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It
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Titan with
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The
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You
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Main Stage and listen as he shares his love of the Australian bush
and his skills and experience.
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We
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explorers, Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE, former British Army
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expedition advice on Sunday 24th May 2015.
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Die, will be teaching you essential tracking skills. In addition,
there are many leading bushcraft, wildlife, woodland craft and
survival experts speaking, demonstrating, instructing and on hand at
the show for a chat.
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The
Pits & Bits Review
Whether you are on a
practice bug-out, wild camping, fishing, hunting or to be honest
simply away from a water source the waterless Pits and Bits Body Wash
will keep you clean when away from any shower facilities.
All you have to do
is squeeze a little out of the bottle, rub in to remove any sweat,
grease or mud and then towel down with a micro towel, if you have
one.
Or why not use with
the Pits and Bits Expandable Wipes for a really good clean.
I really like the
waterless body washes, Pits and Bits Body Wash is unfragranced, so is
just what you need when hunting.
Although it has no
alcohol like conventional sanitizers, it removes dirt/grease from
your skin and onto your towel, ensuring no loss of essential oils and
also providing another great use as fire lighting tinder.
One of the hardest
stains I find to remove is the combination of grass, wood and dirt
especially in the wet, and another is not only the blood but the
smell of your hands after processing game in the field.
Well Pits & Bits
did the trick, each day at the CUP Bug-Out weekend I left it as long
as I could without washing my hands and let their waterless products
do the business and that is exactly what they did, time and time
again.
And as for the under
arm, groin etc. wash they removed odour and the reason for it.
Another use is
wiping after no2's to wash clean that is in fact all personal washing
needs are taken care of by Pits & Bits.
Yesterday I shot a
woodie and removed the breast meat to eat and as usual there is that
gamey smell left on my hands again they were cleaned and the smell
was removed all without water which is a novelty to say the least and
a total must for those whether bugging-in or bugging-out.
The waterless
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The waterless
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no fuss yet safe to swallow. The toothpaste is stored in the head of
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What to do when you bring the
bacon home?
As good as
mass-produced bacon is, curing and smoking your own at home kicks
things up to a whole new level.
Once you master the
technique, the flavour options are endless. Like your bacon with a
kick? Bump up the red or chilli powder.
Like it sweeter? Try
extra honey, brown sugar, real maple syrup or sorghum or molasses or
treacle in your cure.
While the curing
process takes some time, the recipe itself is a simple one. Any
smoker will work, but electric models make it easier to maintain the
necessary low smoking temperatures needed to get the bacon just
right. Wood choices can be as varied as you want them to be, but
hickory and apple are the two most popular.
Curing bacon at home
is so simple that the hardest part of the whole process can be
procuring the pork belly itself.
Bacon made from wild
pigs is a bit leaner than its store bought cousin, but it tastes
pretty good.
Prep Time
7-9 days
Cook Time
6-8 hours on the
smoker
Ingredients
A whole pork belly
from the butcher shop normally runs around 10-12 pounds. A
belly from an adult wild pig around 4-6. The following recipe
is enough cure for 5-6 pounds, if you buy a whole pork belly, just
separate it into two, more or less equal, pieces.
5 pound piece of pork
belly, skin on or off, your choice
1.5 teaspoons pink
salt (cure also known as Prague Powder number one, available on the
internet at around £4 for 250g)
1/2 cup Maldon salt
1/2 cup dark brown
sugar
1/2 cup sorghum
molasses, if you can’t find that then use molasses or treacle
1 Tablespoon ground
black pepper
1 teaspoon red pepper
flakes
2 gallon Ziplock bag
Cooking Instructions
Begin by mixing all
dry ingredients into a small bowl. Rub the cure into the exposed
surfaces of the pork. Really work it in, make sure the belly is well
coated with the cure. Place the pork into a two gallon Ziplock bag
and pour sorghum over the top of the meat (honey works well too) and
seal the bag. Place the belly flat into a pyrex dish (the bag will
leak a little, they always do) and put it in the fridge. Flip the
pork once per day for 7 to 10 days.
I often get asked,
"How do I know when it is finished curing?" The answer is,
when it tastes right to you. After day seven or eight, open the bag
and slice a tiny sliver from one side.
Rinse it well under
cold water and fry it like you would bacon. If you like the flavour,
it is finished. If you would like the salt and spice to be a bit
stronger, let it soak another day or two. Remember that the outer
surface is always quite a bit saltier than the inner slices will be.
Now that the bacon is
fully cured, remove it from the bag and rinse thoroughly under
running water. The next step is to let the bacon dry completely to
form a sticky pellicle.
I prefer to do this by
placing the bacon on a wire cooling rack and running a low speed fan
over it for six to eight hours.
Your bacon is now
ready for the smoker. A good remote meat thermometer comes in handy
at this point.
I like to start my
smoker at 175 degrees. Maintain this temperature for 3-4 hours
then bump it up to 200 degrees to finish.
You are looking for an
internal temperature of 150 degrees on the pork belly. Once you reach
this point, the bacon is finished. Remove from the smoker and let the
bacon cool completely before slicing.
I like to let mine
come to room temperature, then place it into the freezer for an hour
or two. The freezer helps to firm the bacon and makes slicing
easier.
The fastest way to
slice bacon is on a deli style meat slicer. A good sharp knife works
too. Cured bacon will keep up to a year when vacuum sealed and kept
in the freezer.
Use your home-made
bacon just like you would bacon you buy from the supermarket. It
makes a fine breakfast, wraps nicely around a pigeon breast or chunk
of deer or steak, and seasons a pot of camp-fire baked beans like
nothing else. After you get the basic recipe down, try flavours to
make your own perfect blend.
Disaster Prepping Hits The
Mainstream
I’m not sure when the tipping point occurred,
but at some point recently the “prepper” movement exploded and
became mainstream.
Preppers are people who detect the possibility of
calamity and decide to increase their odds of surviving it by putting
aside supplies. “stocking up” “prepping” — essential
throughout most of humanity’s existence — was common in the
United Kingdom up until advances in transportation logistics brought
about the “just in time” shipping model.
Suddenly, we could get almost any supplies
delivered fresh and year-round to massive community 24 hour
supermarkets. What our grandparents called “lean times” became a
thing of the past for even the poorest of us.
The expectation that we could always get whatever
we wanted whenever we wanted it took a couple of hard jolts around
the turn of the 21st century: predictions regarding the “Y2K bug”
created a resurgent interest in self-sufficiency, which was further
rekindled by the 9/11 terror attacks, the 7/7 London attacks and the
foreign wars our politicians have got us into.
A decade later, fears of nuclear terrorism,
misunderstood popular views about the end of the Mayan calendar, and
ginned-up fears of catastrophic climate change, economic collapse,
and violent weather patterns have grown what was once a fringe
culture.
Modern prepping has come a long way from the
survivalists of the late 1990s. That wave focused on military
supplies, weapons, and tactics, and was in many ways limited by their
options.
Earlier survivalists had even fewer options —
they focused on hoarding and protecting supplies in remote cabins.
Yet today’s preppers have a dizzying array of gourmet shelf-stable
foods, “green” power options, and even custom-built housing to
meet their particular survival needs. Additionally, enterprising
companies now cater to nearly every desire the preppers can dream up.
National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers series
featured an episode with prepper Peter Larson, and displayed the work
of Paul Seyfried and Utah Shelter Systems. An underground bunker
built by Utah Shelter Systems was the core of the Larson family’s
preparation plans, and with good reason.
The underground bunkers manufactured by the
company and shipped almost anywhere are designed to withstand
nuclear, biological, and chemical disasters, and being buried yards
underground, they are secure from all but the most determined
marauders.
So what kind of person drops a bare minimum of
$47,590 on a complete shelter and tens of thousands more on land,
installation, and provisioning? Mr. Seyfried fiercely guards the
confidentiality of his client list, but will volunteer that it
includes “international bankers, hedge fund managers, attorneys,
doctors, oil company geologists, business men, and movie producers.”
Like any business, the bunker business has cycles
and has seen business expand and contract as events bring awareness
of their products. After 9/11, the company experienced an increase in
sales in the Northeast, centred around New York.
Texans have purchased the largest number of
shelters, and they range across the Southeast and Southwest,
typically as shelters against the common natural disasters that
strike the southern part of the country. The most commonly purchased
shelter is the $60,750-plus 10′x50′ shelter which offers the best
cost per square foot, and customers typically order more bunks to add
capacity.
Most bunkers go to individual families, but there
are some small bunker communities of well-heeled preppers coming
together for mutual support.
Disasters aren’t the only thing preppers are
spending their dollars on. Some look at the economy and prep for the
very real possibility of unemployment.
While some might be preparing against floods
others might be preparing against drought or unemployment. I think
the major thing that connects our customers is a sense of
independence and self-sufficiency. They want to be prepared for
anything that may be in the future — whether that is a natural
disaster, a man-made disaster, or unemployment.
Preppers are also cognizant of the fact that if an
event does strike, being prepared is just part of the equation. As we
witnessed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, even the normally
law-abiding will resort to out-of-character barbarism if they think
it necessary to ensure their survival or the survival of their
families.
The past response to the threat of violence has
typically been to acquire firearms, preferably guns with more
capacity and range than anyone you expect to be causing trouble. It
hasn’t been until recently that the thought of stopping any inbound
fire has become socially acceptable.
A company called US PALM is in the process of
changing that by creating and successfully marketing body armour
designed for the civilian market.
The media still demeans the more extreme preppers
making bizarre preparations for what most people consider unrealistic
scenarios — such as polar shifts or the Mayan apocalypse — but
with the current global economic situation, the carnage of recent
natural disasters, and the fragility of power grids, other scenarios
are no laughing matter.
“Putting things by” like our grandparents did
is now regarded by many as a wise investment against uncertain times,
and like any market, there are smart businesses willing to cater to
this growth market.
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Prepare, Prepare, Prepare NOW
Today, millions of Britons say that they believe
that the United Kingdom is on the verge of a major economic collapse
and will soon be entering another Great Depression.
But only a small percentage of those same
people are prepared for that to happen.
The sad truth is that the vast majority of Brits
would last little more than a month on what they have stored up in
their homes. Most of us are so used to running out to the
supermarket for whatever we need that we never even stop to consider
what would happen if suddenly we were not able to do that.
Already the UK economy is starting to stumble
about like a drunken teenager. All it would take for the entire
UK to resemble East London after the bombers had left would be for a
major war, a terror attack, a deadly pandemic or a massive natural
disaster to strike at just the right time and push the teetering UK
economy over the edge.
So just how would you survive if you suddenly
could not rely on the huge international corporate giants to feed,
clothe and supply you and your family?
Do you have a plan?
Unless you already live in a cave or you are a
complete and total mindless follower of the establishment media, you
should be able to see very clearly that our society is more
vulnerable now than it ever has been.
This year there have been an unprecedented number
of large earthquakes around the world and volcanoes all over the
globe are awakening and don’t forget the massive flooding we have
seen.
You can just take a look at what has happened in
Haiti and in Iceland to see how devastating a natural disaster can
be. Not only that, but we have a world that is full of lunatics
in positions of power, and if one of them decides to set off a
nuclear, chemical or biological weapon in a major city it could
paralyze an entire region.
War could erupt in the Middle East at literally
any moment, and if it does the price of oil will double or triple (at
least) and there is the possibility that much of the entire world
could be drawn into the conflict.
Scientists tell us that a massive high-altitude
EMP (electromagnetic pulse) blast could send large portions of the
Northern hemisphere back to the Stone Age in an instant.
In addition, there is the constant threat that the
outbreak of a major viral pandemic (such as what happened with the
1918 Spanish Flu) could kill tens of millions of people around the
globe and paralyze the economies of the world.
But even without all of that, the truth is that
the UK and the EU economy is going to collapse. So just think
of what will happen if one (or more) of those things does happen on
top of all the economic problems that we are having.
Are you prepared?
The following is a list of 20 things you and your
family will need to survive when the economy totally collapses and
the next Great Depression begins....
Storable Food
Food is going to instantly become one of the most
valuable commodities in existence in the event of an economic
collapse.
If you do not have food you are not going to
survive.
Most UK families would not last much longer than a
month on what they have in their house right now, in fact I would say
that many would be dead by then anyway.. So what about you?
If disaster struck right now, how long could
you survive on what you have?
The truth is that we all need to start storing up
food. If you and your family run out of food, you will suddenly
find yourselves competing with the hordes of hungry people who are
looting the stores and roaming the streets looking for something to
eat.
Of course you can grow your own food, but that is
going to take time. So you need to have enough food stored up
until the food that you plant has time to grow. But if you have
not stored up any seeds you might as well forget it. When the
economy totally collapses, the remaining seeds will disappear very
quickly.
So if you think that you are going to need
seeds, now is the time to get them.
Clean Water
Most people can survive for a number of weeks
without food, but without water you will die in just a few days, try
going without water for 24hrs, I have and I did not like it. So
where would you get water if the water suddenly stopped flowing out
of your taps?
Do you have a plan? Is there an abundant
supply of clean water near your home? Would you be able to boil water
if you need to? OH1 and by the way you will need to.
Besides storing water and figuring out how you are
going to gather water if society breaks down, another thing to
consider is water purification tablets. The water you are able
to gather during a time of crisis may not be suitable for drinking.
So you may find that water purification tablets come in very, very
handy.
Shelter
You can't sleep on the streets, can you?
Well, some people will be able to get by living on the streets, but
the vast majority of us will need some form of shelter to survive for
long. So what would you do if you and your family lost your
home or suddenly were forced from your home?
Where would you go?
The best thing to do is to come up with several
plans. Do you have relatives that you can bunk with in case of
emergency? Do you own a tent and sleeping bags if you had to
rough it? If one day everything hits the fan and you and your
family have to "bug out" somewhere, where would that be?
You need to have a plan.
Warm Clothing
If you plan to survive for long in a nightmare
economic situation, you are probably going to need some warm,
functional clothing. If you live in a cold climate, this is
going to mean storing up plenty of blankets and cold weather
clothes. If you live in an area where it rains a lot, you will
need to be sure to store up some rain gear.
If you think you may have to survive outdoors in
an emergency situation, make sure that you and your family have
something warm to put on your heads. Someday after the economy
has collapsed and people are scrambling to survive, a lot of folks
are going to end up freezing to death.
In fact, in the coldest areas it is actually
possible to freeze to death in your own home. Don't let that
happen to you.
An Axe
Staying along the theme of staying warm, you may
want to consider investing in a good axe. In the event of a
major emergency, gathering firewood will be a priority. Without
a good tool to cut the wood with that will be much more difficult.
Lighters Or Matches
You will also want something to start a fire
with. If you can start a fire, you can cook food, you can boil
water and you can stay warm. So in a true emergency situation,
how do you plan to start a fire? By rubbing sticks together?
Now is the time to put away a supply of lighters
or matches so that you will be prepared when you really need them,
and just to be sure please include a fire steel.
In addition, you may want to consider storing up a
good supply of candles. Candles come in quite handy whenever
the electricity goes out, and in the event of a long-term economic
nightmare we will all see why our forefathers relied on candles so
much.
Hiking Boots Or Comfortable Shoes
When you ask most people to list things necessary
for survival, this is not the first or the second thing that comes to
mind. But having hiking boots or very comfortable and
functional shoes will be absolutely critical.
You may very well find yourself in a situation
where you and your family must walk everywhere you want to go.
So how far do you think you will get in high heels? You will
want footwear that you would feel comfortable walking in for hours if
necessary.
You will also want footwear that will last a long
time, because when the economy truly collapses you may not be able to
run out to the shoe store and get what you need at that point.
A Torch and/Or Lantern
When the power goes off in your home, what is the
first thing that you grab? Just think about it. A Torch
or a lantern of course. In a major emergency, a torch or a
lantern is going to be a necessity - especially if you need to go
anywhere at night.
Solar powered or "wind up" torches or
lanterns will probably be best during a long-term emergency. If
you have battery-powered units you will want to begin storing up lots
and lots of batteries.
A Radio
If a major crisis does hit the UK, what will you
and your family want? Among other things, you will all want to
know what in the world is going on. A radio can be an
invaluable tool for keeping up with the news.
Once again, solar powered or "wind up"
radios will probably work best for the long term. A
battery-powered until would work as well - but only for as long as
your batteries are able to last.
Communication Equipment
When things really hit the fan you are going to
want to communicate with your family and friends. You will also
want to be able to contact an ambulance or law enforcement if
necessary.
Having an emergency mobile phone is great, but it
may or may not work during a time of crisis.
The Internet also may or may not be available.
Be sure to have a plan (whether it be high-tech or low-tech) for
staying in communication with others during a major emergency.
A Swiss Army Knife
If you have ever owned a Swiss Army knife you
probably already know how incredibly handy they can be. It can
be a very valuable and versatile tool. In a true survival
situation, a Swiss Army knife can literally do dozens of different
things for you. Make sure that you have at least one stored up
for emergencies.
Personal Hygiene Items
While these may not be absolute "essentials",
the truth is that life will get very unpleasant very quickly without
them. For example, what would you do without toilet paper?
Just think about it. Imagine that you just finished your last
roll of toilet paper and now you can't get any more.
What would you do?
The truth is that soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste,
shampoo, toilet paper and other hygiene products are things that we
completely take for granted in society today. So what would
happen if we could not go out and buy them any longer?
A First Aid Kit And Other Medical Supplies
On a more serious note, you may not be able
to access a hospital or a doctor during a major crisis. In your
survival supplies, be absolutely certain that you have a good first
aid kit and any other medical supplies that you think you may need,
and don’t forget any prescription medicine
Extra Fuel
There may come a day when fuel is rationed or is
simply not available at all. If that happens, how will you get
around? Be certain to have some extra fuel stored away just in
case you find yourself really needing to get somewhere someday.
A Sewing Kit
If you were not able to run out and buy new
clothes for you and your family, what would you do? Well, you
would want to repair the clothes that you have and make them last as
long as possible. Without a good sewing kit that will be very
difficult to do.
Self-Defence Equipment
Whether it is pepper spray to fend off wild
animals or something more "robust" to fend off wild humans,
millions of us will one day be thankful that they have something to
defend themselves with.
A Compass and a Map
In the event of a major emergency, you and your
family may find yourselves having to be on the move. If you are
in a wilderness area, it will be very hard to tell what direction you
are heading without a compass and a map. It is always a good
idea to have at least one compass stored up.
A Hiking Backpack
If you and your family suddenly have to "bug
out", what will you carry all of your survival supplies in?
Having a good hiking backpack or "survival bag" for
everyone in your family is extremely important. If something
happened in the city where you live and you suddenly had to "go",
what would you put your most important stuff in?
How would you carry it all if you had to travel
by foot? These are very important things to think about.
A Community
During a long-term crisis, it is those who are
willing to work together that will have the best chance of making
it. Whether it is your family, your friends, a church or a
local group of people that you know, make sure that you have some
people that you can rely on and work together with in the event that
everything hits the fan. Loners are going to have a really hard
time of surviving for long.
A Backup Plan
Lastly, it is always, always, always important to
have a backup plan for everything.
If someone comes in and steals all the food that
you have stored up, what are you going to do?
If travel is restricted and you can't get to your
"bug out" location immediately do you have a Plan B?
If you have built your house into an impregnable
survival fortress but circumstances force you to leave do you have an
alternate plan?
The truth is that crisis situations rarely unfold
just as we envision. It is important to be flexible and to be
ready with backup plans when disaster strikes.
You don't want to end up like the folks in New
Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. You don't want to have to rely
on the government to take care of you if something really bad
happens.
I do not about here in the UK but for example
right now the U.S. strategic grain reserve contains only enough wheat
to make half a loaf of bread for each of the approximately 300
million people in the United States.
How long do you think that is going to last?
Now is the time to get ready.
Now is the time to prepare.
The UK economy is going to collapse and
incredibly hard times are coming.
Will you be able to survive when it happens?
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How to Choose a BOL
When disaster strikes, you need a safe place for
you and the ones you care about to keep your heads down: your bug out
location.
The basic idea is to get out of harm’s way to a
prepared area with supplies and gear which can sustain you. Choosing
where to locate this prepared area is an important decision that
requires planning
Before getting into your personal remote location
belonging to you, it is important to note that depending on the kind
of disaster and its reach, your best bet may be to drive to another
county to stay with a relative.
Your bug out location does not need to be an
isolated piece of owned property, and if you do have family
connections you can leverage, it may be your best bet.
This is one of the first things you need to
consider carefully.
At first thought, a bug out location would be as
far away as possible from your home to ensure the best odds that
whatever disaster it is will not impact you. While there are
definitely some merits to the very remote location, there are some
drawbacks to consider.
First, if your intention is to stock this location
with supplies, you have to understand how difficult stocking it will
be if you live extremely far away. If it’s too remote, stocking it
from the nearest shop may also be an ordeal.
While you should have extra fuel anyway, an
extra-long journey presents greater fuel risks, and at minimum,
forces you to carry a little more.
If your location is very far from your house, you
may be very unlikely to ever want to go to it when there is no
disaster.
If you are spending hard-earned money on rural
land, you should want to be able to take advantage of it as a quiet,
natural holiday space, and so if it’s prohibitively far away, you
lose that advantage.
If there is a disaster where you’re on the fence
about whether or not to bug out, the pain in the bum distance might
dangerously deter you from leaving.
That said, quite obviously the location has to be
a decent distance away from your main home, otherwise there’s a
risk that whatever disaster has convinced you to bug out will impact
your bug out location as well.
Depending on where you like, a good two hour drive
is probably sufficient.
How you choose your Bug-Out-Location will
depend on further factors, such as:
Can you afford to purchase your own location
Do you have a trusted group of people that can
purchase a location together
Is it easy for you to get to
Can you get there if you had to walk
Is it safe from the same or other potential
hazards
If you’re lucky enough that you can afford to
purchase your own location or to get in on one with some other people
you will want to look for a location that is preferably in a
different region from your main living location.
The best site will be property you can purchase
that also has access to water, hunting, wood, and enough space to
grow your own food. Also take into consideration the security of the
location as well.
If others can find it or know where it is, and you
have supplies stocked up there is the chance that they could be gone
before you get there or even worse taken over and occupied.
Again, as I have already said consider how long it
would take for you to get to the location. If you’re travelling
alone and have the knowhow to survive the more remote and further
away you can make your location.
If you have a family that you need to take care of
you MUST consider locating your Bug-Out-Location closer and will
likely have to make it more accessible.
What if you’re not lucky enough to be able to
afford your own property? The first thing I would do is find a
relative or even a friend who lives in a remote rural location.
At the very least find a relative or friend that
lives outside of the region in which you live that will not be
impacted by the same event that would cause you to leave and seek
shelter.
Once you choose the relative or friend, talk to
them about your plans, and as a start offer to set them up at your
location if something should happen to cause them the need to leave
their location.
Once you agree to work together in this respect,
you can work together to get supplies and set up your
Bug-Out-Location.
As a last resort you can always use the option of
Bugging-In which is when you choose to stay put and wait out any
event.
Not the best option especially in a fire or flood
situation and you’ll be taking your life into your own hands.
Travelling with Vehicles during
a Crisis or Survival Situation
In case of an emergency or crisis situation it is
good if you have your vehicle in a good working condition and with
some basic gear in it.
A vehicle can serve as transport for wounded or as
fast transport during an evacuation.
A vehicle intended to be used during evacuation is
often referred to as a Bug Out Vehicle (BOV). A car with four-wheel
drive is good for getting around in off road driving and if the roads
are covered with snow. Make sure that the fuel in your car doesn’t
get too low, check the tyres regularly and maintain a good service.
Make sure to keep your windscreen clean so can get
a good view. I strongly suggest that you get some extra rear view
mirrors so that your passenger can help you keep an eye out as well.
Every year over 3,300 people die in motor vehicle
accidents in the UK alone. When you are driving always take your time
and use the seatbelt. The faster you drive the more likely you are to
get killed in an accident.
Never drink alcohol or use drugs when driving. If
the weather is bad or the visibility low adjust your speed
accordingly.
Using Smartphone’s and text messaging while
driving are other activities that can often result in accidents.
Remember that even if you don’t engage in these activities when you
are driving others do. Stay alert.
There are combination safety tools with a seat
belt cutter and glass breaker that is very good to have in your car
in case of an accident. Victorinox has a model of the Swiss Army
knife called Rescue Tool that has a seatbelt cuter, glass breaker and
other features.
A Bug Out Bag (BOB) or Get Home Bag (GHB) in
addition with appropriate clothing and footwear should be brought
along if you have to abandon your vehicle and make it back by foot.
Vehicle Emergency Equipment
First Aid Kit
Road Map, Compass and GPS
Things that help you stay warm; extra clothing,
wool blankets, sleeping bags. It may also be a good idea to include
equipment to build a fire and some handwarmers.
Some Water and Food
Some sources of Light; Flashlight or Headlamp and
extra Batteries (lithium). Chemical Light Sticks are a good addition
if you have to make reparations or change a tire during the night.
A signal vest is a useful addition if you have to
leave your vehicle during low visibility conditions like a snowstorm
or during the night.
Extra Fuel
Folding or Compact Shovel like the E-Tool
Axe, Chainsaw or Folding Saw
Short Wave Radio or Citizen Band (CB) Radio
Jack, Spare Tire , Tier Iron and Fix-A-Flat Spray.
Adjustable Wrench, Duct Tape and Screwdriver
Leather working Gloves and Latex Gloves
Fire Extinguisher
Driver License, Insurance Information,
Registration and Repair Handbook
Windshield Scraper and Towel
Snow Chains (for winter conditions)
Towing Cable
Jumper Cables
Secure all equipment. If you are in a car crash
and haven’t secured your equipment it may cause severe damage to
you. Even light weight items may become extremely dangerous in a high
speed crash.
Some basic equipment can also be useful to have if
you ever get caught in a traffic jam. Especially during winter
conditions people often get stranded because of accidents and severe
weather. If the weather is severe I recommend that you either wait
until the weather clears or take precautions before you leave.
Anticipate that the travel may take much longer
than you first thought and bring extra clothing, a vacuum bottle with
something warm to drink, something to eat and water.
Make sure that you always travel with at least
two persons in every vehicle if possible.
Always travel with two vehicles or more if
possible. If you are travelling with two vehicles walkie-talkies are
good tools for communicating between the vehicles.
Make a radio check before you leave. The passenger
should act as radio operator and navigator.
Make sure to inform someone about where you are
going, what route you are planning to take, who is travelling in the
party, what you are planning to do and when you are planning to get
back.
Also make sure that everyone in the party
that’s going knows this information.
Don’t let the distance between the vehicles get
too big, if you get pulled over at a check point make sure to park
the vehicles close together so that no one can get between the
vehicles. When you park your car, park in the direction you intend to
leave.
Don’t leave any valuable items in plain view,
for example on the dashboard. Cover all equipment. Don’t carry
fancy jewellery or expensive watches in plain sight.
Close all the windows and lock the doors before
you go.
Don’t have alcohol containers, illegal drugs or
something else that is illegal or can be seen as suspicious in your
car. Be aware of your passengers so that they don’t carry anything
illegal.
Bikes are an excellent way to get around and
really good exercise. I suggest that you get a good reliable bike
that you can use every day and a mountain bike that you can use if
you want to go off road. A bike rack for your car is a good accessory
if you want to take your bike with on a camping or hiking trip.
The most important safety feature is off course a
good helmet, When you take your bike out I recommend that you carry
your Pocket Survival Kit and Folding Knife, Swiss Army Knife or a
Multi Tool. Wenger has a special Swiss Army knife called Biker 37
A good front light and a headlamp plus a red rear
light are good when you ride your bike at night. A small GPS unit
that you can mount on your bike is available from Garmin;
The Edge 705. Gaiters are good for keeping your
trousers away from the chain.
Checklist for other Equipment:
Puncture Repair Kit
Pump
Spare Valve
Adjustable Wrench or Barbell Spanner
Screwdriver
Helmet
Water Bottle or Water Bladder
Stick to what you know, keep it simple, think,
then act.
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The weekend wild
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held in the Elephant and Castle (pub) conference rooms in Newtown.
The wild camp and
entrance fee to stalls together is £20 or just £3 if just coming
along to the stalls.
It's
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Woodland site, as they would rather people pay in advance and not tie
them down on the weekend with having to sort tickets out and handling
cash etc. If you have got any questions then let us know. Chris/Kate
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Survival
Thoughts
We not only risk natural and man-made disasters,
we risk financial, commercial, political and social collapse. Things
can go wrong slowly - or things can go wrong very quickly.
Without trade, transport, banking or
manufacturing, life could quickly diminish to desperate subsistence.
It would be uglier than most people can imagine, and in the worse
scenarios, you and your unprepared family will likely die.
Do you see your lifestyle as a birth right? Do you
believe that you deserve perpetual prosperity? Will you choose a
sustainable lifestyle and reduce your standard of living? You may be
forced to make these changes.
A societal collapse would be fast and deep, and
would hurt developed countries the most.
Yet survival will have little to do with luck.
In 1977 New York City suffered a power failure for
one night. Over 3,000 arrests were made for looting, 400 policemen
were injured, 500 fires were started, more than 25,000 emergency
calls were placed and four times the usual number of hospital
emergency cases were admitted - all following one lightning strike.
Civilization is a veneer.
Many empires have declined and fallen. Persia,
Greece, Egypt, Rome, Turkey, Spain, China and Russia ... and many of
their collapses were self-inflicted, not from being attacked but more
often from attacking other countries. Wars are always costly.
American politicians wanted to police the world
while maintaining its people's lifestyles beyond their ability to
pay.
America is losing its wealth ... like so many
countries before.
America's military options seem to increasingly
focus on exit strategies that are not too humiliating.
So what can you do? An economic collapse will
likely hurt the richest countries most, although many if not all
other countries will be affected. Survival in any country will
require broadly similar strategies.
Decide to live - choose to survive!
Be prepared - most people will do nothing!
Get yourself healthy and understand the risks!
Learn what to do before, during and after a
collapse!
Read, read, read! Perhaps start with Global
Research
Your best insurance? Decide to survive and
stockpile essentials!
Professor Sir John Beddington, (UK government
chief scientific adviser), says that the world faces a perfect storm
of climate change impacting food, energy and water.
Will your Social Parachute Open?
Little information about the risk of collapse and
the difficulties of survival is available in any media. Despite the
risk, survival training is nearly non-existent. Government agencies
tasked to prepare for and mitigate disaster have been exposed as
ineffective. I suggest that you assume that you will be on your own.
Rule One: Don't trust your government to
protect you. You can trust them to protect themselves.
At best, life in the coming decades will become
increasingly local and smaller scale. This can happen if cheap energy
decreases smoothly, if people act intelligently and if global
competition for food, water and oil does not trigger world wars or
financial hyperinflation.
At best, energy-dependent enterprises and cities
will gradually contract as the supply of cheap power (also cheap
food, cheap medicine, cheap communication and cheap education)
dwindles.
At best, cheap power gradually vanishes, taking
industry with it. As cities are products of an industrial revolution
based on cheap energy, expect city and suburban homes to lose value
catastrophically. Expect people who invested in suburban mansions to
lose their illusions of equity.
Expect the disruption of urban infrastructure to
create logistical nightmares for people stuck in cities.
At best, after years of collective paralysis,
political expediency and social upheaval will gradually increase.
Your community probably depends on electrical machines, electronics
and computers ... how fast will your community die without electric
power?
At best, expect populations to migrate away from
cities and threatened areas, with food, oil and water shortages
limiting movement. Greatly reduced food production will result in
vastly increased prices.
Expect a return to rural values - and increasing
interest in self-sufficiency and small family farms.
Training
to Survive
You will need to build up your physical abilities
to be able to survive when SHTF.
If you have never really carried a full Bergen
before then prepare your body for the challenges that lie ahead and
start out slowly.
If you are a great swimmer and you think that you
are in great condition and could easily hike for hours on end, you
can be wrong.
Hiking up- and hiking downhill on varying terrains
and conditions are pretty specific fitness exercises that strain your
body in ways that it may not be used to.
Even if you are used to walking, strapping a
30-pound backpack will suddenly change your entire experience.
The key to training yourself lies in slow but
steady progress. There is no fun in draining yourself to the point of
collapse.
Remember that we are walking for with a purpose
so it is alright to push your boundaries but do not go too far.
Make sure to set obtainable and measurable goals.
Here are some suggested schedules when you're training for bugging
out on foot.
Start off by making small 2-4 km (1-3 miles) hikes
on regular intervals (1-2 times per week) under not too challenging
conditions and without a backpack.
Do it near your own home so you can make sure that
you are able to be back before sunset.
Steadily increase the length of your hikes until
you are able to comfortably make a 15km (9 miles) hike.
On your 15km hikes, you will most likely already
be carrying a small day pack with some snacks and drinks.
Now work on increasing the weight of your load by
adding more equipment or food/drinks.
Steadily increase the weight of your expedition
pack until you are able to comfortably finish a 15km hike with 10kg
(22lb.) backpack.
At this stage, you are set to go on basic day
hikes and you can train yourself in more challenging terrains and
greater vertical gains.
From this point on, you should steadily increase
your distance and the weight and size of your pack. With the proper
training, you should be able to carry up to 25-30% of your body
weight as Backpack Load.
There is a big difference between hiking on flat
terrain and having to deal with uphill- and downhill walking.
Steadily increase the number of vertical meters you gain on your day
hikes.
Walking for consecutive days is very different
from single day hikes with periods of rest between them. Consecutive
hikes bring the added challenges of possible blisters, muscle aches
and skin irritation.
Train yourself by increasing the number of
consecutive Hiking days.
This training routine should increase your overall
fitness level and will get your body adjusted for bugging out.
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Grow your own Grub
I met Cindy and Greg at the CUP Bug-Out weekend
and they told me that amongst other animals they keep rabbits for
meat so I thought I would look in to this for you dear listener so
you too may supplement your food source with lean tasty meat from
domestic rabbits are highly valued for their low fat, low cholesterol
and high quality protein.
Rabbit meat compares very favourably to chicken,
turkey and some fish for its beneficial health virtues and its
palatability.
3 to 4 litters of 5 to 10 young can be thrown by a
healthy, mature female (doe) each year.
One male (buck) can service up to twenty to thirty
does, but in order to keep the gene pool healthy, you should have one
buck for each 5 does.
Make sure you keep records of which does are bred
by which bucks, and keep rotating the animals to keep the gene pool
as large as possible.
One good breed is the Flemish Giant. The young
from this breed will be ready to butcher at 3 months, yielding a very
tender meat.
Most consider the Flemish Giant unsuitable for a
meat rabbit, due to the meat to bone ratio, also the amount of food
consumed to meat ratio.
It is okay to cross with a New Zealand for meat
production.
Get the right pen. The pen should be a minimum of
5 feet by 6 feet for this large breed, but slightly smaller for the
smaller breeds.
Rabbits need space! The floor should be made of a
sturdy wire mesh with about 3/4 inch square holes to accommodate
droppings and urine.
Do give the rabbit some place else to stand,
however.
Standing on wire full time can hurt a rabbit's
feet. A full tray or box the full size of the floor of the pen with
all four sides about 2 1/2 inches high should be slid under the pen
to catch the animal waste.
This tray should be emptied once per week and
rinsed with a disinfectant. Be careful when using bleach, as it will
react with the urine and give off a harmful gas!
A solid compartment about 1 1/2 feet long and 1
1/2 feet wide should be included in the pen to give the doe privacy
while she is having her young.
This will keep mortality of the young down to a
great extent.
Be sure there is plenty of dried hay in the pen
when she is "due”.
Know that female rabbits will conceive at any time
they have an "encounter" with a buck. There is no set
oestrous period.
The young should be separated from the mother
at about 6 weeks.
The doe is ready for breeding immediately after
separation from her young.
The rabbit pregnancy period is 28-30 days, with
the doe able to mate within hours of giving birth.
Rabbits reach maturity somewhere between 6 and 10
months of age depending on the breed. Smaller breeds mature quicker
than larger ones.
The following breeds will weigh approximately this
much when fully mature;
Netherland Dwarf 2 1/2 lbs., Jersey Wooley 3 1/2
lbs., Holland Lop 4 lbs., Mini-Rex 4 1/2lbs., Dutch 5 1/2 lbs.,
Havana 5 1/2 lbs., Florida White 6 lbs., Mini Lop 6 1/2lbs., Rex 9
lbs., Palomino, 10 lbs., Satin 11 lbs., New Zealand 11 lbs., French
Lop 12 lbs., Flemish Giant 13+ lbs.
So why not hop on down to your nearest breeder
and enjoy a great source of tasty food.
The 5 P’s of Preparedness
Emergencies typically occur with little or no
warning.
As a result, many are caught off guard and are ill
equipped to handle such a sudden crisis.
Preparing ahead of time seems like the only
logical way to handle this issue.
However, the fact remains that a majority of our
neighbours and fellow citizens are not prepared.
One of the common reasons why people do not
prepare is because of the overwhelming nature of it all.
Breaking up the enormity of preparedness into
smaller compartmentalized sections will help you concentrate on one
task at a time until the end result is met.
Follow the 5 P’s with any disaster you are
planning for:
Decide what types of disasters you are planning
for (weather related, natural disasters, economic or personal
disasters), and prioritize what your emergency plans will be by which
emergencies are most likely to occur in your area.
Also, do not limit your emergency preparedness
organization to natural or economic disasters.
Go a step further and plan for personal disasters
that also tend to occur without warning (unemployment, divorce,death
in the family).
Planning is the key to survival. Having a plan in
place to help determine what steps need to be taken by you and your
family members when an emergency arise will ensure that all
preparedness needs are covered.
Also, having a guide to assist during the initial
disaster preparation will help in determining what steps need to be
taken by you and your family members when an emergency does arise.
When planning for a disaster follow these
protocols:
Have a plan in place (choosing the location, let
family members know where your destination is, the contact
information, a secondary destination, etc.).
Decide on the duration of the disaster you are
planning for (3-day, 2 week, short-term or longer- term disasters).
Create a financial plan on how much money you can
contribute to your preparedness budget.
Keep the basic needs in mind: food, water,
shelter, clothing, safety and communication.
Try and find items that are light weight,
functional and versatile so that if you have to carry them for long
periods it will not be a strain.
Also, ensure that you have contingency plans put
in place in case your first plan does not work out.
In addition, plan for the worst case scenario and
have emergency I.D. cards made for each family member (including your
pets) with current information provided.
Remember to prepare for disasters in a way that
is financially responsible.
Over time, by accumulating a few preparedness
supplies each month will create a preparedness foundation that you
can fall back on.
Remember to fall back on your list of lists to
ensure that you are purchasing the needed items for the disaster you
are preparing for.
Have a well-rounded short-term supply to
compliment your long term food items.
Store your emergency supplies in an easy to access
part of your home where natural elements such as sunlight and
moisture are not an issue.
The best way to be better prepared for emergencies
is through knowledge and practice.
Read, watch, and walk through any information on
disaster preparedness you can get your hands on.
We have all heard the saying, “Practice makes
perfect.” This is no different, in the case of preparedness.
Consistent practice will turn your life-saving
plans into muscle memory. This rehearse-to-be-ready concept is how
many emergency personnel and even athletes train to condition their
mind and body.
However, being prepared is not only having
supplies, it is having a skill set to fall back on if need be.
Continue practising your new learned skills and
avoid making these common mistakes made by preppers.
The end result of the aforementioned is simply
peace of mind. Knowing which disasters may affect your family and
having the necessary supplies in place to handle these disruptions in
our daily lives will ensure that all of your preparedness concerns
are covered.
Taking that extra time to prepare can make all the
difference if an unexpected disaster occurs.
Home-made Cheese
What you
will need
4 litres of
whole milk, 1 pinch salt, 1 large lemon, juiced
What to do
1. Pour the
milk into a large pan, and stir in a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil
over medium heat, stirring occasionally to prevent the milk from
scorching on the bottom of the pan.
2. When the
milk begins to boil turn the heat off then stir the lemon juice into
the milk, the milk will then curdle. This may take 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Line
a sieve with a cheesecloth, now pour the milk through the cloth to
catch the curds. What is left in the cheesecloth is the Farmer’s
Cheese. The liquid is the whey.
4. Gather
the cloth around the cheese, and squeeze out as much of the whey as
you can. Then I find it best to suspend the cheese cloth over the
sink for example.
5. When
it has stopped dripping, I put it in an airtight container and put it
in the fridge.
Why not try
using herbs or other flavourings.
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Survival Cooking Risks
So when the
brown stuff hits the fan your will bug-out. You will build a shelter,
light a fire, hunt, trap and fish and then sit around the fire
singing “gin gang gooley” as your food cooks.
It just
sounds idyllic doesn’t it?
But
according to recent figures this could be the most dangerous aspect
of survival camping.
A shocking
94 per cent of more than 2,000 people questioned for a Government
survey admit to at least one barbecue habit that is a health risk.
Food poisoning is a real risk at
barbecues
FSA Chief
executive Catherine Brown
Twenty-one
per cent believe they have been ill due to something they have eaten
as a result, the poll for the Food Standards Agency found.
Almost a
third admit to not checking burgers, sausages and even chicken are
cooked all the way through.
The FSA has
released a list of tips to cut food poisoning, with the first being
to pre-cook meat in the oven and finish it off on the barbecue for
flavour.
Chief
executive Catherine Brown said: “Food poisoning is a real risk at
barbecues and we are reminding people to take good care of their
families.”
Survival
cooking is bar-b-q cooking is it not? When the shtf there will be no
chemist, health centre, doctor or NHS to go to to sort out food
poisoning, stomach upsets and diarrhoea, all of which will dehydrate
you and reduce your physical ability to provide and survive.
OK I do not
want to teach my grandmother to suck eggs by it never hurts to get
back to basics.
Charred
doesn’t mean cooked, cook your barbecue food thoroughly until you
are sure that your poultry, pork, burgers, sausages and kebabs are
steaming hot, with no pink meat inside.
Avoid
cross-contamination by storing raw meat separately before cooking,
use different utensils, plates and chopping boards for raw and cooked
food. Always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and hot water and
dry them before handling your food for the barbecue and after
handling raw foods including meat, fish, eggs and vegetables. (You
should of course wash your hands after touching the bin, going to the
toilet, blowing your nose, or touching pets.)
Don’t
wash raw chicken or other meat, it just splashes germs. Cooking will
kill any bacteria present, including campylobacter. On the other
hand, washing chicken, or other meat, can spread dangerous bugs on to
your hands, clothes, utensils and by splashing.
Turning
meat regularly and moving it around the barbecue will help to cook it
evenly. Charred on the outside doesn’t always mean cooked on the
inside so, it’s always safer to cut open and check your burgers,
sausages and chicken. If in doubt –keep cooking.
Keep plates
and cutlery away from raw meat and fish, never serve your guests
cooked food on a plate or surface that’s had raw meat or fish on
it, and don’t use cutlery or marinades that have been in contact
with raw meat. There’s no point in serving up food with a flourish
if you’re adding bugs back into the mix.
Peter at buggrub
is also offering a 10% discount on all his products, simply by using
the code PREPPER. So have you got the gonads, can you walk the walk,
dare you, I dear you to buy some buggrub and then eat it, go on I
dare you. Peter’s website is www.buggrub.com
THE
TWELTH WILDERNESS GATHERING 2015 13th
to 16th August
The Wilderness
Gathering has over the years become a firm date in the diaries of
those who enjoy Bushcraft, nature and wilderness survival skills. The
previous eleven years have seen this event grow from a small event in
one field with some traders and schools sharing bushcraft skills and
knowledge to a festival of wilderness living skills encompassing
bushcraft/survival and woodland crafts.
The show has grown
into an event with something for all the family with stories and
music by the campfire in the evenings and skills workshops and
activities throughout the three whole days of the festival.
The Wilderness
Gathering has without a doubt become the premier family event for all
those interested in bush crafts and the great outdoors.
The show has
Bushcraft clubs for all age groups of children to get involved in
plus more activities for all including den building and wilderness
skills classes for all.
There are hands on
demonstrations of game preparation, knife sharpening, basha boat
building, bow making, greenwood working, archery and axe throwing and
primitive fire lighting to name just a few. There are talks on
survival physiology, classes on falconry and wilderness survival
fishing. All of these skills are there for everybody and anybody to
participate in.
You can probably
pick up information on nearly all the skills needed to live in the
wilderness and prosper at The Wilderness Gathering.
There is a wealth of
good quality trade stands that are carefully selected to be in theme
for the show selling everything from custom knives to tipis and
outdoor clothing to primitive tools. The organisers have even laid on
a free service bring and buy stall where you can bring along your
used and unwanted kit and they’ll sell it for you.
There are local
scout and explorer groups on site promoting the World Wide Scouting
Movement as well helping out with some of the classes and site
logistics.
The catering is
within the theme of the event with venison and game featuring on the
menus plus organic cakes and drinks. The woodland and open field
camping facilities (with hot showers) giving you the option to visit
for the whole weekend or just to attend as a day visitor.
Nigel at
www.hunters-knives.co.uk
has offered you dear listener 10% on all his products simply by using
the code PREP10.
Two Basic
Survival Basics
Fact
white
rice has about 90 percent carbohydrates, which makes it one of the
best survival foods. But it lacks the protein and fats (essentials in
the long term) which you can get from beans (35% protein – the
highest protein content of any seed crop – and 14% fats).
Fact
white
rice and beans can last up to 30 years. White rice lasts for 4-5
years (oxygen free white rice lasts for 30 years) and beans almost
indefinitely in the absence of oxygen and light.
Fact
they
are cheap! The giant 50lb bag of white rice is about £30 to £35.
The dried beans can be found at around £2 per kilo. So, 30 lbs of
beans is around £28 to £30.
So, a 50lb bucket
of rice and a 30lb bucket of beans would cost you about £60 for a 50
days food reserve! which is not too bad at all.
Now before everyone
calls and says how much? yes i know that if you look around you will
find rice and beans even cheaper but I have quoted the basic
supermarket price which allows for the extra bag being bought each
week to allow you to build up your food preps.
This was calculated
for 2000 calories per day (would be exactly 48.5 days), but we can
survive with far less calories per day.
Keep in mind that
you will also need a lot of water to cook the rice and the beans.
Rice is rich in
starch, and an excellent source of energy. Beans are rich in protein,
and contain other minerals. The consumption of the two together
provides all the essential amino acids and it is no wonder that this
combination is a staple of many diets throughout the world.
Here’s why they
are a good combination for long-term survival food storage, and their
calories per pound, survival days, etc.
WHITE RICE
50lbs of White
Rice
50,000 calories –
25 survival days
1655 calories per
pound (uncooked)
590 calories per
pound (cooked)
675 calories per cup
(uncooked)
205 calories per cup
(cooked)
Note: For long term
food storage, do not use brown rice (use only white rice) because it
will go rancid within a year from its oils.
BEANS
30lbs of Dried
Beans
47,000 calories –
23.5 survival days
1574 calories per
pound (uncooked)
650 calories per
pound (cooked)
670 calories per cup
(uncooked)
245 calories per cup
(cooked)
There is a slight
variation of calories per pound for different bean varieties. Numbers
mentioned are an average. They are mostly the same.
After many years,
beans lose their ability to soften up while re-hydrating in water and
the cooking process may result in al dente. However these beans will
remain edible and will not have lost their food value. Maybe you
rotate your beans every so many years…
Having at least
30lbs each of rice and beans will provide nearly 50 days of
‘survival’ calories
While you will not
want to eat rice and beans every day and every meal, the combination
is an inexpensive food storage ‘staple’ as part of your overall
food storage diversity.
Some food storage
outlets will sell you rice and/or beans already packed and sealed for
long term food storage in buckets. However you can also do it
yourself by purchasing in bulk and then use Mylar bags, oxygen
absorbers, and your own sealable food quality buckets.
You might also
choose to use an ordinary kitchen vacuum sealer and store smaller
quantities (which could still be held in these buckets for safe
keeping).
By themselves, rice
and beans are bland. No doubt there are countless spices and other
ingredients you can add to increase nutrition and make them more
palatable.
