[editor-surveyor]

>> “It can be made from scratch...” <<

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But only if you happen to have ‘scratch.’

Everything could be equally hard to come by in any sort of disruption; doesn’t have to be TEOTW.

[JRandomFreeper]

Wood ashes and fat. And the skillset.

I can burn wood, in fact have stored wood ashes anyway for other uses. We have way too many feral hogs around here. Fats I can get.

/johnny