Comments on: Emergency Buckets – “Grab & Go” Food

By: arksoaper

arksoaper — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:17:57 +0000

If you have a husband who eats like mine does, you’d better have more than just beans and rice!

By: naomi

naomi — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:33:07 +0000

I am amazed at all the meat items for bucket #2! Beans and rice provide enough protein or do they?

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By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:58:58 +0000

Thanks!

By: arksoaper

arksoaper — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:42:16 +0000

And one other note….I found this several weeks ago, and thought it would be great for camping or emergencies.

You might want to mute your sound – I don’t care for the music, but the concept for the camp stove is great!

By: arksoaper

arksoaper — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:36:05 +0000

Well, you have a few options – a Coleman camp stove is certainly one of them.

For ourselves, we have natural gas for our regular stove/oven, so we can cook on it even when the power is out (some of the newer gas stoves use a spark ignition which still requires electricity to light – ours has a standing pilot and doesn’t use any electricity). We also have a propane grill outside. A couple of extra propane bottles would be useful to have onhand.

If worst came to worst, we could always build a fire on the ground and cook over it if we had to. We have a metal grate with legs that can be put over a campfire. I have several cast iron skillets and a cast iron dutch oven which would work fine over an open flame (you can’t use stainless or aluminum over a wood fire). I think everyone should have some cast iron in their cabinets not only for daily use, but in the event you have to “rough it” outside.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:03:23 +0000

Hi, Just wondering, in the event of a massive power outage, what do you cook with? I have thought about buying portable coleman stove. I am just not sure. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks,Jackie

By: arksoaper

arksoaper — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:56:22 +0000

Care to share your recipe? I’m all for learning new ways to prepare Spam!

By: Kellene

Kellene — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:46:34 +0000

I am a big supporter of SPAM! That stuff will store FOREVER! We had a girls night in discuss about food storage and one of the dishes I prepared was a SPAM recipe – was well received. Fun night, too. http://tinyurl.com/cq4oum