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#275474 - 06/22/15 11:13 PM 72 hour cookbooks?
Mark_R Offline
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 863
Loc: Southern California
What are some good cookbooks / family meal planning for disaster preparedness?

Everything I've found so far seems to assume I will have acess to fresh greens, or be able to store 100 lbs food in Ball jars, or have several days advanced warning. I don't or I can't.

My emergency food supplies are all set to expire within the 6 months, so this is an excellent time for a bottom up restock.

EDIT: I will have access to a pot and a camp stove.


Edited by Mark_R (06/22/15 11:14 PM)
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#275478 - 06/23/15 03:21 AM Re: 72 hour cookbooks? [Re: Mark_R]
LesSnyder Offline
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Registered: 07/11/10
Posts: 1680
Loc: New Port Richey, Fla
Mark...you might get something useful from this Wendy DeWitt (LDS)pdf file... the system starts on the second page and has long term storage meals, and the best system I've found... there are companion videos on YouTube under her name also


http://www.sunoven.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EverythingUnderTheSun.pdf

if you pressure can, there are some interesting one jar meals suitable for long term storage also on YouTube

I base my short term preparations on utilizing rice, pasta, or potato buds to augment canned "chunky or cream of" soups and stews... I store beans, rice, pasta in glass canning jars sealed with a jar adapter for my vacuum food sealer


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#275481 - 06/23/15 09:11 AM Re: 72 hour cookbooks? (72?) [Re: Mark_R]
EMPnotImplyNuclear Offline
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Registered: 09/10/08
Posts: 382
Originally Posted By: Mark_R
What are some good cookbooks / family meal planning for disaster preparedness?

Everything I've found so far seems to assume I will have acess to fresh greens, or be able to store 100 lbs food in Ball jars, or have several days advanced warning. I don't or I can't.

My emergency food supplies are all set to expire within the 6 months, so this is an excellent time for a bottom up restock.

EDIT: I will have access to a pot and a camp stove.

72??
Hmm, my plan,
In the first 72 hours, I cook (if needed) whatever is in the refrigerator, then cook the stuff in the freezer, then I'm eating strictly from the pantry

lots of stuff in fridge will last a long time (eggs, cheese..), and even 1/3 empty (rare) there is still enough food for four people for three days, most of which requires no cooking (except meat/eggs)

in the pantry there is all kinds of dry food
pasta , rice , beans , lentils, millet, chickpeas, quinoa, buckwheat, wheat, bulgur, oatmeal , cereal, dehydrated fruits...
and a few cans here and there , and spices

its just stuff regular we eat regularly , that will last for years in storage without special packaging

pressure cooker saves fuel/time for cooking beans and meats
toast/sear stuff for flavor, even grains and spices
make stuff up
can't go wrong with salt, onion, hot, sweet, sour, so blackpepper, redpepper, vinegar , lemon juice, sugar , ketchup
goes "great" over any "grain" combination, or meat
not tasty enough? add more spices smile
or dump some canned stuff in there (marinera, pasta, salsa, savory pepper relish ... )

sure there are actual recipes about but I keep it simple, but then food fatigue isn't an actual issue for me smile just add salt (but measure it)

25lb rice and 25lb pinto beans + some oil, 16 days of grub for one person, works out about the same same for all the dry stuff

so a special 72 hour cookbook? Um, how about an everyday cookbook smile

I can't actually recommend a cookbook, every time I go looking at recipes/ingredients, its always onion/garlic/sugar/pepper/vinegar/salt

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#275489 - 06/23/15 04:40 PM Re: 72 hour cookbooks? (72?) [Re: Mark_R]
TeacherRO Offline
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Registered: 03/11/05
Posts: 2574
I'd look at camping cookbooks - same limitations.

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#275490 - 06/23/15 08:45 PM Re: 72 hour cookbooks? (72?) [Re: Mark_R]
barbakane Offline
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Registered: 03/12/09
Posts: 205
Loc: Florida
http://www.amazon.com/The-Storm-Gourmet-Extraordinary-Electricity/dp/1561643343

Besides this...just learn to cook better if your skills are a little rusty. If I don't cook at home, we don't eat, so everything in my pantry and fridge/freezer is stuff I'm gonna eat anyway.
During Hurricane Andrew, like stated above...I cooked stuff in the fridge first, then moved to the freezer. After that, the power was back on. I wasin Ft Laud, 30 miles from the epicenter in the Homestead/Kendall area, so it wasn't too bad. My biggest concern was making sure I didn't run out of coffee.
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#275492 - 06/24/15 12:02 AM Re: 72 hour cookbooks? [Re: Mark_R]
gonewiththewind Offline
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Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1517
Here is one I like:

Cooking With Fire

Good instructions on all kinds of cooking using primitive methods.

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#275510 - 06/24/15 07:28 PM Re: 72 hour cookbooks? [Re: Mark_R]
yelp Offline
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Registered: 06/04/08
Posts: 172
Loc: Colorado
Phillip's (a credit to this very forum) "The Civilized Explorer" recipes sound both tasty and relevant to a grid interruption:

The Civilized Explorer - Camping Recipes

The Civilized Explorer

Camping Recipes

We have looked unsuccessfully for a book or website that provides recipes that work easily out in the desert. So we've put together this assortment of recipes that we've scrounged up over time. These recipes will also work well after natural disasters like earthquakes, so we rotate through our earthquake supplies as we go on camping trips.
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