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Diary of a Re-Prepper

Sally Furniss

Sally Furniss

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I have been busy, my pantry is looking empty and in need of a major re-stock.

First I am taking an inventory.

I'm interested in things that we liked and are now low on.

Has any thing gone off?

What didn't we like!

Are there things we need to eat/give away now?
 
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Tonights journey down to the pantry revealed the lights had gone and the torch broken :rolleyes:

I borrowed a LED bicycle light and was really impressed with it's brightness and low low power usage.

First item on the prep re-stock list is a LED torch.
 
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Good idea Annz. I checked the 3 day food supply in our family emergency evacuation kit. One of the tins of meat was bulging suspiciously, most of it was out of date and the bag of cookies had long since passed the state of being stale. :oem Time to do some updating.
 
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I love LED, I replaced everything with LED headlamps (they strap onto your head and can be aimed up, down or straight ahead) LED lanterns and shake and crank flashlights. (torches!) :)
I went down to the basement to reorganize and found a 5 lb container of honey had leaked! Ugh. Also a jar of spaghetti sauce had gone bad. (lid bulged and came off)
We lost 50 lbs of corn meal when the basement flooded (I replaced it) and some chocolate chips had been infested by moths (I put out moth traps everywhere.)
That's a good idea, to check your preps and freshen them. You can also check for pests and damages. I still have to replace the honey. Nobody told me we had to RE-prep!
 
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I checked the flour today.

The amount in storage was enough to last a few months at our normal rate of use. We like to make our own breads, cakes etc.

Some changes in eating habits and time restraints have meant that we didn't use as much flour as expected. 20kg (44pd) has gone rancid.
 
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The large empty space in the pantry is due to an absence of tinned peaches. It seems the whole family has been snacking on them :rolleyes:

The remainder of the food is at normal storage levels although a few things need to be rotated out soon.

The fuel for the camp stove is still in it's plastic container and needs to be moved to metal container.

I'm not sure what to due about replacing the flour. We don't use a lot due to food intolerances. The flour we do use is stone ground and does not store as long as commercial white flours, due to it's wholemeal content. I'm tempted to go with storing other whole grains as the food tolerance for them is much higher. They store better and barley, corn and rice don't need to be ground.
 
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No leakage of honey here but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. The containers are easily squeezed and the lids forced off.


LED headlamps arrived. The lenses in them throw the light out a lot more than a straight bicycle lamp. Batteries last 40 hours.

Most of the flour has been replaced with buck wheat and cous cous.

The family have now gone peanut butter mad and are eating into stocks. This is great because it needs rotating.

I've added soup mix (lentils, barley, pasta). This is part of neighbourhood help.

Bought some cases of beans. A week later I went to make a test meal. The first tin opened with a loud pop. The second one was full of bubbles. I still had the receipts. The store took all the cases back, no problems.
 
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Is it good to replace flour with couscous? I know flour "goes flat" after awhile, and we LOVE couscous (they're like grits, only wheat!) Do they store well? My flour is one of the things that doesn't have a really long shelf life and doesn't get rotated because it's something I seldom use. We do eat couscous a lot, though.
 
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Cous cous has allowed diversification of the wheat that is stored. The quick cooking is also a factor.
 
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As a rule of thumb properly stored whole grains tend to out last processed grain products in long term storage. How about rice, barley and other whole grains? Another option is buying the wheat and grind it into flour as you need it.
 
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Tip:
If you have a food item that seems to suffer heavily at the hands of two legged mice, try storing them in a box clearly labled as containing salt, or similar, and stacked under something heavy. This seems to throw them off the scent.
 
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My preparations burned up in the recent fires in Ramona along with my house. So I have been checking in occasionally just to see that the news isn't real alarming while I deal with the thousands of details which have higher priority. I must confess to some chagrin that thousands of dollars of preparations have gone up in smoke rather than gone stale or got consumed by mice of any configuration.

I dread attempting to get reimbursement from my insurance company for those preparations. arrrrgh!
 
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I am so very sorry to hear your home was lost to the fire. Good luck with the insurance people and I wish you even better luck in rebuilding. *hugs*
 
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DRJJ said:
My preparations burned up in the recent fires in Ramona along with my house. So I have been checking in occasionally just to see that the news isn't real alarming while I deal with the thousands of details which have higher priority. I must confess to some chagrin that thousands of dollars of preparations have gone up in smoke rather than gone stale or got consumed by mice of any configuration.

I dread attempting to get reimbursement from my insurance company for those preparations. arrrrgh!
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Very sorry!

I am glad you and your near ones are safe.
 
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Terrible to hear about the fire. I hope life has returned to normal for you now and the current food inflation is not being a problem with your restock. Your experience has prompted a review of fire safety and escape plans here.
 
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I have put off re-stocking until the house sells. I am tired of answering questions as to why my basement looks like a grocery store. It has motivated us into using the stores more often and that is a good thing.
 
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"I am tired of answering questions as to why my basement looks like a grocery store"

Hi Shan.,

tell them that you run a reseller busines ...
 
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tygerkittn said:
Is it good to replace flour with couscous? I know flour "goes flat" after awhile, and we LOVE couscous (they're like grits, only wheat!) Do they store well? My flour is one of the things that doesn't have a really long shelf life and doesn't get rotated because it's something I seldom use. We do eat couscous a lot, though.
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Cous cous is made from wheat and salt and so stores well. More recipes on using couscous are on the prep list.
 
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Another advantage of cous cous (or at least the instant cous cous you are likely to have access to) is that it is pre steamed and only needs the addition of boiling water or stock so is very energy efficient in preparation. I was in Marrakesh last November and was impressed with how little charcoal was used in the tagine, the heavy ceramic base of the middle (plate) section retains a lot of heat and the lid contains much of the rest.
Something to make in your kiln?
 
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