You can get those absorbant packs based on the amount by weight that you are packaging. I toss one in stuff that I dry and then vacuum pack them shut.

www.foodsaver.com No one who harvests/raises their own meat/fish should be without one.

Yes. I pack all my food in 1 gallon Mylar bags. I use O2 absorbers in them. You CAN overkill though it'd be difficult. If you put too much absorbent in there, it will pull too hard of a vacuum, and the Mylar will tear.

I use exactly what the tutorials say to use.
I buy my stuff from Frugal Squirrels.

I personally use a bigass cutting board set I have, and I stack them up to work the best for me. I get EVERYTHING portioned out into bags, THEN get the iron heated up, and everything ready to go. THEN I open up the O2 absorbers, and plop them into the bags... shuffle them down into the product, and seal 90% of the seam... Then after it cools down enough to touch my lips to, pull a vacuum on it as best I can, and then totally seal it.

Rice is SO cheap people!!!

You tore that Mylar? Wow. I use an old sucker gun with a food grade tube on those.

Has anyone heard of Gerald Celente?

Part #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbcPyJnbSeo
Part #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkDClaHUk4c
Part #3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9f7jVY7ztw
Part #4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sbTgFnNbPw
Part #5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dAxkAr4Peg
Part #6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm0s0CZYfoY
Part #7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_-4U8DwOc
Part #8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IuzofFDW-8

Might want to take a listen to this if you're in doubt that we have hard time ahead. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

Add a hand powered meat grinder to your list. Your teeth will go, and you'll need to eat mush.

Take a look at Bradford Angier and Dean Ing. Angier is all things to survive in the woods, and Ing tells you how to avoid a nuke strike, stuff like how to make an air pump to pull air thru the TP air filter system.

I'm getting a Thompson! i figured it'll work best against Zombies

Just bought a dehydrator and am making some jerky as we speak. Along with our vacum sealer we are set to make our own MREs.


The cheap simple set up.


A broth cube vacuum sealed with some dried meat, various vegetables with some rice or past will be a yummy treat when others are waiting 12 hours in a federal bread ration line.

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I remember as a kid drying venison on our rooftop. I'm so domesticated now....

Prep on! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

Edit> Another good preperation website. Web page

Select fire? or Semi Auto?


Cool gun, but not really practical for SHTF.

Get your cwp, and a good inside the wasteband holster. IE Comp Tac Minotaur.

Semi, the important thing is that i got the ok from the missus!

Finally got some podcasts on my phone. Wasn't easy either. Takes 4 hours to download each podcast with dial-up. Used the connection at church, and each podcast takes 2 minutes. Plus, they download properly (as an mp3) so I can drop it right into the sd card and it all works great.

Listening to the Monsanto talk right now. Knew most of it, but the stuff I didn't know is pretty scary <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />