SCD emergency kit (was Cook THEN Dehydrate?)

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

Would be very interested your suggestions for an SCD emergency kit. Living on

coastal waters is nerve wracking this time of year. I've stock-piled meds,

water, canned salmon, pet foods and usually have an abundance of fruit but feel

I'm on shaky ground beyond

that. I watched what was happening in your neck of the woods with Katrina and

knew that, in a similar situation, if we couldn't evac in time we'd be hunkering

down at home and hoping for the best.

CD companion to J, 35 yo w/ chronic systemic yeast, leaky gut, autism,

Tourette's, OCD, Bi-Polar, MR

hugely successful SCD 8/05

[Guest guest]

At 12:10 AM 8/22/2007, you wrote:

>Would be very interested your suggestions for an

>SCD emergency kit. Living on coastal waters is

>nerve wracking this time of year. I've

>stock-piled meds, water, canned salmon, pet

>foods and usually have an abundance of fruit but

>feel I'm on shaky ground beyond that. I watched

>what was happening in your neck of the woods

>with Katrina and knew that, in a similar

>situation, if we couldn't evac in time we'd be

>hunkering down at home and hoping for the best.

Intriguingly enough, we've just been having a

discussion on this on the Long Island List.

<wry grin> Rather different, these SCD

preparations, from when I put a half dozen cans

of ravioli and canned veggies in the cupboard and

forgot about it until after hurricane season....

LOTS of bottled water. LOTS.

Radio.

Batteries.

I have three of the Wenzel LED fan lights here:

http://www.amazon.com/Wenzel-823146-LED-Fan-Light/dp/B0007OEQXG/ref=pd_bbs_7/102\

-9901643-4177724?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1187289188&sr=8-7

which run off either AA or AAA batteries. These

are wonderful for providing room-light and for

stirring the entirely too hot air while you are

waiting for the power to come back on.

I also have a whole batch of 3 LED book lights

from Borders.

http://www.mightybright.com/Book_Lights/CategoryProductList.aspx

-- it's the Deluxe triple LED. They show the kit

with the AC adapter, but we got them without.

Works great as a hands-free flashlight because

you can clip it to your shirt. I have several of

these located strategically around the house so

that if the power goes out, I find the piece of

furniture I know I attached the book light tol

run my hand up, and presto, I have light. (We have one in each car, too.)

A small outdoor propane stove, like a 's

is a good idea. (We fed ten people off one after Katrina.)

Coolers with plenty of blue ice packs, already

frozen. My usual preparation for a hurricane is

to fill plastic bags and / or containers with

water and tuck them into every nook and cranny of

the refrigerator and freezer to provide chilling

mass. This way, if you do not open the appliances

while the power is off, your food should stay

cold for anywhere from 5-7 days -- we did this

during Hurricanes Cindy and Dennis in 2005. And

again for Katrina, but being without power for 6

weeks pretty well did in anything.

Large trash cans that you can fill with water to

flush the toilet if that goes out.

Tuna in water is fine: just make sure what you

get doesn't have " vegetable broth " added -- that

" broth " is chock full of illegals. I have also

seen salmon, shrimp, and crab meat in cans which

is legal. Look for low sodium brands -- they are less likely to have junk.

Fruits packed in their own juice, in the smallest

cans you can find so the remainder doesn't have

to be thrown out if you don't eat it all.

Typically, this is pineapple, but be careful of

the pineapple: it used to be " in it's own juice "

(which is legal) but lately, our Sam's has been

carrying " in pineapple juice " , which is NOT the same thing.

Look for small bottles of the legal Welch's

juices, legal Dole pineapple and the Knudson

" Just Juice " line, as that can give you some variety to drink.

Gatorade is not legal, but as most everyone here

knows, you can make your own electrolyte stuff --

about a cup of the Knudson's, dissolve 1/4

teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda in it,

add boiled water to make a quart. (If you don't

have the fruit juice, you can also use 2

tablespoons of honey, but some folks do better

with the fruit juices. Warning -- honey and

baking soda FIZZ when mixed.) This should be kept

as cold as possible, and discarded after 24 hours.

If you tolerate nut flours, Sue's crackers are

great and don't need refrigeration.

http://uclbs.org/recipes/bmc/suecrackers.php

If you have a dehydrator, you can make meat

sticks and / or jerky. You can also do dried

vegetables and fruits, but keep in mind that you

will need extra water to either rehydrate for use

or to rehydrate YOU if you eat them dry.

Kim Mumbower reminded me that you can also make

meat sticks and jerky in the oven, something I'd

forgotten since my oven only goes down to 180F.

I also like to make Cheese Crisps, which are all

cheese, and don't require refrigeration.

I have several snap top boxes of one-pot meals

that can be re-heated over a propane camp stove.

These are frozen solid and moved to my cooler as

the storm approaches. In an ideal world, I would

know how to can fruits, vegetables, and various

meat stews so I could have these foods on hand

and not have to worry about refrigerating them.

Hard boiled eggs and hard cheese keep well in a

cooler and provide breakfast and lunch.

And above all, pray for what I and a Floridian

from a History Forum where I hang out call " fish

storms. " Those which go up the middle of the

Atlantic and don't make landfall. I am currently

sending good thoughts in the direction of those in the path of Hurricane Dean.

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Addition to the below: a recommendation from the

Times-Picayune, the New Orleans newspaper which

won a Pulitzer for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

If a storm is heading your way, regardless of

whether you plan to evacuate or not, place all

the food in your refrigerator and freezer inside

heavy garbage bags, re-seal it, and replace the

bags in the appropriate appliance. That way, if

the storm knocks out your power for too long, and

you do loose all the food, you don't loose the

appliances, too, and you don't have a horrible,

smelly job of cleaning everything out. You remove

the bags from the appliance and set them out on the curb.

I can tell you, from having lost both my

refrigerator and freezer, including 23 cu ft of

prepared SCD foods, that the clean up is far

worse than the time it'll take you to put things in the garbage bags.

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>Intriguingly enough, we've just been having a

>discussion on this on the Long Island List.

>

><wry grin> Rather different, these SCD

>preparations, from when I put a half dozen cans

>of ravioli and canned veggies in the cupboard

>and forgot about it until after hurricane season....

>

>LOTS of bottled water. LOTS.

>

>Radio.

>

>Batteries.

>

>I have three of the Wenzel LED fan lights here:

>

>http://www.amazon.com/Wenzel-823146-LED-Fan-Light/dp/B0007OEQXG/ref=pd_bbs_7/10\

2-9901643-4177724?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1187289188&sr=8-7

>

>which run off either AA or AAA batteries. These

>are wonderful for providing room-light and for

>stirring the entirely too hot air while you are

>waiting for the power to come back on.

>

>I also have a whole batch of 3 LED book lights

>from Borders.

>http://www.mightybright.com/Book_Lights/CategoryProductList.aspx

>-- it's the Deluxe triple LED. They show the kit

>with the AC adapter, but we got them without.

>Works great as a hands-free flashlight because

>you can clip it to your shirt. I have several

>of these located strategically around the house

>so that if the power goes out, I find the piece

>of furniture I know I attached the book light

>tol run my hand up, and presto, I have light. (We have one in each car, too.)

>

>A small outdoor propane stove, like a 's

>is a good idea. (We fed ten people off one after Katrina.)

>

>Coolers with plenty of blue ice packs, already

>frozen. My usual preparation for a hurricane is

>to fill plastic bags and / or containers with

>water and tuck them into every nook and cranny

>of the refrigerator and freezer to provide

>chilling mass. This way, if you do not open the

>appliances while the power is off, your food

>should stay cold for anywhere from 5-7 days --

>we did this during Hurricanes Cindy and Dennis

>in 2005. And again for Katrina, but being

>without power for 6 weeks pretty well did in anything.

>

>Large trash cans that you can fill with water to

>flush the toilet if that goes out.

>

>Tuna in water is fine: just make sure what you

>get doesn't have " vegetable broth " added -- that

> " broth " is chock full of illegals. I have also

>seen salmon, shrimp, and crab meat in cans which

>is legal. Look for low sodium brands -- they are less likely to have junk.

>

>Fruits packed in their own juice, in the

>smallest cans you can find so the remainder

>doesn't have to be thrown out if you don't eat

>it all. Typically, this is pineapple, but be

>careful of the pineapple: it used to be " in it's

>own juice " (which is legal) but lately, our

>Sam's has been carrying " in pineapple juice " , which is NOT the same thing.

>

>Look for small bottles of the legal Welch's

>juices, legal Dole pineapple and the Knudson

> " Just Juice " line, as that can give you some variety to drink.

>

>Gatorade is not legal, but as most everyone here

>knows, you can make your own electrolyte stuff

>-- about a cup of the Knudson's, dissolve 1/4

>teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda in

>it, add boiled water to make a quart. (If you

>don't have the fruit juice, you can also use 2

>tablespoons of honey, but some folks do better

>with the fruit juices. Warning -- honey and

>baking soda FIZZ when mixed.) This should be

>kept as cold as possible, and discarded after 24 hours.

>

>If you tolerate nut flours, Sue's crackers are

>great and don't need refrigeration.

>http://uclbs.org/recipes/bmc/suecrackers.php

>

>If you have a dehydrator, you can make meat

>sticks and / or jerky. You can also do dried

>vegetables and fruits, but keep in mind that you

>will need extra water to either rehydrate for

>use or to rehydrate YOU if you eat them dry.

>

>Kim Mumbower reminded me that you can also make

>meat sticks and jerky in the oven, something I'd

>forgotten since my oven only goes down to 180F.

>

>I also like to make Cheese Crisps, which are all

>cheese, and don't require refrigeration.

>

>I have several snap top boxes of one-pot meals

>that can be re-heated over a propane camp stove.

>These are frozen solid and moved to my cooler as

>the storm approaches. In an ideal world, I would

>know how to can fruits, vegetables, and various

>meat stews so I could have these foods on hand

>and not have to worry about refrigerating them.

>

>Hard boiled eggs and hard cheese keep well in a

>cooler and provide breakfast and lunch.

>

>And above all, pray for what I and a Floridian

>from a History Forum where I hang out call " fish

>storms. " Those which go up the middle of the

>Atlantic and don't make landfall. I am currently

>sending good thoughts in the direction of those in the path of Hurricane Dean.

>

>— Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>

>

[Guest guest]

Great tips, thank you.

CD