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March 27 -- What have you done to prep today? |
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Please post where you bought the solar charger and batteries!
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I don't see the point of storing water before the flu hits. Why would the water supply be affected unless lots of workers become sick at the same time? That won't happen on day 1.
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My 55 gallon water barrels came today. I would like input from the group. Should I fill them now, or wait till the flu hits?
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Evergreen
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Prepmeister: Question - where did you get the adapter for coleman stove to fit bulk propane tank? Also where did you get the DC battery source? Many thanks
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235365 - Energy follows thought. As you think, so you are.
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Here in NW Arkansas we're working on our garden. This is our first garden in our new house so we're starting from the ground up, so to speak. Top soil is non-existant so we had to buy a truck load of soil for our raised beds.
We still have a couple of weeks to go before everything needs to be in the ground - I think we'll make it in time. -bob |
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I'll look again for mushrooms. I even called over a store employee :-0
There was a table at Walmart with free passes to Sam's. I grabbed a pile :-)
I sprouted some Alfalfa seeds today. When my oatmeal/whole wheat bread came out of the oven, I sliced some right away and added some mozzarella cheese and alfalfa sprouts. The hot bread melted the cheese. That was SO yummy!
I need to stock up on more of the alfalfa seeds! Somewhere I remember that eating too many of them EVERY day can make you sick :-( I forget how :-( Too bad, because they complement the wholegrain bread into a complete protein.
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For stocking up I'd recommend checking out www.grocerygame.com. The whole basis of this site is stocking up on sale items for 12 weeks intervals. They offer a 4 week trial for $1 to try it out. Basically they combine coupons with sale prices to get what they call the rock bottom sale prices on many products in the store. It's available in most states in the US and it's great. Like for stocking up with this Avian Flu, I don't have to buy any cleaning products, medicine, TP, papertowels, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. I already have them, lot's of them and most of this I got for free. Another example is about two weeks ago I bought 9 baby wipes and 9 bottles of baby wash, with coupons I got all the wipes for free and the baby wash for $1.00 each. Just an idea.... |
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More NBC filter cartridges...
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I LIKE SCARY RIDES
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i went walgreens in ct, took along my future daughterlaw, had spam, 1lb can hams, corn beef , roast beef in cans 2/4$ limit of 2 each, we each got the limit, also pick up seeds to store for next year 5/1oo$, and scot tp 2'1$ limit 4 tp, and then after work tonight went back and pick up 2 hams,2roast beefs, only thing , what do you do with can roast beef????, went to homels web site not on there, looked at can made in argentina , maybe try to make stew out of it lol roxy
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Hi all! I am new at this "prepping", but I got started 2 weeks ago.
This week, I bought 48 rolls of Toilet Paper, 48 Cans of tuna, and 48 cans of soup from buybythecase.net. I also bought a case of fruit, a case of green beans, some bottled water, ramen noodles, and bleach. Oh, I am also filling up 2 liter pop bottles with water, just in case. Last week, I bought 3 jars of peanut butter, 2 cases of water, 6 jugs of water, ramen noodles, fruit snacks, granola bars, cereal bars, beans (small 1lb bag), hand sanitizer, clorox wipes, hand soap, baby wipes, lots of crackers....I think that's about it so far. As I said, I am new to this, and I am prepping for 8 people, so I am doing the best I can. Afraid it's going to take awhile, but I plan to spend $120 every 2 weeks if I can afford it. Hope I can get it done.
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I saw those dried mushrooms at Sams too. It was also near the bottom below the spices.
I went there on Friday picked up 2 25# bags of rice, around $6.00 each, 6 6lb bags of pasta, only $3 each, 36 count ramen noodles, cornstarch, 2 4lb boxes of salt, and I can't remember what else.
Went to Meijer and picked up 10 gallons of water, flour, sugar, pepper, the green onions to keep growing in the house (tip from a different poster)
I noticed alot of the staple goods are running low at Meijer.
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Hi mississippi mama --
I ordered my solar stuff from Sundance Solar. Here's the link:
I just googled for solar stuff and found them. Haven't received stuff yet. I ordered the solar battery charger, 8 AAAs, 8 AAs, 4 Cs, and 4 Ds. I would have ordered more batteries, but couldn't afford it. Also ordered that solar powered lantern which looked pretty cool. We already have a wind-up/solar radio which we like. Good luck. Let me know what you find.
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Katdoe67 - I found the mushrooms at Sam's on the very bottom shelf below the spices. I looked and looked, but it was my husband that pointed them out. I thinkt that it was the bland color that I missed or something. They are in a large, square, plastic jug.
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Hi all ,can anyone give me a link to follow or some advice on" hidden doors" or how to conceal food on your property above and below ground thanks.
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Look for easter candy that can be chopped up and used in baking. I bought a ton of peanutbutter filled chocoloate from Walmart 33 cents/11 ounces after valentines day. It makes yummy cookies!
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i bought 30 jars of ragu spegatti sauce, 3 large bottles of barbeque sauce, molasses, found 5 1 pound cans of sardines on clearance for 1 dollar each(don't expire until 2009), 4 flea collars for cats, 1oo pounds of kitty litter, 2 large boxes of garbage bags, 60 cans of beans, large box of instant rice, 10 cans of mandarin oranges, box of instant oatmeal, large can of instant breakfast drink on clearance, large bag of charcoal, small propane grill, 2 small cans of propane, regular groceries. I am stocking up on easter candy after easter.
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Hi Libbalex, will you let me know where you ordered your solar battery charger from,the rechargable batteries and the solar latern from? I have the regluar laterns and batteries but, would like to add the solars to my prep. Did you order rechargable batteries in each size? How many of each size do i need to buy. I don't have any expereince with the solar products. I would reall appreciate your help and any suggestion. thanks a bunch
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Went to WalMart:
Bought 2 gas cans, more rice, more beans, smoked oysters, more canned fruit and veggies, more toilet paper and some normal groceries. |
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Went to yard sale:
Got some more larger size clothes for the little guy.
Bought a book on dinosaurs and a book called "Raising a Spirited Child"
Went to Goodwill:
Bought some more larger size clothes for little guy
Bought 2 more books on dinosaurs, a christmas book, a kids' book on germs, a Dinosaur video, and a Winnie the Pooh video.
Guess there's a theme to the day.
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If you have a H.E.B grocery store, they have Knorr Beef/Chicken/Tomato Bouillon 2/3.00 and each jar you get a free 2lb bag of long grain rice with each purchase. I needed to stock up on Bouillon so, got 4 jars and 8 more lbs rice. Great price on boullon, free rice even better. Also case of water is 2.99 (24ct) Also, Brookshire Bros grocery store has Hy-Top brand mustard and mayo for .88 and sugar .88. And 24 ct toilet paper is 3.99.
So there is my preps this week. Getting ready to go ebay shopping for my solar battery charger.
Keep prepping folks and have a good one!
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I ran in and picked up 3 bags of rice
case of corn
case of green beans
case of tomato soup
brown gravy mix (4)
turkey gravy mix(2)
2 boxes of pancake mix
bottle of pancake syrup
box of instant potatoes
2 cans of spam
can of beef stew
2 bags of noodles
box of trash bags
bottle of tylenol
bottle of ibuprophen
I think that was it for the day. I have to go back through everything because I have already lost track of what I have.
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Today I'm doing another Costco run. I want to check out canned meat...chicken, ham. I have never bought before so want to try and see if my family likes it, then stock up on those.
Order a few things off line this week. Another Aqua Tank (150 gallon), dried eggs, which the company says is on back order, and 2 - 25# bags of Rice.
Also bought the items to make a solar oven....now I'm just waiting for the sun to come back out and will be testing to see how well it works.
I'm having my son help me with this, get him involved with the preps.
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Hubby got his bimonthly check. I've been shopping nonstop. Too much to list.
I did learn one little trick :-) I usually use BJs warehouse, but a Sam's Club just moved in and isn't doing all that well. At the local Walmart, they sometimes give out passes where you can go to Sam's Club once and pay a 10 % surcharge.
I went to Sam's looking for Tone's dried mushrooms I'd heard about, but they didn't have them. I started looking around and they had some AMAZING prices on a few things to try and draw people away from BJs and to convince people they needed Walmart AND Sam's. For those items a 10% surcharge is worth it. I'll be looking for those passes from now on!
I bought BIG bags of Instant potatoes while there. A cup of soup can be made with little more than 1 cup boiling water and 1/4 cup each dry milk and instant potatoes. I add salt, pepper, dried chives, dried parsley, and parmesan cheese to mine. Yummy and low fuel.
I also bought BIG bags of Kr... complete pancake mix that has dried eggs in it, to bake with. When I have time, I need to do some more of my mayo and pancake mix baking experiments.
I drove out to the health food store. They sell some good bulk dried goods that are worth the trip. When stocking up, I'm finding it's DEFINATELY worth traveling for!
I'm definately switching back to a more grains based vegetarian diet. It's easier to store. I'm no longer keeping my freezer stocked with more than 2 weeks worth of food. When I first started stocking up, it was more of what we had already been eating. That is doing a MAJOR change. Now I'm eating what stores well :-)
And my stomach is doing better than it has in over 2 years :-) I'm up to 101 pounds :-) I'm taking advantage of this to try and build myself back up, so really doing a lot of reading on nutrition and making sure I'm getting enough complemented proteins and such, while I'm able to tolerate the fiber.
I've also stocked a lot of white flour and white rice and such, in case I go sour again and have to just focus on consuming as many calories as I can without being doubled over all day. Also hubby and son will eat mostly that stuff.
Asked hubby about shelves again. He said he heard me the second time :-)
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Also -- today did another run to Target. Got next size underwear for kid (assuming he gets potty trained). Plus more first aid supplies. Kiddo fell out of tree this week and got scraped up. It's amazing how much first aid stuff you can end up using on one incident.
Ordered a solar battery charger, rechargeable batteries and also a solar lantern. Plus some kid stories about dragons. Tomorrow morning am going to a yard sale put on by a local nursery school.
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Actually dustyboots, it was reposted by me under "store butter" in the priority preps room!! I just saw it there but there is some concern on whether this is a good idea to do or not so you might want to consider reading the entire thread before going ahead with this.
Be careful out there people!!! :>} fritz
You can also buy shelf-stable canned butter if having butter is extremely important to you. I don't know exactly where to find that info but I bet it's in priority preps as well. Happy hunting! :>}
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"I am only one; but still I am one, I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." -- Hellen Keller
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4 cans lysol disinfectant
6 containers lysol disinfectant wipes
2 bottles lysol disinfectant toilet cleaner
2 spray bottles lysol disinfectant all purpose cleaner
2 refill bottles lysol disinfectant all purpose cleaner
2 large boxes benadryl severe sinus allergy headache reliever
40 cans chef boyardee beef ravioli
3 cans condensed milk
10 boxes Quaker oatmeal breakfast cookies
6 boxes cornflakes cereal
$42 spent - have more things to get (water purification, practical needs and such).
~A
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Hi dustyboots, Welcome! there is alot of information here so help yourself. I think the info on canning butter is in the food thread in preps. Try there, if you still cant find it I'm sure someone here can help you with that. It is a little involved and I was just talking to someone about that very thing just earlier today.
Enjoy yourself. g'night :>}
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"I am only one; but still I am one, I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." -- Hellen Keller
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My first post, thanks for all the great info everyone.
I have seen several posts about CANNING BUTTER. Could someone please tell me how to do that? |
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This morning I stored more pasta and rice, cookies and instant cereal. This afternoon i organized our runaway bags and took some emergency stuff to the storage shed I rent.ed I'm only keeping the basic stuff in there that would get us by for a while during any emergency in the event we couldn't make it home. Later we went out and bought 16-15gal. plastic drumbs that can be used for gasoline or water storage. this evening we went to Sam's club. Bought some last minute preps that consisted mostly of comfort foods candy cookies chips and ect.
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I am focusing on water rice and canned goods for now and I am prepping for ten months (closer to the truth Iam buying as much as I can for as long as I can.) . 1 .20 cans tuna (I buy 20 every week )
2 .2 ten lb bags of rice ( I buy 2 every week)
3. 15 cans of canned apple pie filing (new item for me)
4. 5 cans of milk ( New item)
5 6, 5 gallon bottles water ( I am obsessed with water )
6 2 cases apple juice
7 twenty packs of batteries for son CD player
8. ten bags of sugar
9. 2 coofee whitners (so I dont get tempted to touch my son milk stash)
I have tons of peanut butter and too much pudding and not enough cans of fruit and canned milk .
I now will focas on coffee, can fruit and canned milk and seeds
I am thinking of getting a green house too.
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Hubby and I went to the store today and the only preps I bought were socks and undies for both of us to get us through the next year or two. I forgot how much that stuff costs. I just about fell over when the cashier gave me the total.
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Don't put off tomorrow what you can PREP today
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I know this is almost a week old, but I was busy this week and couldn't really post much. Last weekend we got a gun! Well, we don't actually have it yet, because of the waiting period, but we pick it up Tuesday. I also got collidal silver, Sambuccol, a bottle of skullcap, a solar shower thing you use for camping, and 4 bottles of water purification tablets. I also went to Costco and spent another $250 on various preps that don't need refrigeration. Today I got more cat litter and cat food. So I had a pretty productive week. I won't be able to say so much for next weeks "What have you done to prep today" s question, because the husband is ragging on me bigtime about money.
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I love V8 juice! It's healthy and tasty. They have a variety of flavors here, and they also have regular juice in addition to tomato.
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Finally got around to cleaning the 55 gallon drums I purchased.
Purchased more vitamins Re-organized go pack Purchased next size up sneakers for each of our three boys. Looking good for food. about 6 months worth. Rotating constantly. Eat what you stock and stock what you eat! That is it for today. Scott |
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I went and picked up a few things today. But will need to get more done tomorrow.
Today I got
Another pack of paper plates
2 chocolate pudding
2 jello
can of evaporated milk
6 boxes of matches
bbq sauce
2 pineapple juice in cans
2 huge boxes of spaghetti
4 cans spaghetti sauce
2 jars grape jam
2 jars peanut butter
1 bottle honey
1 can spam
bag of sugar
2 ranch party dip
bag of dog food
bottle of apple juice
Tomorrow I will go and get 6 months of rice and 2 cases of veggies.
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Today i noticed a product made by (Campbell's UK) i do not know if it is available in the USA the item is called "V8" its a vegetable concentrate 1 litre made with 8 vegetable juices ,seeing how veg will be hard to find this seems a good option it can be added to rice,stews ,broths etc,it has a shelf life of 1 year to .
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I bought my oldest son some underwear the next sizes up (the other two can inherit all the "older" ones). I had my dental check up this week (my teeth have always needed a lot of work), so I purchased a dental emergency kit. It contains among others temporary filling paste, crown glue, dental mirror, dental spatula, clove oil and sterile syringe and needle for anaestetic.
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What about using a plant pot w/ some styrafoam (like when you make artificail flower arrangements) and putting the steak in the pot. Looks nice -- like a lamp. You can alway put some stones in the bottom, if you think it's going to be 'top heavy'. -k
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hmmm.... should check my makeup!
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canned 10 more lbs of butter
bought:
4 lg cans stew
4 lg cans chicken and dumplings
4 cans chicken breast
4 cans refried beans
beef and chicken soup base (ethnic section)
8 cans condensed milk
Close out on Safflower oil - 4 lg bottles less than 1/2 price!
4 cans shrimp
4 cans pie fillings
5 boxes rice a roni
I estimate I'm about 70% ready on food for 1 year. Everything else is finished (OTC"s, cooking, light, water, electric etc).
I'm almost at the point that everything left will have to be last min. due to short shelf life (my definition less than 1 1/2 year.).
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I am making short daily menus to figure out if I can for sure live for three months off my preps. That way, I can find out where the holes are and prep accordingly.
Okay, so I got my meal plans done. I have enough food to last me for 56 days and then I'd be living on condiments. So I have another month's worth of stuff to buy, and definitely more canned veggies/fruits because I ran out of them quickly in my virtual scenario.
I ordered a can of Mountain House and a sanitation kit with a portable box toilet from an emergency preparedness company. I can cross an emergency toilet off my list now. ;)
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Today bought 6 jars of wheat germ, 6 boxes of cereal, 7,five gal gas cans. 3 tubes of dental cream. Just in case any temporary crowns come off. my dentist said he stuff the come in the dental kit is to thick to put the crown back in place properly. He said you can use just plain vaseline to hold it back in place. I also bought another 7 storage boxes and 7 large scrapebooks to organize my photos if we are confined for any a time.
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I'll put solar lights on next week's list for sure. This week's budget
was spent on a $$$ trip to the emergency vet clinic on Sunday and
follow up work at my regular vets'. The sick kitty is fine now but my
plan to finish my canned food shopping was trashed. With very little to
spend I bought small snack-size resealable plastic bags to store
staples like rice, potato flakes and pancake mix. Instead of shelving
cans I'll be scooping and sealing single serve portions. It's better to
accomplish a little something than nothing at all.
I buy water every time I go to the store now and was surprised to find only three 1-gallon jugs. The bottled water multipacks were all gone except for a few that were overpriced trendy brand names. Interesting. |
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I picked up two large boxes of Minute Rice for short term storage. Also picked up 2 #10 cans of potato flakes. 15 emergency candles, 2 shake flashlights and we purchased a used Coleman lantern at a flea market but it didn't work so we are returning it tomorrow.
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