DIY Food prep

[redfish414]

Need advice food for 30 day prep doing it yourself rather than buying package . I assume you can do it cheaper yourself ?...I'm new to this

 

[Cornholio]

there is so much you can find on here with the search tool

 

[GeorgiaGun1]

I have a tote system I use.

Take one larger plastic tote and fill with canned food, rice, and pasta you would normally eat. Add sugar and salt. And bullion cubes, plus other spices you may like.
Corn
Green beans
Beans
Potatoes
Peas
...etc
Peanut butter
Tuna
Chicken
Beef
Stew, soups, spaghetti sauce, tomato paste
Rice, pasta
Drink mixes (lemonade, Kool aid)
Jar of Honey
I will add corn meal, flour, and pancake mix. And other items that will keep for months/years.

Everything that would be eaten normally by your family. With proper packing and selection a solid meal plan for 7-10 days can be fit in one tote for a family of four. Each tote is 10 days, so for 30 days build 3 of them. Every six months or so rotate it into your pantry and rebuy. Store each tote with a case of water and now you have a quick grab and go food supply and water supply that can be loaded in minutes.

Add or subtract for your tastes. With a little supplemental hunting or trapping I could stretch each one to 20 days in an emergency.

And the last one I refilled was about $65 at Food Depot. Although I kept some of the cans that were still far from expired dates. For a few hundred bucks you could easily have a great supply for weeks or months if needed.

 

[Huddy]

^^^^ this is a good starting point and a great plan for "normal" foods. If you are wanting to go all in and find a month's supply of extremely long term storage products, ie. freeze dried, I don't think you can piece it together separately for less than buying it as a large package. Emergency Essentials (online store) does specials on large orders...and I've heard that TruPrep in Marietta will work with you if you are buying large quantities.

 

[Don231s]

These, and there are others, too.

http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/th...upplies-on-the-cheap-for-the-beginner.722062/

http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/prepping.1216353/

 

[Sneakypete]

Go out your front door walk to the street, logged on to google maps or Waze and find lake Lanier , if I remember right your sorta close buddy

 

[Bushwick100]

Need advice food for 30 day prep doing it yourself rather than buying package . I assume you can do it cheaper yourself ?...I'm new to this

Go, to the Survival Section, to look for more information or contact @SurvivorJohnnie on this site, I know he can help you.

 

[gh1950]

I use the survival foods mankind has used for thousands of years -- beans, dried whole grains, pickled goods. The main concession I make to modern times is to try to put everything in a glass jar, which I hear to 225 in an oven. NOTE-- I'm not trying to can stuff in the oven, I am sterilizing dried stuff in the oven for long long term storage.

I have some air dried sausage that is over 5 years old and it is still edible, tastes like crap, but edible.

I hook up with some local restaurants to get their old pickle jars.

 

[StringBeans03]

[QUOTE="gh1950, post: 6244961, NOTE-- I'm not trying to can stuff in the oven, I am sterilizing dried stuff in the oven for long long term storage.[/QUOTE]

What's the details on sterilizing dried food? What does it accomplish for long term storage? Thanks !

 

[JamesG]

You don't need to sterilize dried food as long as the packaging is good (air tight and you have moisture obsorbers). No spoilers (bacteria, mold, bugs) can survive in less than 10% moisture conditions. They will go dormant/spore at best. Often the drying process kills them, "sterilizing" the product.