Far too many people who want to get prepared believe that it is all about bugout bags, MREs, and freeze-dried food. No – foods put back in freezers can play a valuable role in a food storage program and preparedness.
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Great vid! I’m a big freezer guy. I have a large battery backed solar power system and use the 30 cu ft chest freezer for all the reasons you mentioned and some you didn’t including beating inflation. I just smoked a couple racks of ribs a week or so ago that cost at least than half what they are currently priced. I had another 27 cu ft freezer that I lost in the storm surge of Hurricane Ian and it broke my heart because I had probably 50 pounds of pompano fillets in it. Keep on keepin’ on folks!
my two freezers are packed and the will last for four days unopened if wrapped in blankets and sleeping bags ( we went through a unexpected trial run last year but it was an ice storm, cold ) long enough to get the two fish cookers and the two pressure canners (all american ) up and running if necessary. plenty of gas for the genny, hundreds of jars and i buy lids by the gross ( superb canning lids ) and 25 bottles of propane for the cookers if needed.
i need to try canning over a fire one day. it would be good to know how but i expect it to be a challenge to keep the temps steady.
canning is the best, most sure way to preserve food long term IMO.
CaptTurbo,
Hurricane Ian? it seems that you and i are in the same neck of the woods. the gulf coast is great when the wind is not going round and round.
Katrina in 05 was our wake up call to prepping. we were totally unprepared other than our camping supplies. we camped in the house for a month.
good luck to ya!!
We have 3 freezers and 2 refer/freezer combo’s. We buy meats and cheeses for our use and to “feed” our freeze drier, whenever a sale come along. This year we are putting in a solar backup for the freezers, plus we have a dual fuel generator, too. These, coupled with a “robust” pantry, saves us 30-40% off our food budget, and has for years.
John, great video. We have a 25 cf side by side refrigerator/freezer and a 5, 7, and 9 cf freezers in the shed which in the near future will have a solar back up system, Our well pump already has a solar back up system along with a propane back up generator and 2 100 gallon propane tanks
I grew up with chest freezers in my parents’ and grandparents’ homes, and I’m all for them as long as you remember to not keep all your eggs in one basket.
I wish I’d had the chance to photograph my grandmother’s spotlessly-clean basement. Initially widowed with 2 babies at the start of the Depression, she was determined that hard times would never affect her family again. She had 2 chest freezers and a small root cellar that were always full, along with a long cellar wall stacked floor to ceiling with canned goods that she bought by the case. By the time I came along she’d eased up on the manual labor, but she still sewed, made her own soap, and had several cold frames and a small greenhouse. There was a large kitchen garden, and they also grew black cherries, apples, rhubarb, raspberries, strawberries, pears, and currants. She’s always been one of my heroes.