Emergency foods

[Guest guest]

Dear Wyndie:

I also live in a hurricane zone (New Orleans). I can tell you what I did and

what will be doing. I have a large ice chest and small one. Before I

evacuated, I pack it up with all my foods. We ate out of the ice chest while on

the road and at relatives I put everything in their refrigerator. I cooked for

the kids separately from the rest of the family. If I cooked for the whole

family, my sister and her family ate SCD. They ate alot of SCD foods for

almost every night for 6 weeks because I cooked.

We have a gas stove top that allows for lighting it when electricity is out.

Also, the barbecue pit is an option for cooking.

Even before SCD, I always evacuated for hurricane threats. Its not fun to go

without electricity with young children in this heat.

I have been trying to double recipes when I cook and I store them in the freezer

for when I cannot cook. If there's a hurricane, that might be the time to eat

these prepared meals or to take along in the ice chest (less ice needed to keep

everything cold until you get to a friends or relatives. I found being at a

hotel the hardest. Try to find a location in advance where you can evacuate to

that will have access to a kitchen and refrigerator. Hope this helps. Eileen

Brown

SCD 1 1/2 UC

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much to all who replied. I am sorry it took me so long to

get back - crazy couple of weeks! LOL Anyway, I found someone who has a

pressure canner that I can borrow so I am looking forward to getting some

foods canned and ready in case of emergencies. I think this will come in

handy for more than a hurricane box - but for any road trips and such as

well. Thank you again for all your suggestions!

Wyndie

1d. Re: Emergency foods

Posted by: " Tracey Minella " lovemyboyclay@... lovemyboyclay

Date: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:32 pm (PDT)

Hi Wyndie:

I agree with the canning suggestion. I do canning myself and was self

taught. You can learn alot from canning cookbooks. I recommend you get

the " bible " of canning: The Ball Blue Book. Your library may have it or

be able to get it. Try to find recipes that don't use sugar, but rather

honey.

Be careful because some items may be safely canned in a boiling water

bath (like many fruits and jams and pickled items), while other items

need higher temperatures to be safely canned (like many vegetables), and

require a pressure canner.

I know it is an expensive suggestion, but my other thought was to

consider buying a

generator for such an emergency. It may be the least disruptive option,

assuming of course, that you are not hit by a major disaster like katrina

(God forbid), but only enough of a disaster to knock out your power for

awhile.

Tracey

Wyndie wrote:

I'm curious to know, what do you do for " emergency " situations.

I was

looking at my old " hurricane " box and there's not a thing in there we

can have; so as I try to prepare a new one, I find there's not much I

can fill it with. We live in a hurricane prone area, so I need to pack

an emergency box. What do you suggest for that?

Thanks so much,

Wyndie