Here’s what 75 preppers learned during the lockdown.

I learned prepping was bullshit for this. There was only a bit of shortage of toilet paper because fools were stocking up. Half a week later everything was normally stocked again. Only had to buy a different kind of bread once.

Yup. Don't prep for an event prep as a way of life.

It s obvious you are not a real prepper.

Jan 31st a certain astrologer put out a warning video and I headed for the Dollar Tree. Filled a cart with toilet paper and paper towels and a 32 oz anti bacterial soap for a buck.

Then over to Walmart. Looking at a ton of Chef Boy Ardee. 12 of them in a cardboard box. Jeepers should I buy this? Will anything really happen? thought about it and the 88 cent price convinced me to grab it. and so it went. 3 weeks later every chef boy ardee was cleaned out.

Better buy a diesel car, and get oil heat in your house, and add an extra take. Get a diesel generator. Some solar.



Personally, I have 8 years (actually more) of filters for my tap water, JUST in case someone tries to go for the water supply.
I also have two stovetop stills, not for alcohol, but water.

Most important!!! Seriously: aGRoid the Void !

There it is. In a nutshell.

I have canning supplies. Lots of them. Haven't used them yet, but I have them. This will be my "way of life" project this year.

I’m always looking for ways to be more self sufficient regardless of the state of the rest of the world.

I learned that if anything real happens that people are emotionally and intellectual unprepared for it.

Supplies are nice but be prepared to protect yourself when something real happens.

This was nothing just an amuse-bouche.

See above.....

I say prayers for this type of people. The woes are just beginning.

Gullible..... I am sorry.

The issue that I learned during this lock-down period is that I have to adjust my shopping to once or max twice per month.

Because of that I solved the problem with the bread: bread kneading and baking machine and a steady supply of wheat, yeast, salt, sugar and powdered milk. A loaf of bread each two days went fine for our small family.

Then rice, pre-boiled and in sackets like Uncle Ben's, which can easily be prepared with some oyster sauces, soy sauce, just a bit of shallots, fresh ginger, sweet & sour sauce and some bits of boiled chicken. Use always the meats from fridge as always they can stop electricity. In this case, take all the meats and deep fry it and then store in jars under layers of animal lard/grease.

Then pasta with some kind of fried onions and fried garlic, then tomato sauce, rosemary, oregano, spices.

A large quantity of mineral water, and some digestive cheap wine which is good for morale and as vitamins supplier.

A big quantity of potatoes, which is quite a perfect food, balanced in minerals and nutrients, that can be used as mashed potatoes (goes along with butter or margarine, a bit of milk, it could be just powder milk re-hydrated, salt and a bit of sour cream - just for fancy)... this could goes with some fried eggs or fried something else.

A large sack of onions, I means onions you can fry and add to everything improving the taste, you can slice onions and mix with vinegar, salt and black piper to have an excellent salad of sorts.

A big quantity of garlic... garlic fried goes to pasta, goes with some baked eggplant (even with some jar stored baked eggplant) which can be mixed with some mayonnaise and create a delicious eggplant salad as a spread on the bread. If you don't like mayonnaise, you can replace it with tahina, which is a sesame oily paste, which is very delicious and very nutritious (think it to it like a liquid peanut butter).

You can have some feta cheese stored in jars, in brine, and there is some feta cheese that can be conserved in olive oil...

You can store in cold dark places, like some cellars, carrots, parsnips, parsley roots, celery roots, which you can boil together with dry beans and some luncheon pork meat tins, or even better with some smoked bacon or some smocked sausages, which is very, very tasty and fulfilling plate, going well with some pickles (pickled cucumbers, or Kapia red peppers in jars, etc)

Then there are a lot of tins with veggies, like pees mixed with carrots, that are going well with fried onions and then opening some luncheons meats from tins, etc...

There could be lots of variants of foods, and combinations there off, but, the main important for body is to have fresh, live foods, like tomatoes, green or red peppers, chilli peppers, and things like that. You can go for let's say 2 weeks with dry process foods, but afterwards you need at least some fresh, vitamins food at lest at two days. If you are locked in your place and cannot go to shopping, I recommend that you are doing sprouting. A bit of spouts with some olive oil, a bit of balsamic vinegar, salt and some black pepper, it's a very good salad for going well with some preserved long shelve life foods, and have you provided with vitamins. Large quantities of oils and lards (pork and beef lard, geese, etc). To store lots of luncheon meat tins, pate of foie gras, tuna, etc. Lots of salads can be made from boiled pasta, garlic, slashed onions, some kind of mayonnaise, pickled cucumber, pepper, salt, etc. Hard boiled eggs spread with foie gras, salt, mustard, pickled cucumber, black peper it's an excellent bread spread, and very nutritious. Many spices needed, to gave same taste to lots of beans and rice and chickpeas, etc. Ketchups, mustards, barbeque sauces of different sorts, soy sauces, oyster sauces, Worcestershire sauces, etc. All the sauces and spices, if you learn how to use it, will exponentially improve the taste of your foods. I mean here, salt, pepper, sweet chilly, turmeric, oregano, rosemary, thyme, garlic powder, parsley powder, etc, etc.

Then you need lots of confort foods, like chocolate bars, chocolate bonbons, tinned cookies or sweet biscuits, OREO's, sweet wafers, bonbons, M&M's, etc. Everything for a sweet tooth. Then some powder juices like Tang, some essences for doing Cola, etc. Do not forgot instant Cocoa, instant Coffee, vacuum roasted coffee, creamers, sugar, honey of different sorts, cream, and cream sprays. If you know how to bake cakes and make sweets, then there are a lot of supplies for that, like special wheat flower, essences (rum, vanilla, cocoa, coconuts, etc), baking powder, yeast, cocnuts shavings, nuts shavings, almonds shavings, jellies, gelatins, and lots of stuff here.

Most important after foods and spices, is to have stored lots of water (some big barrels with clean water), then have some means of preparing simple foods like a coffee, a ramen soup, etc. Then is very important to have hygienic items: soaps, both dry and liquid, detergent for washing clothes and cleaning kitchens utensils, then disposable plates and forks and spoons (economy of water), then very important are sanitary wipes (baby wipes, disinfectant wipes - no need water)...

There could be lots of stuff, but you need to know how to best use, combine and get most out of it, in different scenarios, like when you have no water, no gas, no electricity, etc. You need to know how to take advantage of all the utilities you get access to, until you have this chance.

Prepare to cook and get food on the table, when there is no electricity, no current water on the faucet, no gas and no other utility. Have a small stove you can use some tinder and some small wood splices, or use some gas/gasoline camping stove or alcohol stove until you have the fuels then think to alternative ways to use the scavenged woods and burning materials...

Very bad times ahead and feeding your family will make difference between getting mad or keeping reasoning and keep cool!

Eww, that's a shitty salad dressing recipe.

kneegrow please.

To read later.

I buy 4 cans of the meal type soup, Chunky, etc. and a box of saltines, need them or not every time I go food shopping. Makes it easy to prep.

I learned that almost no one has been paying attention. THAT is our doom.

I still got can food from 2007 I use every once in a while. Tastes no different from if I just bought it.

I didn't have enough to
And wasn't able to purchase any

I will have a years worth

Hope you honed your shooting iron skills too.

An optimist.

I'll be surprised if we make it through the middle of Aug. (in N. America).

Preps mean EVERYTHING in a war scenario. Ask any army in history that ran out of food, clothing, first aid, etc. :)

A community full of preppers will be way better off than roving gangs with their antifa backpacks.

Last Edited by Serenity Now on 07/13/2020 04:07 PM

440 - 520 calories per 88 cents. Very smart.

Was in Lowe's today to buy a 4x4 treated post. No post except a few 12 footers. They were out of almost all treated lumber. Employee said it was, because the treatment comes from China and the manufacturer can't get it. Had to run home and get the stihl chainsaw. Cut the 12 foot posts down in the parking lot so they would fit in my truck. Fyi they had zero decking boards. How is this relevant to this thread. Well, before the panick, I stocked up on lumber, but didn't think about buying treated lumber. Treated lumber is what is hard to get now and worth $$$$ if you have a stash. Lesson learned.

I started buying about 3 days after Wuhan shut down. Had a friend in Wuhan and when I got their "on the ground" reports a couple of days after Wuhan shut down I knew it was going to be bad ... if an entire city of 10+ million was shut down like that it was not only VERY bad but HAD to have escaped containment already was my thought process.

I assumed it would hit here IN FORCE 30 to 60 days or so after Wuhan shut down, and sure enough all at once in mid March, a bit less than 60 days later, was when the SHTF here in the US, but by then I was fully stocked up and ready to bunker down.

It is like a theater fire, or any other event that can cause massive deaths or dislocations (mass shootings /floods /hurricanes /bar fights /etc.) react almost immediately, don't wait to see what others do. As the saying goes ... "Panic Early and avoid the rush"!!

People like this b**** is why elderly people are suffering during this

There is no reason to panic. Especially hoarding teepee what the f***

you can literally wipe your ass a thousand different ways safely. But people like this b**** are making it so elderly people can't get any

We are in the breadbasket of the world, there is no shortage of food

There is an abundance of people panicking making s*** hard

Good God you people are weak

If you live in KALIFORNIA the LOW IQ RETARDED GOVERNOR NEWSOM just SHUT DOWN almost all businesses TODAY! Call your barber shop and get their cell numbers so you can call and go to them for a hair cut! I did this today and my barber gave me her cell number and address. We both agree that this is the;

COMMUNIST END GAME LED BY THE J ews WHO ARE USING THEIR BOUGHT AND PAID FOR POLITICIANS AND VIOLENT ORC'S TO DO THE DIRTY WORK.

BUY

food
tp pt
weapons
ammunition
supplies
etc

GOD bless the Republic! I am a proud White citizen of the United States of America and I will KILL OUR ENEMIES!

Good for you! I also listened to my inner voice, and stocked up on TP long before it became a thing. Also got more savvy on how and when to restock. Get a plan before everyone is in a panic.

Preppers are one of the few nutters I always trust to actually be honest. They just make sure they are ready - some go too far and expect collapse tomorrow but most live up to the name - preppers.