I thought it would be cool to do something new and interesting. Let's post a pic of something prepper related. I'm going out on a limb to establish some rules for this thread. Hopefully everyone agrees and plays along. Let's make sure not give out any personal information with our pics. No need for head shots or other information pertaining to who you are or where you live.
The Rules:
1. Only post a pic of your preps (not someone else's picture).
2. Let's keep it PG-13 rated please.
3. Let's not show pics of anything illegal.
4. A brief description of what it's all about!
Here's a couple of ideas to get you started:
-> A pic of one of your animals as a part of your self-sustainable world
-> Your canned good stash
-> A peak in your bugout bag
-> Your medical kit colletion
-> Your off-grid power system
-> Your awesome garden
-> Your primitive skills (trap, cordage, shelter, etc.)
-> Your large collection of bartering items
Hopefully that's enough to get people started here. I encourage anything prepper related. Everyone must have something that they can share. Here's mine:
Her name is Scruffles (my daughter named her). She's the first chicken I ever got. When I first got her, some time ago, I had no choice but to keep her in my living room while I worked. Her breed is a Barred Rock and she's quite loud in the morning, dosile/quiet when laying. She has quite the personality. The photo is in my living room and as you can see she runs the show....
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part of my home canned pantry..
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This aughta be a tricky thread....prepper's usually don't want to show their stuff even to close friends, don't mind advertising to government snoops who likely view this site daily!
Love my little Ecozoom stove, I have cooked with it in a number of ways, I have used sticks, charcoal and this year, I am going to get to that dried poo as fuel, its been on the list for a while now, I have done it out west but our pie just never seem to dry the same here locally as the ones on the grassland in alberta did..
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This aughta be a tricky thread....prepper's usually don't want to show their stuff even to close friends, don't mind advertising to government snoops who likely view this site daily!
I think its a great idea, I would rather show something that I have used and worked with in different season's in the hope that others that are thinking about it, get a honest review of the products..
As for the snoops, follow the guidelines laid out by Che and all will be well.. they might even learn a new pickle recipe 🙂
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Love my little Ecozoom stove, I have cooked with it in a number of ways, I have used sticks, charcoal .
Farmgal, I have the same Ecozoom stove. I have only tried it once so far. LOL. I want to get some charcoal and try too.
What type of charcoat is the best to use with it ? Canadian Tire offers alot of different ones.
- hardwood wood charcoal blend
- hardwood charcoal briquettes
- charcoal briquettes
- lump charcoal
- mesquite lump charcoal
- minit lite charcoal
Goldie, I will have to go look at the bag to honest, I bought what was on sale three different times, different brands and types, and tried them all, I didn't notice any real difference other then the amount of air flow had to be adjusted just a hair. Please do consider coming back and giving more info when you have feedback as well.
Now I will say this.. I am a "not bad" fire starter, and I have had 100 percent luck getting a nice little fire going in this when I follow the rules but the one time , I decided to use only outside wet soggy to start it.. and let me tell ya.. it was harder to get a bad start in the stove, then just outside.. was not expecting that.. I did stick it out, but have never done it again LOL
If you are going to do longer cook times, don't just use the extra heat helper around the bottom, also set up a wind break if at all possible on two sides to prevent heat loss.. I have tried a couple different things for cooking with, Cast iron has won hands down in my trails.
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Farmgal, yes I've been collecting cast iron to use with my ecozoom stove.
Also, there is a pot developed for the sister version of the ecozoom , ( the stovetec )
and it is called the SUPERPOT. You can see it online at the readyshop.ca, it is supposed to retain heat
better so boiling water might be faster for example. It is supposed to fit the ecozoom also.
Then, there is something called Instaflam that can be used for bad damp days in the ecozoom
to start the fire, and they burn for about 10 minutes, there are some other similar branded ones.
Love my little Ecozoom stove..
I could see if we were using these day in day out, in a real emergency situation, we would want at least one more , LOL
so we could cook more things at the same time.
"Yes, I agree Goldie but for that I waited for the spring sales and bought a small portable wood stove that was made for the fishing huts.. it's big enough to do more things on, if we needed the outdoor space etc.. but I also have seen where they have a topper for joining two together for much larger cooking space and for making and cooking flat breads etc..
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My new Excalibur Dehydrator 5 tray stainless steel model, and my first weekend of using it with Bananas.
Setup is in the laundry room, on top of the shorter freezer. I can not hear any noise with it in there.
It smells like banana bread cooking .
Here is my 'stash' in an old trunk, with emergency supplies to bug-in, or to bug-out if needed.
Contents:
MEC bob (main)
Doggie backpack (dog wears this)
Pet bag for cats
Extra food bag (if bugging out by car)
Extra t.p.
Extra water
Hiking backpack with bedroll, tent, etc
The cat carriers are downstairs, and close to my sleeping area I have my Eton radio, critical documents & bear spray 😮 .
Here is my sweet girl ready to bug out with her own supplies...too bad they only had pink..not very opsec I know
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part of my home canned pantry..
Nice. I always love looking at my canned goods. Something I can't help but feel a sense of empowerment and proud about. Very cool. Nice selection. Is that apple sauce in the top right?
Love my little Ecozoom stove...
I think we chatted about this in another thread. I've got the stovetec version - yes they're a lot of fun!
Also, there is a pot developed for the sister version of the ecozoom , ( the stovetec )
and it is called the SUPERPOT. You can see it online at the readyshop.ca, it is supposed to retain heat
better so boiling water might be faster for example. It is supposed to fit the ecozoom also.Then, there is something called Instaflam that can be used for bad damp days in the ecozoom
to start the fire, and they burn for about 10 minutes, there are some other similar branded ones.
There's actually two pot styles. One is a Kelly Kettle. Which, ironically, takes longer to boil water then the pot so I opted for the regular pot. It does a great job of going over the lip of the stove to retain the heat. It was actually two guys that went their separate ways within the company. The ecozoom and stovetec were created as a result. Both pots work with both stoves. I think the only difference is the color (mines green opposed to grey).
My new Excalibur Dehydrator 5 tray stainless steel model...
Nice! Heard some really good things about that one!
Here is my 'stash' in an old trunk, with emergency supplies to bug-in, or to bug-out if needed...Here is my sweet girl ready to bug out with her own supplies...too bad they only had pink..not very opsec I know
Cool stash! Is that one of those old tickle trunks? That's hilarious.
She looks quite happy. That handle at the top above her back is a nice touch. She looks like she's ready to go, although (I have dogs) she could just be looking at food on the table....
Ok, I suppose I'll keep this rocking. Since we touched on stoves previously...
That's a snap shot of my Frontier wood stove. It's very portable. I love it. I made it work in my ice hut. Speaking of which, these are some fish from that same day:
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Yes, its apple sauce, and crab-Apple and other kinds mixed as well.. I tend to put up around 1000 to 1500 jars per season, on a average year, some years less, some years more and I do can pretty much year around..
Speaking of liking the trunk, and I did enjoy seeing it.. I do what I call my mobile health kits, they are just what they sound like. tool box's that have the basic's added to them to cover all kinds of typical things that can happen, I have a human one, a small critter one (think Cats/Dogs) a large animal kit, and a barn birthing kit.. They are awesome because I just need to tell hubby which kit to bring me and Go!
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Farmgal, was that 1000 - 1500 jars of applesauce or 1000 - 1500 jars of assorted canning ?
Farmgal, I notice you keep the rings on the mason jars. Some articles are saying to remove that ring
once they are on the shelves. One such article explains why a good reason to remove.
http://www.thekitchn.com/tip-store-canned-jars-without-rings-170421/
I have always kept the rings on, but finding alot of rust to remove.
Any comments on storing them with or without the rings