[Kartographer]

Good article.

You may also like to download my Preparedness Manual at

http://www.mediafire.com/?gjdyyzmmf1x

[Hugin]

I know I sound like a broken record on these posts, but I don’t think you can overstress the rule, “Store what you eat and eat what you store.”

Unless you eat MRE’s on a regular basis and restock (which is pretty expensive not to mention boring) maybe keep a few but don’t stockpile that stuff. Buy large amounts of stuff you actually eat day to day in the form of canned foods, dry rice, beans, pasta, dried fruit, nuts etc. Buy a few cases of each when they are on sale. When you finish a case, open the oldest, and buy another to replace it.

I love to make jerky too. Basically any kind of meat will work. Clean out all the almost empty bottles of condiments in the fridge and experiment with different flavors. Mainly you just want to soak it in some kind of salty marinade to prevent bacteria from growing while you dry it. It’s great survival food, either plain or added to canned food, dried beans, etc. Again eat it day to day and make more as you use it up.

[Tatze]

Ping for later.

[politicianslie]

for later reading

[Neil E. Wright]

You can also go HERE and get a lot of information on emergency preparedness, and download preparedness and survival manuals (Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and DHS) in .pdf format. Some of the titles that are there include:
When there's no doctor - 2009 8mb pdf file
Emergency War Surgery Handbook - U.S. Army handbook - 2009 - from The United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (35 chapters which can be downloaded separately, plus 3 appendices)
USMC MWTC Wilderness Medicine Course 2002 375 page pdf PLUS US Army, US Air Force and US Marine Corps Field and Training manuals on survival

and misc. survival/training manuals like:
Building a Generator from a Lawn Edger Motor 13 pages pdf 1.1mb
CDC - Sheltering in Place 3 pages pdf 166kb
DHS - Radio Information pdf 2.2mb
Expert chooses the best Survival Guns and Why 22 pages pdf 146kb
Survival - Drying Food pdf 53kb
and MUCH, MUCH more!

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[PA Engineer]

Here is another good web site (Internet Grocer) for purchasing canned butter, cheese, and meats. I prefer the canned butter (milk fat content intact) to domestic butter (milk fat removed for ice cream). Another good location is MRE Depot.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

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American Vodka
Corn Liquor
Applejack
Pure Spring Water
Grade “A” Milk
Corned Beef & Potatoes
Steak & Fried Potatoes
Butter & some days Bread
Smoked Bear Meat
Jerked Quisling (by the neck)
!!!!Any BOOK Accepted as Cash!!!!
DAY NURSERY
!!FREE KITTENS!!
Blacksmithing, Machine Shop, Sheet Metal Work —
You Supply the Metal
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Lessons by Arrangement
Social Evening Every Wednesday
WARNING!!!
Ring Bell.
Wait.
Advance with your Hands Up.
Stay on path, avoid mines.
We lost three customers last week.
We can’t afford to lose you.
No sales tax.
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[CholeraJoe]

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[surfer]

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