Food Prepping with Dietary Restrictions

by kappydell It is hard enough to store food that will be palatable to everyone, especially if you are prepping for a large group. It makes one nostalgic for the days of when one just ate whatever was served and were grateful to just fill the stomach. However, there are still times when special foods …

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MAKING GOOD USE OF FOOD DISCARDS

by kappydell Bones. Fat. Drained cooking water. Cores. Peels. What do all of these have in common? They are thrown away by many cooks who do not realize they can be saved and put to use. In earlier times they were saved because food was more precious and waste was abhorrent. Well, for many those …

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MAXIMIZE THE USE OF YOUR VEGETABLES

by kappydell Vegetables are something you generally love, or hate to eat. Either way, you have to eat them to maintain optimum health. Either way, you want to get the most nutrition you can from them, or why bother eating them? One way to maximize plant foods’ nutritional value is to consume all the nutrients …

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Prepping with disabilities

Prepping with disabilities by kappydell Disabilities happen. If you are fortunate enough to avoid hereditary, accidental, and illness disabilities, then military, job related, and age related disabilities team up to complicate many folks’ lives. There are so many ways to become disabled, that for many folks, it is not so much a matter of ‘if’ …

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Demystifying Dried Corn

by kappydell To a beginner in prepping, corn can be confusing. We all know sweet corn, the garden vegetable and have seen it dried either as a dehydrated vegetable or for seeds. Is it the same dry corn that is listed as a major component in so many food plans? No, it is not. Then …

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Jul 30

Food Prepping with Dietary Restrictions

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It is hard enough to store food that will be palatable to everyone, especially if you are prepping for a large group. It makes one nostalgic for the days of when one just ate whatever was served and were grateful to just fill the stomach. However, there are still times when special foods and preps become critical. One time is when medical dietary restrictions are placed on a person. They must stick to those restrictions or become ill, or possibly even die. Yes, it does complicate matters. When one cannot just eat an MRE or other pre-packaged commercial food.

I cannot speak for all dietary restrictions; I’m certain there are many I cannot even imagine. However, I have found some things that help with more common sugar and salt restricted diets.

Although there are many sugar free products on the market, availability would be compromised quickly if stores could not get resupplied. Obviously, a conscientious prepper will have supplies of artificial sweetener put away for emergency use. But each sweetener has its own characteristics and drawbacks in cooking. Aspartame loses its sweetness when heated and contains phenylalanine so it is not acceptable to those that are sensitive to that substance. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jun 06

MAKING GOOD USE OF FOOD DISCARDS

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Bones. Fat. Drained cooking water. Cores. Peels. What do all of these have in common? They are thrown away by many cooks who do not realize they can be saved and put to use. In earlier times they were saved because food was more precious and waste was abhorrent. Well, for many those times have come again and for others they are looming. So here are some ways to save and utilize these precious food resources. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jun 06

MAXIMIZE THE USE OF YOUR VEGETABLES

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Vegetables are something you generally love, or hate to eat. Either way, you have to eat them to maintain optimum health. Either way, you want to get the most nutrition you can from them, or why bother eating them? One way to maximize plant foods’ nutritional value is to consume all the nutrients they came to you with by eating them raw, minimally cooking them, and by rescuing nutrients lost in cooking. Another way is to eat them in a way to maximize your absorption of as many nutrients as possible, such as eating fats with vegetables rich in the fat soluble vitamins A, E, D, and K; or acidic foods with foods rich in calcium. And a third way is to eat more parts of the same plants, utilizing parts that would normally be overlooked. All of these techniques would be very useful in an emergency situation when the selection of available vegetable foods would be sharply diminished, and the need for their nutrition more critical. You can also use them now, to get the most for your vegetable dollars.

Salads often combine several nutrient conserving techniques: raw or minimally cooked foods, and combining fats with foods rich in fat soluble vitamins. For those with impaired absorption, minimally cooking vegetables aids in nutrient uptake and leftovers are easily combined in prepared salads, saving money. Salads are also an easy way to eat more ‘parts’ of many vegetables by utilizing their sprouted seeds, or their shoots and leaves. And as I have come to learn, a good flavorful salad dressing covers a multitude of surprise ingredients as well as often adding a little acidic twang that helps with absorbing Read the rest of this entry »

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May 12

Prepping with disabilities

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Disabilities happen. If you are fortunate enough to avoid hereditary, accidental, and illness disabilities, then military, job related, and age related disabilities team up to complicate many folks’ lives. There are so many ways to become disabled, that for many folks, it is not so much a matter of ‘if’ as ‘when’ they will joining the ranks of the disabled. Disabilities make prepping even more critical; because they make one more vulnerable to losing the special aids they need to survive, and the disability funds they depend on.

For example, I had a spouse with a CPAP. As recommended by his doctor (and the electric company itself) I called the power company to advise them of his disability. Then I asked them if that meant we would get power restored any quicker if it went out. No. I asked if someone would bring him a way to power his CPAP so he would not die in his sleep if the power went out. No. I asked if they would be more understanding on payments if his Social Security check was late. No. Finally, (getting miffed) I asked just why the electric company wanted me to call and let them know a disabled person lived at our address. For their records, not to aid the disabled person. I remember thinking, “Well, that’s one more reason we prep….”

Having disabilities modifies many preps. With physical disabilities, bugging out becomes harder (if not impossible) so you need to pay more attention to hardening a bug-in location and choosing a bug-out location carefully. You need to monitor conditions more closely so you have extra time if you do choose bugging out, because it could take you considerably longer. Many physically disabled persons Read the rest of this entry »

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Apr 12

Demystifying Dried Corn

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To a beginner in prepping, corn can be confusing. We all know sweet corn, the garden vegetable and have seen it dried either as a dehydrated vegetable or for seeds. Is it the same dry corn that is listed as a major component in so many food plans? No, it is not.
Then is it popcorn, which is another dried corn staple in the grocery store? No, again.
Dry storage corn is field corn, usually sold as animal feed or for cornmeal.

Field corn comes in three basic types: dent, flint, and flour. Dent corn is the corn that dries with a dimple at the large end. It is commonly raised for animal feed. Flint corn is very brittle when dry, and grinds more easily by hand into cornmeal, whereas flour corn dries with a starchier texture that makes it superior for corn flour. Since corn varieties are wind pollinated, they cross easily, affecting the resulting ears of corn. So if you do raise several types of corn you need to take precautions to see they doesn’t cross pollinate.

I use dent corn in my recipes, since that is the most common and cheap corn in my area. Like all-purpose flour, it works reasonably well in a wide variety of uses. Though a gourmet might notice the difference between different field corns, just as he can tell the difference between cake flour bread flour, my taste buds are more interested in ‘how does it taste’ and that’s about all. So for those wondering about what can be made with the dent corn they are thinking of storing, here is how I use mine. Read the rest of this entry »

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Apr 02

foraged greens recipes

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When I still lived in an apartment, I rented a garden space, shared with the mother in law of the farmer I rented it from. One day while I was weeding the garden, setting aside the lambs’ quarters to eat later, she noticed and asked me why I was saving the ‘weeds’. It turned out her family loved greens, so I gave her the pile I had set aside. Two days later, when I returned to do some weeding, I found that she had not only weeded both my garden and hers, she had saved and frozen all the edible weeds for later meals! She said they were much better than spinach. So we took a walk around the farm and I showed her which other weeds were edible, too.

Many foraged wild plants end up as potherbs, cooked like spinach. Since spinach in my area has a short season, then bolts and goes to seed, I generally do not bother planting it, instead picking and eating various wild greens in season. They are much more prolific. Choose your picking area carefully though, to stay away from Read the rest of this entry »

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Mar 25

Prepper meetup groups in Wisconsin

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Map of all American Preppers Network and Partner meetup groups.

Scroll past the map for a listing.


View American Preppers Network Meetups in a larger map
Fox Valley:
http://www.meetup.com/FoxValleyPreppers/

Madison
http://www.meetup.com/MadisonPreppers/

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Apr 13

Ready Radio Days

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Ready Radio Days is a program that is selling weather radios at a discounted price.

Here is a list of television stations involved in the Ready Radio Days campaign:

WEAU-Eau Claire
Wednesday April 13
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Walgreens at 1819 South Hastings Way

WLUK-Green Bay
Thursday, April 14
9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Mills Fleet Farm at 2460 Main Street

WKBT-La Crosse, WSAW-Wausau, WISC-Madison and WISN-Milwaukee will also participate in the program but have not set a date for their events.

See the pdf press release here

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Apr 12

Virtually Fat Free Cheesecake from food storage foods

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Apr 11

State-wide Tornado Drill April 14, 2011

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To encourage citizens to be prepared for severe weather, Wisconsin Emergency
Management (WEM) and the National Weather Service (NWS) are once again
promoting Wisconsin’s Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week. The
statewide tornado drill will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Many schools
and businesses participate in the annual daytime drill. Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction, WEM and the NWS have distributed tornado and severe
weather information to schools. If there is actual severe weather on April 14, the
tornado drill will be postponed until Friday, April 15, with the watch/warnings
issued at the same time. Below are the scheduled times for the mock
watches/warnings. Keep in mind that you will not hear weather radio tone-alerts
for the mock tornado watch and warnings on certain weather radios. In these
cases you will have to manually turn on your weather radio in order to hear the
mock tornado watch and warnings.

1:00 pm – Mock TORNADO WATCH for all of Wisconsin

MOCK TORNADO WARNINGS

1:10-1:15 pm – National Weather Service Green Bay issues Mock Tornado
Warning for Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade,
Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida,
Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Vilas, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago and
Wood Counties.

1:20-1:25 pm – National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan issues Mock
Tornado Warning for Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green
Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee,
Racine, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha
Counties.

1:30-1:35 pm – National Weather Service La Crosse issues Mock Tornado
Warning for Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau,
LaCrosse, Monroe, Richland, Taylor, Trempealeau and Vernon Counties.
1:40-1:45 pm – National Weather Service Minneapolis/Chanhassen issues
Mock Tornado Warning for Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce,
Polk, Rusk and St. Croix Counties.

1:50-1:55 pm – National Weather Service Duluth issues Mock Tornado
Warning for Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Sawyer and
Washburn Counties.

2:00 pm – END OF MOCK TORNADO WATCH/WARNING DRILL

Source – Ready Wisconsin

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