Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 > > In the area we where we live, we have had a very bad winter. In > December, we lost power for three days. Being on the diet, we have been eating all fresh foods. This became impossible when grocery stores were closed and cooking facilities were limited. We realized that we were not very well prepared to stay on the diet during an extended power outage. (We realized we were not very well prepared at all!) Most survival places sell food bars, but they are full of carbs. After thinking about it, I figured I could stock up and live on canned tuna and coconut oil for a week or so. > I started this topic to get people thinking about preparing for > staying on this diet under emergency conditions and to see what other ideas you great Candida bandits have. ==>Hi Lilac. It's great to hear from you my friend. My, that must have been awful to go through. I could live for a long time on Bee's egg drink made with an egg beater. Canned salmon, tuna, and sardines are good too. Luv, Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 > ==>Hi Lilac. It's great to hear from you my friend. My, that must > have been awful to go through. I could live for a long time on > Bee's egg drink made with an egg beater. Canned salmon, tuna, and > sardines are good too. > > Luv, Bee We talk about this on low-carb groups too. Granted, this eating plan is even more limited, but for what it's worth, I'd guess the canned meats would be OK, and canned veggies would be better than nothing, I suppose. (At least you don't have to cook them if you can't cook.) I hadn't thought about using an egg beater, Bee. I haven't gotten a whisk to work, so I hadn't thought about any other manual preparation methods for the drink. In the winter though, that'd be great if you had the ability to boil water. Here in the Midwest, I think about emergency preparedness a lot because we're in Tornado Alley AND we can get nasty storms in the winter too. I'm sure we're in for a whopper here in IN because in my city, we haven't gotten any measurable snow yet this season. It won't stop raining though! in IN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I know this diet doesn't really include sprouting, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't exclude it either, right? Any green living food is okay, right Bee? My emergency preparedness plan is a cabinet full of sprout seeds and many gallons of distilled water in my closet. In a survival situation, I can grow my own plants with only seeds, water, and bags. Some sprouts are ready to eat in a just a few days. They are loaded with nutrition. It would be enough to keep me and my son alive, at least. Just remember that water is more important than food. Depending on the disaster, there might not be any water available. It's more important, in my opinion, to have a stash of water than to have a stash of food. Good topic, thanks for bringing it up. I thought about it when I went raw and threw out anything non-perishable. I only want perishable foods now. But it did occur to me that I'd be in trouble if the grocery store shut down and food was scarce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 > > I hadn't thought about using an egg beater, Bee. I haven't gotten a whisk > to work, so I hadn't thought about any other manual preparation methods > for the drink. In the winter though, that'd be great if you had the > ability to boil water. > ==> I hadn't thought about using an egg beater for the egg drink, either. Good idea. We did boil some eggs over our open fire and ate those. So we could have boiled water for the egg drink, too. ==> Another problem was that we only had an open wood burning fireplace to heat our home. It was smoky and inefficient. We ended up leaving because the smoke was making us sick. I've been looking at fireplace inserts and generators to try to find a non-toxic way to heat our home without being dependant on natural gas or having to store a tank of fuel in the backyard. We were only out of power this time, but I feel we should be prepared to be without electricity, gas, and water. Any suggestions for non-toxic heat when it is 25 outside? Lilac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I have food prepared for emergencies in the freezer, like if I have to spend a few days in the hospital, and also several cases of bottled water, canned meats and a gallon of coconut oil at all times. Luv, Debby San , CA --- doublelilac <doublelilac@...> wrote: > In the area we where we live, we have had a very bad > winter. In > December, we lost power for three days. Being on > the diet, we have > been eating all fresh foods. This became impossible > when grocery > stores were closed and cooking facilities were > limited. We realized ------------- " The process of changing a lifestyle is more important than reaching a goal or measuring a performance. " -- Theodore Isaac Rubin My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 > I know this diet doesn't really include sprouting, but as far as I > can tell, it doesn't exclude it either, right? Any green living > food is okay, right Bee? ==>I just haven't put sprouts on the list, but they are good, just like any green foods. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 >Another problem was that we only had an open wood burning fireplace to heat our home. It was smoky and inefficient. We ended up leaving because the smoke was making us sick. I've been looking at fireplace inserts and generators to try to find a non-toxic way to heat our home without being dependant on natural gas or having to store a tank of fuel in the backyard. We were only out of power this time, but I feel we should be prepared to be without electricity, gas, and water. Any suggestions for non-toxic heat when it is 25 outside? ==>It would be good to fix your fireplace so it is more efficient and not smoky because it is the best way to heat your home. My brother went through the Katrina hurricane and he bought a generator. I think it was around $500 - $800 at Wal-Mart, which would be a good investment. Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 , The Dry n Store runs for 8 hours. Any time the power is interrupted or the lid is opened, its teminated until you press the on button agaon. It will not restart by itself. And yes you can interrupt the cycle at any time. It will be interesting to see what works out. I would think braille is the best option *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* Life's more painless for the brainless. & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn Newport, Oregon N24C 8/2000 Hookup rclark0276@... http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 , I am glad you agree braille is the vetter avenue for receiving emergency alerts. Hope it materializes sooner than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 , It will probably be later unless people demand sooner. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after. & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn Newport, Oregon N24C 8/2000 Hookup rclark0276@... http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 With the announcements now that some stores are beginning to ratio rice, flour and oil, I thought I'd remind everyone that we do have an emergency preparedness and sustainability forum for TFers at http://www.tfrecipes.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=270 including a master TF-style preparedness list. KerryAnn www.TFrecipes.com/forum/- Traditional Foods Menu Mailer, recipes and cooking helps, home-style TF meals your kids will LOVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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