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Rod Speed
 
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Default Stocking up for emergencies

Logan Shaw wrote:
CanopyCo wrote:
Gary Heston wrote:


A supply of flour and cornmeal, yeast, and baking soda kept in a
freezer or in very well sealed containers might be a better idea.


You will still need a way to cook it.
Maybe something like a bread maker, powered by a generator that is
also keeping your freezer up to speed?


Call me crazy, but what about just living without bread until the
emergency is over? It's not as if bread is the only food that
contains some crucial nutrient that you can't live without.


There aint any of those if the power is out
for a couple of weeks or even a month.

Some areas/cultures don't even have bread as part of their cuisine,


Yep, makes more sense to eat other stuff when there is no power.

or at least they don't have leavened bread. Some people can't eat wheat,
and yet they somehow manage to survive.


Yep, anyone can go without bread fine for weeks.

Corse they may choose to make bread because they prefer it too.
If you're gunna run the generator for a few hours a day to keep the
freezer frozen, you might as well run the breadmaker at the same
time and have nice fresh bread to eat as well.

And it aint academic, many of those who 'live' in mobile homes and
RVs use bread machines and microwaves in them. Works fine.

The bread machine will work fine on a decent solar system too.