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Suggestions for Prepper Supplies
5/27/2023 | Me

Posted on 05/27/2023 8:27:10 AM PDT by ducttape45

Good morning fellow Freepers.

I wanted to take this opportunity to pick your brains.

I am looking for suggestions on where to shop for prepper supplies. Most websites want to sell you a huge bucket of stuff, most of which I'd probably never use. What I am looking for instead is a website (besides Amazon of course) where I could go to in order to purchase what I want to acquire. For instance, I can't find any place that will sell individual packets of dried milk, or crackers, stuff like that.

The reason I am asking for help is because I am stocking up while trying not to go overboard. I know what I want, I just can't find a place to go to shop for stuff that I want.

Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thank you.


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To: 21twelve

“”She said she was SO jealous of her two older brothers that got TWO balls of rice for breakfast. “But they had to work the neighbors’ fields to earn money - my mom and baby and I just had to beg.”””

Something preppers overlook is that you can’t split the food equally, the young men will die with their hot burning metabolisms.

In the Korean War, we learned that the older men survived being prisoners more often than the younger men, it was because the older men’s bodies with their slower metabolisms could survive on the reduced calories while the younger ones burnt through the calories too quickly.

Grandpa and the 17-year-old, don’t get the exact same rationed calories if you have to ration it.


81 posted on 05/27/2023 5:26:30 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ducttape45; M Kehoe

Go to Augason Farms website. Everything you could possibly need. Includes recipes, tips, articles too. And most of their products taste good to boot. I love Augason Farms. One stop shopping for whatever you may need.


82 posted on 05/27/2023 5:42:40 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Trump knows where all the bodies lie - just sayin.....)
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To: 21twelve

I get it. Apoligies if the jest was in bad, err, taste. You know, two balls of rice, two girls, one eats two, the other...

I’ve heard post-WWII near-starvation stories from family. Sucks to be there.


83 posted on 05/27/2023 5:53:55 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: ducttape45

to keep track of everything you have and need set up an excel spread sheet


84 posted on 05/27/2023 6:10:44 PM PDT by conservativesister (.)
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To: conservativesister

Good advice, and yes, that is something I am doing. Thank you for the tip!


85 posted on 05/27/2023 6:18:21 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: flaglady47

I have their website bookmarked, and yes, I will be checking them out. Thanks for the tip!


86 posted on 05/27/2023 6:19:23 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: Moltke

No apologies needed.

It is amazing to me that I know somebody that has actually gone through what could happen to us.

Even down to getting a call from the police station that they would “like to talk to you.”


87 posted on 05/27/2023 6:51:06 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: ducttape45

I am nowhere near professional-level on this, but Costco or BJ’s, or even Sam’s club can be very economical, and they offer a lot of stuff like dried milk in bulk. If you can find one in driving distance, it is worth a monthly or bi-monthly jaunt, IMO.

I have stuff I like to eat, like canned chicken, canned tuna, canned salmon, as well as whey protein and other fairly shelf-stable stuff I buy in massive bulk, and eat and keep replacing, keeping a good up to date stash. Costco canned chicken is so good you can microwave it, and have it every night plain if you like, and it is delicious.

They also offer buckets of prepper stuff, so in the back of their minds seems to be some desire to appeal to people who stock up for emergencies.


88 posted on 05/27/2023 9:06:14 PM PDT by AnonymousConservative (DO NOT send me sensitive information - http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/surveillance)
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To: Leaning Right

“As a side note, I read that civilians who were caught up in the Kosovo War valued Dinty Moore beef stew above all else.”

Wow, didn’t know things got so bad over there.


89 posted on 05/28/2023 11:36:09 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Leaning Right

“I don’t understand the value in freeze-dried food for emergencies, unless you had plenty of heat and water available, and limited storage space. Wouldn’t it make more sense to stock up on quality canned food? If the can is not breached, that stuff can last for decades. Just open the lid and it’s ready to eat.”

On a serious note, I completely agree. I think a lot of people are not thinking things through. If you do plan on leaving your home and bugging out to wherever (either by foot or in a vehicle), then freeze-dried has some merit (definitely for being on foot, depends on specifics for a vehicle). If staying put, then there’s no comparison, as the food quality of canned is FAR BETTER than freeze-dried (except maybe top-end, but then that costs at least 10x what canned costs). And I agree and have tasted canned after 10 years, just like new and likely good for at least another 20 years.

Bottom line - stock up on canned - then, 10 years or so later, dump it (or donate it, if anyone will take it), and simply replace it. Still costs next to nothing (relative to what you get for it).


90 posted on 05/28/2023 11:41:22 AM PDT by BobL
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