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I'm a firm believer in prepping with food you like to eat. When SHTF occurs
and you have to live off your preps its going to be a stressful time and a
serious change of diet will make it worse. So I want to eat, routinely, what
I'd have to eat. The three things I currently enjoy and have plenty of in
supply are:
Lentils, rice and carrots. Lentils and Rice I don't imagine growing so I have
to have them stocked and do pretty well. I use the oldest of my stocks
each year - even if it means digging up some I got burried. I can't just
store it at my BOL becuase it would walk away - if I want something to be
there I have to burry it.
Carrots I can grow winter, summer, no matter what it seems and both at
my BOL and home. I plant some about every 15 days and always have
a fresh supply comming up. I've yet to have critters get to a crop or
lose a crop for weather or other concerns. Now mind you I haven't tried
growing them in Nov/Jan at the BOL yet. I have my doubts as we freeze
up pretty good. Though I'm thinking the extra barrels and buckets might
work for them and am trying that out now on patatos.
I've bought dehydrated foods, mostly greens and simply don't like them.
They'd beat starvation no doubt, but its not what I want. Generally canned
green beans and other greens are ok, better then deyhdrated but a short
shelf life - 2 years I believe - and very salty.
Any other options?
and you have to live off your preps its going to be a stressful time and a
serious change of diet will make it worse. So I want to eat, routinely, what
I'd have to eat. The three things I currently enjoy and have plenty of in
supply are:
Lentils, rice and carrots. Lentils and Rice I don't imagine growing so I have
to have them stocked and do pretty well. I use the oldest of my stocks
each year - even if it means digging up some I got burried. I can't just
store it at my BOL becuase it would walk away - if I want something to be
there I have to burry it.
Carrots I can grow winter, summer, no matter what it seems and both at
my BOL and home. I plant some about every 15 days and always have
a fresh supply comming up. I've yet to have critters get to a crop or
lose a crop for weather or other concerns. Now mind you I haven't tried
growing them in Nov/Jan at the BOL yet. I have my doubts as we freeze
up pretty good. Though I'm thinking the extra barrels and buckets might
work for them and am trying that out now on patatos.
I've bought dehydrated foods, mostly greens and simply don't like them.
They'd beat starvation no doubt, but its not what I want. Generally canned
green beans and other greens are ok, better then deyhdrated but a short
shelf life - 2 years I believe - and very salty.
Any other options?