What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

[gamekeeper752]

apart from Hare there is nothing better than venison
worms slugs and other small crawling things are for the day I'm nearly dead from hunger

[sniper 55]

Which insects have you been eating out of curiousity?

I suppose insects (and slugs and snails) will be good sustainable food when SHTF.

I'm not sure that I'd eat slugs, snails are a different matter though, the ordinary garden snails are the ones that the French call Petit Gris, and cooked either the French or Italian way they're lovely if you like that sort of thing.

My roadkill deer is all dealt with now, split the meat 50:50 with my mate that helped with the butchery.
In total we got 8 roasting joints, 4 slow roasting joints, 4 bags of stew meat, 12 portions of thick medallions from the loins, two false fillets from the haunches (you'd call it Pope's eye if it was beef) two bags of either slow or fast cook dice and 48 sausages, not counting the sausages and loin medallions that we had for dinner when we'd finished work yesterday, meat could have done with hanging for a couple more days to develop the flavour a bit but I don't have a chiller room and I needed my fridge back! Saying that though it was seriously tasty.
Not bad when all it cost us was some diesel, a cheap tarp, (which is still usable for the same kind of thing if you don't mind a bit of gaffer tape) some seasonings, a hacksaw blade, a load of vacuum bags and some pork fat and sausage skins.

They are both essentially the same, both were commonly eaten during famine and wartime.

[Jamesey1981]

Which insects have you been eating out of curiousity?

I suppose insects (and slugs and snails) will be good sustainable food when SHTF.

I'm not sure that I'd eat slugs, snails are a different matter though, the ordinary garden snails are the ones that the French call Petit Gris, and cooked either the French or Italian way they're lovely if you like that sort of thing.

My roadkill deer is all dealt with now, split the meat 50:50 with my mate that helped with the butchery.
In total we got 8 roasting joints, 4 slow roasting joints, 4 bags of stew meat, 12 portions of thick medallions from the loins, two false fillets from the haunches (you'd call it Pope's eye if it was beef) two bags of either slow or fast cook dice and 48 sausages, not counting the sausages and loin medallions that we had for dinner when we'd finished work yesterday, meat could have done with hanging for a couple more days to develop the flavour a bit but I don't have a chiller room and I needed my fridge back! Saying that though it was seriously tasty.
Not bad when all it cost us was some diesel, a cheap tarp, (which is still usable for the same kind of thing if you don't mind a bit of gaffer tape) some seasonings, a hacksaw blade, a load of vacuum bags and some pork fat and sausage skins.

They are both essentially the same, both were commonly eaten during famine and wartime.

It is true that some species of slug are eaten, particularly in South America.
The difference is that the slugs we have here though biologically similar to snails are scavengers and are much more likely to carry parasites and bacteria within them, it's like squirrels vs rats, one is usually good to eat, the other is not recommended though in fact they're not much different, we also have an invasive Spanish slug in the south east that is full on predatory and eating its way through our native species.
Hugh fearnley-whittingstall did a segment trying to makes slugs both edible and palatable, he failed, and this is a man that has cooked human placenta on TV.
If you want to put it to the test, wait until a wet night when they're all out and crush a slug or a snail, leave it for an hour, when you come back it'll likely have several slugs eating it, I've never seen a garden snail do it.

You certainly could eat slugs if you have to, same as you could eat rat if you have to, but if you don't then it isn't worth the risk for something that's going to taste nasty IMHO.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Repacked my BOB / HOB based on the less rambo need in most instances...

replaced the cheap 1 man tent with my goretex hooped bivvy (tent in back of shot)



got the whole bag under 20kg which i know i can comfortably walk with

This was loaded at about 30kg and we did a 9 mile walk and wild camp..... last month so with 10kg knocked out of it, it feels very light



now packed with 3/4 sleeping mat , sleeping bag, 2 days of clothes, saw this the other week:

http://lifehacker.com/the-skivvy-roll-p ... 1624300470


1 day ration pack and 3 days of "ships biscuits"

a few sharp cutting things, torch / multi tool / stove / hip flask

will have to unpack it and photograph it all and do a better list when i get a spare hour or 2

[ukpreppergrrl]

Rotated 200 litres of water before my water meter gets put in next week! Was on the final barrel before I realised I'd accidentally doubled the amount of recommended bleach per barrel If I have to use this batch in earnest I'll just have to remember to let it stand a bit first! I don't remember the 25L barrels being quite so heavy at last rotation...I think I need to get to the gym again...

[Zunzuncito]

I've been a bit slack on the prepping front recently as work has been a bit hectic. However, this weekend I've sorted out replacing the motion sensor lights at the front and back of my house for better ones that are brighter and have a better range. Plus tested the bigger light we have for our driveway (which is at the back of our house) to make sure this still works now the darker nights/mornings are here.

[Decaff]

I've been slacking for a few weeks now, new job plus after work niece sitting three nights a week leaves me exhausted as it's starting to get colder my arthritis is flaring up which means my ankle joints refuse to bend, my toes are incapable of bending without causing pain, my shoulders and arms are excruciatingly painful and I'm generally quite peed off!

I have pumpkins I want to dehydrate and soups to make and can up but just not able to do it at the moment which is making me even more peed off!!

I have however replaced the cars wipers, got a big gallon container of screen wash (suitable down to -16) got emergency supplies, lights and waterproofs in the boot.

Got a carbon monoxide detector fitted inbthe kitchen also.

Slowly, one step at a time I will get everything sorted, whilst shuffling along like Frankenstein's bloody monster

[izzy_mack]

Been slacking for a while too but finally feel I've turned a corner - or at least can glimpse round it . i haven't been on the site for about 3 months as I had no internet, could use a friends but only did so for vital stuff and was as quick as poss. Not that they complained but I don't believe in using others to pick up my slack if avoidable.

I can vouch that prepping works, at least for me it has, again. I have always prepped for personal stuff, loss of health, financial problems and the like and for the last 3 months or more I seem to have hit one of those here we go again patches. Ever notice that when you're down, life seems to constantly kick you in the shins My health which has been difficult of late seemed to take an even bigger nose dive, income joined it and if something could break, it did. Thankfully I had an emergency pot of cash hidden away for just this kind of thing so could keep the roof over our heads, the electric running and enough fuel in a tank to keep us mobile (with care and planning journeys ). Food was little problem and managed to buy basic perishables milk, fruit etc enough to keep a healthy diet and meals interesting. Without the cash and food stores, well I dread to think. Slowly getting repaired/replacing things hence this post.

Now my health is a bit better and money not so desperate, I'm trying to replenish what we used. Not sure whether to concentrate on one thing first or bits of both but decided a little of both, it'll take a while but I KNOW it MUST be done as it's likely that life will strike again sooner or later. There was no link my health or wealth situation, they just both happened to occur at the same time and lasted longer than usual but then that's why i prep. No matter how you try, you can't control everything so get ready for when something.anything happens.

Managed to get the laptop and internet repaired up and running again, put £100 back in the pot and bought a dozen extra tins and some frozen stuff so feeling better about it again. Not much but I know I'll get there. Still had at least a few weeks maybe a month of food left when I could shop fully again, so things could have been worse, and those moments make you appreciate things more.

[Wulfshead]

I make no secret I like camouflage. The ccs 95 that I have loads of is great for woodland but sticks out like a sore thumb when in towns and cities.
My mate Jason was chatting about having his day jacket in flecktarn and I always put it to the back of my mind. Now the wife and I noticed that flecktarn seems to be quite the fashion jacket in these here parts so I thought I'd maybe get one.
My wife must be a mind reader as she said she's buy me one for part of my birthday prezzie. It came on Saturday and I rather like it.
East, South & West I'm no more than 5 minutes walk form the countryside, I spend a lot of time there and think this jacket would work well against the hedgerows or in the woods. I also go to radio field days at out local common.
If I was away in any of those directions and something bad went down I'd like not to stick out, in my town I look like the oldest collage student around

The other thing I received this week was a new folding shovel.
As I did this years summer camp with only what me and the grandson could carry in our packs I took a small garden trowel to dig with. That was murder digging the fire pit with and I regretted not replacing my old folding shovel which a twonk of a labourer killed for me.
I'm actually quite blown away with this shovel for sub-£7 and it received majority 5 star reviews on the on-line market place I bought it from.

We also used foods from the stores and re-bought and rotated well before we really needed to.

So there you have it, this week I can dig a hole in the woods but you won't see me doing it

Wulfshead

[jansman]

Today it is firewood.Lots of it.whilst away, my mates kept piling it in as they did jobs.So as soon as the dog and me have walked, the chain and bench saws are being wheeled out and I will try to make sense of six months worth of deliveries.