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Freezer Bag Meals

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 07-04-2013

Category : Equipment, Food

Tags: camping food, cooking, emergency food, emergency food supply, food storage, food supply

Freezer Bag Meals

Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1

Supplies Needed …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1

Basic Cooking ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2

Beef Dishes ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4

Chicken Dishes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5

Meatless Dishes ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8

Seafood Dishes …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12

Introduction

Spend any amount of time in the outdoors and you have probably found that mealtime is full of trade-offs. Do you choose foods that fuel your body or foods that satisfy your taste buds? Do you spend the extra time to prepare a real meal or grab a protein bar on the go? Freezer Bag Cooking minimizes these trade-offs by changing the concepts of traditional outdoor food. It offers simplicity, convenience and variety. The cooking gear needed is minimal, lightweight and can be bought, found or even made. Meals are prepared at home and put into zip top freezer bags. When ready to eat, the meal is prepared in and eaten out of the freezer bag. Mealtime becomes fast, effortless and cleanup is as easy as licking your utensil and sealing the zip top bag. Also, with meals portioned into individual freezer bags, making meals for multi-day trips, families or a group is painless.
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One Year Emergency Food Supply For a Single Adult

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 06-12-2012

Category : Food, General Info

Tags: emergency food, food, long term food storage, survival food

The following retail Cost of a “One-Year Emergency Food Supply” is based on prices as of Dec 4, 2011.
At the beginning of 2008 the retail Cost of the “One-Year Emergency Food Supply” was equal to $1,385 on
January 9, 2010.
The total cost of the following one-year emergency food supply increased in price by 15.3% or $212 in twelve-months from January 9, 2010 ($1,385) to January 3, 2011 ($1,597).
The total cost of the following one-year emergency food supply increased in price by 6.1% or $97 in twelve- months from January 3, 2009 ($1,597) to January 4, 2010 ($1,694).

Quantity	Calories	Cost	Item (Number In Parenthesis = Total Calories per One Bag, Jar, or Can)
70 Pounds	105,000	$ 42	Long Grain White Rice in 10 or 20 pound Bags (15,000 Calories per 10 lbs.)
70 Pounds	105,000	$ 24	Whole Wheat Berries or Flour (Not self-rising) (7,500 Calories per 5 lbs.)
30 Pounds	48,240	$ 14	5 lb. Bag Corn Meal (8,040 Calories per 5 lb. Bag)
36 Boxes	60,480	$ 36	16 oz. Box Spaghetti Noodles (Angel Hair or Thin) (1,680 Calories)
36 Boxes	9,360	$ 18	7 oz. Box Macaroni and Cheese (260)
4 Boxes	18,000	$ 13	42 oz. Box Quaker Quick 1 Minute Oats (4500)
4 Boxes	31,720	$ 10	5 lb. Box Quaker Quick Grits (7930)
4 Boxes	12,800	$ 9	32 oz. Box Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Complete Pancake/Waffle Mix (3200)
48 Cans	10,800	$ 72	6 oz. Can Bumble Bee Brand Tuna in Oil (Water pack has fewer calories) (225)
24 Cans	8,640	$ 49	12.5 oz. Can Chicken (360)
12 Cans	9,600	$ 32	16 oz. Can Dak Brand Canned Ham (No refrigeration required) (800)
24 Cans	24,480	$ 56	12 oz. Can Spam (1020)
24 Cans	9,000	$ 11	5 oz. Can Vienna Sausage (375)
24 Cans	9,000	$ 72	12 oz. Can Roast Beef (375)
48 Cans	10,080	$44	15.5 oz. Can Sloppy Joe Mix (210)
48 Cans	30,240	$ 109	24 oz. Can Armour Brand Beef Stew (with Potatoes & Carrots) (630)
48 Cans	33,600	$ 69	15 oz. Can Chili with Beans (700)
96 Cans	35,520	$ 65	15 oz. Can Beans (Assorted Different Varieties) (370)
180 Cans	25,200	$ 140	15 oz. Can Mixed Vegetables (Note: Green Beans have few calories) (140)
12 Boxes	41,280	$ 30	32 oz. Box Instant Potatoes (Add water only preferred) (3440)
48 Cans	15,120	$ 60	15 oz. Can Fruit Cocktail (315)
24 Cans	3,000	$ 13	6 oz. Can Tomato Paste (125)
36 Cans	15,120	$ 35	26.5 oz. Can Hunt’s or Delmonte Spaghetti Sauce (420)
12 Cans	480	$ 9	4 oz. Can Sliced Mushrooms (not pieces) (40)
12 Cans	3,600	$ 14	10.75 oz. Can Cream of Chicken Soup (To eat if you get sick) (300)
12 Boxes	76,800	$ 197	64 oz. Box Powdered Instant Non-fat Dry Milk (6,400)
24 Cans	11,520	$ 23	12 oz. Can Evaporated Milk (480)
3 Boxes	7,680	$ 15	32 oz. Box Velvetta Brand Cheese (short shelf life) (2,560)
4 Jars	32,160	$ 38	34 oz. Jar Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (8,040)
4 Cans	49,720	$ 17	3 lb. Can Crisco Shortening (12,430)
12 Boxes	38,400	$ 23	1 lb. Box Butter (Shelf Life is short unless Frozen) (No Margarine) (3,200)

12 Cans	10,800	$ 36	8 oz. Container Hershey’s Cocoa Powder (900)
8 Cans	9,600	$ 13	16 oz. Can Hershey’s Cocoa Syrup (1200)
6 Boxes	10,080	$ 6	16 oz. Box Corn Starch (1,680)
25 Pounds	42,500	$ 15	5 lb. Bag White Granulated Sugar (8,500)
12 Pounds	10,200	$ 11	1 lb. Box Light Brown or Dark Brown Sugar (1,700)
12 Pounds	10,800	$ 11	1 lb. Box Confectioners Sugar (1,800)
12 Boxes	26,400	$ 17	20 oz. Box Brownie Mix (or Cake Mix) (2,200)
6 Jars	11,520	$ 9	18 oz. Jar Light Corn Syrup (1,920)
6 Bottles	21,600	$ 15	36 oz. Bottle Log Cabin Syrup (3,600)
6 Jars	10,240	$ 42	24 oz. Jar “Sue Bee Brand” Clover Honey (1,920)
12 Jars	36,480	$ 24	18 oz. Jar Peanut Butter (3,040)
12 Jars	15,600	$ 13	16 oz. Jar Jelly or Preserves (1,300)
24 Pkgs.	0	$ 12	5/16 oz. Package Hodgson Mill Brand Yeast (Store in Ziplock in Freezer)
12 Cans	0	$ 14	10 oz. Can Baking Powder (Store in Ziplock Bag in Refrigerator or Freezer)
12 Boxes	0	$ 6	16 oz. Box Baking Soda
6 Bottles	0	$ 27	2 oz. Bottle Vanilla Extract
48 Each	0	$ 12	Beef Bouillon Cubes
48 Each	0	$ 12	Chicken Bouillon Cubes
24 Pounds	0	$ 7	4 lb. Box Salt (Morton Brand Canning and Pickling Salt) (Pure Salt)
12 Jars	0	$ 12	2.6 oz. Ground Black Pepper (or Whole Peppercorns) (Walmart)
12 Jars	0	$ 6	3.12 oz. Onion Powder (Walmart)
2 Jars	0	$ 1	0.9 oz. Oregano (Walmart)
2 Jars	0	$ 1	2.5 oz. Garlic Powder (Walmart)
2 Jars	0	$ 1	2.37 oz. Cinnamon (Walmart)
1 Jar	0	$ 1	0.4 oz. Parsley Flakes (Walmart)
1 Jar	0	$ 4	1.75 oz. Cayenne Red Pepper
2 Jars	0	$ 9	2.62 oz. Cream of Tartar
2 Bottles	0	$ 4	15 oz. Bottle Lemon Juice (Short shelf life)
1 Jug	0	$ 3	1 Gallon Jug Apple Cider Vinegar
——	——	——	——
Totals =	1,108,740	$1,694	One-Year Emergency Food Supply for One Adult

Comfort Foods: The above list contains 60 different food items. However, you should also purchase some Kool-Aid, Tang, Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks, Beer, Wine, Miniature Tootsie Rolls, Caramels, Assorted Hard Candies, or whatever else appeals to you. These are referred to as “comfort foods” and they can definitely help make the hard times more bearable.

The Design, Construction, and Use of an Indirect, Through-Pass, Solar Food Dryer

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 01-12-2012

Category : Equipment, Food, General Info

Tags: dehydrated food, emergency food, long term food storage, survival food supply

Drying is our oldest method of food preservation. For several thousand years people have been preserving dates, figs, apricots, grapes, herbs, potatoes, corn, milk, meat, and fish by drying. Until canning was developed at the end of the 18th century, drying was virtually the only method of food preservation. It is still the most widely used method. Drying is an excellent way to preserve food and solar food dryers are an appropriate food preservation technology for a sustainable world.

20 Beef Jerky Recipes

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 27-11-2012

Category : Equipment, Food

Tags: dehydrated food, emergency food, food, long term food storage, long term food supply, survival food

PLEASE NOTE: The following is a February 1997 Statement from the USDA’s

Meat and Poultry Hotline (1-800-535-4555) regarding the safe making of

jerky. Many of the following recipes do not follow these USDA guidelines

exactly, but I wanted to include this statement from them so you would be

aware of it. I’ve made jerky in a food dehydrator many times without

cooking it first and have never had a problem, and have also used a lower

oven temperature than they recommend, but if you’d like to be SURE that

you’re safe from microorganisms or bacteria, you may want to adust any of

these recipes as needed to fit their guidelines, which they say will prevent

any bacteria or microorganisms from forming or lingering. Here is their

statement:

Fema Drill – The Greath Southeast ShakeOut

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 12-10-2012

Category : General Info

Tags: emergency food, emergency food storage, emergency food supply, emergency shelter, hurricane checklist, Personal Evacuation Kit:, prepare, prepper, prepping, supplies, survival

October 18th FEMA will be conducting The Great Southeast Shakeout. This is an earthquake preparedness drill.

During National Preparedness Month, many people are looking for ways to get involved in preparedness. In addition to creating your family emergency plan and getting a kit, I encourage your family, office, and community to participate in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, coming up on October 20 at 10:20 a.m. Pacific Time.

FEMA is hosting a webinar on the ShakeOut tomorrow at 2pm EST that will help participants understand what the ShakeOut is and how to participate. A recording of the webinar will be available in the webinar library.

The ShakeOut provides a tangible way to participate in preparedness by focusing on the potentially life-saving actions of “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” during and immediately after an earthquake. The recent earthquake on the East Coast shows that earthquakes can happen practically anytime, anywhere, so I encourage you to participate even if you don’t live in California.

To join, go to www.ShakeOut.org/register and pledge your family, school, business, or organization’s participation in the drill. It’s free to sign up, and registered participants will receive information on how to plan their drill and how to talk with others about earthquake preparedness.

I hope you will join us in making the 2011 ShakeOut drill the largest preparedness event in U.S. history and join the 7.6 million people that have already signed up to participate.

While the Great California ShakeOut is coming up in less than a month, planning for other ShakeOut events is already underway. You may remember the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut from earlier this year, where over 3 million people across 11 states practiced earthquake safety. Here’s a look at the upcoming ShakeOut events:

October 20, 2011: California, Oregon, Nevada, Guam

February 7, 2012: Central United States – Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas

April 17, 2012: Utah

If your state does not have its own ShakeOut, you can plan to drill on one of the dates above – anyone can participate!

For more information on ShakeOut earthquake drills, visit www.shakeout.org and learn about getting prepared for earthquakes at Ready.gov/earthquakes.

http://blog.fema.gov/search?q=shakeout+drill

Make your own MRE’s

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 27-09-2012

Category : Equipment, Food, General Info

Tags: b.o.b., camping food, dehydrated food, emergency food, food, food preparedness, supplies, survival food

Make your own MRE’s

One of the most important preparations for your bug out bag is your food. Deciding what and how much to carry can be a daunting task, since there are many factors to consider: Nutrition, Weight, Cooked or Non-Cooked, Pre-Packaged or homemade.
Depending on your geographical location, the need to carry water to reconstitute your freeze-dried super meals can add a considerable amount of weight to your bug out gear. This article is just to give you an idea of what works in my location. I live in western Washington, surrounded by forests, rivers and streams and you will likely run across water somewhere along your hike or bugout. Except in the summer, rain falls quite frequently so gathering water is mainly a matter of purifying it and containing it.

Meals Ready to Eat FAQ

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 09-09-2012

Category : Food, General Info

Tags: emergency food, emergency food storage, food storage, food supply, long term food storage, prepping, supplies, survival food, survival food supply

MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) were born on Earth, but grew up on Apollo flights to the moon, in Skylab floating workshops and on every
U.S. Space Shuttle flight from Enterprise to Atlantis. In the
1970s retort pouches (the popular name for thermostabilized, laminated food pouches named after the retort cooker ) were put to their
first real test by the U.S. Space Program. The Program was looking for delicious, easy to prepare, “normal” food that wouldn’t
increase human stress the way that freeze dried food and “toothpaste tube food” did. More than any other technology, retort pouches
have satisfied the Program’s needs. And so, over 20 years ago,
retort pouches found a home at NASA, where all their unusual characteristics were much appreciated and they have been successfully feeding
astronauts in flight and on the moon ever since.
THE HISTORY OF THE MRE
In the 1980s the U.S. military research labs, which had hatched the pouch technology in the first place, took the lead in its
use and development. They enabled the U.S. Military to upgrade its entire field ration program to retort pouches, from the earlier, less workable technologies of canning and freeze drying. Over the past 10 years these high tech research labs have continually upgraded the taste and nutritional profile of the meals. Over
the past 10 years our military has depended on MREs for its field ration requirements. Tens of millions of MRE “full meals”
have been produced and eaten. They have gone to Grenada, to the war on drugs, to fight forest fires in Alaska, and to feed the troops in “Desert Shield” and Desert Storm.

My Food Storage 360 Meals – $670 ($1.50 per meal)

Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 18-08-2012

Category : Food

Tags: camping food, dehydrated food, emergency food, emergency food storage, emergency food supply, food, food preparedness, food storage, food supply, freeze dried food, freezed dried meats, long term food storage, long term food supply, long term survival food, survival food, survival food supply

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Oatmeal (40 servings)
Beef Teriyaki and Rice (12 servings)
Cheesy Lasagna (12 servings)
Cheesy Macaroni (12 servings)
Chicken Ala King (12 servings)
Chicken Teriyaki and Rice (12 servings)
Creamy Chicken Pasta (12 servings)
Creamy Potato Soup (12 servings)
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup (12 servings),
Southwest Bean and Rice (12 servings),
Stroganoff (12 servings)

My Food Storage provides quality long term food. My Food Storage specializes in the best quality, best prices online, and value giving you the peace of mind in an emergency situation. These food storage selection is approximately $1.50 per meal, and has a 25 Year Shelf Life. Adding hot water to these freeze dried gourmet meals will make them ready in minutes. It’s time to make the choice today to protect your most valuable asset, your family. After looking through the nutritional information for the food, they range from about 180 calories. to 300 calories per meal. Protein seems to average around 10 g. per meal, carbohydrates vary quite a bit. These are freeze dried meals and technically require hot water, but just canteen water will work in a pinch.

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Boils water in 5 minutes
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Can be lit and re-lit

Safe – Non-explosive, non-hazardous, and clean-burning fuel means you can take it, store it, and cook on it wherever you need it. Because it is so much safer, there is no legal limit as to the quantity you can store in your home like there is for other fuels.

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Freezer Bag Meals

One Year Emergency Food Supply For a Single Adult

The Design, Construction, and Use of an Indirect, Through-Pass, Solar Food Dryer

20 Beef Jerky Recipes

Fema Drill – The Greath Southeast ShakeOut

October 18th FEMA will be conducting The Great Southeast Shakeout. This is an earthquake preparedness drill.

Make your own MRE’s

Make your own MRE’s

Meals Ready to Eat FAQ

My Food Storage 360 Meals – $670 ($1.50 per meal)

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