I've read countless prepping articles, I'm not sure I need another link to a prepping blog. I'm am more interested in knowing what my extremely smart anons are doing for prepping. An article might say I only need two weeks of food or 2 years of food, but realistically based on the political data gathered from this forum, is 3 months of food enough or too much? Is a couple cases of bullets enough or is more needed?
What prepping supplies and how much prepping supplies do YOU guys have considering that some food prepping makes sense but I doubt that things will be so bad that we need a years supply of food.
Thank you everyone!!! I'm just a worried father of 3 youngins trying to prep with a somewhat limited budget.
Also should I take out all my money from my bank and put it in a credit union or is it smarter to have it at my house because credit unions might not be accessible or might go under too?
Dry beans - they are easy to cook -, rice, some burger if you can get it at a decent price. It may be easier to get some cheaper meat and toss little pieces in a blender to grind up unless you have a grinder. Beans, rice and a pound of burger or chicken will make a nice meal for a family of 5.
Bread isn’t that hard to make. I used to be afraid of it, but tried it using different EASY recipes and now I am not afraid of it and have plenty of flour and yeast so I can make bread. Bisquick just needs a little water or milk to make biscuits. Add sugar for something sweet. We have a well, but after a major earthquake a few years ago (Alaska), we had dingy water for a few days. We now keep four 5 gallon jugs of water in our spare bathtub. After cooking meat, you can use the left overs by grinding them up and mixing with mayo….great sandwiches. Save chicken bones for soup. Sometimes a rotisserie chicken is cheaper to buy than a whole fryer. Rice can go into your soup.
We have a lot of Alaskans on here... Was going to say, yep to simple breads! Make sure to keep hard copies of tried and true recipes. Oh, and honey! Great sweetener that doesn't seem to ever go bad. I guess even that jar of Egyptian honey found in a tomb thousands of years old was still viable.