Posted on 08/25/2012 4:56:33 PM PDT by Kartographer
Periodically, I like to perform what I call a “walk around” inventory. In the simplest of terms, what that means is that I walk around my home, garage and yard with an eye peeled to deficiencies that need to be corrected to insure my safety in the event of a natural disaster.
Here where I live, that primarily means an earthquake or winter storm but in fact, it could mean anything that disrupts a normal way of life.
In addition to my walkaround inventory, I go over my preparedness checklist so that I can re-familiarize myself with the things that need to be in place at all times – things that I may have allowed to go slack for one reason or another.
With hurricane season upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to uncork the preparedness test as a reminder that even though a it has been almost seven years since the last major hurricane in North America, we still need to be aware of the supplies and skills we need to have at hand to stay safe.
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As an aside, our son from thet first marriage makes the best biscuits you will ever wrap your motuh around! He has the kneading technique down to a science ... he’s very science oriented.
Wow, we scored about a 66% on that one.
In fairness, we don’t have a gas-fired house, so some of the questions came out N/A. But we were slacking in some places...
Thank you. - I’m 66 yrs. old; and seem to be getting weaker as we speak. Come to think of it, though, even in my twenties and thirties I couldn’t knead bread worth a flip. The loaves they have at the bakery depts. in the supermarkets that are supposed to be “homemade” have so many additives in them that it’s scary.
>A few smart people saved themselves a lot of grief by sitting on their front porches holding shotguns.
I have some friends who were there for that. Luckily their family has a class 3 weapons permit and a couple Mac-10s because they used to said to the Bahamas and Pirates of the Caribbean isn’t just a Disney ride. They stood watch with those and had no troubles.
Thank you. - I’m 66 yrs. old; and seem to be getting weaker as we speak. Come to think of it, though, even in my twenties and thirties I couldn’t knead bread worth a flip. The loaves they have at the bakery depts. in the supermarkets that are supposed to be “homemade” have so many additives in them that it’s scary.
“I’m 66 yrs. old; and seem to be getting weaker as we speak.”
You are a youngster - I am 78. I have to do things differently, use gadgets to perform tasks my hands are not strong enough to do anymore.
Pick up the loose stuff in the yard and (Maybe) put up the shutters...done/ready!
Good Stuff Kart! We had a snow storm a few years ago that shut the entire city down for a week. We did good but one thing I didn’t prepare for was that with no electricity we had to eat every thing in the freezer. Some still spoiled.
We live in a flood area. The neighbors never understand how I know when to start hauling stuff up from the river to higher ground. Funny, I never understand why they can’t look up at the sky for dark clouds. It took years for me to finally figure out if stuff wasn’t down there, stuff didn’t need to be brought up, duh.
I passed the test with about 75%. Failed simple things like the radio and shoes. Have the radio but I don’t think the solar battery recharger takes 9 volt batteries.
The more freezers are packed, the longer they stay cold. If you have a few hours before big storm hits, pack in containers with water so they’ll freeze in case the electricity goes off. Also, pull out a big roast or two and cook them up so at least those are ready to eat. If it’s a snow storm - there’s your ready made refrigeration. First day with no electricity is ice cream day! After that is meat because that’s more expensive than vegetables.
Navajo Fry Bread History - Indian Tacos History
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/NavajoFryBread.htm
I make scones and biscuits. My specialty is cheese biscuits with tabasco sauce and sharp cheddar ... Alabama Hot Cheese pones.
I have many recipes to make bread on the stove top and a number of those are American Indian recipes and old frontier recipes. I also have a heavy real torilla press (where did I put that?).
Because I have a Family Grain Mill and the hand bucket bread kneader, I decided to add a portable oven to bake bread and cakes/cookies/casseroles. I have long term storage Walton flour but no actual wheat. I’ll fix that and get long life wheat from Walton and that’s good for 30-35 years; flour doesn’t last nearly that long. That’s another back up to be sure I don’t run out of life saving food.
I’m a three ways to do something prepper and sometimes four ways. I’ve been doing this since 1998 and keep upgrading equipment as better products have become available.
Prepping is never finished.
I have many recipes to make bread on the stove top and a number of those are American Indian recipes and old frontier recipes. I also have a heavy real torilla press (where did I put that?).
Because I have a Family Grain Mill and the hand bucket bread kneader, I decided to add a portable oven to bake bread and cakes/cookies/casseroles. I have long term storage Walton flour but no actual wheat. I’ll fix that and get long life wheat from Walton and that’s good for 30-35 years; flour doesn’t last nearly that long. That’s another back up to be sure I don’t run out of life saving food.
I’m a three ways to do something prepper and sometimes four ways. I’ve been doing this since 1998 and keep upgrading equipment as better products have become available.
Prepping is never finished.
I have many recipes to make bread on the stove top and a number of those are American Indian recipes and old frontier recipes. I also have a heavy real torilla press (where did I put that?).
Because I have a Family Grain Mill and the hand bucket bread kneader, I decided to add a portable oven to bake bread and cakes/cookies/casseroles. I have long term storage Walton flour but no actual wheat. I’ll fix that and get long life wheat from Walton and that’s good for 30-35 years; flour doesn’t last nearly that long. That’s another back up to be sure I don’t run out of life saving food.
I’m a three ways to do something prepper and sometimes four ways. I’ve been doing this since 1998 and keep upgrading equipment as better products have become available.
Prepping is never finished.
Tortillas are a good idea. We don’t really eat a whole lot of bread. - Of course, I can probably mess up tortillas, too. - Ha. “Tortillas, Too”. That’s cute, sounds like a song. :o)
I’m going to build one of those next spring. It’ll make some awesome pizzas.
Of course, the drizzle we've had today has put the kibosh on making bricks for the day.
/johnny
I plan on making mine from builders clay and concrete. We lack the material for adobe brick where we live.
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