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Sunday 04 January 2009
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Armchair Survivalist links from Jan. 3 show
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Shipping at a stand still World Wide -=LINK=-
Factories slash output & jobs = -=LINK=-
73K stores to close = -=LINK=-
More job losses = -=LINK=-
And more job losses to come = -=LINK=-
Even Lord Obama promises job losses! = -=LINK=-
Problem banks list = -=LINK=-
Governors want to "their share" from Uncle Sugar = -=LINK=-
Ammo Accountability Act = -=LINK=-
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Tuesday 30 December 2008
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Show Links from Dec. 27, 2008
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Sorry I'm taking so long to get ANYTHING done. GCN lost their archive servers so I don't even have a copy of last show yet, but here's the links I talked about on the Dec. 27 show.
Enjoy!
Emergency and Survival Medicine
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Old informational books
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The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
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Self-sustainability gardening and off-the-grid tools
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Free Ebooks
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Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).
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Project Gutenberg Australia
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CD3WD - Helping the 3rd World to help itself
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Country Comm: Government Products Group
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Survival Cooking & Menus
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All Kinds of Batteries
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Co-op Garden Supplies
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Lehman's Old Time Products
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The world's largest radio communications reference website
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Discount Coupons for nearly everything!
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Propaganda movie by the United States Government, explaining why inflation is the magic key to get us out of the Great Depression
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Booby Trap Pepper Bombs
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Tuesday 30 December 2008 - 20:26:46
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Wednesday 24 December 2008
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HO HO HUH?
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Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 10:41:50
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Tuesday 23 December 2008
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SURVIVAL ENTERPRISES CLOSED
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No, it's not a vacation.
We're in the process of moving to a larger, more secure location (1/2 mile away) and can't get our work done with all you Survivalists bothering us with all your food orders, so I'm shutting the E-Commerce sites down (se1.us and dehydrated-food.net).
If you wonder in to the store, we'll gladly sell you stuff, but nothing over the net.
We'll be up and running again Jan. 2, 2009
Listen for updates on the Armchair Survivalist radio show.
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Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 11:06:25
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Friday 07 November 2008
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(REPOST) Food For Thought And Your Survival
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I’m talking to the intelligent ones amongst you: you know who you are. You’re the ones who, when you do your weekly shopping, you pick up a few extra cans (or cases) of stuff that you and your family regularly eat. Chili, beans, tuna, Mac & Cheese, Cheese Whiz, etc.
Then there are those of you who have the famous “but Safeway is only down the street so I can rush down there before there’s a disaster” mentality.
Good luck and God help you, ‘cause no one else will.
There are four levels of “survival food” preparation and use:
Level 1: Shop using your local food ads for the food you normally eat.
It’s simply a point of logic (and economics) to “stock up” on foodstuffs that you eat anyway. Here in North Idaho, every Wednesday and Sunday the food ads come out. Just by watching these ads, I buy bread at $ .10 to $ .25 a loaf, milk at $1.65 a gallon, beef from $ .99 per pound, canned chili around $ .15 a can, various canned fruit from $ .25 to $ .50 a can, and on and on. Being the cheap guy I am, I simply buy a case of whatever’s on sale when ever I see a good deal.
My wife has this weird idea that 100 jars of peanut butter is “too much”. Go figure.
So that’s the easy part of “survival food”. Just follow your local food ads and do a bit of stocking up. You can easily allocate 5% of your income to these “extra” purchases. Use common sense when stocking up and don’t waste your money on things like soft drinks and potato ships. Canned and solidly packaged items that can be shelf-stable for at least a few years should be your target.
WARNING! NEVER BUY DENTED CANS!
The interior of cans is coated with a food-grade shellac, which prevents biological activity and growth. If that coating is damaged (as in a dented can) the food in the can will immediately start to react with the tin and start the formation of bacteria. Depending on the type of canned food, this could lead to YOUR DEATH!
Example: as we all know, the staple diet of a teenaged boy is Mac & Cheese. Super One Food has them on sale (periodically) at 5 for a dollar. Where else can you feed someone for under a quarter? We bought two cases (48 boxes) and to protect them from nibbly critters, we took each box and put it into a zip-lock baggie, then put all the baggied-boxes into large plastic storage tubs with lids.
Tuna? Three cans for $1.00 here on sale. Perfect source of protein so get at least 24 cans per person in your household, and use that as a “rule of thumb” for your survival storage purchases.
Level 2: Buy food stuffs that can be used to “stretch” you normal stored foods.
Ok. So now you’ve got hundreds of cans of chili, beans, rice, Mac & Cheese, tuna, etc, and you figure that you might have a one year supply of food for the family (if all you eat is this canned and packaged stock). So now we plan on how to stretch this supply.
Dehydrated foods are those foods that have had about 99% of moisture removed from them. Standard packing procedure is to then place an amount of food (green beans, peas, corn, soup mix, etc) in a #10 can (about a 1 gallon size), add an oxygen absorber pack, flush with nitrogen (to remove any last traces of oxygen) then vacuum seal in the can. Now you have a can of something-or-other that will have a shelf life (depending on your storage temperature) of up to 20 years. Dehydrated food generally weigh 50% to 75% less then the original version of that food.
An example would be dehydrated BEEF TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein - another name for tasteless soy bean meal. Various flavorings are added to make it more palatable like beef, chicken, ham, taco and bacon flavor). You would rehydrate 1 cup of beef tvp and fry that up like normal hamburger. Cook up 1 cup of rice (which makes 2 cups of cooked rice.) Toss together with any of the seasonings you’ve stocked up on (which is as important as food - seasonings can make the most vile food taste like sirloin steak!), and you have enough for 4 to 5 meals. By adding dehydrated food to your stocked “normal” food stuff, you now have two to four times the amount of food available.
The pros about using and storing dehydrated foods are:
1) Longer storage capability than “normal” canned food stuffs (10 to 20 years as opposed to 1 or 2 years).
2) Dehydrated foods weigh 50% to 75% less then their original weight.
3) As dehydrated foods are used as “ingredients” (not complete meals) you can be more creative in preparation. Example: (and obviously after it’s been properly rehydrated) Beef TVP can be made into a paddy like regular hamburger, fried with seasonings and used in a burrito, cooked in spaghetti sauce - use it anywhere you’d normally use hamburger. The same with the other flavor TVP’s. In fact, we use the Bacon TVP on salads, potatoes and eggs. You probably do to, except you might know it as “Bacon Bits”!
The cons about using dehydrated foods:
1) You must have a source of clean water to rehydrate the food.
2) All you’re gaining is longer term storage capability - it still takes time to cook.
3) Depending on where you buy, they could be more expensive then their fresh counterparts.
4) As the concept here is “storage”, you’ll need lots of space to stack these cans
Canned dehydrated food is in use daily by most restaurants for soups, sauces and seasoning. Dehydrated foods are hundreds of times more “shelf stable” then their fresh counterparts, and still have up to 95% of the same nutrition still intact.
NOTE: Though dehydrated food will last years in it’s original, sealed can, once it’s opened, you’ll need to use it up within a few months (if it’s left in it’s covered can on a shelf) or you could refrigerate the can and it’ll be safe for many months.
Level 3: Buy long term storage, easily prepared, food stocks (complete meal style)
For long term storage (I mean 20 to 50 years), the only company to use will be Mountain House. The company is owned and operated by the original creators of the long term, freeze dried food concept. Other companies (such as AlpineAire) offer fine tasting, light weight freeze dried meals, but only Mountain House products have any long term storage capability (depending on your storage temprature, up to 50 years).
Freeze dried foods have 100% of their moisture removed. Then they’re packed either in a can (usually the standard #10 size) or in light weight, easily carried foil pack (after having the oxygen flushed out with nitrogen and adding an oxygen absorber).
Mountain House #10 canned foods have a 30 to 50 year shelf life. Their foil packs have about a 10 year shelf life. All other freeze dried companies have around 1 to 2 year shelf life on their foil packs and cans.
Most freeze dried foods are what’s called “complete entree” style. Examples are Chicken & Rice, Beef Stew, Mexican Style Chicken, etc. All you do is put your desired helping in a pot, add the appropriate amount of hot water (that’s how, stir and cover for about 15 minutes, then eat. Everything is included in these products: meat, sauce, rice, seasonings, etc. These style of meals are quick and simple to make.
The pros about using and storing freeze dried foods:
1) Extremely light in weight.
2) Extraordinary long term shelf life (depending on storage temperature)
3) Less than ½ hour to finished meal.
The cons about using freeze dried foods:
1) Cost. They are very expensive, but you have to consider that you’re not buying a “meal” - you’re buying food security that can last you and your family for up to 50 years.
2) You must have a source of clean water to rehydrate the food.
4) As the concept here is “storage”, you’ll need lots of space to stack these cans
Level 4: Grab and run
So now, the “wolf’s at the door” and danger is eminent. You want to grab something and just get outta Dodge. For quick and easy, you can always rely on MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat). You can find either the original, higher calorie content, USGI versions around or the waaay overpriced civilian versions (check Ebay). MRE’s are compact, quick and tasty. Unfortunately, they have a storage life of around 5 years (less if stored above 65 degrees), are very expensive ($5.00 to $7.00 per meal pack) and are hard to find in bulk.
The optimum source of emergency food are what’s called “Survival Food Tablets”. Back in the 1960's the Federal Government was searching for a food source that could be used in emergency and/or survival situations. The objective was to find a product that would provide the best possible nutrition in the smallest possible volume. Rescue vehicles, survival pods, downed planes, etc.
The resulting research was extremely involved and intense, and the product that evolved was used in the Early Space Program. Eventually, a tablet was perfected and used widely as an emergency food. It came to be known as the Survival Tab. These tabs are about the size of a marble, are chewable and taste like malt or chocolate.
The Survival Tabs will keep you alive and moving for months at a time, on the amount you can carry in your backpack.
Survival Food Tabs come in a plastic, food grade bottle that holds 180 chewable tabs. The bottle will fit perfectly into a GI canteen holder and can double as a canteen. This is enough food to keep me (6'2", 250 lbs) alive for over a week.
So now you get a general idea of the where’s and whyfores of food storage. Just remember to "cycle" any food stores you have. Use the oldest stuff first and replace with fresh, newer stuff. In an emergency, life-or-death situation, you don't want to open a can of anything that's gone long past it's experiation date.
KW
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Thursday 04 September 2008 - 10:09:07
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