got plenty of cucumbers, carrots, and apples back. All of which I lacked this year(every 7 years my red sweet apples don't produce a single apple). So please if anything please start a small vegetable garden when you can.
I pressure can alot of my beans works better than 2 yr old beans and they taste much better than the store bought ones..I put some store bought in some soup the other day big difference
It always cracks me up when people say they just can't eat the same thing every day. BS. I was poor growing up and we ate the same thing for breakfast, 7 days a week for the whole time I was growing up. Our diet consisted of some basic foods every day. If you are hungry, you'll eat it. It's just that simple.
i agree
Food fatigue is a real thing. But people can get past it if there is enough need.
I agree with that James!
They have "can't" and "won't" mixed up.
Yes, I ate ham sandwitchs for 14 years for lunch everyday at work. I have eaten oatmeal almost everyday for the past 10 years for breakfast.
I’m not even American, and when he says “God bless America - long live The Republic” I get misty. He’s a believer - and so am I - that’s enough. Great vid!
Drazic Milosovic: Thank you for your love of America! I don’t know where you’re from but we send our love and support to you. God bless you.
Croatian?
@@savahbejin7511 I'm not sure he loves America but our Lord, just like me. Americans have commited many atrocities as to be loved like the silenced genocide of more than three millions of Filipinos and the war they started against Spain in 1898 for no reason at all except greed of territories
Perico De Lospalotes our govt does a lot of things that many Americans don’t agree with. Sadly, I’m sure many people in other countries just kinda lump us all together and see our govt as a representation of its citizens.
We WANT God to bless America. NEED! America is no longer what it symbolizes. Yes, we have more freedom than others. BUT this is America! We shouldn't have to compare, as a way to feel proud.
I'm learning about prepping because of the coronavirus and even if ends up being a scare and we easily recover from it, I now know that I'll be a prepper for life. Cheers.
three weeks later, i hope you're prepared and ok
Indeed. I hope you're ok. Welcome to the club, by the way. ;)
Better late than never!!!
Welcome Marco, all i can say is learn who's advice to take and once you do you will find some of the best most down to earth people anywhere in this community..
Don't forget herbs and spices to flavor your cooking.
I found a ton at the dollar store I sealed up for long-term.
Spices can be used to PRESERVE foods without refrigeration.
He mentioned spices in the video 😬
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Minnesota Country Girl anyone can grow spices in their window. Super easy supply !
I've been watching a lot of videos by Jon Townsend over on the Townsends channel. While not "survival" or "prepper" related, his area of interest is life in the 18th century, and a lot of the cooking methods and lifestyle requirements are directly applicable to long term no-grid survival.
I watch Townsend's channel all the time.thought it was pretty cool never would have thought in the civil war you got one pound of meat for your food each day he just didn't know if it was going to be salted meat or what
I was going to mention townsends, but I'm glad others beat me to it.
Kurt Feltenberger thanks for the tip!
Kurt Feltenberger Townsend’s is fantastic!
@@diann9159 Yup. He's noth Knowledgeable and entertaining. ; )
Don't forget moral boosters; Vacuum seal some of your favorite cookies and crackers. Coffee, cream and sugar; very important.
A small amount of your favorite adult beverage. Gum. Candy bars. These items can make an uncomfortable situation a little more bearable.
Awesome advice, thanx bro
This is so true. Most people are addicted to sugar and the withdrawal symptoms are a bitch. I have lots of really sweet granolas and powdered milk stored. Coffee? Oh my Lordy! Talk about being addicted! Yes, store much coffee. Freeze dried coffee has an extremely long shelf life.
You ain’t lying. Ima need a brownie if I gotta live in survival mode.
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VERY timely video, Sootch!
I'm recovering from a surgery I HAD to have while the govt. as shut down. My wife works for one of the agencies that was impacted. We missed two paychecks, or 5 weeks without any money coming in. I have been a prepper for about a decade, and my wife is SLOWLY opening HER eyes.
She does buy some extra food to put back, but I have been buying the bulk of it. We heat with Kerosene in the Winter Months, and during the Spring and Summer, we buy the fuel we'll need for the following Winter. We have an "adequate" Solar setup for emergency lighting and communications, and we keep about 60 Gallons of ROTATED gasoline on hand for the cars.
So, when this latest shutdown happened, we ate-NORMALLY. We had heat-NORMALLY. We had lights-NORMALLY.
Because my family was prepared, we were able to financially assist two of my wife's co-workers, one of whom literally would have run out of food.
Prepping isn't about just yourself-it is also about being able to HELP OTHERS!
Absolutely right
Your wife has a gem! Bless you.
Amen!!
The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, the next best time is NOW.
Before the coronavirus virus hit I had already purchased some can stuff because we ate all our food preps from the years before..and it all came in handy when this stuff hit worldwide. Always good to have storage food
Started my food preps one month ago. Just getting a few extra cans every time I go to the store.
So far got 20 days worth, and building it up slowly :)
I am so glad that you mention food fatigue. There are some people who get it easily and others who voluntarily eat the same five things day-in and day-out. As with most human behavior, it's not so simple as "If you are hungry enough, you'll eat it."
I am one of the first, and my room mate is one of the second. My roommate will eat the same supper for seven or eight days in a row, and for me, I can go twice, or even three times and then I am done. But I am a firm believer in 'play with your preps' so this is something that has helped me, who is at risk of food fatigue and maybe it will help others..
First of all, there are some things I can consume every day, like tea, coffee, bread, salad and other things. What keeps me going with these daily foods is different flavors. I have several salad dressings, make different sandwiches, and so forth. So, when playing with my preps, I try to keep things as base (I use that word deliberately) as possible. For example, scrambled or crumbled ground meat is the base for (at least) spaghetti sauce, tacos, pizza topping, sloppy joes, and taco salad. Skill turns flour, fat and salt into pasta, tortillas, pizza base, bread and croutons.
Another example is that my room-mate would roast a whole chicken and then eat warmed over roast chicken all week. I, on the other hand, will take that same chicken, section it and use it far more varied. The breast fillets become chicken parmesan, wings and tenders - buffalo wings, legs and thighs - fried chicken, and the carcass chicken soup with dumplings. One chicken, two people, five meals, no boredom.
It takes some effort, and a little imagination, but food fatigue, for those of us for whom it is a true issue, can be life threatening and I have read several case studies. The other thing to consider is how many clever Eastern European cooks turned basic ingredients into a cuisine? I am learning from my wonderful Russian-American neighbor who survived Perestroika that there are more ways to cook cabbage, flour, onions, carrots and meat scraps than are statistically possible.=)
Keep up the good work. I enjoy your insight.
This is one of the best no non-sense videos on food prepping I have ever seen. Well done!
Agree. This series is among the bes, the advice are made out from a risk assessment that seem most realistic, even if some may live in areas more prone to flooding or similar disaster which may make it more likely you need to leave home.
And the ability to eat real food also sustain for being able to keep your mental and cognitive ability to task. I'm very suspicious of those who say that living on proteinpowders and supplements for an extended period will make things easier. In experiments with mice they have found that muce who lives on a diet of highly processed food are mire prone to severe autism symptoms, like degenerated social skills and adequate risk estimation (while some may say that is being brave fact is that a mouse who behave as if it a tiger will be killed even by other mice).
I have a disease that causes my digestive system to not work, at times. I had a feeding tube for years, because, I almost died of malnutrition, since I couldn’t eat. I assure you, when you are starving, you will eat anything. It is a horrible feeling! Thanks to Jesus, I now eat food by mouth, and am doing okay.
I have grown a garden for years, canned vegetables, dehydrated foods and prepped for most of my life. When you spoke of drying meat I though about my Grandpa, he had a smokehouse with hams hanging in there. I never saw smoke coming out of it so I believed they were drying. He has passed away. I wished I would have asked him more about how he did it. This is a great video!
My grandmother used to preserve meats and veggies in honey. (She was a beekeeper) Even if the honey crystallized they were still good to eat once worked on. They’re technically good for centuries.
Ive been watching you since 09 but I don't think Ive ever said thank you for all your knowledge and words of advice, so thank you Don and family for your hard work. From my family to yours, and long live the republic!
Hey my friend. I'm in China now and I prepped before this outbreak. Your advice really helped. We also saw the writing on the wall before the travel restriction set in place.
-Thanks
So how is that panning out for you there?
@@ThisTall Not great but could be much worse. We stay home 90% of the time. My mother-in-law lives with us so we don't want her exposed.
stephen hunter how is the death rate over there
@@tomasmorales814 The death rate reported was 2-3% but there is a problem with that. Honesty, accuracy, and transparency are not strong attributes of authoritarian systems. Perhaps the rate is correct but I have a strong feeling the nominal number of sick and dead are grossly under-inflated. What of more important to know is your risk level. Those who died were not healthy, young, fit, or in general good health. Developed countries have fewer at-risk groups compared to China. Take precautions but there is no need to over react.
stephen hunter thank you for responding
Have a can opener that you keep with canned food.
I have the idea to get one can opener for every xx cans I store. It's a little tricky because of the different levels of price and quality. The $1 ones can last a year or a week. The $12.99 will probably last 6mo to several years. Also depends on how many cans get opened per day.
P38
Have 2 can openers that aren't made in China !!!
@@ITILII yeah my dumbass bought the ones from the 99 cents stores🤣🤣🤣 where would you recommend to find can openers??
just use a knife, it's easy to open
Great video! I guess I was "prepping" before it was cool... I am 52 years old, been hunting, fishing, raising cattle, pigs ,chickens, and a garden and canning all of my life, that's just how us Southern farm raised country boys roll! And actually, it is smoking or salt curing meat, not drying it. ;-)
Country boy can survive!
Potassium, magnesium, sodium and iodine are also needed.
LDS store in Houston is open to public. It's open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Very inexpensive often same or lower price than store brand.
my husband just took a mushroom foraging course. What he learned was that there are so many varieties in the pacific northwest where we live, and some look identical on the outside, but are widely different microscopically, that you really need to know what you are doing to not kill yourself. Where he grew up, there were few varieties and his mother went out all the time, and no one died. Hence his interest. So don't just rely on some pretty pictures in a book.
Where I live, foraging is mostly a waste of time. One of many reasons I'm moving ASAP!
I really wish more people would have watched this video when it first came out. I was very fortunate to have a father who taught me a lot about being self reliant. I also learned so many life skills from classes at my church when I was young.
I live in a semi truck we keep food and water in the truck at all times
Looking at the long lines at the food banks today, it's apparent how few people were prepared to even make it through 1 week in a disaster. Sad.
Put them deer and rabbits in the freezer, canning jars, and venison makes EXCELLENT jerky. Every year we take a whole deer and make only jerky with it, then vacuum seal it in bags for storage. A large amount of protein in small packages. Then we take a whole deer cube it and can it. And a 3rd one for venison sausage in links and smoke em in the smokehouse
Brilliant!
Wish I could do the same.
Oh deer
Chili, beans, cup of soups, mre, rice, oatmeal.
David Blackfoot buddy. I come from a low income family. I know all about rice. That’s all we had. Stakes, potatoes and rice.
@David Blackfoot ... Rice is actually one of the best foods to store up for SHTF. As for water, you should have plenty of it and a means to get more otherwise you are dead anyways. Also, what kind of rice do you cook that has a strong odor? I cook white rice all of the time and never smell anything while its cooking. If adding seasoning to rice, add it after it is cooked to avoid the aroma while cooking.
Dont for get caned condensed milk or powdered milk...
Who ever says to not stockpile mres I call BS if you are hungry you will eat also you can make mres last longer than 5 years
The canneries are now called LDS Home Storage Centers. Per their faq and some calls, anyone is welcome. They no longer offer canning services, but sell pre canned food at good prices. Shelf life is still 30 years.
Some items have shorter shelf life.
4:42 A garden is something we’ve always had as well as a food storage. Of course that’s how I was raised in my church (Mormon/LDS).
I like to add. Salt and pepper and other seasonings. Salt and pepper for sure. I notice a lot of preppers don't mention this. Is it necessary? I don't think so, but it's like a campfire though. It'll definitely boost morale in my opinion. In a SHTF situation it could be used for bartering too.
georgeof78 Salts a good preservative.
Many herbs are very easy to grow. Especially basil, oregano, cilantro (aka coriander), parsley, and rosemary.
Oregano tip: When you grow it in a pot it eventually gets root-bound. Get an old long breadknife (50 cents at thrift stores). Pull the plant out. Cut into 2 or 4 pieces like a cake. Replant each in its own pot in fresh soil. I did this for several years. All my neighbors had oregano by year 2.
I always pick up and save extra salt, pepper, sugar, sugar substitute, lemon juice packs (vitamin C), pizza cayenne pepper pack, (parmesan cheese packs go rancid), extra napkins, etc... I hope to not need it, but if I do, it'll be there. If not, someone else will be set for a while.
@@TUKByV1 Right. I just say to beat it up. It comes back better the next time. I also move it around every couple of years.
Salt is a must both natural and salt with iodine
Bet there is not any stray dogs running around in Venezuela.
mark burrell
Considering how people were eating zoo animals after a few weeks I imagine the family pet was gone quickly , one less mouth to feed and a decent amount of meat .
No cats too!
A barking dog is just a dinner bell ringing
A Venezuelan with three dogs is called a rancher
Sad but true. How many small children will go the way of the cats and dogs? We will never hear that grisly side of the story. It's coming people. Feed the crows, starlings, pigeons and doves in your yard. If you look closely, you might have a turkey land in your yard. You might have to pick them off with a bow, sling shot or bee-bee gun in the future.
Thanks boss! Food prep is definitely something I need to get better at. I never knew about the Mormon canneries. It turns out there's one about 15 miles from my home. (It makes sense - it's in the town where the Mormon church originated.)
One word of advice regarding freeze dried meals and dried bulk foods like beans and rice: water. You'll need a reliable supply of clean water to be able to prepare those. If you're going to be traveling to a bugout location, or will need some time to get a water source established (like a well), consider also stocking canned foods or MREs to get you through until more water is available.
There’s a shop near me that specialises in off grid food production. Interestingly they have all kinds of resources for fermenting, preserving, micro bee keeping (honey a natural antiseptic), seed harvesting and milling flour from various dried grains and legumes. So many lost skills that could make a critical difference - well worth considering.
One of my favorite supplemental long term food supplies is from wise food company. If you shop around, you might find them on Midway or direct from manufacturer on sale for half off. They are still pretty pricey compared to a bag of beans, but they last so long. Buy a box every other month or so and soon enough you have quite a compact stash going.
I really enjoy canned fruits as the last supplement, since most of the wise foods are beans, rice, meats, and veggies.
My rotation is to use up the oldest stuff first in first out to keep it fresh. It's easy to forget the old stuff, but I like trying to keep things relatively fresh.
Sootch - Your the man! Thanks for all you do for us!
Stock up on food now. It will never be any cheaper. Prices are going up monthly.
We were at 1 year for 3 people then her older daughter moved back in... darn... now down to 6.5 months for 4 people. Made me think about not just us here at home but she has another daughter and I have 2 older sons living outside the home. Just when you think you are good... don't forget relatives, especially older children that may find their way home in SHTF. Guess my new goal is 1 year for 8... hope we don't have grand kids anytime soon. And as for gardening... on that. Hopefully gardening would stretch 6.5 months to 1 year for 4 people. Added 2 bee hives as well. Always growing... always learning...always thankful for your channel for helpful info. Please keep the videos coming.
I first started prepping in 1998 and then in 2012 I really got into it. I can say I’m prepared as I have many, many items. Somethings I haven’t enough money to buy, but for the most part I’m set for 6 months. It pays to be a prepper.
My girlfriend of 4 years now was born and raised in Venezuela and still has a lot of family there. With saying that she has a very strong opinion about having emergency food storage and protecting 2nd amendment rights.
GET A HARVEST RIGHT & MAKE YOUR OWN!!! I deployed to GRID DOWN PUERTO immediately after the hurricanes, DIDN’T use ANY GEAR AT ALL....CAME HOME AND BOUGHT A HARVEST RIGHT FREEZE DRYER. 🇺🇸
Oatmeal, Bulion, & Rice are some of my favorite, quick foods on the trail.
Dogs don't like the same food every day either, but they eat it when they get hungry enough.
Spencer 7445
I regret to say this, but Doom's reasoning comes from the weakness of the NEW Generation Americans.
I wonder what his ancestors would think about those comments as they traveled across this country.
I'm sure they were thankful for the jerked meat and whatever else they could scavenge as they crossed this great country as settlers.
It only takes two generations to forget, he should listen more closely to Kyle's story of his ancestors.
Doom
Replace "bland food" with "water" in your "dog/gun" argument and get back to me.
Doom
You said " Dogs can't pick up a gun and blow their brains out at the thought of bland beans or rice for the 23rd day in a row."
I can only guess that the statement is in reference to my original post that a hungry dog will eat the same dog food every day.
I made that statement in response to the story of the guy who tried eating his stored food for 20 odd days in a row, meaning that if hungry enough, you will eat what you have no matter the taste or lack there of.
My question for you is, since water tastes almost exactly the same, are you gonna blow your brains out because that is all you have to drink for 20 days in a row?
Any person with a full belly can be picky about what they WANT to eat. Go to the grocery store on a full stomach and see what you purchase vs when you go on an empty stomach. Without a shopping list, my guess is that those purchases will differ at least slightly.
All that said, I cannot believe I wasted this much time explaining such a simplistic statement, so I now retire from this discussion!
Good Luck with That
@orbweb13
If you have good food and just can't bring your self to eat it. That may be the thinning out of the detective from the herd. Some feel we are carrying a lot of people who should be able to walk on their own and that is why system will collapse. If you feel perfect food and electronic games are truly that important it's your choice to make.
I went 3 weeks on Soylent before I NEEDED variety, so yep variety is key to long-term prepped food
If u live in USA u can buy 120 types of soup in can - tomato suop, mushroom cream, beef broth, chicken broth, chicken soup with rice etc. So u know... I live in Poland, so i have only corn, bean, pineapple, mandrin in can, so i dont survive SHTF too much comfortable with this guide, but thx for this, have a nice day or night.
Yeah but you folks in Poland have the world's best and loudest firecrackers! I'll trade you 5 cans of the best canned soup money can buy for just one Little Joe firecracker
SQBunny Thank you for being polite in showing how SPOILED rotten we Americans are. Because we are. Your comment should drive that home to people here. Even with all this abundance (at the moment), people still don't prepare. It's sad. Good luck to you. You probably have survival tips you could teach us all.
If you have rice and dried beans along with the list you gave for Poland, you are set.
Steel traps can feed you for decades, no ammo required.
@Howard Adderly Yeah, most of Europe has pretty stupid laws in regards to trapping.
Thanks for this crucial video.
Love the mormon canary worked in them off and on for years even made peanutbutter one year sister canned tuna, would love to go again but still have some thats over 30 years old and yes we opened one and it was still good.
Timely video. Was just thinking about this.
Grow sweet potatoes. Get a few organic ones from the store. Cut it up suspend the pieces in water with toothpicks so it can root.
Then plant . Watch the leaves and flowers when they become withered and yellow then pick one, rub it, see if the skin stays on. If it does you can harvest. But you have to leave these veggies out in a dry place on a kitchen towel to cure for 10 days. If you et butter, you can make ghee. Really easy to make.
YOU SIR ARE THE MOST PREPARED PERSON I KNOW OF FOR A SHTF SCENARIO. YOUR GUN REVIEWS ARE TOP NOTCH AND YOUR PREP VIDS ARE INFORMATIVE , THANKS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Alaska prepper is another good one
I like mountain house and patriot supply , camping survival seems good to buy different things off of but been in short supply lately
Well said sir and in a real SHTF situation, all foods are good, the more you know the less you suffer, thank you for posting and sharing, Stay Safe !
Thank you sir for so much info in this short video. I needed this boot up the backside just a bit. Great info, reminding us how quickly things
can change.
Bee WELL, stay safe.
Regards,
dog bugler.
I used to work for the USDA at a university. There was a mycologists who would take groups out to learn how to find edible mushrooms. I’ve seen tours like this in community college “community classes” that anyone can take too. I’d call your local university mycologists to ask where you can find plant foraging classes.
Surely though the catch 22 is that to make a food prepping system work you need to be eating that survival diet right now if you want to cycle your food so you always have the maximum shelf life at any given point.
We're about to invest in a good dehydrator 👍🏼
@Talk is Cheap thank you for the information!!!!
@Talk is Cheap Lol I deleted my own comment, sorry watching 2 videos at the same time. He went to a mormon cannery, you can go to their website which is easier and the shipping is cheap.
@@utcnc7mm Yes but the boxes are labeled how well do you trust your mail man. Would recomend a post office box at a little shipping place
Susanne B777 Buy buckets, Mylar bags, and a shipment of oxygen absorbers. Also label buckets with sharpie and tape.
@@jackmiltons5979 I've got the foods in the buckets, just waiting for the oxygen absorbers get here 😉
In regards to expired canned foods tasting like metal: put a little hot sauce on it and scarf it down. Hot sauce is magical.
Something I don’t see many people mention is vitamins and supplements. To stockpile these for SHTF to help supplement “pun intended” where you maybe nutritionaly difficient in. Let’s face it most foods that’s good for a long time doesn’t have the best nutritional value generally speaking, so supplements I would think would help. Even whey protein to help supplement possible protein difficiencies. Also many supplements can help heal you when your ill. Just a thought. Thanks for the video Sootch
Working on that myself. Whey is cheaper than ever now.
*OBTAINING MEAT IF SHTF* (etc)
Most people, even in urban areas, have access to birds, squirrels, raccoons and various other types of small game, even fish. There are various types of pellet rifles available that one can hunt with and the pellets are dirt cheap compared to regular ammo. Buy at least two of them and learn to shoot them. Buy pellets in bulk.
Animal traps will provide meat and several leg hold traps can be bought for 100 bucks.These can be used without bait if you know how to trap. Buy some and at least learn. Yes, it's a cruel way to catch food. Starving is a cruel way to die. Pick one. These traps can be placed along the paths raccoons follow in streams and using bait they will easily catch possums or crows on land. Crows are edible. Personally, I would only eat a stinking possum if I was starving. Yummy!
Fishing supplies are cheap, especially hooks and line. Be sure to buy plenty of the very small wire bream hooks. Store them in oil to prevent rusting. You can catch smaller fish for bait on larger hooks and turn a small fish into a big catfish.Trotline string isn't very expensive and has multiple uses.
Vitamin C is a must. Keep a supply handy. Not sure if sealed containers of vitamin C go completely bad in a few years. The yellow pollen pods on the tips of pine trees are loaded with vitamin C if eaten young before powdered pollen forms.
Many types of survival radios are sold that have lights built in and have hand cranks and solar chargers. Many can be used to charge other devices.
An AM booster coil can easily be built by wrapping 120 turns of 26 AWG magnet wire on a paper towel tube. Wrap turns side by side and close together with no overlap. Secure the windings as you wrap them with hot glue or crazy glue. Connect both sides of this coil to longwire antennas and stretch antenna wires out through the bushes or on lower tree limbs then place coil near a small AM radio and you can hear stations from up to several hundred miles away during the day. Use longwires that are at least 100 feet long or longer. The longer they are the better the reception. Never use them during storms because lightning can hit them.
If you live in an urban area install a wood burning cooking stove in your house.
It's good to have a magnifying glass for starting fires. At some point in the future lighters might be a thing of the past.
It's very easy to make a small oil lamp. One can be made from something as simple as an aluminum can and a piece of a cotton shirts or sock. Cheap vegetable oil works fine.
A tarp can be used to collect rain water in various ways.
Buy seeds from a seeds supply store by the pound. It's Soo much cheaper than the tiny little packets they sell to rip you off. Dry beans from the store are dirt cheap and can be planted. Save seeds from cantaloupes and melons and butternut squash and plant those.
Most plants like leaf lettuce and other greens will make thousands of seeds if you allow them to grow long enough. These seeds can be stored in the freezer for yeats. If you like green onion tops plant the bottom section of the green onions that you buy and they will produce more green onions for several months. The heart of sprouted bulb onions can be planted as well along with garlic bulbs from the store.
You can plant a small garden on your property by spending a few days tilling up a spot with a shovel. Greens like mustard can be planted in some out of the way area by just throwing them on the ground in autumn. They will reseed the area year after year. They can survive a freezes if you live in a warmer area and will grow throughout the winter.
You can also plant sprouted potatoes. This is a fun project for kids and will usually get them interested in gardening.
Okra can be planted without tilling up your backyard. Just dig holes with post hole diggers, fill with good soil, then plant two or three okra seeds. You can mow and weedeat around them.
Climbing beans can be planted along a fence for a huge harvest of green beans. Climbing vegetables take up very little space for a large continuous harvest all spring and summer in many areas. Try growing green beans and cucumbers this way. These things are a good idea to learn. Allow some to go to seed and you won't have to buy seeds the next year.
Thank you!
I read an article about a Russian family that lived for 40 years out in the Siberia with just seeds they took unaware of ww2 and lived eating potato patties, mix with Rye and hemp seeds for like 40 years before any other human contact.
Don's always got good stuff here, never tired of watching your video, please keep up the good work and thumbs the way up!
Before you store up gran, beans, rice, put it in your freezers for about three days to kill any bugs that mite be in them. Then put it in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers.
We grow and can vegetables, and also can meat, mix in grocery store items, and some long term food storage, as well as some water.
We also hunt, forage, make maple syrup, etc.
Thanks for the content Sootch00 !!!
Edit; Some people could raise animals too, we have chickens, quail, rabbits, and dairy goats, (One billy, and two nannies at the moment), we just processed a goat last weekend.
Totally agree, Sootch. I favor canned soup. One can is a balanced meal for two people when used with rice. Easy to get at Costco or sams club in 8_10 packs
LDS.. Store in Hendersonville, Tn. Opened to public on Tuesdays (Nashville, Tennessee Area)
Theyre are a lot of items easily acquired here in Canada that are great for prepping.the sooner the better folks. I use a vacuum sealer from cabelas. Lots of lentils, beans and rice. I get the point of not liking these foods, that’s why I also vacuum seal curry powder, granulated garlic, kosher salt, garam Marsala, honey etc...
LOVE all of your videos brother sootch. Keep up the great work.
Be strong, and be of good courage. :)
In a SHTF situation, why worry about short term sodium levels? Remember that if you're walking miles or doing heavy manual labour, you'll be sweating lots and losing sodium. It's the same with sugar. Empty calories are better than no calories.
Gardening takes a minimum of two years of practice. You will get something but to get a good amount of food you have to have some sort of compost system. The number one rule is good soil !!!!
Awesome video! It would be interesting to see a video of you testing the various survival offerings to find the best most cost efficient and tasty storable survival foods.
If you're going to store food, you may want to consider how much ENERGY it takes to cook it. Something that only needs boiled water, like oatmeal, or beans needing only heated is far better than something that requires hours worth of wood to cook. If an outage only lasts a week, that is one thing. If you have to get through a summer or winter, that is another thing, regarding how much energy you need to stock pile.
SpockMcoy Issmart I bought a Rocket. It's great, it will boil water in 10-16 minutes with one small piece of firewood.
Pancake mix (complete, not the kind you must add eggs and milk to) good for pancakes, but also for bread substitute, or for making breading for other foods. Can use as baking ingredient also in a pinch. I swear they must make krispy Kreme donuts out of it. Think about the taste - very familiar actually. And the fine texture. Point is, pancake mix is a multi-purpose food in a pinch.
@@justme8108 You really are a downer aren't you???? So critical!!!!!
@@justme8108 Judging from your critical comments on 3 different videos, critical of everything. Biscuits not even the topic. Topic was diversity of uses for pancake mix on this one.
@@justme8108 Well, I do live under rainbows and thank God for them. You keep the unicorns, and all your thousands of comments.
Late to the party, but one of the scariest stories I heard from a prepper in Venezuela was that a year supply of food may not be enough
You can no longer can your own items at the Mormon places, nor can they rent out the equipment. Health department made them stop.
Your knowledge is so priceless...I love it. ❤
Thank you for your service.
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Super simple garden is a large pot full of potting soil and plant with kale and Swiss chard. Will feed a family 1 meal a week per family of three.
Something to stock up on is rice vermicelli. Those are the Asian dried rice noodles. The noodles come in different thicknesses, but buy the really skinny strands (vermicelli). I found some at the Asian store for a dollar per one pound bag. The advantage is that it needs almost NO cooking. You could soak it in lukewarm water and it would be edible.
I'm from SC as well, Pickens area, disabled vet and I enjoy your videos...sounds like you know a thing or two :)
When it comes to canned food for long term I found it best to stay away from most fruits and anything tomato based. The acids in thosefoods will eventually eat through the cans.
Canning with metal cans. Many people forget about the glass "BALL" jars (can find under many other names) my parents and all my aunts have jars of many items that are decades old. If that lid is still concave, the seal is good. then let your nose do the talking.
I’ve been wanting to make a batch of hardtack just to have some extra calories that should have an extremely long shelf life when I need it. Now I just need to figure out how to make it taste better and not be such a rock.
Sharp Works i think you can grind it up and use it as flour, thats what I've heard i haven't tried it
Sharp Works here is a good video on Hard Tack and what you can do with it.
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When you cook it you soak it in broth or gravy for 24 hours and then fry it up. 👌
The grains u will be using for your hard tack are far different then the grains used in history. They will not have the nutritional value explained threw history.
Gharrett klawitter true. But in your preps you should have vitamins too.
Great video. Also, grow amaranth and sorghum. Great prepper food. Search youtube on both.
Awesome prepping skills to know Sootch00. Another great video Sir an long live the republic my friend.
People need to learn the difference between dehydrated and freeze-dried. Lots of dehydrated food needs cooking to make it edible. Freeze-dried food typically only needs hot water without actual cooking. Many dehydrated foods are inedible without cooking them.
Watch some of the dehydrated foods. Some brands have to be cooked for 30 min and was so heavily seasoned that every starving Zombie in a 3 state area could have smelled it post SHTF.
Yes, many Patriot Supply meals must be cooked. Not heat and eat.
Practicing the skills before hand is a big thing that many preppers don’t think about. You don’t want your life to rely on a skill that you are trying to learn at the time.
Always great videos. Thank you.
Good video brother !!
Food preps are so important in this world today
Not knowing what’s going to happen from one day to the next
Here in Utah we have case lot sales, an excellent time to stock up for cheap.
Got bees
Got a garden
Got chickens
Got fruit trees
Got 400 lbs of freezedried food
Working on a water catchment system
Will probably die stubbing my toe on a rock anyways:/
The best laid plans of mice and men. 🙂
Preserving meats and fish is very over looked in the prepping community, as well as foraging. Great insight to food prepping.
We use to hang meat on the clothes line. Use to dry noodles on sheets on the clothes.
100% beleave in gardening. I started a small vegetable garden years ago. And it releases stress. Also normally I over produce something and give it to neighbors/friends. In return they just give back. Ie I grew way too much zucchini and summer squash last year. I would just gave it to some people I know(it would just go to waist). In return I got plenty of cucumbers, carrots, and apples back. All of which I lacked this year(every 7 years my red sweet apples don't produce a single apple). So please if anything please start a small vegetable garden when you can.
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A good way to provide carbohydrates in a long-term, grid-down situation, would be to learn how to make hard tack out of flour and water.
You need to try this. www.walmart.com/ip/Ultimate-Survival-Technologies-Emergency-Food-Rations/122858544
Everyone should have a minimum one year food suppl and plenty of non GMO seeds.
Gr8 info Sootch.thumbsup
deer, rabbits, and squirrels can all be added to your pantry if you have the means to get them.
I pressure can alot of my beans works better than 2 yr old beans and they taste much better than the store bought ones..I put some store bought in some soup the other day big difference
I planted all kinds of fruit trees and have a garden .