Thank you, Ken.
Here are some things I have posted in various places about my thoughts on food storage. A bit random, I am afraid, but do include much of what I said during the Amateur Radio Net Meeting.
For long term you really need a homestead or farm where you can grow your own. But if that is out of the question, at least for now, here are the top ten types of foods I would stockpile. I did types because I don't think anyone could eat the same ten individual foods for ten years. Since it is for a ten year span, it is all long term storage (LTS) foods. You can substitute equivalent STS foods from the grocery stores for the first two to three years.
1. Freeze-dried Meats. A lot of meats of several types. Heavy on the beef.
2. Powdered Milk, eggs & other dairy products
3. Fats/oils - Coconut oil
4. Salt (both for the table and food preservation)
5. Grains and legumes (corn, wheat, rice, lentils, oats, beans) (get a good grinder that will handle all of them as well as nuts, and an oat flaker)(add a pasta maker to the kitchen tools, too)
6. Fruits (lots of fruits)
7. Sweeteners (sugar [for table and food preservation], and honey)
8. Vegetables (particularly tomato powder [pasta sauces] and various forms of potato [to stretch meats])
9. Selection of leavenings, seasonings, spices, herbs, flavorings, etc. (particularly pasta & chili sauces as well as your most used items)
10. Comfort foods (cookie, cake, muffin mixes and candies, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, etc) This will vary from individual to individual. Mostly it is a sweet of some kind, though for me, a good meatloaf is a comfort food. Of course, chocolate is too, but it isn't the only comfort food I have. The comfort foods help break the monotony of the same old thing over and over, but it isn't the only recourse. Having a variety of foods is essential, especially with children involved.
While having food and water available is great, and some of it will be edible without cooking, you will be wanting to cook hot meals regularly at times. There are a few force multipliers when it comes to cooking. Most will reduce fuel use, reduce cooking time, or both.
1. Solar oven – Uses the sun to slow cook foods, and to pasteurize water
2. Pressure cooker – Uses a minimum of fuel to cook foods quickly
3. Wok – Uses very little oil, but can cook a wide variety of foods quickly. And for those items needing boiling water to cook in, a wok is a pretty good way to get water hot quickly, as the flames are coming up around the sides as well as on the bottom.
4. Thermal oven – An insulated box or bag wherein a pot of food is brought to a boil and cooked for a short time, and then inserted to finish cooking over time.
5. Vacuum bottle cooking – Like the thermal oven, liquid or semi liquid foods (soups/oats/rice/etc.) is brought to a boil and/or cooked for a short while, and then placed in the vacuum bottle to finish cooking over a few hours
6. Fireplace tools, leather fireplace gloves, ash bucket, match container, bellows, fire extinguisher, etc
Cast iron, steel & copper fireplace cooking utensils
Pots, fry pans, griddle, Dutch oven, waffle iron, grill, tea kettle,
corn popper, mesh fish & steak grillers, grilling basket,
cooking forks & skewers, spatulas, tongs, spoons, ladles & serving forks
Now, if you do not have these options, and cannot use your inside cooking facilities, sometimes an outdoor propane or charcoal grill will get some cooking done. Never take them inside, though. Grills are not very efficient, but they will work.
If you don’t have an outdoor grill and do have a sand box for the kids, especially a covered one, it is a good place to build an outdoor fire that is not too likely to spread, and doesn’t take much prep to use. Even better is to have a large steel container, such as a 36” wok, in which to build a fire that can be contained even better, and controlled easily. You can use wood or charcoal either one. And a couple of other options that I won’t mention here, as they are not without some dangers. With a piece of expanded metal over it, or some other type of grate, pressure pans, woks, and all the normal cooking implements can be used easily and safely. And having a large, deep sandbox has many other advantages that I won’t go into at the moment.
You can do something similar if you have brick, stone, or concrete flower boxes, especially those a couple of feet or more tall. By removing some of the flowers, to expose the earth, you can have a fire pit quickly and easily, much as with the sandbox.
Another aspect related to prepper food storage is how much food to store per person for a given time period. When it comes to going by the standard servings listed by some of the food producers, you could easily wind up woefully short on food. Many of the packages offered provide only 1,200 to 2,000 calories per person per day. And much of that is what I consider filler material. They count everything, including the sugars in drinks and such.
How much is actually needed boils down to how much work is expected to be performed and under what conditions during any given event. 1,200 calories a day might be fine for children not doing much, but people working hard, especially in high stress or severe weather may need 3,000 calories a more per day.
And don't forget to get quite a few of those calories from various fat sources. And try to get as much of your protein in the form of meats as possible. It is a much higher grade of protein than mixing and matching rice, beans, and the other staples. You still need them, but do as much meat as you can, up to 100 grams in that 3,000 calorie diet.
About one half gram of protein per pound of lean body weight. Not total body weight. A lot of people have a body fat mass of about 20%, leaving about 80% lean.
A 200 pound adult male with 80% lean body mass would be about 40 pounds body fat mass to 160 pounds of body lean mass. That would be 160 x ½ or 80 grams of protein per day for average activity. Doing heavy physical labor, as is likely, or if a woman is pregnant, I’d add about 25% more, bringing it up to 100 grams of protein per day.
That can be a lot of meat. Some ways to get quality protein:
Most beef cuts are ~7 grams of protein per ounce
Most pork ham is ~6 grams per ounce
Most fish fillets are ~6 grams per ounce
Most large eggs are ~6 grams protein
Now, this is high quality protein. Meat. Low quality protein and carbohydrates, without enough healthy fat won’t cut it. The majority of the diet should be healthy fats like coconut oil, seeds, nuts, etc., with good proteins, and then carbs from primarily high fiber fresh vegetables.
If eating high fiber carbohydrate vegetables most people will need ~50% to 75% of quality fats in the diet. Sometimes more.
So calorie wise, in a 3,000 calorie per day diet, @ 50% fat diet, healthy fats should provide ~1,500 calories, high quality protein ~400 calories, and healthy carbs `1,100 calories.
In the same 3,000 calorie per day diet, @ 75% fat diet, healthy fats should provide ~2,250 calories, high quality protein ~400 calories, and healthy carbs ~350 calories.
Cutting back to about half your normal daily intake for one day once in a while though is good for you. It seems to help the brain the same way exercise does.
Adjust calorie intake according to physical activity, weight, and metabolism. And adjust things for when you have to use some low quality proteins, less healthy fats, and lower fiber carbs.
So when you calculating how much food you have for a time frame, count the calories from the ‘real’ food, and more or less ignore the adjunct foods like drinks, and other foods that do not provide much in the way of actual usable nutrition. You will find that that 1,200 calories might be closer to 800 to 900 calories of useful nutrition.
For sure, never go by the packaged servings listed. Actually count the calories. Too often the sources wind up implying that their serving is a meal, when it is actually just part of a meal. 300 servings does not always (and seldom does) equal 300 meals. You will probably need three or four servings of different foods to actually make a filling, nutritional meal.
And remember that very few of these packages include fats, spices and flavorings, and some other extremely important food preparation and nutritional additions. So be prepared to flesh out any packages you might buy, with individual additional items.
Some thoughts on Root Cellars:
When installing the more or less standard buried root cellar, be sure to make arrangements to control air flow and humidity levels in the cellar. You will often need a source of moisture to keep the humidity at the appropriate level for the foods you are storing.
Usually arranging the various foods on the shelves can take advantage of the layering effects of air and have those plants that need specific temperatures at the right level for them, while others are higher and warmer or lower and cooler. Other times you might have to divide the root cellar into sections with their own air flow and moisture controls to keep them at ideal levels for some crops. Some products need very specific storage conditions and cannot be stored together.
Root cellars:
While an underground, or partially underground, root cellar is ideal, there are some options for those that do not have that option open to them.
One way to get a small ‘root cellar’ is to gut the mechanicals out of a well insulated refrigerator or freeze, put it on its back on the ground, and then mound up around it with earth or straw bales. By adding a few easily removable and replaceable layers of insulation on top, you can have a fairly effective small storage space for root vegetables.
You can do something similar with just the straw bales, but that requires building a suitable heavily insulated door for access into the cavity created by the straw bales.
A search on the internet will turn up a multitude of root cellar alternatives and information.
There are some specifics that need to be noted. Some things should not be stored near each other. Some should be stored completely separate from everything else. Again, you can find most of this information on-line or in a variety of root cellaring books.
Here are some examples of requirements for different items:
Cold and moist storage
32 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit
80 to 90 percent relative humidity
Apples (separate, contained or vented)
Grapefruit
Grapes
Oranges
Pears
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Jerusalem artichoke
Kale
Kohlrabi
Potatoes (separate)
Cabbage, Chinese (outgasses)
Cold and very moist
32 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit
90 to 95 percent relative humidity
Beets
Brussels Sprouts
Peppers, hot
Parsnips
Radish, winter
Rutabaga
Turnip
Peas (airtight container)
Popcorn (airtight container)
Cabbage (outgasses)
Cool and dry
32 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit
60 to 70 percent relative humidity
Beans
Garlic (outgasses)
Onions (outgasses)
Warm and dry
50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit
60 to 75 percent relative humidity
Pumpkin
Squash, winter
Warm and moist
>50 degrees Fahrenheit
80 to 90 percent relative humidity
Potatoes, sweet
Tomatoes
If anyone has any comments or questions, please feel free to post them up.
As always, everything is just my opinion.
Some specifics of what I intend to get. Not all inclusive. Some of the items on the list may no longer be available. And there are probably some new ones, both similar and quite different.
Adjunct Baking powder
Adjunct Baking soda
Adjunct Bouillon, beef
Adjunct Bouillon, chicken
Adjunct Cornstarch
Adjunct Gravy, beef
Adjunct Gravy, chicken
Adjunct Salt, iodized
Adjunct Salt, sea
Adjunct Soup base, white creamy
Adjunct Tomato powder
Adjunct Yeast
Adjunct Cream of Tartar
Adj, veg Celery, crosscut
Adj, veg Mushroom pieces, FD
Adj, veg Onion, diced, FD
Adj, veg Pepper, green bell, FD
Beans Beans, small white navy
Beans Beans, Great Northern
Beans Beans, pinto
Beans Beans, small red chili
Beans Black eyed peas
Beans Lentils
Beans Peanut butter powder
Bread Mix, biscuit, buttermilk
Bread Mix, bread, honey wheat
Bread Mix, bread, honey white
Bread Mix, corn muffin & bread
Bread Mix, Sweet Dough
Bread Pilot bread crackers, FD
Bread Pilot bread crackers, FD
Breakfast Egg mix, scrambled
Breakfast Eggs w/bacon, precooked
Breakfast Eggs, scrambled w/ham
Breakfast Mix, pancake, buttermilk
Cereal Cereal, 5-grain fruit & NUT
Cereal Cereal, Granola, lowfat nut blend
Cereal Cereal, Rice Crispies
Cereal Grits, instant
Cereal Oatmeal, instant
Dairy Butter powder
Dairy Buttermilk powder
Dairy Cheese, cheddar, sharp, FD
Dairy Cheese, Mozzarella, FD
Dairy Cheese, Parmesan, FD
Dairy Egg whites
Dairy Eggs, whole
Dairy Milk, non-fat, instant
Dairy Milk, whole, dry
Dairy Shortening powder
Dairy Sour cream powder
Dairy Sweet cream powder
Dairy Cream Cheese Powder
Dairy Whipped topping mix
Dairy Yogurt starter
Dairy Yogurt, vanilla
Dessert Choclate Sugar Wafers
Dessert Cocoa, baking
Dessert Deluxe Mixed Nuts
Dessert Gelatin, lime
Dessert Gelatin, orange
Dessert Gelatin, strawberry
Dessert Hard candy
Dessert Ice Cream bars, chocolate, FD
Dessert LURPs
Dessert Mix, Brownie, chocolate fudge
Dessert Mix, muffin, choc/choc chip
Dessert Pudding, buttered pecan
Dessert Pudding, chocolate
Dessert Pudding, banana
Dessert Pudding,
Dessert Sunflower seeds
Drink Drink, apple
Drink Drink, fruit punch
Drink Drink, orange
Drink Drink, peach
Drink Emergen-C
Drink Green Coffee Beans
Drink Hot chocolate, Original
Fats/oils Organic Cold Press coconut oil
Fats/oils Virgin coconut oil
Flour Cornmeal, yellow
Flour Flour, enriched white
Flour Flour, whole wheat
Fruit Apples, diced, FD
Fruit Apricot, diced, FD
Fruit Banana slices, FD
Fruit Blackberries, FD
Fruit Blueberries, whole, FD
Fruit Coconut flakes FD
Fruit Date pieces
Fruit Fruit galaxy cocktail
Fruit Fruit mix
Fruit Kiwi, sliced, FD
Fruit Mango, diced
Fruit Orange segements, FD
Fruit Peach, sliced, FD
Fruit Pears, diced
Fruit Pineapple, chunks, FD
Fruit Prunes, pitted
Fruit Rasions, FD
Fruit Strawberries, sliced, FD
Garden Alfalfa seeds
Garden Seeds, garden
Grain Barley, pearled
Grain Oats, rolled, regular
Grain Popcorn, yellow
Grain Wheat, Hard red winter
Grain Wheat, hard white winter
Meal Albacore tuna w/noodles
Meal Beef Rotini
Meal Beef stroganoff
Meal Chicken a la king
Meal Chicken Gumbo
Meal Chicken Primavera
Meal Chicken Rotelle
Meal Chicken stew
Meal Chili macaroni
Meal Chili, Mountain
Meal Lasagna w/ meat & sauce
Meal Noodles & chicken
Meal Oriental spicy chicken
Meal Pasta primavera
Meal Rice & chicken
Meal Seafood chowder
Meal Shrimp Alfredo
Meal Shrimp newburg
Meal Sierra chicken
Meal Sloppy Joe mix w/meat
Meal Soup, creamy potato cheese
Meal Soup, Kernel's corn chowder
Meal Soup, potato, creamy
Meal Spaghetti Marinara w/mushrooms
Meal Spaghetti w/meat
Meal Stew, Hearty w/beef
Meal Sweet & sour pork w/ rice
Meal Texas BBQ Chicken
Meal Turkey tetrazzini
Meal Vegetable stew w/beef
Meal Western style tamale pie w/beef
Meal Wild tyme turkey
Meat Albacore tuna, cooked
Meat Beef, ground, FD
Meat Beef, roast, diced, FD
Meat Chicken, pulled, FD
Meat Ham, FD
Meat Meatballs, Italian, small, FD
Meat Pork chops, FD
Meat Salmon, FD
Meat Sausage, FD
Meat Sausage patty crumbles, FD
Meat Shrimp, cooked
Meat Turkey, pulled, FD
Pasta Pasta, egg noodle
Pasta Pasta, elbow macaroni
Pasta Pasta, fettuccini noodle
Pasta Pasta, spaghetti noodle
Spice/flavorings Allspice
Spice/flavorings Bay leaf
Spice/flavorings Black pepper, 28 mesh
Spice/flavorings Chili powder, mild
Spice/flavorings Cinnamon
Spice/flavorings Ginger
Spice/flavorings Italian seasoning
Spice/flavorings Lemon pepper
Spice/flavorings Nutmeg
Spice/flavorings Peppermint extract
Spice/flavorings Peppermint powder
Spice/flavorings Rootbeer extract
Spice/flavorings Rootbeer powder
Spice/flavorings Season salt
Spice/flavorings Spaghetti sauce spice
Spice/flavorings Vanilla extract (4x strength)
Spice/flavorings Vanilla powder
Sugar Honey
Sugar Maple syrump granules, pure
Sugar Sugar, brown
Sugar Sugar, powdered
Sugar Sugar, white
Sugar Syrup, corn, solids
TVP TVP, bacon
TVP TVP, beef
TVP TVP, chicken
TVP TVP, ham
TVP TVP, sausage
TVP TVP, taco
Veg/Side Applesauce
Veg/Side Asparagus, pieces, FD
Veg/Side Beans & rice, Santa Fe black beans & rice
Veg/Side Beans, green, FD
Veg/Side Beans, refried
Veg/Side Broccoli florets, FD
Veg/Side Cabbage dices
Veg/Side Carrots, diced
Veg/Side Cauliflower Pearls, FD
Veg/Side Corn, cream style, FD
Veg/Side Corn, sweet, FD
Veg/Side Cottage Cheese
Veg/Side Garden vegetable mix
Veg/Side Macaroni & cheese
Veg/Side Peas, fresh, FD
Veg/Side Pilaf, Mushroom w/veggies
Veg/Side Pilaf, wild rice mushroom
Veg/Side Potato, Au Gratin Scalloped potatoes
Veg/Side Potato, chunks, FD
Veg/Side Potato, flakes
Veg/Side Potato, hashbrown shredded
Veg/Side Potato, pearls w/butter
Veg/Side Potato, slices
Veg/Side Potato, Sweet, dices
Veg/Side Potato, Sweet, dices, large
Veg/Side Rice, brown, instant
Veg/Side Rice, white, instant
Veg/Side Spinach
Veg/Side Tomato chunks, FD
Adjunct salt packet
Adjunct pepper packet
Adjunct beef bouillon cubes
Adjunct dried onion
Beans Alpine Erbswurst (6 tablets - 1 cup soup each)
Beans black beluga lentils (per pound)
Bread Bridgford shelf stable bread case of 48
Bread Bridgford shelf stable cinnamon bread case of 48
Bread hardtack crackers 3x3x1/2 10 per package
Dairy fresh eggs (per dozen)
Dessert homemade gorp, per pound in 3 to 4# batches
Dessert Planters mixed nuts (17oz)
Dessert fruit leather/dried fruit (peaches, apricots, prunes, etc.) per pound
Dessert 2 1/2# Gethsemani Farms bourbon fruitcake
Dessert 2# Grandma's Old fashioned fruitcake (85%)
Dessert waxed chocolate for backpackers
Dessert Chickletts chewing gum (2/pkg, 200pkg/box)
Dessert foot long Tootsie rolls
Dessert Fruit flavor individual life savers
Dessert Butter rum individual life savers
Dessert butterscotch disks (per pound)
Dessert Pepperment disks (per pound)
Drink Crystal Lite
Drink Emergen-C singles (30 to the box)
Drink Lipton tea bags
Drink Folger’s Coffee Crystals – 2oz
Drink Folger's Coffee singles (19/box)
Drink Coffee Mate singles
Drink Swiss Miss Hot chocolate packet
Drink caramel apple cider packet
Fruit, canned canned fruit single serve (peaches, oranges, pears, etc.)
Grain 7.5 oz pinole
Grain instant oats packets
Grain instant grits packets
Meal MRE
Meal freeze dried/dehydrated camping entrees
Meat unrefrigerated sugar cured/hickory smoked 8-9# slab bacon
Meat 8-10 # salt/brown sugar cured slab bacon
Meat 4-5 # half slab bacon 3wk unrefrigerated storage
Meat jerky, per pound, store bought
Meat 3.2oz bars beef/tallow pemmican
Meat, canned canned beef
Meat, canned canned tuna
Meat, canned canned chicken
Meat, canned canned turkey
Medical Medique Medi-Lyte heat relief tablets (50/2pks)
Medical HydraLife oral rehydration drink (4 packets)
Ration Mainstay 3600 calorie lifeboat ration
Ration Millennium 400 calorie energy bar
Ration Horlicks Malted Milk Tablets (4 boxes of 27)
Storage Heavy duty freezer zip-lock bags (for foraged items)
Sugar sugar singles
Unit Emergency Essentials Ultimate Year Supply
Unit Emergency Essentials year supply of basics
Veg/side instant potatoes packets
Veg/side, canned canned carrots
Veg/side, canned canned peas
Veg/side, canned canned corn single serve
Veg/side, canned canned celery
Veg/side, canned canned tomatoes
Veg/side, canned canned spinach/turnip greens
Veg/side, canned canned potatoes
Veg/side, fresh fresh potatoes (per pound)
Water Daytrex 4.2 oz water packet
#2½ cans baking powder
#2½ cans baking soda
#2½ cans corn starch
#2½ cans or vacuum packed spices (cream of tartar, allspice, season salt, pepper, mild chili powder, cinnamon, ginger, Italian seasoning, lemon pepper, nutmeg, spaghetti sauce spice, taco mix, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, clove, BBQ mix, basil, cumin, oregano, Paprika, anise, cayenne, garlic, curry mix, mustard, celery seed, turmeric, chives, Tabasco, caraway seed, cardamom, dill, fennel, tarragon, coriander, Worcestershire sauce, spearmint, peppermint, savory, mace)
2 ounce bottles of extracts (Vanilla, mint, peppermint, butterscotch, maple, almond, anise)
1-lb packages yeast
Canned green coffee beans (with a roaster and grinder to use, not trade away)
2 oz jars instant coffee
16 count boxes teabags
2 oz jars bouillon cubes
tubs add-water-only drink mix
1 pound boxes sugar
small containers of cooking oil
2 oz boxes salt
2 oz cans pepper
5 oz cans milk
4 oz cans cocoa
2 oz bars chocolate candy
8 oz bags hard candy (individually wrapped)
4 oz cans Vienna sausage/potted meat
12 oz cans roast beef
7 oz cans Spam (or 12oz)(or Treet)
6 oz cans tuna
10 oz cans soup (heavy on the meat types)
16 oz bags rice
16 oz bags beans/lentils
#10 cans Pilot Bread
#10 cans heirloom seeds
Coffee plant seed
Tobacco plant seed
Tea plant seed
Poppy plant seed
Katadyn Expedition water filter to make clean water for customers with spare elements
Diamant 525 grain mill
Diamant 525 grain mill burrs
Country Living Grain Mill
Country Living Grain Mill power handle & large auger
Marga Mulino oat flaker
Troycraft hand crank mixer
Vortex manual blender
Manual baby food blender
Manual side cut can opener
P-51 can opener
Old style can & bottle opener
Bread slicer
Pasta maker
Fondue pot
Walk in pantry organizers
Can rotator systems (front double back or rear load)
Packaged good rotator systems (rear load)
Commercial can opener
Mason jar storage totes
Cardboard mason jar boxes w/dividers
Soda can crusher
Storage rack for open #10/#12 cans
Custom super pail tilted storage rack
Gamma seal lids
Grain grinder
Large compost bin
Just my opinion.
Some tools and equipment for food processing and storage.
All American Pressure Canner Model 941 41.5 qt
Set of canning tools
Canning accessories
Ball regular lids In cases of 60 boxes of 12 each
Ball wide mouth lids In cases of 36 boxes of 12 each
Ball regular rings w/lids In cases of 24 boxes of 12 each
Ball wide mouth rings w/lids In cases of 12 boxes of 12 each
Tattler regular reusable lids w/rubber rings In boxes of 36
Tattler regular reusable rubber rings In boxes of 12
Tattler wide mouth reusable lids w/rubber rings In boxes of 36
Tattler wide mouth reusable rubber rings In boxes of 12
4 Ever Recap regular reusable lids w/silicone rings in boxes of 500
4 Ever Recap wide mouth reusable lids with silicone rings in boxes of 500
Ball one half pint regular jars In cases of 12
Kerr one half pint widemouth jars In cases of 12
Ball one pint regular jars In cases of 12
Ball one pint widemouth jars In cases of 12
Ball one quart regular jars In cases of 12
Ball one quart widemouth jars In cases of 12
Ball one half gallon widemouth jars In cases of 12
Ball 4 ounce quilted jelly jars In cases of 12
Ball 8 ounce quilted jelly jars In cases of 12
Ball 12 ounce quilted jelly jars In cases of 12
24" impulse mylar bag sealer
6" Optimum Hot Jaw 6" x 0.5" heat sealer
6" x 9/16" hot jaw foot operated heat sealer
6-gallon 5 mil mylar bags 20x30
6-gallon 5 mil mylar bags 26x36
6-gallon bucket w/lid
6-gallon bucket w/o lid
Gamma seal bucket lid
500cc oxy absorber
100cc oxy absorber
300cc oxy absorber
2000cc oxy absorber
Set of pots and pans
Meat slicer
Meat grinder
Meat mixer attachment for grinder
Jerky meat slicer attachment for grinder
Ground meat pattie maker attachment for grinder
Meat smoker
350 pound wood/charcol smoker
Pro Smoker 200# electric smoker
smoker accessories
Sausage stuffer w/motor
Ground meat jerky gun
Cabela's CG-15 15" bag sealer
ARY vacuum chamber sealer VP321C 2x17" seal bars
ARY vacuum chamber sealer VP215C 1x10" seal bar
4-mill small vacuum chamber bags (in 1,000 ct)
4-mill medium vacuum chamber bags (in 1,000ct_
4-mill large vacuum chamber bags (in 1,000 ct)
20'x8" bulk bag material
20'x11.5" bulk bag material
20'x15" bulk bag material
Dehydrator
Cabela's 56 square foot commercial dehydrator
Excaliber 50 square foot commercial dehydrator
Excaliber 148 square foot commercial dehydrator
dehydrator accessories
All American Senior Elec #9000 can sealer for #10, #12, & #3 cans
All American #9000 conversion parts for #2 1/2 cans
All American #9000 replacement parts
#7502 All Ameircan Canner Senior flywheel can sealer for #10, #12, & #3
All American Canner Conversion parts for 2 1/2 cans for 7502 can sealer
All American Canner 7502 replacement parts
Empty #10 cans w/lids (case of 48)
Empty #10 cans w/lids In cases of 476 #P045 #10 can 603x700
Empty #10 cans w/lids In cases of 45 #3106 #10 can 603x700
#10 can plastic lid In cases of 600
#2 1/2 can plastic lid In cases of 1776
#2 can plastic lid In cases of 1500
#2 1/2 safe rim pull top lid In cases of 300
Empty #12 cans 603x812 (6 3/16" x 8 12/16") In cases of
Empty #3 cans In cases of 120 #3133 #3 can 404x414
Empty # 2 1/2 cans In cases of 144 #3129 #2 1/2 can 401x411
Empty #2 cans In cases of 196 #3118 #2 can 307x409
Commercial can opener
milk processing equipment butter churn, cream separator, butter press, pasturizer, yogurt maker, cheese vat, cheese press
pickling, fermenting, salting, brining tools & equipment
mushroom growing greenhouse
Wine making equipment
Beer making equipment
Mead making equipment
Liquor making equipment
Soda making equipment
Vinegar making equipment
whiskey still & equipment
essential oils still & equipment
distilled water making still & equipment
honey & wax processing equipment
Outside butchering/game preperation/non-food preperation patio
Hanging racks
Stainless steel pans, buckets, and tubs
Caldron burner/stand
Rendering caldron
Just my opinion.
Some LTS food suppliers. Again, an old list. Might be several no longer active.
http://www.abbysbest.com/2002/catalog.htmlhttp://www.alpineaire.com/http://www.freezedryguy.com/http://www.readyreservefoods.com/http://www.karinya.com/sandy.htmhttp://survivalacres.com/index.htmlhttp://www.healthyharvest.com/http://beprepared.com/http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/virgin_coconut_oil.htmhttp://products.mercola.com/coconut-oil/http://www.yourfoodstorage.com/product/47-88http://www.storablefoods.com/index.htmlhttp://www.scandinavianspice.com/ShowCase.asp?img=32412http://www.faeriesfinest.com/E003.htmlhttp://www.samandy.com/http://www.bulkfoods.com/http://www.atlanticspice.com/http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-Canned-Desserts%2C-Condiments-%26-Honey/Categorieshttp://honeyvillegrain.com/http://www.theepicenter.com/http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/Just my opinion.
If I can think of anything else, I will post it up.
If anyone thinks of anything I mentioned on the net I said I would post up, but it is not, please let me know and I will add it.
And if anyone has any specific questions about this post, or any other questions about food storage, feel free to ask.
But, as always, do your own due diligence research. I am not always correct, and am prone to typos, so make sure anything you do is right for you.
Just my opinion.
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