Due to the insane rise of the living costs due to housing crisis, pandemic and war, more and more people are starting to long-term storage they food and goods.
This practice isn't just good for saving money, it is a safe way to guarantee food on the table for our family during scarcity.
The UN chief has already spoken about a " global food catastrophe", causing shortage and famine.
I'm doing some research and trying to start prepping, by storing and canning food enough for me and my son for a certain period of time.
Does anyone into prepping and want to share recipes, tips, etc...? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to watch the American TV show Preppers years ago and think they were a but cracked for having bug out bags and preparing for Global Pandemics turns out they weren't so cracked after all. |
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"I used to watch the American TV show Preppers years ago and think they were a but cracked for having bug out bags and preparing for Global Pandemics turns out they weren't so cracked after all. "
It is sort of a pessimist way of thinking, but not cracked at all.
Few weeks ago Lidl were selling vegetable oil with limit of 3 bottles per customer, just need to have an storm announced and all the bread and TP os gone from the shelves.
Russia X Ukraine caused us a shortage of fuel, God knows what China X Taiwan (and maybe USA) will cause to the rest of the world. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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For several years I have been researching prepping and preppers online; and the apocalyptic mindset that US preppers have.
When I started my initial research, it seemed a little far-fetched and a little bit paranoid, but I think they were ahead of the curve, as they intend to be when SHTF and WROL arises.
Anyone really interested in prepping can find a massive amount of material online at Google Video, and more in-depth academic research at Google Scholar
Canadian Prepped is a good site; there is a prepping shop in England: I personally know someone who bought a nuclear and biological warfare suit recently and also a mask that can filter out dust from radioactive fallout.
Thales, the company which manufactures missiles has two plants in N.Ireland in Belfast and at Crossbar.
The prepper I know is convinced that both locations are already on Russia's hitlist if full scale war between NATO and the Russian Federation kicks off.
The preppers have a list of staple foods to store and thee are exceptionally security conscious, with an awareness if how to defend their homes, if a world without rule of law emerges, denoted by the acronym WROL.
SHTF is self-explanatory.  |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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The Thales missile testing facility is actually in Crossgar, County Down, in a disused quarry; so I havebeen informed.
The missile manufacturing takes place at Montgomery Road in east Belfast.
The preppers anticipates he will be vaporized as his home us within one mile of the plant, but if only the plant in Crossgar is targeted, his suit and NBRC mask, which cost over £600-six hundred pounds should help him to survive the critical first two days after the warhead detonates above the plant.
The security measures on this prepper's house are extraordinary! |
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"For several years I have been researching prepping and preppers online; and the apocalyptic mindset that US preppers have.
When I started my initial research, it seemed a little far-fetched and a little bit paranoid, but I think they were ahead of the curve, as they intend to be when SHTF and WROL arises.
Anyone really interested in prepping can find a massive amount of material online at Google Video, and more in-depth academic research at Google Scholar
Canadian Prepped is a good site; there is a prepping shop in England: I personally know someone who bought a nuclear and biological warfare suit recently and also a mask that can filter out dust from radioactive fallout.
Thales, the company which manufactures missiles has two plants in N.Ireland in Belfast and at Crossbar.
The prepper I know is convinced that both locations are already on Russia's hitlist if full scale war between NATO and the Russian Federation kicks off.
The preppers have a list of staple foods to store and thee are exceptionally security conscious, with an awareness if how to defend their homes, if a world without rule of law emerges, denoted by the acronym WROL.
SHTF is self-explanatory. "
Wow, that's a next level prepper!
Just a nuclear bunker would make him feel safe, not only a €600 suit. Nuclear bunker would involve systems to recycle the air and his water (as well as a heating source, but it can made out of compost) for long enough for him to be safe to leave it.
I'm a beginner and some materials and prepping information is more available in the US than here, like the pressure canners (the ones safe enough to kill botulism spores).
My biggest intention creating this thread was to gather ppl into it and share some tips as well as recipes.
In the US they have safe recipes made through researchers as well as regulations to ensure the safety of the preppers but I couldn't find something like that here in Europe.. |
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Most preppers are nuts. Let's face it. We live in an era of ready made meals and just in time shop life food from Dunnes/Tesco/Lidl etc.
Anyone here grow their own foods? .. I do, it's more of a hobby that bugged the hell out of me when I was younger because I never understood the old man's obsession with it but I do now.
He toddled out to the garden in early spring right up until autumn for cheap mental health reasons and a casual chat with the neighbours.
I got back into it during lock down out of boredom and I have to admit, there is something nice about naturally growing your own limited food free of pesticides.
You don't need a huge area and pots are good for growing the odd carrot, head of lettuce (don't tell Eamon Ryan, he'd be delighted claiming everyone has cottoned on after his dail speach)
As for the prepping lark, it goes down to something that anyone who has ever completed evasion training will understand - live, fight, survive.
Switch that over to food security and you have a limited plan. Live off what you can grow/forage seasonally - learn the nutritional value of common disgarded s / find out how to snare small animals, prep them and cook them.
Don't go nuts stock piling weapons (learn how to make what you need)
Survive with the basics of what your wearing.
You can go up two 3 weeks with no food with very limited mobility, 3 days without water before dehydration becomes an issue and 3 minutes (on average before you pass out without air) - access to a fire for heat is important but more importantly, the tools to light a fire |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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The conveniences of life in a modern western industrialised society make life much easier than it was for our ancestors, but it is useful to be reconnected with the reality of our food and water supplies, both of which will come under increasing pressure in the future, due to war, energy costs, supply chain issues labour supply problems, and the biggest bugbear of all accelerating climate change, the irreversible tipping point we have already crossed.
Preppers are vilified, derided, criticised and lambasted, but they are not all paranoid nutjobs! |
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"Most preppers are nuts. Let's face it. We live in an era of ready made meals and just in time shop life food from Dunnes/Tesco/Lidl etc.
Anyone here grow their own foods? .. I do, it's more of a hobby that bugged the hell out of me when I was younger because I never understood the old man's obsession with it but I do now.
He toddled out to the garden in early spring right up until autumn for cheap mental health reasons and a casual chat with the neighbours.
I got back into it during lock down out of boredom and I have to admit, there is something nice about naturally growing your own limited food free of pesticides.
You don't need a huge area and pots are good for growing the odd carrot, head of lettuce (don't tell Eamon Ryan, he'd be delighted claiming everyone has cottoned on after his dail speach)
As for the prepping lark, it goes down to something that anyone who has ever completed evasion training will understand - live, fight, survive.
Switch that over to food security and you have a limited plan. Live off what you can grow/forage seasonally - learn the nutritional value of common disgarded s / find out how to snare small animals, prep them and cook them.
Don't go nuts stock piling weapons (learn how to make what you need)
Survive with the basics of what your wearing.
You can go up two 3 weeks with no food with very limited mobility, 3 days without water before dehydration becomes an issue and 3 minutes (on average before you pass out without air) - access to a fire for heat is important but more importantly, the tools to light a fire"
I do understand your point of view. However I do disagree in some parts..
If you take your hobby and take a step ahead and plans a little more than you need, you can start preserving the crops you're not using, you won't waste food and have some stock in case you have a bad crop next year, some shortage, etc...
We are living hard times because some powerful people's selfish decisions. Once things goes worse we will get into survival mode, it's part of our instinct! If you have some spare food, fuel, water, etc.. you'll have to protect it! People are greedy and selfish! Even if you're willing to share they will kill you so they can live longer with what you spent your life building up. The gun, the bunker, the radioactive suit will become necessary otherwise will be accepting the end of your existence.
In the end the better prepared survives, the weak is left behind it's today's natural selection!
In the US every town has Bunkers, shelters... Here in Donegal there's no emergency bunker, no bomb shelters, nothing that I could find in a Google research. That's shocking that if UK gets nuclear bombarded (depends the bomb) we die here without chance of survival.
As long as USA and Russia together holds nuclear power enough to destroy the earth 48 times, I ain't the one going nuts. I'm just a full time single dad trying to guarantee my son will not starve because of other people's fight for nothing |
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I don't prep and to be honest I won't either.
I am happy with life right now and will deal with whatever life throws at me when it happens. If that means my life ending then so be it but as Jim Morrison said "I am going to get my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames".
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"I don't prep and to be honest I won't either.
I am happy with life right now and will deal with whatever life throws at me when it happens. If that means my life ending then so be it but as Jim Morrison said "I am going to get my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames".
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With you there, I wouldn't want to live in a post-apocalyptic hell hole anyway, we all have to die sometime and the human race is well overdue a major cull. |
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