Yes had a look earlier and sent link to friend thank you for that
Yes they are quite tasty. 128 litres so far, crikey. You don't mess about! I have 60 actually filled, and 20 of those are overdue (I aim to swap every 6 months, but two got left, so I'll do them next time, but early). Regarding food storage, my main strategy is to buy extra pasta and tins of tuna. I rotate them in normal use. I keep the pasta in the bags they come in.bmAvon wrote: ↑Thu Feb 05, 2026 8:10 pm Last weekend I placed 6kg of flour in mylar bags; the start of my food store. I started storing water late last year (128 litres so far) in 10L jerry cans) using a method kindly described to me by Frnc in another thread.
I also ate a couple of Seven Oceans biscuits to see what they're like. I'd hate for STHTF just to find out I can't stand anything in the food store! Luckily they're pretty tasty, like a less sweet shortbread.
No you cannot make your own antibiotics. Any attempt would be dangerous. You need to be looking (in a SHTF scenario) at hygeine, wound care, water safety, nutrition, and possibly herbal antimicrobials such as garlic, onion, thyme, oregano, and honey.Kiwififer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:08 am Stuck at work today and listening to one of those ‘end of the world’ radio clips on YouTube as you do, and the character was saying how one of the other characters dies after scratching himself on a rusty nail and catching an infection. The character did not have antibiotics…
It got me thinking, does anyone know how to make antibiotics from scratch? I have ‘The Knowledge’ on audiobook but can’t be bothered going through it all. There’s clips on YouTube but I never really trust them, best place to ask is obviously here…
However, if you stockpile antibiotics, and store them correctly, the shelf life is much longer than the stated use by date. The US military did a study to look into the effectiveness of lots of drugs that are stored. They found that for pill based antibiotics, most but not all (eg cyclines) can be stored for 5+ years and still be fine.Frnc wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:14 pmKiwififer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:08 am Stuck at work today and listening to one of those ‘end of the world’ radio clips on YouTube as you do, and the character was saying how one of the other characters dies after scratching himself on a rusty nail and catching an infection. The character did not have antibiotics…
It got me thinking, does anyone know how to make antibiotics from scratch? I have ‘The Knowledge’ on audiobook but can’t be bothered going through it all. There’s clips on YouTube but I never really trust them, best place to ask is obviously here…
No you cannot make your own antibiotics. Any attempt would be dangerous. You need to be looking (in a SHTF scenario) at hygeine, wound care, water safety, nutrition, and possibly herbal antimicrobials such as garlic, onion, thyme, oregano, and honey.
