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"Today, I emphasize a most basic principle: home production and storage. Have you ever paused to realize what would happen to your community or nation if transportation were paralyzed or if we had a war or depression? How would you and your neighbors obtain food? How long would the corner grocery store—or supermarket—sustain the needs of the community?" (President Ezra Taft Benson)
Well, we certainly have the potential for all these things happening all at one time. There is also some hacking thing going on as well. I watch a podcast that is from the Isle of Skye a few weeks back and they had a hack on grocery stores. I thought that it was a one time thing. It is worse for them being an island. The stores couldn't get their orders filled and the shelves were totally empty.
Then I heard it happen somewhere else but can't remember. And then two places here in Iowa. It isn't so bad as you can drive to other towns here but this being done at all makes me think they are testing and learning how to do this on a bigger scale. The one store here in Iowa, the owner said she then called their supplier and they cautioned not to be greedy as they have many orders they are trying to fill. Was there more than these two stores? I wonder. Suffice it to say, really be working on your storage so that if this happens in your neck of the woods you will have something in house.
Since other countries are being hit like us, it just isn't a hit for one but many. I first thought it was a joke but a nasty joke, because Skye being an island has to have stuff brought to the island. I also think they are hitting small unnoticed areas.
So if you are starting out with storage...
https://stockingmypantry.com/how-to-build-a-3-month-food-supply/
https://survivalstoic.com/3-month-food-supply-list/
https://emergencyprepguy.com/get-a-3-month-food-supply/
https://providentliving.churchofjesuschrist.org/food-storage/what-is-food-storage?lang=eng
Getting something in is important and it is good to review and good to take stock of what you do have, looking for holes you may need to work on building up.
Once you feel like you have three months in, work on six months, then a year.
It isn't to scare anyone just be prepared for well, anything. People are losing jobs all over. As one whose husband's job was downsized, I can tell you we have had to live off what we had till another job was found. Unexpected expenses - they say our electric bills are to go way up and they have already started to. Medical expenses, higher insurance, car problems there are so many things that can happen just regularly that adding extra troubles is rotten for sure. But you can buffer that with storage.
My crew here is hard at work helping us with this post...
One thing I did was go through all my recipes and picked ones that could use no eggs if getting them was a problem and recipes I could use shelf-stable items to make. I put these all in a binder...
I have them all in this binder with a table of contents.
I have shown you the system here that I use so you can go through your files and compile, if you wish, recipes that would be made of shelf stable foods. I do can meat but have seen that you can now purchase cans of ground beef or beef and there are chicken, etc. So if you do not can meats, you can find them. I encourage you to learn to can meat as well.
https://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2022/07/monday-message_18.html - Here is my blog with more pages of my binder, of course I put it in a better binder. And those of you who miss Gus will get to see a pic of him at the end.
To leave you on a sweet note, enjoy this recipe. It is so yummy. You can switch apricot with any jam you have.
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Missy says, you thought I was sleeping didn't you? She says be sure to have supplies on hand for any emergency you may find yourself in.
Tippy Longstockings says keep putting in your storage and remember your pets.
