SurvivalDaz Food Prep Survival Guide Sheet

SurvivalDaz Food Prep Survival Guide Sheet

NOTE:
This SurvivalDaz Food Prep Survival Guide Sheet is by no means a complete food survival guide. It is only meant to give you a starting point and offer options you might want to explore or research on your own.

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While most assume nothing will ever happen, for instance, a complete breakdown of society, it never hurts to be prepared.

Prepared = Survival, the capability to survive a natural disaster, another virus pandemic or attack like 911 and have some comforts. It also helps to have a secure feeling that things will be alright, making it much easier to sleep at night.

According to FEMA statistics, most families have a limited supply of food on hand. On average, a food supply of only 3 days, it is recommended that you have a minimum of 90 days.

Another thing to think about is that if your electricity is out for an extended period, you will have no refrigeration, and freezers only stay cold for approximately 48 hours. Think about freeze-dried or canned foods that can be stored without refrigeration.

Food

It goes without saying that no matter how good your shelter is if you do not have food, you will not survive for long. There are many opinions as to how much food one should store or stock, from 30 days to years. Most experts suggest that families should store a minimum of a 30-day supply of food and water. The idea is a 30-day supply is a determined amount to survive almost any situation.
It’s important to remember, that if a major event happens, places like grocery stores will be cleaned out quickly, experts say within 3 days at most. If trucks can not drive the roads or do not have the gas, there will be no food supplies coming in.
Canned goods have a long shelf life, usually a year or more, the same goes for boxed foods, such as mac and cheese. Even if you simply purchased a couple extra items each time you shop, to put in storage, in a short time you could have a healthy emergency food supply if the need ever arises.

Home Canning

If you do any canning, such as canning your yearly garden bounty, you likely already have a good supply of preparedness food in your home. This food storage type is perfect for preppers because of its long shelf life. It can also be a healthier solution because there are no chemicals in it, and you know what you are eating.
Many people do not realize that home canning is not limited to only vegetables. Done properly, you can put up foods containing meat, such as beef and chicken. Other items that can be canned are mushrooms. While these items are not traditional food types when we think of home canning, it can be done.
Make sure to consult proper canning procedures before canning foods such as meats.

Preparedness Seeds

Bug Out Bag Survival Garden Vegetable & Herb Seeds

As I’ve already mentioned, there may come a day when you can not go to the grocery store, so you may have to grow your own food. Preparedness seeds are packages, usually in a plastic bucket that contains a variety of seeds in one container, like a garden or a harvest in a bucket.

Dry Goods

Two dry food types that should be a staple of any preparation plan are rice and beans. You could survive well and for a long time on just these two foods. Also, the fact that they do not “expire” for a long time. Make sure to keep these goods in plastic containers so they stay dry and keep rodents out.
Flour is another dry staple that should be a part of any emergency food supply storage. It is also an item that could be used to create other food items, such as bread or muffins. Again, keep these items in air-tight containers.

Rotate Food

Most food items have a limited shelf life so it’s important to rotate your supplies. As you bring in fresh items, place them at the back of your storage and bring the older items to the front and consume them before they spoil or are past their expiration date.

Extended Foods

There are food supplies that are designed to have shelf lives of 10 to 20 years and more. Items such as freeze-dried and MRE (Meals Ready To Eat), can be purchased to build a long-term supply of food. While they may not be all that tasty, they are food. One advantage these packages also have is that they often come as complete meals, with an entree, side, and even dessert. These also usually come in a bucket so they are easy to store or stack and they are sealed well. They are more than just food, they are ready-to-go meals.

On-Going Food Supplies

With a fishing pole and basic fishing equipment, you can provide for yourself or your family practically forever. Most people live close enough to bodies of water that could supply an almost never-ending supply of fish. naturally, you would need to have the tools to catch and cook the fish.

Livestock

While they can be messy and noisy, raising chickens can be a great source of ongoing food to provide for your family, and they are quite easy to care for. Of course, the most important food chickens can provide you are eggs, which are high in protein and can be used in many ways.
Besides eggs and meat, chickens are also quick to reproduce, adding to your future food supply. If you Let hens sit on some of your eggs and you could have baby chicks before you know it. New stock is also helpful because hens do stop laying after a certain age.
Although not everyone agrees with it, rabbits are another easy “food” to raise, normally referred to as meat rabbits. They are simple to raise in cages and mature within 8 weeks, it can be quick food. Rabbits are also very lean and healthy meat.
Even though it seems like a joke, rabbits are very quick to multiply. We’ve had doe’s who have 10 offspring at a time. If need be, the fur could also be used for clothing, or blankets to keep warm.

Water

Along with food humans need water to survive. The common prepper’s choice is bottled water packs, such as 24 packs you find in the store. They are easy to store, and stack, they are sealed and do not “go bad”, and they are also low-cost items. Large water barrels are also available to store larger amounts of water, such as 55-gallon barrels.

On the subject of water, it can be useful to have rain barrels that catch rainwater. It would not be something you would want to drink, but it could be used to flush toilets or water a garden and if you did need to drink it you could always boil it first.

Conclusion

Even though things may be fine now, someday, you may need to take care of yourself, so it doesn’t hurt to prepare ahead, rather than wish you had. A side benefit of preparing is you also build self-reliance and accomplishment in yourself, which can feel empowering.

There was a time not long ago when families had to grow or raise or grow their own food, sadly, we’ve moved away from that ideal and have come to rely too heavily on someone else taking care of our food, which puts us in a very vulnerable position. You can take care of yourself and your family if you want to.